Calling all hairstylists! Advice needed~

beach_bum_gurl
beach_bum_gurl Posts: 200
edited October 4 in Chit-Chat
So I have been a not-natural blond for around 10 years and have decided that I want to go back to brownish-red.

My natural color, back when it was that, was a 6.

The color that I currently use is Loreal Superior Preference les Blondissimes Extra Light Ash Blond, which is a LB01, and is considered cool.

The color that I would like to use is Loreal Superior Preference Light Amber Brown, which is a 6 AM, and is considered warm.

Question~ If I do this am I going to come out with funky colored hair?

Thanks in advance for your advice!

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  • Melis25Fit
    Melis25Fit Posts: 811 Member
    Go into Fantastic Sams-- I don't work there, nor am a stylist, but have colored my hair 15 years now. It's cheap there, but professional product is so much better than the box stuff, and it will turn out the way it should--Without experimenting and causing yourself added stress.
  • Johnnyswife
    Johnnyswife Posts: 1,447 Member
    Not a hair stylist, but from my own mistakes in coloring my hair, avoid any colors with ash tones. This can turn blonde hair blue. I had awful blue streaks all over! I had to strip it, and go back with a color with red tones which covered over the blonde streaks and didn't make it look funky.
  • etpx3
    etpx3 Posts: 147 Member
    box colors in general screw your hair so mixing will make it worse...if you do plan on going to a salon it'll take a few process' to strip then put in the color you won't...but this all depends on what salon you go to..cause many just do half *kitten* jobs.
  • Dstacy103004
    Dstacy103004 Posts: 1
    You probably will come out a strange color. What your trying to do is corrective color and is one of the most difficult things to do. It would be best to have a professional do a protein treatment, fill it and then color it. Even with that you will probably fade really fast and have to have it recolored with in 4 weeks after the second coat of color it will usually be fine. You just have to use really good products for color treated hair to keep the color in and keep it healthy. Your hair won't really act like normal hair until you have grown out all the hair that has been damaged from making it blonde.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    Go into Fantastic Sams-- I don't work there, nor am a stylist, but have colored my hair 15 years now. It's cheap there, but professional product is so much better than the box stuff, and it will turn out the way it should--Without experimenting and causing yourself added stress.

    I would ask around first (if you even have that salon in your area). I went to Penneys salon in three different cities for years and they always did an awesome job. Then I moved where I am now and went twice to two different stylists and they were both quite awful.

    So, just make sure your local Fantastic Sams is as good as the OP's. :-)
  • GinNouveau
    GinNouveau Posts: 143 Member
    That's a big change! Even if you usually color at home you may want to go to a salon for a big color jump like that. You can always do maintenance at home. It costs more to get a color correction done by a professional than a regular color. It will look better and be better for your hair too. Good luck.
  • jennajava
    jennajava Posts: 2,176 Member
    Not a stylist, but I wouldn't color my own hair. Let a professional do it.
  • jennajava
    jennajava Posts: 2,176 Member
    But if you're like me (hardheaded) and going to do it anyway, I would find a halfway color, use it. Then wait a few days (or at least 24 hours) and do the color you're after. That's way too big of a jump.
  • 123456654321
    123456654321 Posts: 1,311 Member
    For the first time, I would go to a professional.
  • momof3and3
    momof3and3 Posts: 656 Member
    I am a hairstylist/colorist...corrective color is my speciality

    Don't do it at home, go to a salon

    If you are going to do it at home, do not use permnament haircolor, use an ammonia free one, like natural instincts, because you need to just deposit color back. However when you start mixing a cool color with a warm color, the colors neutralize each other and can create a mud color....

    I would go see a professional who is experienced in this. It migh cost a bit now, but that cost is nothing compared to correcting it. Also, once you are the color you want to be, you can ealsiy do your own touch ups at home.
  • Deckershann
    Deckershann Posts: 272 Member
    I am a stylist, and from what I've been taught, you have to re-pigment your hair when going more than two levels darker. I definitely would recommend going to a salon to have your hair done...box colors sometimes contain metallic salts in the dye and they continue to oxidize when another developer is put on them...this can cause your hair to turn an "off" color. Best of luck :)
  • Aviendha_RJ
    Aviendha_RJ Posts: 600 Member
    First go around, pay for it. TRUST ME. It's worth the money. If you do it yourself, it can screw up, & then you'll be paying to stip it, to re-colour it, & if it isn't right THEN? It's cheaper & less stressful & you're guaranteed to have better results going to a proper colourist who can treat it with toner.

    Transitionning from light to dark can be harder on your hair than you think. You may choose to go to a middle-ground colour first just to ensure you have an appropriate base to make it come out the colour you want.

    Friend of mine tried to go from an almost platinum blonde (Gwen Stefani style) to chocolate brown, and her hair turned PINK. We took her to a salon & it took 5 hours to strip the colour, dye it almond brown, & then dye it chocolate brown to cover it up properly, without any hints of evil pink coming through.

    Good luck with your makeover!
  • megteg
    megteg Posts: 97 Member
    I also advise going to a salon. I dyed my hair blonde in high school, then decided to dye it back to a medium golden brown, using box colors. My hair turned a weird brownish green color. It was NOT pretty and I had to visit a salon to get it fixed!
  • philOHIO
    philOHIO Posts: 520 Member
    Go to a GOOD salon. These bestcuts type of places usually hire newbies, and unless you want to be a practice model, go to a reputable salon. Obviously you have a friend or three than can recommend a stylist.
  • brooke0206
    brooke0206 Posts: 255 Member
    You need a filler put on your hair first because being that your hair is already colored and soo light it is going to suck the color and it will pull the warmth so yes you may end up with a funky color.... I would go to Sally Beauty Supply and ask for help finding the right products OR your best bet would be to have it done professionally first. If I was there and could go with you to get color and see your hair first hand I would be able to tell you exactally what to get but unfortunately w/o actually physically seeing your hair and knowing the product you are wanting to use its hard to give much help. I do recomend buying color at sallys tho because for being non licensed that is the best place to get color that is of professional quality. Usually the people who work there know something about color and should be able to help you a little. Good luck!!
  • seven8seven
    seven8seven Posts: 58 Member
    I've been in the hair biz for 4 years - box colors are not reliable - do not go by what the picture shows because many factors go into what the outcome will be. Please get it professionally done. You've been blonde for so many years and using a box ash is very risky. You could end up with a tint of green or a murky dirty color . GO TO A PROFESSIONAL. You could save a lot of money because color correction is a bank account killer!
  • beach_bum_gurl
    beach_bum_gurl Posts: 200
    Thanks everyone. Salon it will be!
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