Advice needed on hair colouring (merged)

elle45

Please, please don't dabble in putting it right!! I have seen too many home disasters come into the salon!!:eek: Whatever you do, you go back and say it how it is!! You have paid good money to cheer yourself up on a hairdo and if you are not happy say so!! If they are a reputable salon they will make sure they put it right and you leave a happy customer!! Hope it goes well!! x

Poppy9

I'd go back if it's not what you wanted.

I have naturally very dark brown hair and had some lighter foils a couple of months ago. I have about an 1" now of dark roots and I don't like the gingery look to my hair. I don't know why I had them done as I've had them done before and hated. Last time I put a chestnut semi perm. colour on and it worked okay. I'm thinking of doing the same again this weekend.

Bronnie

Charliezoo... you've gotta be strong here! Bite the bullet and go back to the hairdressers to get her to sort it out........It's hideously embarassing to do, I know, I've done it!

Most salons would prefer to sort out problems with a customer who behaves in a reasonable way, rather than risk her going round telling all and sundry what a terrible experience you had there.

I would ring first and have a discreet word with the owner/ manager, along the lines of now you're home and able to look at it properly, it's really not what you've asked for and could you arrange a time to pop down and let them look at it again.

I wouldn't expect to pay any more to have the situation corrected.

Good luck!

glowgirl_2

Hi Charliezoo, I'm so sorry your not happy with your hair, its just depressing especially if you paid for it, I've been there countless times and now have a strong aversion to hairdressers, my head says going back to the salon and insisting they sort it is the right advice but in my heart I just know I wouldn't do that for fear of them making it worse, personally I would follow emmzys advice, in fact I have done the purple colour thing in the past and its worked beautifully, you could also die your hair light brown all over, it wont show on your dark colour and tone down the lighter bits or just colour the lighter bits, use a colour with the word ash in it cos that means it has less red tones I like nice n easy lightest ash brown - hth good luck hun:)

Charliezoo

Thank you all for the fantastic advice!

However embarrasing it is for me, I would return to the salon but its a good half an hour drive away and I won't be able to get there until sometime next week.

I also don't know what they would do, I think they'd either add more lowlights to the underneath to try and even out the black (this could make it far worse) or dye the top section dark again.

The worst thing is that I have to wear my hair up for work and when I do this I have black hair with a big blond streak along my parting, it looks awful!

I really need to get the blond toned down so it blends in better with my natural coulor so I think I'll have to get down to Boots to find something in a bottle as I really can't stand to look like this for much longer!

billy858

I have medium brown hair and had highlights a couple of months ago which were great at the time, but since the really sunny weather they had gone lighter and looked really brassy, making the roots look really obvious. I didn't want to pay to get my hair done again so went and got a semi permanent in medium brown from Boots. Worked a treat. The highlights still show through nicely but blend in really well.

missm29

Can anyone suggest a make of permanent or semi hair dye that has a low amount of chemicals. I'm pregnant and badly need to dye my hair, need to cover some greys and where my colour has faded/been in the sun its got a ginger tinge to it, i normally go for a dark brown sometimes with a hint of red. I'd prefer to go to a shop and buy but will order online if need be. thanks

RabbitintheHeadlights

You could try Lush? Try https://www.lush.co.uk where you can order on line or see a list of shops if you'd rather go in, they do the "cacas" range. There's a brown one (caca brun) that might do the job. Might be worth talking to your hairdresser first though as I remember my hairdresser telling me when I was expecting first time round that dyes and perms didn't take in the first couple of months.

Bear in mind that they do entail quite a bit of sitting around with a towel on your head, so it depends on getting a guaranteed few hours free time.

the_devil_made_me_do_it

Boots Botanicals range of hair dyes seem ok. They do semi & permanent dyes in a nice range of shades. To be honest, I don't really think there will many dyes which have little or no chemicals in them.

Or you could maybe buy those wash in wash out colors that last about 6 washes. I would imagine they would have less chemicals in them.

Charliezoo

Thanks so much for the help

I found a colour mousse in Sallys which seems to have helped the colour blend in a bit better. The colour does wash out unfortunately but I'd rather 'play it safe' and have to keep applying it than have another disaster!

Cheers again!