Hello, I have been trying to go from platinum blonde to honey blonde as my hair got over-lightened. This happened with a box dye (Loreal Feria) a year ago and I have been since struggling to match my roots to my lengths, so I though I just want to get my lengths a bit darker to match my roots. I have found an article and followed the advice of using Wella Koleston Perfect 9/38GP(80% of total) +8/7B (20%of total) + equal parts of 10Volume. I must mention the very light hair was very porous and would pick up ashy tones in my hair dye and look grey, while the roots would look very golden. I'm naturally level 5-6. The first attempt with wella koleston was a big fail, I had an allergic reaction to ammonia, the skin on the scalp reacted badly, couldn't stop crying from the fumes. The colour itself came out very ashy on the ends. So I looked for ammonia free alternative and found Schawarzkopf Essensity and used 9.0 (80%) with a mix of 8.45 (20%, it's a copper auburn), this time I also used a neutral protein filler to fill my hair. My scalp was very happy and no reactions. The colour took well, but unfortunately it's level 7! It's way too dark and still a bit too ashy for my taste at the lengths. I also have a good 2cm of regrowth and another 20cm of more yellow hair that hasn't been bleached as badly as the lengths. So there's a lot of different colours on me. Please, I need some advice how to fix this. I bought an auburn copper blonde from Essensity in level 9 to add warmth to the lengths, but now that the base is so deep I'm not sure I want to use it on my hair anymore. I just wanted 9-10 level hair instead of 11-12. I'm looking into using Wella Color touch relights in copper gold to add missing pigments to the hair, but how do I go about lightening my lengths now? Do I just shampoo a lot in hopes of it coming out? Would love to get it sorted before Christmas. I could also try bleach baths, but only if someone here recommends. And what do I do about the regrowth? Do I use the same hair colour on it or something much more ashy with a stronger developer? Should I use 6% or 9% for the regrowth? I can post pics if that helps.
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