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Hi ,I'm moving over to schwartzkopf and would like help with the tones as I don't have access to the charts yet . I'm really interested to find / be able to blend a tone like Matrix mocha M, which is a soft pink milk chocolate (soft cool neutral) , rather than a rich warm brunette chocolate...

Hi , I have a regular client coming in today , and weve spent years getting her back to her natural salt and pepper . She has coarse base 5 hair and the previous colourist had left it yellow and brittle . Now she feels its dull and flat , but I'm really not keen to add any bleach as it will...

Hi , one of my grannys has had a dark purple patch appear in her hair , her hair is natural and white . Im worried because shes due in for a perm in a few days and im not here inbetween ! Any idea what it could be ? Im leaving instructions to test the hair but not sure how the other staff will...

Hi , ive got to fix a colour today that my colleague did yesterday. As far as I know , previously the client had white blonde high lights with lots of build up on the ends , but she liked it . My collegue hi-lighted the root and then toned it all to a deep beige ( very nice). I think the toner...

Does anyone know of another acid tone on tone semi apart from dialight , they dont have the kind of shade I want , may have to mix 3 tubes together but would like it to be easier as its only for me!

Hi , is the majirel .7 line discontinued ? Does anyone know anything alternative in another brand ? need an ash , green matt ash .

I did a semi last week on fine dark hair with a few baby hi-lights . I used the only dark semi we had , a loreal 5.52 richesse as the others were on a base 8 /9 . I didnt have any base to mix it with but as it was on a base 4/5 I thought it would be fine . It went bright pinky purple all around...

Hi , have a client in and weve run out of her colour , its 4 .20 , we have some diacolour in 4.21 and base 4 ,which I thought may work as its on grey hair and the white needs covering or we could add mixtone to the base 4, question is , how much ?

Hi ive had a new client just booked in for a tint - the junior tells me - mahogany on white - im dreading this , our colour cupboard is nearly empty lucky its not in till next week . Im new to loreal , but even in wella id be hesitant because the clients always want it more bright and with base...

I am a hairdresser and I did a very impulsive thing and put dark purple crazy colour over my dark blonde / bleach streaked hair . It was great but now it has faded to a v. ashy brown , with fleuresent purple pieces where the hilights were . Problem is not so much the colour as I know it will...

My friend used a schwarzkopf xxl 3 times because even though the colour was dark the ends were lilac , then had a pro -done mid warm semi ( which I thought was a grand job , because it was shiny and even) but a few days later is now sporting a mix of yellow h/l that are so far away from the...

Has anyone any bright ideas? My 12 year old son absolutely saturated his hair in thick brilliantine ( Its like solid vasaline , i usually warm a little in my hands) . Ive dry shampooed it twice with washing up liquid , its not thick and gunky anymore , more like really really greasy . I am...

Hi , Im doing my mums hair for my cousins wedding , we usually use wella 88/0 , 8.0 or 8/00 as its 100% white all about the front till the crown , where its salt and pepper . Problem is , the back comes up very warm which is nice and blends well , but the dress shes chosen clashes , so I...

Hi I know this is mad , but im so excited at being a bridesmaid! .I am a hairdresser , but im stumped at what sort of tone will go well with cornflower blue ( its a pastel blue with a hint of purple-not at all wishy washy or strong). My hair is naturally dark blonde with the old gold and bleach...

Hi , I coloured my sister in laws hair with wella colour touch in 6/47, I have previously used 7/75 semi twice over her sandy/naturally warm hair . There are old bleach hi-lites in the hair however as she washes and straightens her hair every day( with a shampoo for oily hair no...

I dont usually use this brand , i have an unfinished tube from a client that i thought id use on myself , only thing is ive lost the instructions, i remember the mixing , i just want to check that it goes on dry hair , because colour touch i usually do on wet .

I prefer to have at least an inch or more if possible regrowth , However , ive had a few clients lately that want it done when they have roots of about a cm , which is fine to apply , but even though i warn about build up , and about possibly putting a low-light invariably have build up , and...

I usually use Joewell scissors , but ive made a change now because i find that joewells lose their edge after the second sharpening . Thing is , ive got all these pairs of blunt joewells hanging around my house (and my mums found some in her kitchen drawer), i cant bring myself to throw them...

Hi , my client is base 5/6 die hard blonde always comes up gold(which is nice on her skin). Usually do h/l 12/0 , bleach , and 7.3 . a few goes ago , i noticed the 7.3 was coming up slightly flat and not so nice on ends, so i made the move to making the third low-light 1/4 7.3 and a 1/4 7.7 (...

Anyone used these colours , i like the shampoos etc... other choice is Indola , but i cant seem to get hold of the semis( and i love semis).