Hi guys! ;D
I've been trying to get to a nice base for a Deep blue color in the past couple of months.
From November: I didn't wait enough to lighten my hair to a banana color and I splattered Adore Indigo over it (at a weird gold/gingery level) and it obviously turned seaweed on most parts. Afterwords I muted it down with purples, blues and ebony.
After a 40 min. 30 Vo bleach in the beginning of March I lightened it to the color in the photos. My hair is very resistant as you see. I left it for a few days, tried a few fading treatments (vit c, baking soda) nothing worked, when I washed it the water was completely transparent. I splattered Ebony over it, so I can wait for a month before processing again. The Ebony is now pretty faded, I tried color remover on some strands (which were faded to the color in the photos), but it didn't do anything.
I fear my hair is stained with yukky green. :-X
My Question is:
Should I try and do bleach baths (my hair is in awesome condition right now) to see if it can lighten more? Maybe with a color remover a few times before that? Can golden green stained hair lighten at all?
Or should I find a very deep blue/purple dye that will cover this? (I got Adore mostly because people are saying it is super long lasting, and this is what I am looking for a Deep blue long lasting color. )
I can't stand this messiness, I might give in to the dark side and put a perm black and leave 2-3 blue strans. This is also an option for me, since this journey has been so long... *gun*
I currently have Directions Midnight Blue (is this green based anyone?) Turquose, (which I might never get to use :'( ) Ebony, some Pimping Purple, Adore Indigo and Atomic Pink (not that that helps)
Hair type: very resistant to bleach, protein sensitive.
Looking forward to your advices/opinions, here are my 'glamorous' photos!
Posted : April 4, 2014 2:52 pm
Midnight blue is green based, but you can avoid a green fade by adding some pink based purple, the Pimpin purple would be ideal. Your hair looks light enough for most blues as it is. If you want to shift the green tones, add some very diluted pink as a toner, but if you are going for a deep blue it will cover that base.
Posted : April 4, 2014 5:49 pm
My hair was stained with same bluish/turquoise/greenish color so i feel your pain. I bleach bath it twice, tried vitamin c treatment (i used hydrogen with vitamin c and head and shoulders shampoo), dyed it twice with permanent hair color (warm blond and light orange) and it still would not budge, it was still very pale color. So I left it for couple of weeks at peace then i used box hair lightener (i used syoss) and almost all of it went away! So maybe you should wait for a while then try use hair lightener (i used strongest one). At the end i just toned rest of it with little bit of pink diluted with conditioner and it was all gone. 🙂 I was trying to get to pale yellow/white so not sure if this will help you.
I did use loads of coconut oil, argan oil and macadamia oil treatments afterwords :p
Posted : April 4, 2014 10:23 pm
Thank you so much! I haven't thought of using a pink toner! I will leave it be for some time and try a BB, more color remover and a pink toner. I do want to get my hair as light as possible, so I can use the Adore dye (as a base for darker blues), since it sticks amazing to the lighter parts of my hair and my hair won't look green when the other dyes fade, hopefully haha. 🙂
Here's the ombre I had, that motivated me to do this. I'll update how it went in a week or two!
Here's my result, thanks again for the suggestions. I did a color remover a few times, which made my bleached roots neon green more then it did anything on the rest. There are still a few green bits but they are a really cool aquamarine green. 😛
The color turned out amazing, it is absolutely more then I expected and I have minimal bleed and staining. I hope it lasts a while! *yay*
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Posted : April 5, 2014 10:44 am
What a gorgeous shade!
Posted : April 12, 2014 9:09 am
Thanks! I am incredibly happy with it, I plan on adding a few purple black strands, I am not used to 1 color haha. :laugh:
Posted : April 14, 2014 9:36 am
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