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Copper / ginger/ red / need help with majirel shades? Or henna.. Help please!!

 
(@Mipsie123)
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hello!!! I need help to get this colour.. I have been toying with using copper henna (henna king or lush caca rouge) but I've tried on hair extensions and they either seem too orange or too dark, and not dimensional enough.

I am happy bleaching up and using semi permanent manic panic etc but can't seem to find a shade, Adore doesn't look right.
SO..
I'm wondering what majirel shades/mix you might think this is...

Possibly 7:40 mixed with 7:45 or 7:44, or even 8:43?
The models name is Riley keough if you wanted to see her hair more.
WOULD LOVE your help, Thankyou!!

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Posted : June 8, 2014 8:21 am
(@Mipsie123)
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More pics..
The last one is different shade but thought id include anyway!

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Posted : June 8, 2014 8:25 am
(@janineb)
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You can very easily mix adore dyes to get exactly what you want. I know others have achieved this colour. It might be worth having a look in the photos section, reds and natural shades, to see if you can find one of them.

Edit- Just checked, have a look for Lauraa's thread called Adore sienna brown and copper brown mix in the natural shades section. It may be a tad darker, but it's on the way.

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Posted : June 8, 2014 9:35 am
(@Mipsie123)
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Thankyou, that helps. but i am not keen on adore colour after using it once or twice. I am after that really dimensional colour, where it seems to have a mix of yellow and copper tones, i wonder if this can only be created by mixing some majirel shades together, I'm all for veggie dies as you get such a bright shade but i do find it can be quite a strong, but flat and one dimensional colour, if this makes any sense.
I would much rather bleach up just the once then do colour with semi permanent and roots, and with majirel i know it's more of a commitment and damaging to keep replenishing colour all over, but if that's what it takes..
If anyone has advice on the mixture of the shades i mentioned that would be great, as I am going to buy dye soon!

Thanks

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Posted : June 8, 2014 6:10 pm
(@stingle)
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This looks a lot like Adore Cajun Spice to me, have you tried that?  Copper Brown on me looks a dark purpley colour, you'd never guess it by the name though!  My hair base is a light to medium brown with some old Blondish highlights growing out.  The highlighted bits look a lot like the colour you are after when I use Cajun Spice.  To add depth Paprika works well though it's a much darker orangey red and seems like it has more covering power, if that makes sense!

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Posted : June 9, 2014 8:16 am
(@janineb)
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Unfortunately, none of us here would ever really want to get into recommending majirel precisely because it means redying over and over as it fades so quickly.

Also, I find, if you apply it in the right way, veggie dyes can give very dimensional colour. Permanent dyes often give the appearance of dimensional colour because they use things like silicone which makes the hair shine, so making the colour dimensional.

There's a few ways to get dimensional colour with veggie dyes. Here's a couple.

Bleach bath your hair to the minimum base colour you need. Then the next week, do some highlights with another bleach bath. You could stop there or do this for a couple more weeks to build up some brighter and more subtle highlights. Then dye with your mix of Adore's. When you do your roots, bleach bath to the base colour and then maybe do some highlights every now and again.

Or, bleach your hair. Then with your two bottle of dye and some bowls, mix up a few batches of varying shades and use these to dye your hair in slices or various highlights and lowlights with foils, whatever mthod takes your fancy to produce lots of dimensional colour.

I know what you're thinking, that's a lot of work when you can just use Majirel. Well, yeah, it is, but they're very effective methods and they're going to be a LOT less damage to your hair.

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Posted : June 9, 2014 9:26 am