Is this an optical illusion

I'm surprised she got a cool toned purple (I wouldn't call it lilac or lavender personally, nor pastel) over the bases he had. But it would have gone muddy very quickly when washed. Very quickly. I suspect though, that the colour looks lighter than it is because the whole video looks washed out. There's a lot of you tubers that share videos of these colours they've done that look good to start with, they avoid showing when it looks crap the week after! I can see the areas where it's already not quite right and would definitely have gone a nasty colour the next wash.

As I've said before. You could likely get the paler pastel purple (definitely this colour) on the ends. But you won't get a good colour on the mid lengths. You've never seemed to have replied to me on that. Is doing a darker colour on the mid lengths something you would consider? It'll make it a million times easier than constantly fussing trying to get the whole bottom section light enough for paler purple.

There's also the option of doing it a warm toned version of that shade. That would be a lot more forgiving of an uneven base.

Edited to add, yep, in the video after the one you linked, it's quite muddy. She's lucky that it's gone more to the reddish side than to the brown side, but it's definitely going to get worse. In a later video the colour is definitely darker. Some areas appear to be paler too, so I suspect she's rebleached. I can't listen to the sound right now though, so I don't know for sure!

Thanks Janine. No I'm totally game to have a darker mid panel, thats the plan. Thanks so much for your patience with me, I am just literally exploring every avenue having put such a great deal of effort into fading it back to this fairly respectable stage of blonde and am avoiding leaping into anything. The colour remover hasn't re-oxidised this time, hoorah!

You're right of course, one wash and it probably looked a bit grim! I like the idea of something that won't look rubbish after it fades, something that in fact looks nice with a bit of fade but I'm so on the fence! I've got quite an arsenal of products here so can go any which way. I sort of hoped this violet would tone to a darkish silvery colour with fade but I'm probably dreaming, right?

I've been eyeing up my Bleach London Rose and The Big Pink as everyone complains Bleach London colours are fast faders and the worse issue I'll get over brass with diluted pink is peachy tones I imagine, which is cool with me.
A sunset ombre would likely look fab but I'm not quite ready for reds and oranges yet!
Maybe I just need to slap the purple idea out my mind!

Bleach London Rose is the most useless colour out there! It's got so little pigment in it you need super white hair for it to show even a teensy bit. I've seen some funny videos on you tube of people using it and being shocked when it does nothing, even on white hair in some cases! You're far better buying a better quality dye and diluting it. It's cheaper and at least if it doesn't show first time you can add more colour and try again!

Pink is a good way to go though, not too pale like bleach rose, but you'll get a nicer pink/peach/coral than you ever will with paler purple. It really is better to go with what you have than try to battle with the opposite! Anything blue is opposite of orange.

You're spot on, working with what you have will always produce a more satisfactory result. I think what drives me mad is my other half's utterly perfect silvery lilac colour, seeing it all the time on his head and knowing I've created it somehow tricks my brain into thinking it must be possible on myself! Comedy logic really!

I'll go with your suggestions and dilute a decent dye. Which brand/shade of pink would you suggest for diluting? I'd like it to be as close to a paleish pink as I can acheive whilst toning as much yellow as I can so it doesn't appear too peach. Wasn't sure if a warm or cool bright pink would be good for this? There is such a huge degree of choice out there.

Thanks Janine, you've been an utter gem (and VERY patient!)

Just to add, if you look at the girl's skin and the wall behind in the first screenshot they have a warm yellow tone and in the last screen shot her skin looks very white and the wall behind her looks grey - I don't know if it's a filter/ something applied in post-production or the way she is lit but it will certainly be enhancing the brassiness of her starting colour and more importantly the coolness of her result!  (and it has almost certainly been done on purpose I would think!)

Yes, I noticed that, but I was on my phone so I wasn't sure if I was actually seeing it! Now I'm on my PC it's obvious. You tubers are basically selling themselves and their tutorials, so I don't really trust them. Even if it's not for money, it's for attention. I'm not saying they're all bad, but I think many "white lie" in effect.

It's easy to miss stuff like that as the way our brains and eyes communicate means that they 'read' the wall behind her as white in both photos, it's only because I'm a painter that I always notice things like that!

I agree Janine, it may seem that a lot of these videos are put out there to help people but mostly the people making them are either looking for fame, free stuff or sponsorship!

True about the wall. Very easy to put filters on videos these days and make people see what isn't actually there.

I saw another Youtuber bleach her dyed black hair to blonde THREE TIMES in one sitting in a tutorial! There are some seriously silly people on there.

You're spot on, working with what you have will always produce a more satisfactory result. I think what drives me mad is my other half's utterly perfect silvery lilac colour, seeing it all the time on his head and knowing I've created it somehow tricks my brain into thinking it must be possible on myself! Comedy logic really!

This tickles me as when we were teenagers my youngest brother's hair would go snow white in one single step when I bleached it for him, and he used to have the loveliest light blues on it, where as mine used to be yellow even after toning the heck out of it! So frustrating!

You're spot on, working with what you have will always produce a more satisfactory result. I think what drives me mad is my other half's utterly perfect silvery lilac colour, seeing it all the time on his head and knowing I've created it somehow tricks my brain into thinking it must be possible on myself! Comedy logic really!

This tickles me as when we were teenagers my youngest brother's hair would go snow white in one single step when I bleached it for him, and he used to have the loveliest light blues on it, where as mine used to be yellow even after toning the heck out of it! So frustrating!

Depressing isn't it! I have a heck of a lot of stained hair to grow out 🙁

🙁 Aww can you not try and find a colour you like nearly as much to do while you grow out the staining? Better to rock a perfect version of a colour you like slightly less than be constantly chasing a sub-standard version of your favourite one surely? You might find you love it even more once you find a really cool one that's easier for you to achieve!

Ahh thank you Lauralei  :-*
Yes you are absolutely right! I've dyed it a medium pink which covered very well. A touch darker than I wanted to as I left it on for absolutely ages to really get even the stubborn middle panel saturated. It will fade to a very nice peachy almost baby pink I think.

I've been watching Guy Tang vids on Youtube. Anyone else seen his work? After this pink I'm going to go for a fire ombre dip dye look which I think will turn out stunning, and should be very achievable on my locks! Red/yellow/orange looks smashing as does Pink/orange.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ60J0RLSd8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2taWfsRxds

🙁 Aww can you not try and find a colour you like nearly as much to do while you grow out the staining? Better to rock a perfect version of a colour you like slightly less than be constantly chasing a sub-standard version of your favourite one surely? You might find you love it even more once you find a really cool one that's easier for you to achieve!

Guy Tang does great work with color, he is a little annoying to watch, his laugh kills me but seeing what he can do with hair is pretty spectacular, if only I could afford to get my color done by him, lol

I quite like what he does, but I get irritated by two things. Yep, his voice is one. I kind want to kill him as soon as the intro starts and he pulls that face while saying 'paranormal hairtivity'. The joke is old and wasn't that funny in the first place. I tend to mute the videos if I watch them.

Secondly. It does come across sometimes as if he thinks he invented doing the kinds of colours he does. Yeah, many of us (not just here and those of us who have been doing bright colours for many years before it was in fashion - not that there's nothing wrong with doing it now it's in fashion!) were doing the same looooong before he came along!