Hair colour help

[stella1981]

I've been a Hairdresser for the past 10 years but mainly the cutting side. I've took colour correction courses but still I come across things I'm not sure of all the time. I had a lady with 1cm root base 7 ends 55/66 faded out extremely porous and level 10 on ends. I thought the best course of action would be to bleach the mid lengths roots and last of all ends. Target shade was caramel blonde base 7/8very vague. It lifted to base 9 but still patchy in places so I rinsed and covered with 7/1 and 7/3. When dryed client feels dull so had to go through and bleach foils which I have to say looked better! I just feel like I'm taking a long way for a shortcut sometimes and could I have done it differently to get the desired result? Can anyone help me? I'm so fed up with colour and never seem to get it just right.

 

[ronray]

I've been a Hairdresser for the past 10 years but mainly the cutting side. I've took colour correction courses but still I come across things I'm not sure of all the time. I had a lady with 1cm root base 7 ends 55/66 faded out extremely porous and level 10 on ends. I thought the best course of action would be to bleach the mid lengths roots and last of all ends. Target shade was caramel blonde base 7/8very vague. It lifted to base 9 but still patchy in places so I rinsed and covered with 7/1 and 7/3. When dryed client feels dull so had to go through and bleach foils which I have to say looked better! I just feel like I'm taking a long way for a shortcut sometimes and could I have done it differently to get the desired result? Can anyone help me? I'm so fed up with colour and never seem to get it just right.

Have you been on courses with the colour house, or just general colour courses?