My hair is a base 6 and I would like to lift to a 7. Can I lift usinga level 7 colour with a 20 or 30% vol?

Perito

Very definitely yes. If you're only lifting one level, 20-volume peroxide should work very easily. If you later find it's a bit brassy, use 30-volume peroxide.

andreap1984

Thanks Perito, giving it a go tonight and will post tomorrow to let you know the outcome

andreap1984

Ok, so I put a level 7 on with 20vol and everywhere else is fine but my roots have turned gingery in comparison to the rest? It looks awful. The level 7 I used was a permanent and was medium blond ash gold

Any help please, I have a wedding this weekend!!!

Perito

The gingery roots indicate that the roots have not been lightened enough. If your natural color is, indeed, a level 6, and you're only going to level 7, I'd reapply the color to the roots (only!) and let it process (45 minutes). How long are the roots? If they're very long (more than 2 cm (3/4 inch), you may have some difficulty getting an even color.

If your natural level is much darker than level 6 (I was assuming, initially, that your natural level was a 6), you may have to do "root highlights" with bleach.

andreap1984

My natural hair colour is a level 6 but with warmth not a flat colour, the colour on the rest of my hair is a level 6 but with less warmth and looked slightly darker to my root, the root area is only about 2cm I would say.

Do you think I should reapply the colour to the root only using 20 vol?

Getting worried now as my hair colour isn't consistent throughout, not sure if I should use something like colour oops to get all of the colour off and then go from there, what do you think?

Andrea x

Perito

Yes, I think you should reapply the color to the root only and 20-volume peroxide should be sufficient. From what you're telling me, it should work without difficulty. If there's a marked difference between the root and the ends, you could use 30-volume peroxide. I'm not sure it will make much difference in any case.

I think that if you were to use Color Oops (or ColorFix) to get a clean slate, that you would be causing yourself many more problems. I'm not sure what has caused your colour inconsistency, but normally variation in color is sought after. (ColorFix and Color Oops use essentially the same chemistry -- they're both sulfur-based reducing agents.) If you really want to do that, here are some instructions for using ColorFix:

http://www.robertcraig.com/php/index...ation=colorfix

and Color Oops

http://www.developlus.com/products/coloroops/index.html
http://www.developlus.com/advice/app...ops/index.html

Note Color Oops has two "strengths".

andreap1984

Thanks for this, going to try the roots first and see if that solves the problem, if not I may try Colourfix or Colouroops, which do you think is better and kinder to the hair?

Perito

They're both so similar that I can't recommend one over the other.

andreap1984

Ok I am confused. I put on Igora 7.3 which is medium blond gold with 30 vol watered down to 20 and still my roots are gingery, not as bad as before but definately ginger.

I have a wedding at the weekend and my hair is fine everywhere else but why is it going this colour? Do I need a toner to cancel out the gingery colour and if so what toner and colour or shoudl I try putting it on my roots again but this time 30 vol?