Green to blonde
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rebeccaxemily
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It depends what chemicals she’s applied to her hair.
If the green was a direct dye and she’s tried to bleach it, she’ll have simply succeeded in staining the cuticle layer and nothing will shift it now. It will need either cutting out or colouring over.
If the green was a direct dye and she’s tried to bleach it, she’ll have simply succeeded in staining the cuticle layer and nothing will shift it now. It will need either cutting out or colouring over.
rebeccaxemily
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She had blonde hair and applied a semi permanent colour to it x
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I think it’s best if you find out the name of the colour and then check the removal method recommended by the manufacturer.
What’s her normal colour? I think she’s going to have to settle for a darker blonde until it’s grown out.
What’s her normal colour? I think she’s going to have to settle for a darker blonde until it’s grown out.
rebeccaxemily
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Was this wrong of me... the picture attatched is the before and after (blue to brown)
Basically a friend of a friend asked me to sort her hair out. She was blonde and 5 weeks prior to seeing me, she decided to put a peacock blue crazy colour on at home. After 5 weeks she decided to use Colour B4 to try and strip the blue semi. (Which is where I come into it). My friend then messaged me to tell me what had happened, I explained that stripping it will have made it worse and would be hard to remove. The next day she came to my salon and I gave her the highly recommended option to bare with it and use natural remedies to let it fade or the other option which I really didn’t want to do was go dark to mask it for a while. As she said she had really important events to come up and she didn’t have time to fade the blue out naturally, she decided to go dark. I tried and tried to push not to go dark but she insisted and as she was a friend of a friend, I agreed. After I put it dark she hated it & regreted it. Am I wrong for not putting my foot down? I have done what she asked & really don’t want to be bad mouthed now that it’s dark.
Basically a friend of a friend asked me to sort her hair out. She was blonde and 5 weeks prior to seeing me, she decided to put a peacock blue crazy colour on at home. After 5 weeks she decided to use Colour B4 to try and strip the blue semi. (Which is where I come into it). My friend then messaged me to tell me what had happened, I explained that stripping it will have made it worse and would be hard to remove. The next day she came to my salon and I gave her the highly recommended option to bare with it and use natural remedies to let it fade or the other option which I really didn’t want to do was go dark to mask it for a while. As she said she had really important events to come up and she didn’t have time to fade the blue out naturally, she decided to go dark. I tried and tried to push not to go dark but she insisted and as she was a friend of a friend, I agreed. After I put it dark she hated it & regreted it. Am I wrong for not putting my foot down? I have done what she asked & really don’t want to be bad mouthed now that it’s dark.
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No, you didn’t do anything wrong! I think the issue here is that you’re blurring the line between client and friend.
It’s not uncommon for clients who have been blonde for a while and choose to go darker for whatever reason, almost immediately regret their decision. That’s one reason why I try to persuade them not to go darker than a 6/7 if they’ve been around a 9/10 for ages as the difference can be quite a shock to the system.
It’s much easier to stay professional when treating someone as a client and ensuring that the final decision is theirs. And if they change their mind and want to go back to their previous colour, you must charge them for the pleasure. That way, you keep the whole thing on a professional footing and importantly, it keeps it less stressful for you.
It’s not uncommon for clients who have been blonde for a while and choose to go darker for whatever reason, almost immediately regret their decision. That’s one reason why I try to persuade them not to go darker than a 6/7 if they’ve been around a 9/10 for ages as the difference can be quite a shock to the system.
It’s much easier to stay professional when treating someone as a client and ensuring that the final decision is theirs. And if they change their mind and want to go back to their previous colour, you must charge them for the pleasure. That way, you keep the whole thing on a professional footing and importantly, it keeps it less stressful for you.
JJH93
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Not your fault at all. She did hair DIY at home caused a big problem. Took the only real solution you could have offered and now doesn't like it. Nothing else you could do! I agree with Haircutz above 
adamlea87
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As mentioned above these types of dyes can havr a staining effect on the hair. In truth you might never get it out the hair fully, but if you are up to the challenge here is a method I developed years ago..
1) Coat the hair in sulfated caster oil
2) Heat under dryer for 30 mins
3) Shampoo 3-4 times
4) Repeat depending on results
5) Neutralise pale green undertone with pale pink (red based) colour)
1) Coat the hair in sulfated caster oil
2) Heat under dryer for 30 mins
3) Shampoo 3-4 times
4) Repeat depending on results
5) Neutralise pale green undertone with pale pink (red based) colour)
Lindsay190
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Can I ask what you ended up doing to your clients hair, in a very similar situation and would love to hear the outcome of yours xxxx
rebeccaxemily
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Hi. I ended up using affinage 5/3 to cover the green.. the red/gold in the tiny made the coverage really good. - if your client wants to remain blonde, I’d stand your ground and tell them to bare with it as bleaching/stripping will not help. If they demand they want to go dark then you do as they say, they can’t blame you afterwards if it’s what they wanted. If they come to hairdressers for advice and choose not to take it, it’s their choice hun!
Good luck! B x
Good luck! B x
ColorMeGiddy
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I think you did great work.
