HELP! Brown hair color turned my hair a dark red!

Amyemme · Sep 6, 2010, 11:56 AM

Do not put anything with a violet base. Mix purple paint with red paint....Get my drift. Nothing more than a darker burgandy hair color. Green is the only thing that gets out red tones, and you must go darker, tint does not lift tint.

SunnyDays2Day · Oct 4, 2010, 01:43 AM

Ash can turn your hair green if there is no red in it. I believe ash will turn your hair green if you mix it with a purple based coloring. Ash removes red and neutralizes it.

morganleffay · Oct 5, 2010, 04:16 AM

Its not the best thing to keep dying your hair so the easiest way would be for you to just bleach it. It will turn a gross mixture of light colors but then you can dye it a medium brown dye and it will be fine without the red tones. I had the same problem

Sherrie58 · Oct 15, 2010, 04:25 AM

Ash will only turn hair green when you are going from blonde to brown without the proper red fillers. If you wish to go to brown from blonde you would use the following Clairol method - choose 108 - wet your hair and put just the color pack on your hair - do not put the activator in the color - let it set for 15 min. -do not rinse - then choose 118A neutral med brown - mix the color, activator and put an even amount of shampoo in as the amount of color - mix together and apply to your hair - check your hair every 5 min. Until you have the color you are looking for. This mix will give you a nice golden brown (brown with red highlights). My experience in going to dark is once you go dark - you have to see a professional and it takes several visits before they can return the color and luster to your hair (did that in my 30's).

hollywood_werk · Dec 23, 2010, 08:09 AM

Mine did the same thing and my mum is going to flip

gglxxxooo · Apr 10, 2011, 01:59 AM

That exact same thing happened to me (the exact same hair product and everything) and I dyed it dark brown with clairol. Its ok looking (kind of redishy but otherwise alright) But I`m going to get it stripped....xx

Lett14 · Jun 2, 2011, 02:39 PM

I thought I,d get my gray bits done 3 days ago, got home after and its a dark dark color with red tints, so I went back to the hairdressers and she said she,d fix it no problem well its slighty less red but darker still, she used an ash color by the way, anyway it looks terrible so me and my wife on the advice of a top hairdresser we know who lives in another country dyed it with a perm dark brown to get rid of the red, it now looks almost black and artificial, I went to get to medium brown if not I,ll have to get a skinhead, I'm a man so its not so bad but I don,t really want to have my hair cut off, but I'm going to get so much piss taking its unbelievable! Help!

meherm · Oct 23, 2011, 10:36 PM

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Ing32 · Mar 5, 2012, 03:00 AM

(When I was much younger) My blonde hair turned a dark brown/green when no red pigment was in the brown I was using. Lack of red produces green. I am having the same problem as Nick1616 at the moment, and through experience, I can say a semi (demi) perm medium ash brown sounds spot on. Thanx Pretty lady!

jreichard · Jun 6, 2012, 07:47 PM

This used to happen to me I found a color i have stuck to by loreal its called havanna brown. never turns red looks natural and has built in highlights. Someone told me to stay away from anything warm or has the word golden in it.

HELP! Brown hair color turned my hair a dark red!

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