What toner can I use to replicate this colour?

[tjrm27]

Hi, this is my first post on here so please be kind as I’m still training!

I recently bleached my hair and got it a little lighter than I wanted after trying to follow a very similar formula outlined here by Tracey Cunningham in the screenshot of the Instagram post attached.

My hair is currently sitting at a very very light bleached blonde, I toned with Wella Koleston 10/03 on wet hair and whilst the colour is a very lovely subtle beige, it’s a still too light for what I wanted, aka the screenshot of the blonde boy in the photo. I was wondering what pros would suggest I use as a toner?

The salon I work for uses L’Oréal but I tend to prefer buying wella from Sally’s and using that myself if anyone has any suggestions from the koleston range. Either way I’d love to hear your thoughts on how I could drop my hair down a shade or two, warm it up but keep it from going all murky! I was thinking mixing maybe 1/3 9/0 with 2/3 10/03 or 10/38... obviously still learning so keen to get thoughts from the community! Thank you in advance for any responses [emoji4]

 

[tjrm27]

Anyone have any ideas? Would love to hear thoughts as really keen to do this soon!

 

[Katty198999]

For like the photo I would use an 8.4 In shwartzkopf vibrance with 1.9

 

[tjrm27]

Really? I’d have thought an 8 would be too dark since the level of desired colour here is a 9.5... thank you though, something to consider!

 

[Tyson]

Hi. Have you ever used Redken Shades EQ? They have a beautiful natural light honey blonde colour that's amazing as a toner on bleach called Vanilla cream. If you want to add a bit of beige, Irish cream. Or a bit of 9 base, Cafe au lait. Their ash pearl and violet tones are amazing too, Platinum ice is great...I use wella, loreal & schwarzkopf too but have been finding I use a lot of redken these days.

 

[tjrm27]

I’ve never used redken but super keen to try, it’s just a little harder to get hold of here in the UK. Thanks so much for your suggestions, I’ve had a look at the shade chart and I reckon butter cream and Irish cream look great, just the right amount of warmth

 

[Katty198999]

Really? I’d have thought an 8 would be too dark since the level of desired colour here is a 9.5... thank you though, something to consider!

9.4(beige) then if you need level 9 xx

 

[Katty198999]

Hi. Have you ever used Redken Shades EQ? They have a beautiful natural light honey blonde colour that's amazing as a toner on bleach called Vanilla cream. If you want to add a bit of beige, Irish cream. Or a bit of 9 base, Cafe au lait. Their ash pearl and violet tones are amazing too, Platinum ice is great...I use wella, loreal & schwarzkopf too but have been finding I use a lot of redken these days.

Hi sorry to jump in - where/ who supplies the Redken stuff to you? I’m just a hairdresser with a home salon so don’t have a rep but can’t seem to find where stocks it. The colours look fab aswell and I really want to try them out.

 

[Azstylist]

Hi sorry to jump in - where/ who supplies the Redken stuff to you? I’m just a hairdresser with a home salon so don’t have a rep but can’t seem to find where stocks it. The colours look fab aswell and I really want to try them out.

I order from salon centric

 

[Tyson]

I get colours from a few of the salon supplies stores for professional hairdressers around here. If you check out all your local salon & beauty supplies wholesalers hopefully one of them will stock it. You might need to show them your hairdressing qualifications to open an account and buy from them.

 

[Tyson]

Also if it's hard to get in the UK, maybe try ebay?

 

[Tyson]

You'll need to mix Redken shades eq colours 1:1 with Shades EQ Gloss processing solution.

 

[Tyson]

Apply to dry or shampooed hair and process up to 20 mins. Does not lift natural hair at all. Great for toning foils

 

[sarah7898]

I want to use Redken! Not easy to get over here and not paying the prices nor would I trust from eBay.

Op- I would probably use what you suggested from the kolestAn range, tho maybe the /38 might be too ash? Let us know what you do in the end x

 

[ronray]

Anyone have any ideas? Would love to hear thoughts as really keen to do this soon!

Take a look at colour touch 9/97
Or 9/03
8/38 is also a lovely colour