AIBU to think there is no such thing as a 'British' blonde - yes you Miss Davina MacColl

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I've just seen an advert for the new shades in Garnier hair colour and it's left me a bit wtf?

The new shades are the British Blonde range ......how, why , what????

Surely, given the amount of racial tension that has been bubbling in this country (women on train, Steven Lawerence) calling the new collection 'British' blonde is beyond stupid?

Or is it just me ?

How can British blonde hair be different to any other blonde hair?

whats next the 'British' brunette , the 'British' redhead collection

If the jury think I'm not being unreasonable I will make my first complaint to the advertising standards people

born blonde (or something) used to have a scandanavian blonde, but that was sort of descriptive

british blonde does sound sort of jordan yellowing highlight shade

Or Finland even

So why are you feeling all shafted by Garnier and not Loreal?

But also, thinking about it again...there are blondes in the UK right?
They are also British...

I don't see the problem?

Ooh, Loreal 6.66 is called Santiago.

Because everyone who lives in Chile has hair colour the colour of cherries. If you were not born in Chile, you cannot be this colour, yet if you were born there, you must be this colour, or so says Loreal by naming their colour this

Well, feck me sideways. 4.56 (which is medium mahogany red brown) is called Grenada. Whilst it would be massively more helpful to call it medium mahogany red brown, so people actually knew what fucking colour they were going to turn out, all they need to do is Google Images Grenada, and bypassing all landscape images and flags, look at the locals - because if Loreal have called this colour Grenada, all Carribean islanders must have medium mahogany red hair.

Just sayin'

I could go on. There is a Copenhagen, a Vienna, a Madrid black, Antigua, Alaska (is it as wrong to mention individual States?) Feck me, there's a Viking blonde, that opens up a whole new can of worms

Um, and cities and shit, of course.

At lease I know Essex is in East Angular.

I bet they haven't done German blonde, though...

I wish they'd do British ginger, because that's what I am and I've got a lot of grey hair which I want to dye but can only find bloody aubergine or mahogany.

Are you orange ginger tethers?

I've noticed quite a few ranges doing shades of 'amber' which I believe is the new way of saying ginger.

But I don't think they do a proper, glorious orange

I am indeed orange, although it looks a bit auburn after the last dye job.

Perhaps I should try blonde? I am British, after all

'British Blonde' hmmm for some reason I am getting fish and chips and Brighton imagery. Not so enticing...

Tethers. Do not try any Ambers. They are generally base 5 which is light brown, and they tend to have mahogany in them.

I suggest that you use Majirel 7.44 with 20 volume peroxide, 1 tbsp dye from the tube mixed with 1 and a half tbsp of 20 volume peroxide.

This colour has no brown, no mahogany, no "red", and in fact very little gold but enough of those base tones to cover grey.

If you want to "work up" to it, to see if its not "too" ginger, get Majirel 7.3 Golden basic and mix half and half.

PM me if you want more info on this or how to get these products etc etc (eBay do them but there is a document you should read to understand the process, and Capital Hair and Beauty do them if you lie and say you are a student. You are a student. A student of the Tatty Hair Academy).

Sorry Folkgirl wasn't dissing your advice as such but if you are thinking "Pure Amber" loreal or anything there will be too much brown in that for Tethers from what she says. Did it myself and ended stripping it out.

If you are a ginge going grey you need a very light base but a fair bit of copper to "fill in" the grey - and if that's too orange, you fill some of it in with gold, but no red, no mahogany, no brown, no deep blonde or deep anything.

Tatty, you are amazing.

I understand about 15% of what you've just said, but have CnP'd like a loon.

A PM would be marvellous- can you link to the suppliers?

Yes! Shall do. Actually, I'll do it on here, because other's may wish to dabble in that which is professional mix-to-measure hair dye! Give me a sec.

Right. If you want to dye your hair at home with professional hair dye, here's how its done. The best one for grey hair (even partly) but for 100% non-fade coverage is Loreal Majirel.

You can buy it from Capital Hair and beauty if you say you are a student on checkout. They don't check. Its just a box ticking exericse. Failing that, browse there and buy from eBay.

For a more natural result, you'd mix a bit of golden blonde with copper blonde. Getting the right ratio can be tricky but half and half is a good place to start. Both shades cover 100% of grey so shouldn't be garish.

Tethers, I would suggest that you buy some 7,3 and some 7,4, and some 20 volume peroxide. Do a strand test. Mix 1/2 a teaspoon of 7,3 with 1/2 a teaspoon of 7,4 and 1 and a half teaspoons of 20 volume (6%) peroxide.

If it seems too ginger, you need less of the 7,4 and if it seems not ginger enough, more, etc. But keep the ratio of 1 part "dye" from the tube to 1 and a half times peroxide from the bottle (about to link). If it just looks wrong or dark or weird then back to scratch, PM me with what it was that was wrong!!!

7.3 Golden Blonde

7.4 Copper blonde

[[http://www.capitalhairandbeauty.co.uk/hairdressing/colour-bleach/peroxide-developer/hi-tech-cream-peroxide-1-litre-20vol-6.html 20 volume (6%) peroxide)

So just to reiterate: 1 part dye to 1.5 parts peroxide.

So if mixing 2 colours - 1/2 teaspoon one colour, 1/2 teaspoon of another, 3 x 1/2 teaspoons (one and a half teaspoons) peroxide.

I am not a professional hairdresser, I haven't seen you, so do a strand test before you do your whole head. And do an allergy test, particularly if you have tatooos.

20 volume (6%) peroxide

(Link fail above)

By the way all these products can be bought eBay or various other places, I have no affiliation with Capital! If you have a Sallys Salon services near you that isn't trade only that would be a good place to start because you can thumb through swatch books and pick the brains of the dolly birds hairdressers who work in there

Just to add, Tethers, don't freak out if you see a purple look to your mix. I know it screams "mahogany" etc but I promise you it develops orange/rusty - just do the strand test and you will see!

Its not dark purple like the "ambers" "auburns" etc

My cat was a British blue. Was that racist?

What about my American tan tights?

oh for fuck sake .............I don't even care anymore

I'm buying their number one colour out of the British Blonde range tomorrow

That would be 'dirty blonde'

No 2 is 'Mousey blonde'

the third one is put to much sun-in in my hair and 15 and now i'm Crispy Blonde'

I'm not objecting to the word British .......I'm questioning whether or not hair colour can be British ?

Seriously if you think about it, in hair colouring is there such a thing a 'British' shades of blonde .

Which are unique to Britain ??????????????