Colour consultation

[Amber-]

Hello everyone
I had a consultation with a hairdresser in my usual salon this evening and would like to know if her advice is good. I have used this salon many times before and always found them good. They have all the up-to-date products, they do 12 week blowdry etc and also use the new INOA tints

Some background:
My hair used to be bleached blonde (self-done, patchy and horrible, big mistake) and about 1 year ago I had it done dark. The colour faded a lot at first so kept having to be re-done so there is probably some build-up there.
So I have been growing my hair since, the top part of my hair (about 6 inches) is my virgin natural colour and the rest is the old dyed hair.
I have noticed that the dyed part has faded over time so it is lighter and redder than my virgin natural colour.
I need the ends re-coloured to match the crown for 2 reasons:

1. It looks bad being different colours, and will be much shinier after being dyed professionally- I want to try the new INOA colours
2. I am looking to get a full head of micro link extensions and would like my natural hair to be shiny and evenly-coloured first.

So I went to the salon for a consultation this evening to see if the faded ends could be made darker to match the colour on the crown. The hairdresser said that if she puts a tint in, there will still be a colour difference- the hair will just be darker overall. She said the best thing to do is tint it and then trim off the worst faded parts, and to then let it grow and keep trimming off the lightest ends as it grows.

Is this good advice?
I know that it needs a trim but not as a solution to the colour- I was hoping she could just treat the ends differently- maybe use a darker colour there than on the virgin colour, or else maybe just let the colour on the ends develop longer so that it turns out darker?
I didn't want to say too much to her because I didn't want her to feel like I was telling her how to do her job- so I was hoping I could verify her advice with you all. Basically- should the faded ends be cut off or can the colour be applied in such a way that this won't be necessary.
The appointment is on Saturday so if anyone thinks there could be a better way of going about this, maybe I could address my concerns with the hairdresser then.

Here are some photos of my hair so you can see what I am talking about:

Natural colour on top

Colour difference between virgin crown and dyed ends:

I just want to stress that I am not looking for advice on how to fix this at home- it is being done professionally by my usual salon- The appointment is on Saturday morning. I am simply looking for some second opinions on what the hairdresser has told me.
I know some people may suggest I just go to another salon and see what they say, but I have always been happy with this salon before and like to stick with one salon.

Thank you

 

[*JOANNE*]

ok here goes I am no way as experienced as most hair geeks on here but my two pennies worth.....yes the hairdresser could match the roots to the ends as best she could but..becasue you have had bleach on albeit tinted over those areas will not take the colour the same way as the unbleached hair...tint over bleached hair doesnot change the structure of the hair underneath, open cuticle, damged cuticle, porosity, etc..so until those areas have either been cut out or grown out then cut the structure will stay the same, colours will behave differently on those areas...even if the colour was matched 100% to the rest of the hair....it still will fade quicker on the previousley bleached areas than the rest....I think the consultation you had was good If you are happy with that salon then stick with it i personally feel the advice etc you have been given by them is good advice x

 

[jotommo]

i would probably say the same. it will just keep fading as it has bleach (homedone) underneath...
you don't have to have loads cut off, just regular trims thats all x

 

[Amber-]

Hmmm. It's gonna be freshly dyed when I get the extensions done so I'm hoping the ends won't start fading too quickly, otherwise they will stand out against the darker extensions. Maybe I'll ask for some of the strands to be a shade lighter so that if my natural ends do fade, they won't stand out so much.

Thank you for your advice. I will post back with photos on Saturday.
I think the salon will be using Majirel on me because when they did the sensitivity test, the colour was in a dark red tube, as far as I am aware Majirel comes in dark red tubes! I'm glad, since I assumed they would use INOA but have since heard that a lot of colourists find Majirel is better.

 

[Amber-]

I thought some of you might like to see how it turned out.

I had to get quite a bit trimmed because the hairdresser said my hair is damaged and will only continue to split if it's not given a good cut.
The colour is exactly what I wanted! She used L'Oreal Richesse, 4 on top and a mixture of 4 and 4.15 on the ends (I was listening so I could tell you all hahaha!).
I also got a treatment done and she put some Moroccanoil through the ends too. Would LOVE to buy the Moroccanoil but my extensions aftercare sheet says I cannot use products with a lot of oil or protein
I bought a set of X-10 products for them instead- shampoo, conditioner, leave-in conditioner, and shine spray.
Can't wait to get the extensions in on Saturday!!!

 

[-sophisticutz-]

That is a gorgeous colour. It's safe to use the Morroccan oil on ext. just don't get it on the bonds. I just lurve that stuff!

 

[minky]

lovely even colour , I was hoping they were using a long lasting semi and they did , well done .... it looks beautiful
Ps.... your patio looks so nice and neat too minky

 

[endless]

lol, minky, patio!!
the colour looks lovely!
certainly no need for extensions : )

 

[*JOANNE*]

gorgeous colour and your hair looks shiney and healthy xxx

 

[Amber-]

Thank you everyone