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Date Posted: 22:27:11 05/21/07 Mon
Author: Rebecca
Subject: Re: going from died blonde back to natural chestnut color hair
In reply to: cheryl 's message, "going from died blonde back to natural chestnut color hair" on 12:59:13 02/26/07 Mon

>my hair is highlighted blonde how do i get back to my
>natural hair color which is chestnut brown from home
>hair care color kits? with out it turning funny colors
>or getting red or orange tones in it?

Red or orange comes with a warm base...so avoid anything that states warm brown or golden brown. Since you have highlights, I would suggest you use something that states natural or neutral rather than ash. The reason I say this is that ash is a nice name for green and your highlights could turn green with an ash color. Ash is only good when you want to cancel out red tones (don't confuse this with yellow...violet cancels out yellow, not green). I personally think professional demi-permanent colors (the ones you get in places like Sallys or Rickys in New York; i.e. Loreal Color Gems...start out two shades lighter in this line than the supposed swatch that looks right) come out better than the ones you get from the drugstore.

To do this safely, pick out a demi-permanent color with a natural/neutral (blue/violet and/or brown base for professional colors) base. Pick out a color that is at least one shade lighter than what you desire (don't believe the little hair swatch...that is the color that comes out on completely colorless white hair). Your hair will most likely turn out the shade of the color swatch in the next color down (i.e. your hair turns the same tone as the swatch level 5 medium natural brown although you selected a level 6 light natural brown because the swatch looked like the right color for you). See how the color processes on a a one-two inch section of your hair in the back (clip or tie back the rest of your hair and separate your 'try-on' section from the rest of your hair with a bobby pin for processing and for separating from the rest of your hair...see how long it takes to get the desired outcome and also see if this is what you want; one-two inches isn't going to kill you). It is a lot easier to go darker later if it comes out lighter than you want. Also, your highlights may not completely cancel out depending how light they are. If they are really light, it is most likely they will blend in rather than completely cancel out the first time around. You may need to do this more than once to get a more uniform tone if that is what you desire. Hope this helps!

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