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Hair toner help please! (With photos)

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ChipInTheSugar · 16/04/2019 09:21

I had my hair bleached yesterday - hairdresser used Wella 10/6 (and maybe 10/81) but I feel it's too yellow. I feel like the lovechild of Draco Malfoy and the real Slim Shady.

Is there a toner I can have put on now that would change the colour to more like the second photo?

Hair toner help please! (With photos)
Hair toner help please! (With photos)
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PacmansGapingMaw · 16/04/2019 19:20

Shite. Might need advice from the other direction... I have Olia in silver on my head right now, on prebleached hair, and it's looking v purple...

clandestinenetwork · 16/04/2019 19:30

Don't panic...rinse if it's looking a bit purple. Deep cleansing shampoos can help remove the purple, or anything labelled 'clarifying' or for 'greasy hair e.g. Head & Shoulders, Vosene or Tresemme Deep Cleansing.

PacmansGapingMaw · 16/04/2019 19:54

It's okay, I think!

iamH · 16/04/2019 19:59

It's nice op

clandestinenetwork · 16/04/2019 20:01

That looks fab, OP.

PacmansGapingMaw · 16/04/2019 21:32

I'm not OP!

bodgersmash · 16/04/2019 21:57

Touch of Silver is also very good - they do an intensive shampoo and condition as well as a daily. They're pretty cheap too.

bitofabelly · 17/04/2019 06:02

Taxiplease how do you use that Wella product and do you need developer? Clueless here but that's a fab colour

TaxiPlease · 17/04/2019 08:41

Bitofabelly, you mix one part Illumina 10/69 colour with two parts developer as explained in the picture. Rinse out and wash and condition as normal.

This is just a toner, so changes the blond to a cooler pastel shade but won't really make it lighter / lift the colour. Your hair needs to be either pre-lightened or be naturally that light (a level 10). If your hair is for example a darker blonde, so a level 8 or 9, you will still see an effect but it won't be quite that colour and will wash out a lot quicker. Basically, what you need to do is determine the level of your base colour and then find the suitable toner, so if you want to make your darker blond cooler, you could use Illumina 8/69 or 9/6.

I have shoulder length hair with dark / mousy blond roots and lighter, pearly blond balayage lengths and ends, so I use 8/69 on top and 10/69 on the lengths (apply at the same time and then comb through hair so the two colours sort of melt into each other). I need about 10-15 ml of the 8/69 and 15-20 ml of the 10/69 for that and freshen up the colour about every for weeks or so (my hair appears to have a lot of red undertones, I wash it every day and live in a very hard water area, so need to this quite frequently to keep any brassiness at bay). That means one 60 ml tube of Illumina lasts me for about 3 months which works out pretty cheap.

Of course other brands have similar products, but I haven’t researched the shades for those.
Disclaimer: I'm not a hairdresser, just someone who was fed up with forking out major €€€ for frequent colour appointments when you can use the same salon products at home with very similar results. I also use Olaplex #1 and #2 (again, the pro product rather than the less potent consumer version) at home to keep hair in good condition.

Sorry for the essay! There is also an AMA thread by a hairdresser you could ask / double-check with. Smile

Hair toner help please! (With photos)
bitofabelly · 20/04/2019 08:11

Thanks so much for brilliant explanation..sorry only coming back to this now

Fitzroy01 · 24/04/2020 15:55

hi. how long do you leave this in for and can it go from scalp to tip ?

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