I had a client the other day and she has really bad grey it was a few flashes of highlights and a 7.4 root tint with 3% it didn't cover the grey much at the front and in other places, I let my client know but does anyone have any other ideas what I could to cover this. Never had this problem before. X
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ColourGirly
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Really bad grey? What does that mean?
What colour house do you use?
mollie1985
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Try adding more base x
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I've always used 6% to cover grey as all the brands I usually work with advise this.
You haven't mentioned what brand you use so maybe check if they advise using 6% and/or mixing extra base, as Mollie says.
You haven't mentioned what brand you use so maybe check if they advise using 6% and/or mixing extra base, as Mollie says.
Hi check your manufactures instructions but most colours covering white/grey need to be used with 6% or 9% peroxide..also if there was a lot of white hair you would have needed to mix a base colour i.e 7.0...x
dolly dimple
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Pre soften !
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magentahair
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Why 3% and no base? Really bad grey....that's sounds awful poor lady.
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7.4 as base which she always has, and we was always told 3% to cover grey which obviously is wrong! And igora house I used. It's covered most of it but I weren't happy with the result but my client was
magentahair
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No why didn't you add base to tge 7.4? You can not use tone on its own to cover this amount of grey also 3% will not penetrate enough to cover grey either.
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It was half of 7.4 and quarter of 7.
Also I have used 7.4 on it's own plenty of times and it's covered.
It was 7.4 with a quarter of 7, but I have used 7.4 on it's own plenty of times and it's been great x
ColourGirly
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3% CAN cover white hair however this client is a base 5/6 so you need the lift also to achieve a level 7 so 6% is a must!
Half of 7.4 and quarter of 7 is that how much of the tube you used?
Half of 7.4 and quarter of 7 is that how much of the tube you used?
magentahair
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No it won't over a percentage. This is very basic hairdressing.
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ColourGirly
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Everyone has different hair!
7.4 and 3% may look great on a light client with small amount white hair. But not this client that needs lifting and has a white patch.
You can't just use the same colour in everyone as it worked great a few times, you need colour knowledge to personalise and customize each formula to get the right result for that client.
