Help me with Pink/Red Brassy Roots?

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carolinagal25

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Hi - this is my first post - Thanks for helping me out!

A little history - Im only 36 & have a ton of gray hair. My new growth is almost all gray & wirey!:irked:

Ive been using semi-perm store box color for almost 6 years & the texture of my hair is very coarse, dry, brittle. IMO, my hair is in pretty bad shape. I do use professional shampoo/conditioner & my feels a little better, but doesnt look any better

I think my natural color is brunette close to a level 6 - but I have a lot of gray!! The semi perm color was not coloring my gray & my hair was looking really nasty - it was like 5 different colors! So I switched to Goldwell Professional Permanant
#6bkv & Colorance 6Rwith the help of a friend applied it on my hair a few nights ago. Keep in mind that my roots are very gray - but my thought was I would achieve a nice even all over color with a # 6BKV - however my roots turned dark pink/reddish & they are very shiney & noticeable (brassy?)! The rest of my hair looks pretty even - medium brown color - but the roots not so much!

What should I do to blend the pink/red roots with the rest of my hair?? My main concern is covering gray & having very little upkeep/maintainance. I dont have the money for regular salon visits - but at this point am desperate for manageable healthy looking hair.

Id like to be as close to my natural color as possible...

My hair is very thick/coarse/straight & I have a ton of gray!
Thanks again!
 
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Like you, I used to colour my own hair, until I had a result, pretty much like yours, only mine was all over:irked:
I have no idea how no one crashed their cars as I drove to the salon because my glowing colour turned a lot of heads:eek:
Honestly hun, book into a salon, I had to have the brassy red toned down with a gray, followed by the blond I was originally after and if I'd tried to do it myself I'd have ended up bald when the hair broke of.
You need to have the corrective treatment just applied to the right parts of your hair for the right amount of time or you'll just make the disaster worse.
It takes a lot of training, with a lot of experience for a colour expert to be able to match new growth, undamaged hair to the already coloured, already damaged part. Make it look good and make it feel good.
You'll wonder why you ever did it yourself once it's been done by and expert:hug:
 
Thank you very much for replying.

Since I do have considerable amount of gray, what are the advantages of foiling vs all over color to cover gray? Im just clueless about this stuff?

I havent had a professional do my color in almost 9 years - Ive just been doing all over semi-perm color with random results!

Im just looking for the best gray coverage & natural look
 

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