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Gezzy
Feb 8, 2009, 04:32 AM
I have been dying my hair for a few years now from brown to blonde, but I got sick of dark routes showing through and I am getting older so I decided to go back to my own colour, I picked a brown hair dye, and thinking I knew it all I didn't really look at the box, just the colour, my hair is now green in places, when I looked at the box the dye was from a vey dark to a lighter brown hair, I cannot afford to go to a professional, is there anything I can do and what colour dye do you think would help, thank you
jessebearz
Feb 8, 2009, 04:51 AM
Lol, I did the same thing!! I freaked out and called my friend ( who works with hair) all you need to do is get a red/aurban dye, one that only last 4-6 washs, or close to that long, put it in and leave for 25-30 min. your hair will have a very slight hint of red for a few days-till a week but the red gets rid of the green straight away . Always remember that if going from light to dark do a red before or after :)
PunkChic
Feb 8, 2009, 04:59 AM
When going from light to dark, you need to pre pigment the hair to avoid a green tinge. So lets says you were going from blonde to brown, you would first apply a red semi/temporary colour to the hair, you dry it in with a hairdryer, then you apply the brown colour on top and leave it on till the development time is up.
So anyway, to get rid of the green, get a temporary red colour, apply it to the hair for about ten minutes and then rinse off. This will neutralise the green. Good luck!
asphaltangel23
Feb 8, 2009, 09:00 PM
Yeap go with something redish that's greens "complimentary color " meaning it counteracts the greenish tint :-)