Blurple mess

Hi!
I started dying purple  with mp purple haze in March but it faded so fast and rub into everything that I changed into schwarzkopf purple punk, but because my starting point was a hair disaster  from a  well known hairdresser salon  with different tones of blonde the colour was never even.

I  lightened my roots and kept going dying but still some parts would not take the colour so I changed into Adore purple rage but I don't know why it fades to blue!!

Like peacock blue!! Plus some areas are muddy.

So I am waiting for some Adore violet gem to arrive but I don't know what is the best way to get the purple rage out and even the blonde under so it is not muddy anymore.

Help please? *anyone*
Tia Xx

The vitamin C treatment has worked an absolute treat for me for fading colour. Also, protein treatments suck out colour whilst helping out tired hair. I would get all the purple direct dye out your hair and then go to a salon for a corrective bleach.

If you use a pink over the blue it'll make a nice purple and should take away the muddy parts.

If your hair isn't holding colour, it means it's damaged a lot. Definitely don't bleach.

I attach photos so maybe it can help ... I bought a colour remover, Can I use that?

Before dying it purple I went to the hairdressers to have a blayage done but that is what they did to me  *ott*

You didn't really get what you asked for did you Pitujones? These damned hair dressers!  -r- I had the option of getting a friend to do my dip dye in the first instance, she had a fantastic one which she did herself. However, I thought the wise and sensible thing to do was go to a hair dresser and have it done professionally and, no, she absolutely BODGED it and I know now had neither the experience or the knowhow to go anywhere near me. All I wanted was "three or four inches of dip dye" on my long virgin hair and I ended up with uneven, patchy fried bleach all the way up to my earlobes. I went to a top salon for a root stretch thinking this would sort it but this ended up staining my ends and ruining my ombre. I need my hair to be spot on for work and its been a long and painful process to try and get right. I would do anything to have my virgin hair back now to start from scratch but hind sight is 20/20 vision right?

I'm thinking we sort of have the same issue. You wanted to be able to have fun with crazy colours, right? Thought it would be simple and non committal except your colour underneath is uneven and, boy, that brings on the muddies and brassies frustration doesn't it! I am suffering this especially badly as I wanted to play with pastels and uneven tones underneath really make this a hassle.

I'm not an expert so can't really give sound advice like others on the forum though am picking up the idea from coming on here and having a good read. I think we are in the same boat of wanting to lighten/even out the bleach underneath our crazy colour but are struggling because our hair is damaged so another bleaching is not a wise idea at this point, especially considering we have direct dye on top which the bleach will simply push deeper into the hair.  I put SPFX fishbowl, a bright teal, on my ends (finally giving up on my endless failed pasted attempts) and it looked cool for a about a day but there was rub off and shortly after washing the dreaded muddies started showing through and now I'm back to feeling unhappy.

I've now used a few fading treatments: vitamin C and clarifying shampoo and bicarb of soda and clarifying shampoo. Both have pulled out lots of colour. I have now purchased some Scott Cornwall Decolour (NOT the stripper) which I'm cautiously excited about as I'm hoping this will help me pull out a lot of both pigments in my hair. Perhaps you should check this product out? I decided Colour B4 was not a great option for me because I have a mix of direct and permanent dye muddled together but the Decolour is meant to attack all types of dyes with little damage. 

If I were you I would try the above and then baby your hair with Olaplex/deep conditioner/coconut oil/protein treatments for a good month. Once you've stripped out as much pigment as you can and got your hair back into a fairly healthy condition then perhaps you could have it re-bleached to an even, super light tone and when you are happy with the condition again get back in there with the crazy colour? Sadly, the thing we do not realise will be necessary when we decided to "have a little fun" with our hair is an absurd amount of patience!!!

Here is a before and after my fading treatments (vitamin C / bicarb of soda) for you. My super bright fishbowl which was so cool but quickly marred and what I have now post fading. On the right side of the photo my condition is not to bad but on the left....ouch. Looking at this I'm going to just have a few inches chopped off :'( (on both sides of course, lest things start really looking freaky *puzz* )
I'm going to get the colour remover on there to try and get things a bit more even. I had the most beautiful silky, shiny, healthy dark chestnut hair before I started messing around with it so its worth considering whether its a good idea to try stripping colour at all as all these methods have greatly contributed to breakage and frazzling. Sad shame but it will grow.

Bleached hair is compromised. Doing aggressive fading treatments will just add to the damage, it is all cumulative. The secret to having long bleached hair in good condition is to avoid any harsh treatments. I only use shampoo to fade my colour, that is as harsh as I am prepared to go. Vitamin C is particularly savage btw.
If you are staying within the same range of colours, there is no need to fully strip the old colour out. Just let it fade and dye over the top.
A colour remover is not a good idea on very fragile hair, also not necessary.

You're very right Wicked Pixie! I, like so many others, wish I'd known this and found this forum before commencing my journey. I think the problem that both the original poster and I am having (I hope she doesn't mind me speaking for her!) is that we are unhappy with our base bleach level and not able to achieve the colours we originally planned to go for when getting our bleach done. In my case lovely creamy pastels and clean, untarnished mints.

I think I'm going to chop a good few inches off mine and try and rid myself of the worst of the damage, I am lucky in that mine is an ombre and the most of the issue is at the bottom.

Pitujones for what its worth I think your hair looks pretty cool already (and your undercut is AWESOME!) and if I were you I'd just go a deeper vibrant purple/ultraviolet. Of course, we always want what is in our mind's eye and THAT I tooooootally understand!

You're very right Wicked Pixie! I, like so many others, wish I'd known this and found this forum before commencing my journey. I think the problem that both the original poster and I am having (I hope she doesn't mind me speaking for her!) is that we are unhappy with our base bleach level and not able to achieve the colours we originally planned to go for when getting our bleach done. In my case lovely creamy pastels and clean, untarnished mints.

I think I'm going to chop a good few inches off mine and try and rid myself of the worst of the damage, I am lucky in that mine is an ombre and the most of the issue is at the bottom.

Pitujones for what its worth I think your hair looks pretty cool already (and your undercut is AWESOME!) and if I were you I'd just go a deeper vibrant purple/ultraviolet. Of course, we always want what is in our mind's eye and THAT I tooooootally understand!

Well my problem is that *#@# of a hairdresser  messed my hair so much! I wasn't intending on anything but something like the picture and ended up with a horrible uneven mess... and it was bloody Toni&Guy!! Got a total refund but obviously the damage to my hair was already done *ott*

I have purchased  adore's violet  gem and pink rose , will try to fade it as much as I can  but my roots are getting too much noticeable and my hair is frigging blue,purple and muddy  *gun*...

This is overwhelming....

With an imperfect base you have two choices.
1. Go for a deep colour that will cover the unevenness and keep it fully topped up.
2. Go for colour correction and even out your base.

A warm toned purple is generally more forgiving on a darker base. Special effects Deep purple is my absolute favourite warm purple, especially now it seems Adore have altered the formula of Purple Rage. (Only if you are committed to being purple for several months though, it is not easy to remove)
TBH your base doesn't look bad at all, but those gold tones are not ideal for bluey violets, hence the mud.

I agree with wicked. The base really isn't that bad, you just need to work with it and use a warm based purple and stay away from blue based purples.
I don't even think the muddy parts are all that muddy to be honest! They're a little off and on the brown side. But it's not that bad at all.

So, I  have  Adore's  pink rose, violet gem and purple rage.

What should I do now? I'm a little confused as I read to put a deep pink to make it a bit more warm purple or put violet gem on top directly? Should I wait until it fades more?
I've read about a bleach bath... what do you reckon?

How can you tell if your hair is damaged?

Sorry for all the questions  ::) wish I had all the knowledge you have  :-*

Definitely do not bleach bath! It will almost certainly turn green. There are gentler and more effective ways of fading colour.
Your colour doesn't look bad in those pics, maybe just dilute some pink and use it as a toner for now, then mix a pinker shade of purple for when you bleach your roots

Definitely do not bleach bath! It will almost certainly turn green. There are gentler and more effective ways of fading colour.
Your colour doesn't look bad in those pics, maybe just dilute some pink and use it as a toner for now, then mix a pinker shade of purple for when you bleach your roots

How diluted does the pink have to be? Sorry for being a pain Thank you so much!!  :-*