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How do I achieve the very pale grey (almost blue but not) hair colour

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Chicinwellies · 15/06/2016 15:07

I'm currently a natural but very 'yellow' blonde, and would Love it to look a much cooler, pale tone. Ive tried a couple of purple shampoos which sends me a kind of Pixie-Lott-pink.!

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InsufficientlyCaffeinated · 15/06/2016 15:15

Try indigo (natural dye similar to henna) which gives a blue-black. Scroll down this page & you'll see a photo of blonde hair after indigo www.renaissancehenna.com/blonde-hair-gallery.aspx

coffeeandchoc · 15/06/2016 16:26

You need l'oreal 20 volume creme developer and wella colour charm t14 (or t18). You can get them on eBay & Amazon. After bleaching my hair I used 1 part t14 with 2 parts creme developer and it really neutralises the golden/yellow tones. So much better than purple shampoo's. Not sure if you would need to do this before or after the grey dye though

Chicinwellies · 17/06/2016 09:44

coffee and choc, what do you mean re grey dye too? Your suggestion sounds great. Im a novice at all this, and my hair is naturally yellowy blonde not highlighted. You mention this was after bleaching, which I'm not doing? Think I'll give the henna a miss, I'm looking for a pale/cool/blonde. Thnx

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lifeistooshort · 17/06/2016 10:09

Have you tried the fudge purple shampoo? It does make my blonde bits nearly grey if I leave it on for 3-5 mns. Very effective

coffeeandchoc · 17/06/2016 11:33

Sorry, from your title I assumed you were wanting to dye your hair grey, but if you are after the ash/grey tones then those two products that I've said should give you that effect on your hair. With regards to bleaching, again sorry that what I have yo do to get my hair blonde in the first place Wink

Chicinwellies · 28/06/2016 23:14

No, and I'm still none the wiser. I have very yellow hair, natural, but definitely yellow. I'd love to go ashy, pale, cool, and not pink which is what happens with the purple shampoos I've tried.

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CodewordRochambeau · 29/06/2016 01:02

Even though you are a natural blonde, you will need to bleach to get your hair light enough to add the grey tone.

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