Hi, 'm hoping someone can give me some advice. I'm taking the plunge and colouring my own hair after 2 recent unsuccessful visits to 2 top end salons who did not listen at all to what I wanted, even though I was very specific and had pictures. I have wasted a small fortune and I'm still not happy with it.
When I tried the 1st salon I was sporting my trustee dark drown to honey blonde dip die that I had had and loved for over a year but wanted a change. I wanted balayage as opposed to dip die and a much less obvious contrast of rich slightly warm chocolate brown with caramel slices through the mid lengths and ends. I won't go into everything that happened but the 1st salon I went back to 4 times and was taken from a flat all over brown to red to dodgy highlights to dark drown, none of which I asked for. Then I went to an even more expensive salon as they were meant to be the best around for balayage, so I felt confident that they would be able to do it and after almost having a heart attack at the cost, which was almost the same as my mortgage, I ended up with a shoddier version of the original dip die I had when it all started and extremely dry, dull looking brassy blonde ends, I went back and complained again and was given a toner which proceeded to wash out in a week! As you can imagine I am pulling my hair out (excuse the pun) :lol:
So I figure there's no way I can do a worse job myself and even if it's still not quite right at least it won't have cost me an arm and a leg and practice makes perfect
So I've decided I want to free hand some highlights but leaving the ends as they are really dry, I basically want to even out the severe dark to blonde and have a more broken up all over highlighted, balayage effect. I want the over all hue to be a warm golden chestnut level 5-6. At the moment my roots to ends are are dark brown around level 3 with the ends being a dark blonde maybe level 7.
I've got indola bleach powder which I've strand tested with a 10 vol developer as it says it lifts 7 shades with a 20 and I want to keep it as kind to my hair as possible, it worked really well. Where I need the advice is the toner/colour. I've always been a little confused. Is toning just lightened hair the same as older highlights for processing times? And what toner would you recommend? I have wella colour touch 6/37 Dark Gold Brunette Blonde. How do you think this will come out over the new and existing colours and highlights?
I've only coloured my own hair with a single process before, so any advice will be much appreciated.
Many thanks.
When I tried the 1st salon I was sporting my trustee dark drown to honey blonde dip die that I had had and loved for over a year but wanted a change. I wanted balayage as opposed to dip die and a much less obvious contrast of rich slightly warm chocolate brown with caramel slices through the mid lengths and ends. I won't go into everything that happened but the 1st salon I went back to 4 times and was taken from a flat all over brown to red to dodgy highlights to dark drown, none of which I asked for. Then I went to an even more expensive salon as they were meant to be the best around for balayage, so I felt confident that they would be able to do it and after almost having a heart attack at the cost, which was almost the same as my mortgage, I ended up with a shoddier version of the original dip die I had when it all started and extremely dry, dull looking brassy blonde ends, I went back and complained again and was given a toner which proceeded to wash out in a week! As you can imagine I am pulling my hair out (excuse the pun) :lol:
So I figure there's no way I can do a worse job myself and even if it's still not quite right at least it won't have cost me an arm and a leg and practice makes perfect
So I've decided I want to free hand some highlights but leaving the ends as they are really dry, I basically want to even out the severe dark to blonde and have a more broken up all over highlighted, balayage effect. I want the over all hue to be a warm golden chestnut level 5-6. At the moment my roots to ends are are dark brown around level 3 with the ends being a dark blonde maybe level 7.
I've got indola bleach powder which I've strand tested with a 10 vol developer as it says it lifts 7 shades with a 20 and I want to keep it as kind to my hair as possible, it worked really well. Where I need the advice is the toner/colour. I've always been a little confused. Is toning just lightened hair the same as older highlights for processing times? And what toner would you recommend? I have wella colour touch 6/37 Dark Gold Brunette Blonde. How do you think this will come out over the new and existing colours and highlights?
I've only coloured my own hair with a single process before, so any advice will be much appreciated.
Many thanks.
