Can anyone recommend a really good hair colourist in London?

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I've got natural auburn hair. I don't want to alter the colour in any way, but I do need to start thinking about covering a bit of grey that is sprouting right on the top of my head.

Under no circumstances am I prepared to embrace it!

My hairdresser suggested a semi-permanent, but as I say I don't want to change colour, and I imagine it would be difficult to colour match. I don't want to take any risks with it, so I want to approach a specialist for another opinion.

Any thoughts?

I'm prepared to move up the scale cost-wise for a good result, but bearing in mind this will be an ongoing maintenance item budget is not unlimited!

Thanks.

Guy called Steve at Michael Van Clark was amazing. No idea if he is still there though. Worth a call to find out. Many £££s just to warn you.

You sound like me, although I am a more goldy ginger.

After trying and rejecting every red dye available, I was advised on here by the lovely Tattydivine to buy salon colour and mix it at home. It really is very very easy to do, and gives a wide range of natural colours. The best thing is that you can mix different colours together to achieve the right shade for you.

I currently use majirel 8.34 with a bit of majicopper (which is bright orange!) and mix with 9% peroxide.

I recommend getting your hair coloured and asking what the name of the colour/colour mix is so you can replicate it at home. Or ask Tatty, she's brilliant.

Tethers really???? That sounds terrifying.

Thanks also Bring that is spency.

How do I do a radar for Tatty??!!

Hang on, I'll try her on FB.

Hello I'm here!

Yes, it would be difficult to colour match without seeing, and I would recommend that you go to a hairdresser and have them do it for you. But if they do it right, try and find out what they are using, in what combination and it is very easy indeed to do yourself at home if you are just depositing colour (as opposed to major colour changes or doing highlights etc)

Most people who describe their hair as auburn or red have varying combinations of gold and copper in their hair which is what basically makes it the colour it is. Lots of box dyes you buy in the supermarket or at boots have an element of brown in them and therefore are not suitable, therefore an auburn person is at a disadvantage in that they feel they have to pay a hairdresser a fortune once a month to do it for them. I have saved thousands over the years doing it for myself.

If you do manage to work out what colour your hairdresser is using (one easy way to find out is to say you are going on holiday for a month and could they tell you what combo they are using so you can get a hairdresser at your holiday destination to do it for you should you need a touch-up) then I am more than happy to tell you what to buy, where to buy it and how to mix it and apply it. It really is amazingly easy!

Hi Tatty - thank you!

You are right in that its a mix of lots of colours (and textures for that matter) and that's exactly why I don't want to mess around with it, or risk changing the over all tone. I'll be in touch once I've got it done if thats ok?

Really grateful for your help everyone!