Hi, I'm a young hairdresser that mostly do haircuts and beard grooming, so I'm a bit insecure when it comes to hair colouring sometimes and I need your advice!
My hair is a nice and gradient ombré, but one thing that bothers me is that the middle part is really brassy.
A year ago I bleached my hair to get rid of my previously red hair, so I was left with a peachy level 8-9. Since I wanted to grow out my natural hair colour (ashy level 4-5) I bleached the ends and toned them to a level 9-10 and put a cool brown level 5 on top. I had the ends bleached one more time after this as well.
Later on I wanted to try balayage, and since I didn't want to do it on myself I went to the salon next door and had her do it for me, but unfortunately it came out a bit too unnatural for my liking (the highlights were too thick and it basically looked like regular foils with outgrowth).
This summer I tried balayage again and had another colleague do it for me, and we used Wella freelights and Olaplex but it didn't really lift that well and the hair took quite a lot of damage.
Now I'm stuck with so many different tones in my hair... My ends are silver/grey, the middle part is brassy and my natural outgrowth is an ashy level 4-5. I've tried different toners and treatments but the brassy middle part is incredibly stubborn. If I bleach my ends again they will literally fall off.
Any thoughts? I've been thinking of maybe trying a high lift colour like Wella 12/ and "move up" my ombré, since one of my colleagues recommended those (but I'm not sure since they're supposed to be used on virgin hair). I also would like to avoid to put any colour/bleach on my ends.
Thank you in advance x
My hair is a nice and gradient ombré, but one thing that bothers me is that the middle part is really brassy.
A year ago I bleached my hair to get rid of my previously red hair, so I was left with a peachy level 8-9. Since I wanted to grow out my natural hair colour (ashy level 4-5) I bleached the ends and toned them to a level 9-10 and put a cool brown level 5 on top. I had the ends bleached one more time after this as well.
Later on I wanted to try balayage, and since I didn't want to do it on myself I went to the salon next door and had her do it for me, but unfortunately it came out a bit too unnatural for my liking (the highlights were too thick and it basically looked like regular foils with outgrowth).
This summer I tried balayage again and had another colleague do it for me, and we used Wella freelights and Olaplex but it didn't really lift that well and the hair took quite a lot of damage.
Now I'm stuck with so many different tones in my hair... My ends are silver/grey, the middle part is brassy and my natural outgrowth is an ashy level 4-5. I've tried different toners and treatments but the brassy middle part is incredibly stubborn. If I bleach my ends again they will literally fall off.
Any thoughts? I've been thinking of maybe trying a high lift colour like Wella 12/ and "move up" my ombré, since one of my colleagues recommended those (but I'm not sure since they're supposed to be used on virgin hair). I also would like to avoid to put any colour/bleach on my ends.
Thank you in advance x
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