Comments on: Learning More About Hair Color http://judesmultiinfo.com/Beauty_Denominator/2007/08/01/more-hair-color-learning/ Everyone Has Beauty and There Is Always A Common Denominator Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:10:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jude8753 http://judesmultiinfo.com/Beauty_Denominator/2007/08/01/more-hair-color-learning/#comment-244 jude8753 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 20:15:40 +0000 http://judesmultiinfo.com/Beauty_Denominator/2007/08/01/more-hair-color-learning/#comment-244 Hi Charla, I am assuming you are using store bought color and not professional tubes of color? Those colors have already been formulated at the factory for a specific shade and mixing any combination of store bought shades could be risky because they use different amounts of base and you never know what you will end up with. Professionally mixed colors that we use in salons are in tubes and you have to know the exact formula to use together to achieve the resulting color. Fortunately light brown and dark blond would be close in base color according to the manufacturer so it probably hasn't made that big of a difference. I hope when you color your hair you only do the regrowth and not put it all over your head? If you put it on the hair that doesn't need colored it tends to build up and will darken over a period of time and it isn't good for the porosity of your hair because then it will start grabbing more of the red or which ever is the strongest base color you are using. So if you use too much ash color your hair could get a tinge of green. Color is a very tricky business and actually the only way to lighten darker hair is with a bleach or lightener. Tint will not lift tint, in other words, if you decided to use a blond color on your brown hair the color will not lift. Does that make sense? Have you considered a few highlights instead to lighten the overall effect? If you have more questions I will do my best to answer them for you. Hi Charla,
I am assuming you are using store bought color and not professional tubes of color? Those colors have already been formulated at the factory for a specific shade and mixing any combination of store bought shades could be risky because they use different amounts of base and you never know what you will end up with.

Professionally mixed colors that we use in salons are in tubes and you have to know the exact formula to use together to achieve the resulting color. Fortunately light brown and dark blond would be close in base color according to the manufacturer so it probably hasn’t made that big of a difference.

I hope when you color your hair you only do the regrowth and not put it all over your head? If you put it on the hair that doesn’t need colored it tends to build up and will darken over a period of time and it isn’t good for the porosity of your hair because then it will start grabbing more of the red or which ever is the strongest base color you are using. So if you use too much ash color your hair could get a tinge of green.

Color is a very tricky business and actually the only way to lighten darker hair is with a bleach or lightener. Tint will not lift tint, in other words, if you decided to use a blond color on your brown hair the color will not lift. Does that make sense?

Have you considered a few highlights instead to lighten the overall effect? If you have more questions I will do my best to answer them for you.

]]> By: charla http://judesmultiinfo.com/Beauty_Denominator/2007/08/01/more-hair-color-learning/#comment-243 charla Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:51:25 +0000 http://judesmultiinfo.com/Beauty_Denominator/2007/08/01/more-hair-color-learning/#comment-243 I was using light brown hair color, but I'm wanting to lighten my hair a little. So I've been using a mix of 1/2 light brown & 1/2 dark blonde for a few weeks. My hair has always had a little bit of a red tone to it, so now I'm using the ash colors to cancel that out some. But I don't want my hair to develop a green tone. Am I doing the right thing? I was using light brown hair color, but I’m wanting to lighten my hair a little. So I’ve been using a mix of 1/2 light brown & 1/2 dark blonde for a few weeks. My hair has always had a little bit of a red tone to it, so now I’m using the ash colors to cancel that out some. But I don’t want my hair to develop a green tone. Am I doing the right thing?

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