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    Dec 10, 2009, 01:15 PM
    Will high lift lighten my brown hair?
    I have bleach blonde hair with med brown roots, I would like to keep my hair blonde but wanted to try something else other than bleach that isn't going to be so harsh, I have ordered a lightest blonde high lift colour and was wondering if this would leave my hair brassy against the dark brown lights I'm putting in too?
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    Dec 10, 2009, 01:22 PM

    Dark brown lowlights against very light blonde hair will look very dramatic, and possibly harsh. If you want something a little more subtle, you could go for a light blonde canvas with light brown, or dark blonde low-lights.
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    Dec 10, 2009, 02:44 PM

    If you needed bleach to get your hair the color it is now, then high-lift tints won't work. Medium brown is usually level 4 or possibly 5. Bleached hair is almost always level 10; occasionally it might be level 9. In any case, you're trying to lift four or five levels. High lifts are good for an absolute maximum of three and a half levels. After that, it simply gets too brassy. In addition, high-lifts are almost always more damaging than bleach.

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