Hair color tragedy! !

Feb 5, 2013

Lauren B.

Please help my poor friend! She was originally a light brown and decided to go lighter .... which led to a high yellow tint then tried coloring back to a light brown and now her hair has a green tint to it! Please hair experts only I need to help her immediately :/

Feb 5, 2013

Stephanie D.

Her natural pigment lifted to a what...level 9? You should have corrected the yellow by filling it in with a counteractive color - in this case, violet. Instead, you panicked and tried to dye it with a light brown that was green based. I'm going to hazard a guess and say it said "natural" on the box. It has green in it to counteract red pigmentation that is commonly found in brown hair.

SMH.

Read my post on color removal. Do that. You'll go back to the pale yellow tint. Correct it with a violet tone blonde - read: "ash."
 

Feb 5, 2013

Lauren B.

SMH SERIOUSLY ...... some people

Feb 5, 2013

Stephanie D.

*shrug*

You don't have to take my advice. No skin off my nose.

The yellow was a normal result of lifting. That was SUPPOSED to happen. If you want, go to a salon. They'll do the same thing I just said, or worse, try to bleach the brown out, or, alternatively, try to correct it with a red. Red will work against the green, but it'll probably go several shades darker than you want it to and it might pick up more red than you want. Removing it and doing what should have happened in the first place will have the most predictable result.

Color theory. 

Feb 5, 2013

Stephanie D.

Warmth = some variation of R/O/G. Custom formulas are great, but if she uses a temporary toner that green shade is still underneath and will become obvious again within a month.

Feb 5, 2013

Tiffany M.

Steph may come off harsh sometimes but she's 100% correct and yes I'm a professional...just because you don't like her delivery doesn't mean you shouldn't take her advice

Feb 5, 2013

Stephanie D.

I don't see the point in correcting the color to one she doesn't want when she can backtrack and get the original desired result. Once the shock wears off she'll probably want to try going blonde again, maybe even go to a salon...it'll get bleached again. Kill an inch now, save 4 inches down the road. But that's just my thought on the matter.

Feb 5, 2013

Jessica S.

The reason Kristen is saying to use a semi color is because sometimes semi has mote holding power then perm color. All semi does is deposit. And yes you need to put warmth in it- not red so to speak. Warmth meaning golden toned. Which people think its red which its not. Theres a lot of good advice here but it sounds like this person didnt lift it enough. And she did it her self. Yet again- another way for us stylists to make a quick buck. Lightening your own hair isnt hard. Its when you hate it and you have want to go back to your original color. Thats when you have to use a gold filler with brown or whatever. Im not arguing on this matter just stating my professional opinion. 

Feb 5, 2013

Jessica S.

I also have to add one more thing. You can read all you want on the theory of color. Its when you do it for a living on an everyday basis that matters. Ive learned so much in my time and everyday, i know the theory about color and what it does to the hair. Chemicals and all. But when you actually have a person sit in your chair- all bets are off. I can put the same color on 3 different people and it will come out different on everybody. The theory is there- but experience is where its at. I do not mean to step on others toes at all, its just how i feel. Like i said in an earlier post, i would never tell another person how to do their job when ive never done it myself. Reading about it and actually performing the task are 2 completely different things. 

Feb 5, 2013

Jessica S.

Someone gives a lot of advice for an occupation they've never done. Thats something i would never do. Education is one thing- doing it is another.  

Feb 5, 2013

Allyson G.

Amen Jessica. The same color will come out different on three different people.. That's like reading a book on heart surgery and thinking now I know how to do it. That's why I do the huge amount of color corrections because they see it on YouTube .. Anyhoo, agreed with Kristen, you need to let your hair calm down first. I think trying to strip it out again is asking for trouble. The semi will correct with tone and will be easy to lift out once your hair settles down. It will give you a color that you can live with until it is in stable enough shape to have a salon professional achieve the results you want.

Feb 5, 2013

Lexi M.

My best is to use a natural hair colour to add a tint of brown 

Feb 5, 2013

Stephanie D.

You can see it as my "telling someone how to do their job" if you want, but I'm offering my own experience. Color theory isn't the only thing that plays into it - the texture and porosity of your hair affects the result as well. Even the content of the water you shower with has an effect. I'm not going to go into all the many possible variables that will ultimately affect the outcome - no point in offering a dissertation on it to answer a straightforward question.

Not all surgeons are actually good surgeons.

Not all hairstylists are actually good colorists.

Going to a salon is not a guarantee - and unlike doctors, you guys don't carry malpractice insurance. Nothing that I've stated is actually wrong...feel free to correct me when I AM wrong. Knowledge is knowledge - it's not relevant how I acquired it, and as for experience, I have 10 years of my own hair as well as the dozens of people who have come crying to me because they did something stupid or their stylist did. I have no interest in continuously justifying myself because someone's professional ego feels stung.

Feb 5, 2013

Jessica S.

No egos stung here. Until you stand behind the chair- u have no idea. Im STILL not tell you that you are wrong. If fact your theory is dead on accurate. But actions speak louder then words. Thats all im trying to say. Sweetheart- you're the one with the ego.. Im just confident and i have nothing to prove. Period. 

Feb 5, 2013

Jessica S.

You can have the last word now.. Im done. 

Feb 5, 2013

Jessica S.

One more thing- i do so carry insurance!!! Im an independent contractor. I have my own business. There for it warrants insurance. ;)

Feb 5, 2013

Stephanie D.

If I'm accurate, don't fuss at me.

I'll trust a stylist to touch my hair with chemicals and pigments the exact same day a revolution in the industry occurs and the whole lot of you stop being skeptical of color removers. Been burned too many times and paid good money for the privilege. 

Feb 5, 2013

Jessica S.

You are accurate.. In theory only. Im sorry youve had such bad luck in the past. It happens. But dont condemn all hairstylists. 

Feb 5, 2013

Lauren B.

Jessica S. Thank you so very much for your helpful and friendly advice! I truly appreciate it and thanks to everyone else for your helpful input from experience. I'm not a cosmetologist and never claimed to be this is why I was asking for advice for her. And doing her hair is not and was never my "job" in the first place, I do work for Ulta but not in the salon and have no experience in color So thank you all classy and kind ladies who know how to be helpful and proffesional I'm sure you will go far in your career and this girl much appreciates your time and valued info :)

Feb 5, 2013

Lauren B.

Thanks Kristen :)

Feb 5, 2013

Lauren B.

Thank u too Tiffany and any others who helped! Ladies should stick together and keep a professional and friendly outlook on things. I appreciate the help just don't understand the negativity is all I'm really a nice person lol

Feb 5, 2013

Jessica S.

I know youre not. And we hairstylists gave u excellent advice.. The ones who do it for a living. NO OFFENSE!! :)

Feb 5, 2013

Tania S.

Tomato ketchup! The red pigment in it will neutralise the green. My hair tutor reccomends this to loads of people who have this problem.

Feb 5, 2013

Stephanie D.

*Bursts out laughing*

Maybe Beautylish can change the background code to pink, and that way everything will seem more positive! LOL. Seriously.

And Jessica, it's a little more than just "theory." Every single hairstylist on the planet corrects a lifted level 9 or 10 with a yellow remaining pigment with an ash-based (violet) color. Every one. If you really want to continuously battle green tint with "warmth" because you didn't take it out in the first place, have at it.

Most amusing convo ever. lol "negativity."

Feb 5, 2013

Faye W.

u need a colour with a hint ov red to elimimate the green tinge xx