Hello,
I am in desperate need of a professional opinion and hope someone here can help! I have naturally light brown hair and get ash blonde highlights every 5-6 weeks. The stylist lets the foil highlights sit under heat for about 15 minutes, then rinses them out ... and here is where the mystery begins. The stylist applies a "gloss" to my roots, pulls it through to the ends, and then lets it sit for 15 minutes before rinsing it out. I strongly suspect that this "gloss" is a violet toner. Whatever it is, the end result is that instead of having light brown hair with ash blonde highlights, I end up with blonde hair that looks like single-process haircolor (which I hate).
Recently I went two months in between appointments to let more of my natural color come through. I got exactly 10 foil highlights on my crown last night, and the result is attached. This was supposed to end up looking like Jennifer Aniston's hair - light brown hair with blonde highlights. In reality, it ended up looking like all-one-color blonde hair, yet again -- which obviously defeats the purpose of the highlights! :|
So...my questions are: (1) What exactly are they using on my hair, and is it damaging it? and (2) Is it possible to achieve ash-blonde highlights without a toner? If so, how? My sister is a hairdresser in another state and she suggested 40-volume bleach highlights, no toner. Would that work?
Any advice would be very much appreciated!
-TTG
I am in desperate need of a professional opinion and hope someone here can help! I have naturally light brown hair and get ash blonde highlights every 5-6 weeks. The stylist lets the foil highlights sit under heat for about 15 minutes, then rinses them out ... and here is where the mystery begins. The stylist applies a "gloss" to my roots, pulls it through to the ends, and then lets it sit for 15 minutes before rinsing it out. I strongly suspect that this "gloss" is a violet toner. Whatever it is, the end result is that instead of having light brown hair with ash blonde highlights, I end up with blonde hair that looks like single-process haircolor (which I hate).
Recently I went two months in between appointments to let more of my natural color come through. I got exactly 10 foil highlights on my crown last night, and the result is attached. This was supposed to end up looking like Jennifer Aniston's hair - light brown hair with blonde highlights. In reality, it ended up looking like all-one-color blonde hair, yet again -- which obviously defeats the purpose of the highlights! :|
So...my questions are: (1) What exactly are they using on my hair, and is it damaging it? and (2) Is it possible to achieve ash-blonde highlights without a toner? If so, how? My sister is a hairdresser in another state and she suggested 40-volume bleach highlights, no toner. Would that work?
Any advice would be very much appreciated!
-TTG