My hair journey......how I got my hair from red to ash brown with as little damage as possible.
> Hi my lovelies,
So lately, in the last month approximately I've been on the hair journey. To chop a lengthy story short, I'm tired of dyeing my hair red-colored because It has began to irritate my scalp, but I am too impatient to develop out my hair and who the frick wants halo mind?? (Light roots, dark finishes!) I understand the ombre trend is huge right now however i don't believe I possibly could begin a reverse ombre trend effectively making it awesome and so i have elected with this method rather.
Overall I did not wish to bleach my hair or damage it any more so gentle was the important thing for this whole process, or at best as gentle when i might be. Now, as numerous individuals know, red-colored fades just like a mo-fo, however, it's the WORST colour to get rid of since it has a tendency to stain the cuticle of the hair, so without bleaching or going super dark, it's difficult to eliminate that red-colored sheen towards the hair.
The dye that I've been using for any very long time is L'oreal Recital Preference in Dark Red-colored (3.66) - I made use of this since it is the very best red-colored dye I've attempted for durability, colour repay and result. So if you're looking for a great red-colored, that's certainly someone to try!
1. First, to naturally strip just as much red-colored out my hair when i could I crushed ~15-20 1000mg ascorbic acid pills right into a fine powder. I made use of a pestle and mortar to obtain a fine powder but use a moving pin or hammer. The primary factor isn't to obtain any protuberances inside it, it needs to be considered a fine powder! Then i mixed by using Mind and Shoulders to create a paste, thick enough to spread with the hair.
I made use of Holland and Barrett Ascorbic Acid - however, any you have is nice except chewable ones. That will not work. Also, I am unsure on strength however i imagine that the greater the dose of ascorbic acidity the greater. Ascorbic acidity can be used in certain hair dyes so perhaps it's something related to the oxidation potential from it. I am unsure!
Mind and Shoulders will work for draining colour, you could utilize Vosene or similar items that are supposed to deeply cleanse your hair. Without having either you should use normal shampoo however, you might not get nearly as good an effect.
Then i wet my hair, towel dried and applied the ascorbic acid paste throughout - combed through and wrapped my hair in cling film along with a towel over that to help keep warmth in and permit the merchandise to operate brilliantly. After an hour, I washed and cleaned my hair with mind and shoulders and applied an in-depth conditioner. I made use of John Freida's Full Repair - its my fave ever and that i love the stuff. Hair will feel rough following the treatment so make certain you want to do condition as well as your hair is going straight normal again. Mine did, however, I am no hairstylist if you have badly broken hair, do be careful doing any one of this.
I attempted again a couple of days later also it didn't do anything which means you are restricted to what you could achieve with Ascorbic Acid. I'd say this is the best for whenever you dye hair and it is more dark than you anticipate - to lighten it, do that and you will most likely have it towards the colour that you simply wanted to begin with!
2. A couple of days later - to provide my hair a rest, after using an easy brown semi-permanent (which virtually required me to dark red-colored! Colour does not remove colour, you have to strip, then tone!!) I made use of ColourB4 Extra Strength, hair colour removal treatment. This stuff really smells however it labored for me personally. I applied, combed through after which left for one hour. I'd state that I'd enough in my shoulder-length thick hair, but when you've longer hair, I'd buy two packs to make certain you've enough. Again, I wrapped my mind in cling film along with a towel and also to help it to work, I made use of a hair dryer onto it for around 5-ten minutes from the developing time. Which is the way it wound up
What exactly you can observe, is the fact that my hair went a hell of the lot lighter compared to original colour. It wound up becoming an orangey light brown. Now we all know these items are meant to get you to your natural colour and i believe individuals have impractical anticipation of the items they are able to do and can handle!
Should you dye hair, most dyes contain peroxide, so there's some lifting from the hair to achieve the preferred result, even when you're going more dark. So, you're basically bleaching hair, very mildly however altering the bottom hue of hair. So, in the existence of red-colored, you finish track of a stained cuticle and consequently....your cuticle underneath is orange!! I believe the only method you'd return to completely natural could be should you have had used dyes which were peroxide and ammonia free.
Following the application had finished Then i let my hair dry naturally after what appeared a very long time of rinsing the color B4 out and using the buffer, adopted again with a deep condition. I'm sure the buffer somewhat darkens the end result slightly and overnight, I believe the color did darken just a little and so i would make certain you rinse very well to avoid oxidation and darkening from the dye molecules that could stay in your hair despite rinsing.
Like the majority of, I did not want orange hair, so the following day, to cancel the orangey tones I applied Clairol Nice simple semi permanent colour in Medium Ash Blonde (73).
ow, this might appear a little light however, the main reason I selected it was because after draining, hair is going to be porous so any colour will cling like no one's business. No permanent shirt is suggested after Colour B4 so always employ semi-permanent. Here is the end result in sun light as well as in a camera expensive....
As you can tell - the semi permanent medium ash blonde is much more of the light ash brown which the general effect is not drastically dissimilar to things i initially began with when it comes to how dark it's. However, I'm happy because my locks are no more red-coloredAnd is there a red-colored tinge into it! Now I'm able to stop colouring my hair and also be out my natural colour without searching just like a total plank!!
Hopefully it has assisted anybody available - I'm not by any means a specialist however this has labored for me personally and my locks are nice shiny and feels exactly like after i began this complete process. I've not observed any split finish or nipping. But it's worth mentioning which i will have strong hair to begin for whatever reason.
Overall it's require me to pay ~25 for that ascorbic acid pills, the color b4 and also the semi-permanent dye what's best compared to 120 I've compensated previously in a salon by which they bleached my hair and dyed it ash brown also it was a lot more like an orangey brown!!
We do hope you have utilization of it...... do err along the side of caution with all of this because everyone's locks are different, and this is what has labored for me personally and it has left my hair in good shape.
Until the next time lovelies......
light ash brown
