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Hairdresser bleached hair then I put ash blonde colour on, now faintly green. Advice?

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JamesAndTheGiantBanana · 24/02/2013 19:39

Had hair done in a professional salon, it was meant to be a treat as I haven't had it done in years. Hmm She asked what I had in mind in terms of colour and cut, I showed her a pic of Reese Witherspoon similar to this one I had seen in her hair magazine, long light side fringe, layers, nice natural blonde colour.

Hairdresser did all over foils in an extremely light yellow blonde, then on the leftover hair between the foils she put what she said was a slightly darker blonde but it looked quite brassy/golden orangey colour. She then chopped in an extremely big blunt fringe, which, as the whole fringe had been bleached, isn't even heavy enough to sit nicely, it just sticks out like nasty old barbie hair. Like this

I wasn't entirely happy with the look in the salon but I'd been there for hours, I had an appointment to go to, plus the hairdresser was all "you look SO good! SO much better" - anyway I got home and just felt so disappointed and ridiculous. My skin looked red, blotchy and unpleasant next to this totally false, flashy colour.

So I grabbed a box of ash blonde colourant I already had in the house to attempt to tone it down. I literally painted it on, then washed it straight off, as I just wanted a tint, not a full colour. Thank god I did because even after less than 5 min on my head, my hair still turned faintly green/grey. Having googled since, I see that adding ash to bleached hair is a big no-no. Hmm

I tried putting ketchup on for 30 min, it made no visible difference. I haven't done anything more to it, I'm wondering what's best to do. I could buy colour b4 remover, to strip out the ash, or I could do a bleach shampoo thing I read about, or I could add a semi permanent golden blonde colour to try and cancel out the ash. Having it professionally done is not an option, I've shelled out £60 for them to wreck my hair, not trusting them again, or wasting any more money on that kind of thing! Any advice please?

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LyonsDemesne · 24/02/2013 19:44

I did this recently my hairdresser was ill! She told the only way to get rid of the green hue was to use a colour with red in it.
What a nightmare!

nellyjelly · 24/02/2013 19:46

Can you not try a different hairdresser? Ask for help to put it right? Or use those wash in washout toners for a while til the colour calms down?

JamesAndTheGiantBanana · 24/02/2013 20:08

Thanks for posting! Do they still do wash in wash out toners? I thought about them but I haven't seen them for ages.

So maybe a red toned blonde? I did want to be blonde - I don't want to put red over the top and end up with light gingery brown hair, that's what I had before the dye job! Ugh, what a mess.

Any more advice please? Any hairdressers in the house?

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sausagesandwich34 · 24/02/2013 20:12

I did this and my hair went blue/green -v attractive!

I put a baby blonde over the top and it worked a treat but once you have done it condition, condition, condition

your hair must be frazzled

Mumelie · 24/02/2013 20:15

I heard that putting tomato ketchup on a chlorine green tinge would tone it down! Never tried it myself by might be worth a shot Grin on your green. No idea how much or for how long. This was the first page I googled here

ComeAlongPond · 24/02/2013 20:21

I had a thread about similar the other day and everyone was really kind and told me to email them and complain. They should fix it for free if they didn't do what you asked or messed it up. Definitely email, I did and they are going to refund me, give me a voucher to the value of a cut and colour with their top person (or I can use it on products, manicures, etc if I want) and are going to do a free updo for me for an event seeing as I don't want to wear it down now. And they're recolouring for free. I didn't even complain much, just said I wasn't happy because it wasn't what I asked for and that having got home and had a proper look it had actually made me very upset.

Poor you Sad

OrchidFlakes · 24/02/2013 22:06

Try soluable aspirin as a rinse, leave for a few mins and rinse out. My blonde hair went green and it rescued it (I'm allergic to ketchup!)

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