Bleach or Colour?

[kate]

Hi all,
I have been looking at the forum for a couple of weeks now and it has really been a great help for me with some of the problems I've got with colouring. Thanks everyone! I've done my Level 2 at college last year and am finishing Level 3 in Juli. I'm in a salon part time. The problem is my boss is on holiday next week and I've got a new client who wants highlights. She has grey hair (I know there is no such thing as grey hair but it looks a darkish grey) with some light blonde hightlights that are growing out. I am panicking a bit cause there is no one to help me if things go wrong. If I use bleach it might go too brassy, so I thought of using half 99/0 and half 10/17, but what would happen if the colour touches the existing hightlighted bits? It might go grey... Could I sort that out with a bleach bath? Is base 9 and 10 going to be light enough? Am I making a mountain out of a molehill??
Any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks kate

 

[kimi1101]

Hiya honey.

Firstly, don't panic!!! How dark is she naturally? What colour does she want to be? What colour are the existing highlights?

Sit her down and have a thorough consultation. I usually advise clients to bring in a picture if you are not sure what they are looking for. There are many different shades of "blonde" so its help me a lot to have a picture!!!

I would say if she wants it pretty light, then put some bleach in. I don't think it would go that brassy, depending on how dark her natural shade is.

And I don't think the 10/17 in your mix will make the ends grey, depending on how lightened and damaged they are.

I'm sorry, I'm not much help but if you give me a bit more info I should be able to help a bit more xxx

 

[kate]

Hi Kim!
I only saw her briefly when she booked the appointment but her natural hair is probably a base of 6 or 7 (pretty ashy looking). her old hightlights looked a really nice shade of light blonde (12ish), not brassy at all. I presume thats what she is expecting from me...
thanks ever so much, love kate

 

[kimi1101]

if she is a 6 or 7, i would say bleach, or a highlift tint. I think you'll get brassy if you use a 9 or 10, esp if there is a lot of natural dark.

Depending on how light shes looking for, I would maybe do a bleach and 6%, and maybe a nice 8/1 to break it up a bit? I'm not sure, but bleach won't look brassy on it. I'd know better if I saw a picture, its difficult to do it over the internet!!! x

 

[kate]

Hi Kim,
thats great! I,ll suggest it to her. like the idea of two different blondes. I presume it'll lift quite easily really cause of the existing highlights.
kate xx

 

[persianista]

If the hair is darkish grey she was prob a five or six base naturally. I would firstly ask her what she would like!
If she wants a soft blonde I would use a high lift tint in a beige or ash tone alternated with bleach and 20 vol.

 

[kate]

thanks so much! Might take a picture if she'll let me and post it after to show you the result (only if it goes well, though). kate xx

 

[kimi1101]

You'll be fine, so long as you do a thorough consultation with her. xxx

 

[persianista]

Be great to see a before/after. Let us know how it goes. x