SFX Hot Lava over Matrix SoColor SORED

I thought I'd share my journey to red.  🙂

The first pic is before.  I had really pretty brunette hair.  It was a subtle ombre.  It was also very boring (to me).  I didn't want to bleach, and rather than pull the color out (since I was dyed dark, then highlighted for my ombre), I opted to use a high lift product by Matrix called SoColor SORED.  It's a product similar to Majicontrast as it's a permanent color and highlighting creme in one.  I used 30 vol developer knowing the permanent color wouldn't lift my dyed bits but that it would my highlighted bits.  It's actually really pretty as I now have a lowlight effect so I've got some depth and dimension to my red.

The second pic is after the Matrix SoColor SORED.  I waited about 6 days after the permanent color and then applied SFX Hot Lava over it as I really wanted a more intense red.  That's what you see in the final pic.  The third pic was taken outside last weekend; that was one wash after a fresh application of SFX Hot Lava.  I toned the photo down a bit... it looks overexposed because it was taken fairly closeup and the flash went off.  I didn't bump the sats at all on that photo.  🙂  It's faded some now.  It's much less red and more orange.  When I retouch my color, I'm now using Majicontrast for my roots and then I think I'm going to try mixing SFX Candy Apple (25%) with the Hot Lava (75%) to tone down the orange fade a bit.

Thanks for looking!