Crazy color home dye nightmare

[tsparker78]

I have a on and off again client the has been doing her own color for about a year now. She is a base 6. She has been using a red violet ion shade permanent color from sallys and topping it off with a hodge podge of direct dyes.

Now she wants to go a level 7 turquoise/natural 6 ombre.

I was shocked when I saw her because it looks like the repeated application of the permanent color has really lightened her hair. Maybe to a 9 even, but its hard to tell under all the direct dye.

I plan on taking cuttings and doing incompatibility tests.

I plan on having her stop the direct dyes and start using clarifying shampoo and deep conditioning treatments.

Then I'll go in with a color reducer and see what I've got.

I suspect that i will have to follow the reducer with either bleach or clear permanent color. Anyone have any suggestions for the above?

 

[jaymz]

A colour reuducer won't touch a direct dye. You will need to remove that first.

A very mild bleach and water mixture would be best to remove tone but to shift the depth I would follow with your reducer then lighten if needs be. Another option would be to use a the permanent clear with 20 volume.

Try and get you client to start using hot water to wash her hair with an anti dandruff shampoo to help remove excess colour.

 

[Allies dream]

I have a on and off again client the has been doing her own color for about a year now. She is a base 6. She has been using a red violet ion shade permanent color from sallys and topping it off with a hodge podge of direct dyes.

Now she wants to go a level 7 turquoise/natural 6 ombre.

I was shocked when I saw her because it looks like the repeated application of the permanent color has really lightened her hair. Maybe to a 9 even, but its hard to tell under all the direct dye.

I plan on taking cuttings and doing incompatibility tests.

I plan on having her stop the direct dyes and start using clarifying shampoo and deep conditioning treatments.

Then I'll go in with a color reducer and see what I've got.

I suspect that i will have to follow the reducer with either bleach or clear permanent color. Anyone have any suggestions for the above?

Hi tsparker,ive recently been following a pravana forum that have come across this.They say ion are dreadful to get out,they use Malibu C. I think its DDL, CPR. And its readily available in the states apparently. They do Olaplex in between then if they need to permanent clear after all those. Hope this helps.

 

[AcidPerm]

Definitely try some strand tests inc. a clear. I've never used the Malibu direct dye remover so I'd be interested in learning whether it does actually work.

As you know, if the hair has been tinted with a permanent repeatedly, it will have lifted the natural and it will also be very porous.

As she's been re-applying vibrant direct dyes, I'm guessing it's probably stained the porous hair and I'd be very surprised if any product can fully remove a direct dye stain.

Get it as light as you can without compromising it too much and then try your Ombré mix. I'd also try to persuade her to stick to a 6 (natural) rather than the 7 and then the re-growth won't be so obvious.
Goldwell Elumen has a lovely Turquoise.

 

[tsparker78]

Thank ya'll. The malibu c makes sense, certainly as a first step. I will make some tests. Honestly, even with olaplex, I'll be surprised if what she wants is possible. But I will try

 

[Allies dream]

Thank ya'll. The malibu c makes sense, certainly as a first step. I will make some tests. Honestly, even with olaplex, I'll be surprised if what she wants is possible. But I will try

Good luck if anyones a magician you are

 

[tsparker78]

Aww. Thank you!