How to Get Back to Your Natural Hair Color
Often it’s hard to get back to natural hair color
Do you want to get your natural hair color back?
The” how-to” of getting back to your natural hair color can be tricky and is always best left to a hair colorist professional. Here is a recent on my article How Can I Get my Natural Hair Color Back, maybe you can relate? But, if you’re getting this answer from your professional hair colorist . . . well, let’s just say, I would be looking elsewhere to spend my money.
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I have a problem with my hair color. I have been told by a couple different hair stylists that it’s the chemistry of my hair, but I think there still has to be a solution. My natural hair color is a light ASHY brown. I have had bleach highlights and have tried on various occasions to get back to my natural color. The stylists will put a “ash” color on and it will take on my processed hair but will turn my natural ashy roots red! No one can seem to find a solution. Can anyone give me any advice about fixing this issue? |
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I think you are right! Given the response, “it’s the chemistry of your hair that’s causing the problem,” after the fact, sounds like an excuse to me and that in reality, these people don’t have the know-how to do the corrective coloring your hair requires.
From what you have described, the hair colorist is putting the same solution on your virgin hair as your processed hair and is expecting the same results? That can’t happen! The basic formula that applies to all hair coloring
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YOUR BASE COLOR + ADDED COLOR= FINAL COLOR
There is more than one way to go about getting your hair back to your natural ashy brown hair color and your hair colorist would need to see you to determine the best route to get you there. But your situation appears, at least from what you’ve mentioned, to be fairly easy to remedy.
It could be that you may need nothing more than toning down the hair color as needed until the unwanted highlighted hair has been cut off. But it’s not possible for me, or anyone for that matter, to give the right solution, chemically speaking, over the internet . . . after all, you have seen what can happen even when someone has you right there in their chair!
Your best solution lies in finding a really top notch hair colorist and there are many of them out there. I know it can be discouraging when you’ve had bad results as you’ve mentioned, but don’t give up, just find better resources. You can try, www.haircolorist.com they list some of the Board Certified Hair Colorists in your area. Ask for referrals from friends, training schools or any woman who has a great hair color!
Try a reputable advanced training center and get it fixed at a discounted price, the schools are there to teach the students how to do corrective coloring and every step is heavily supervised.
If you would like to become more informed and read up on the chemistry of hair coloring, but fair warning, it’s not for the at home hair colorist.
Got a question, war story or comment about this topic? Click on the "Leave Your Comments" link at the very bottom of this article. Some of my best ideas for future articles come from reading reader comments. I'd love to hear from you!
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my hair is like a light brown, with hints of blonde, i dyed it to a dark brown, and its near black. i hate it. but i dont know what to do to get it back to my natural colour? Help !?
Comment by alex — May 30, 2008 @ 4:11 am
Alex,
The links above give ideas, but my guess is your best move would be to have a professional fix it.
People want a quick at-home fix, but when hair gets too dark you need a trained professional to lift out the color and get it rigth. There are a few ways they can go about doing it for you.
Good luck!
Comment by Barb — June 3, 2008 @ 11:56 am
my natural coulor is a mousey brown, i dyed it a dark brown, i have been trying to cover up the roots when they come through an im fed up of dying it, it looks horrible, how dod i get my natural coulor back!? its now loads of diffrend shades of bown please help me!
Comment by Kaitlin — July 25, 2009 @ 4:58 am