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Correcting Brassy Color
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If you've lightened your hair only a couple of shades (or not at all) with a permanent color, try a blue-toned shampoo, which is formulated especially for this problem, or have your colorist apply a blue or violet toner to counteract the redness.
For a more serious case, you can use a gentle, ashy semipermanent in a similar shade to tone it down. To prevent this from happening in the future, choose an ashy shade, use a mild shampoo and limit your hair's exposure to the sun.
If you've lightened significantly, it's possible that the bleach wasn't left on long enough -- some hair, particularly if it's naturally very dark, can be rather resistant to bleaching. Your best bet is to have a good colorist fix this problem for you. (Note: Never apply permanent color to bleached hair on your own.)
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by Christina from indiana on November 23, 2011
my hair is naturally medium brown. I have blonde highlight and would like to dye it back to my natural medium brown color with no brassiness. what is the best color and developer to use.
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by Mel from Norfolk gt yar on November 13, 2011
Help i highlighted my natural ginger hair and now its even orangier than i was b4!!! **** dont know wot to do ive used 3 sorts of purple shampoo hasnt done owt!! Help me i look like a pumpkin i want the highlights to whiten....
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by Bernadette Mitchell from Rotorua , New Zealand on October 2, 2011
i was intending to "lighten" my hair and go to a lighter golden brown for my cousins wedding this coming weekend so i bleeched my hair and it only worked properly at the roots the ends where close to the colour i wanted so didnt worry about re-doing the lightening process, so i then put a vol 6 dye in (caramel brown)and it went red/orange.arrrrg!!!!!!!!!!! will re-lightening my hair work to get the br****colour out before going back to medium/light brown??? please help so embarresing!!!!!
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by Lou from London on September 24, 2011
I have natural dark hair but have had several red and brown dyes over it! Yesterday I had a full head of highlights as I want to go blonde I was told I would get light brown hair and next time it would lift more! It's turned a horrible orange colour and the salon toned it twice! Can I re bleach the day after to try and lift it or will my hair fall out
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by Pamela S Boyd from Owensboro, KY on September 19, 2011
Have always done my roots w/ultimate natural blond. Used just light blond to tone it down for winter. Was too dark and it was just my roots. Used a high lift cool blonde which toned it down a little but would like to get it back to my ususal color
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by nancy from toronto on September 16, 2011
did i bleachout got gold yellow wanted a ginger blonde level 10, add a colour got carrot orange, whee do i go now ? its a level 10, love the tone and depth just want the red cut out , do i use just a straight ash toner? 11 ash ? help me!
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by teddy on September 10, 2011
the only way to get rid of orange brassy hair is to re bleach it with loreal quick blue powder and use 40 volume developer.
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by mckenaie from california on August 23, 2011
I tried to dye my hair blonde from and ashy blonde and it turned orange and i think it's because i didnt leave the dye in long enough. if i re dye it with an ashy blonde and leave it in for the right amount of time will it fix the orange color?
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by silvan andre from Las Vegas, NV on August 20, 2011
I bleached my hair but the ends came out orangy nd the roots came out yellow.what do I do to get it all an even blode color
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by Maria Cascio from New Jersey on August 10, 2011
I died my hair with highlights, always como very nice, but this time the beutician did highlights over my highlights in the front and dont like looks very light, after she used a toner an still vey ashy, can I use a collos like semi permanent hais color, emergency I have a wedding to go this saturday. Help...
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by Graylee on July 2, 2011
I have done this several times, i.e. get a br****color. NOW-- I used revlon blonde box for a couple of highlighted strands, and I got blonde streaks, not brassy orange color. I do not know what would happen if I tried to the entire head or touch up, but here this--it works for small sections or several strand of highlights. I promise!
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by amanda gough curran from ireland on June 18, 2011
i bleached my hair and put a matrix ash toner on it but its whiter at top colour i wanted but its very brassy at back what could i use to get rid of brassy ness
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by brooke from little rock, ar on May 1, 2011
ok... my hair is natural dark brown. well for the past 5-6 months i have been coloring it with a 5vr or a 6 vr... i jus love the violet purple & it looks good on me. i am a stylist, and tend to be pretty extreme
when it comes to life altogether... but anyways... bordom is not a good thing for me or my hair...long story short... with the 5vr on my hair HEAVY i went & tried to lift it with my own mix of stuff & ended up with bright orange and yellow hair & extremly pale on my scalp. so now i REALLY need to know exactly what to quick fix it cause i have a first date with an EXTREMELY handsome man plus have to open the shop in the morning.... HELP!!!!!!asap
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by Tina from Modesto on April 21, 2011
I would like some info; used 507 Dark Natural Blonde excoverage for grey hair by Matrix Socolor as base. Used Wella Blondor mixing equal parts with 40 vol for highlights. Now underneath is orangey top is too yellow. Use Paul Mitchell flash finish icy blue/violet toner w/5 vol per. Looks like it went a little lighter. Wanted to tone that down went green UGH!
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by shawna from colorland on April 5, 2011
Wow! It seems like everyone is having the same issue! Brassy red orange hair! I am a cosmetologist and I first recommend trying to get most of the color you used out Malibu color corrector is excellent. After that look at your hair if you see red your hair is a level 6 or under, orange level 7, yellow orange level 8, yellows are 9 & 10. You have to get the correct level with the correct toner ie blue or voilet to get the br****out. Green is used for red, Blue is used for orange, Voilet is used for yellow. Go to a beauty supply store know for sure what the tonal color is not just ash. So if you have Med Blonde hair and you have orangey streaks a level 7Blue deposit only color with a low volume such as color touch 5vol. Do Not use a perm. color with a 20 vol!!! Good Luck!
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by cher schwartz from kamloops bc on April 1, 2011
I put a level 7 ash on top of prelightened 'orange' hair and got green. will a bleach cocktail take the green out and bring back the orange or just balance the green?
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by cher schwartz from kamloops bc on March 31, 2011
where are the answers to these people's questions? How do you fight orange hair...to make a nice level 7?
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by Nora from New Jersey on March 13, 2011
I used Revlons Golden Blonde #71 on my dirty blonde hair yesterday and now it's a light orange color, how should I fix it? I wanted my hair to be a nice light blonde not orange!! Please help!!!
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by HELPFOR A TURE RED HD from tAMPA, FL on February 8, 2011
I need help fast! I am a ture red head at heart and over the years it has turned white and reddish blonde. i use a aburn color hoping to give me a rihcer color. I got orange and brassy richer. HELP I have my 50th birthday in a few days and i dont want to have orange or brassy hair color. PLEASE HELP ASAP. THANK GOD FOR YOU SITE!
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by Crystal from ohio on January 16, 2011
I have done my hair for a while now.Well I tryed highlighting my hair to get that been in the sin blonde loo.Now my roots and bangs are orange and the rest of my hair is yellow with orange streaks.Mind you my hair is long.What can I do to get the yellow and orange out??Please help my three year old thinks I am a pumpkin
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