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BrittCasalHair

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I finish cosmetology school in a few months but I know nothing about any other color line. I’m attending a Aveda and Aveda products are only available to Aveda stylists. I COULD get my hair done at school... but I don’t trust anyone. Lol

Anyways, my formulation knowledge is limited to their products. So when I ventured out to color my own hair at home I was def a little lost. With the help of a friend, a stylist in another state, I decided on wella.

My grow out was pretty bad. I was looking to break the base and then do a partial highlight on myself. Maybe a few balayage pieces.

So step one:
I used 10v Perfect Toner with 7g of 7/1 and 20g of 9/16

Left it on about 50minutes

Step two would have been the freelights BUT my color def came out too red/orange. How do I proceed from here? How did this come out so warm when the colors are listed as cool in the wella chart? Where did I go wrong, and how do I fix it?

I’ve attached before and after photos. The after photo is slightly deeper red than it is in person. Poor lighting because it’s night time!
 

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Did you pre-lighten the root area first?

I don’t know what 10v Perfect Toner in Wella is, as I’ve not come across it before.
Also, the /1 in Wella isn’t a neutralising cool colour. It’s a grey ash based tint so only used to slightly subdue existing tones.
Did you mix the 7/1 and the 9/16 together?

To be honest, as you’re still training, you’re probably better discussing this further with your tutors so that you can learn what went wrong before you leave and start working on paying clients. I don’t know how colouring is taught in the States so do you have a colour training manual/text book that you can refer back to?

In the U.K., students learn the basics of colouring on their Level 2 but are expected to take further advanced courses to learn colour correction theory and techniques, if they want to specialise in colour or do more than just basic bleach and tint.
 

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