Any hairdressers around or anyone who knows about home colouring?

[CandiedPeach]

So I’m dying my friends hair and have put the wrong tube into the developing cream . Can I use the developing cream from the same brand hair dye that came with a different colour.

It’s L’Oréal preference colour. The one she’s wanting on is a blonde colour the other one I have is a light brown. The developing creams look exactly the same, but I’ve tried google and it’s hairdressing stuff about different developing creams that came up and I’m not sure

Does it govw any indication on the tubes a vol or percentage so it might say 6 or it might say 20%?

Can you take a pic and show?

Either way you can use the developer it wont do any harm but it might n9t achieve the shade on the box as the developers arw what 'lift' the hair to the desired colour. The higher the number the stronger the lift.

What shade is your friend dyeing their hair and what is their colour at the moment?

Nothing on the bottles number wise, they look exactly the same.
Friend is currently dark blonde and wanting to go lighter.

I would give it a go. The worst that will happen is it wont go as blonde as hoped but tbh shop bought dye rarely does anyway.

Is her hair natural all over or dyed and just the root natural?

Just the roots natural and then the rest is dyed before but not quite as light a colour. She wants it really blonde but I've told her for that she really needs to go to the hairdressers.
We'll give it a try! 🤞🏻

Colour doesnt lift colour so what you will find is the roots (natural hair) will go lighter than the rest. The tone of the rest might change depending on the tone it is now but it likely wont get any lighter where it is already coloured. Need bleach for that which is definitely a hairdresser job im afraid.

If it doesn't quite work can you re dye with the same colour the day after or need to wait?

You'll need a high lift tint, to lighten previously tinted hair. She really should visit a salon.

I've told her she needs to go to a salon, but poor student!
I'm a natural brunette and happy with it . Not sure why I always get roped into doing my friends hair.

No it wont go any lighter. Any hair that has been dyed cannot be lifter to a lighter colour by hair dye. It will need bleach or something containing bleach.

As a poor student she would be best shelling out for some sort of ombre and just topping her roots up as and when needed. Much easier to dye dark than light.

Ha! She won't be told Rarfy. Another few weeks and she'll have another colour she wants me to put on for her.

Well it's turned out ok! Not as blonde as she wanted, but it's a bit lighter than it was.

Great! Good work candied