Low/No PPD no ammonia hair colour help

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Hi, after many years of using Tints of Nature permanent colour successfully I've now found my hair isn't accepting colour in particular grey isn't taking at all. I don't want to switch to ammonia colour as it's damaged my hair previously. I tried growing the colour out to go natural but it looks awful, I hate my natural colour it's very ash mousy/mid brown and I have a small amount of grey about ten percent.it just makes me look washed out. So im putting a slightly darker warmer brown on it. Has anyone else used an ammonia free colour that's successfully covered grey hair? Ideally a permanent colour. Mine is not really taking on my natural hair much either. My hair is not damaged, I've not coloured it for a year before now and it's cut regularly. Im wondering if it is hormonal thing that it's stopped working as I'm 52 and on HRT patches.

Lush Henna bars or full head cap low lights using a quasi permanent colour. The cap, if used correctly by a qualified hairdresser, will stop the colour touching your skin so the PPD won't cause any allergy issues.

Make sure you mention your allergy to them during your consultation. Ammonia won't damage your hair if it's used correctly by a qualified professional but most quasis are ammonia free or very low in ammonia.

Hi thank you. What is a quasi colour? I have only heard of demi semi and permanent. I told my hairdresser I wanted lowlights but the colour she put on(Not using a cap but just putting on very fine strands by hand) was lighter than my natural colour which as I understand it is highlights! It went a horrible gingery colour. This did match the ends of my hair while i was growing colour out but just looked awful on my skin tone. Hairdresser would not put any more colour on already coloured hair even though it had been left for a year since colouring. I didn't understand this as plenty of people say they've had lowlights/ highlights run through a previous colour. I get that my hair would have still had colour on it as ive got long hair. I previously used henna many years ago but just couldn't be bothered with the faff of it as it's very messy. I also don't like the sort of orange red it goes in my hair. Years ago when I was young I used one body shop one with indigo and blackhenna so it wasn't too red but don't think I could take it that dark now am older.

Quasi and demi are pretty much the same. As stupid as it sounds professional quasi and demi colours last longer on most hair types than permanent. Permanent tints only need to be used on hair with a large percentage of greys. Before you have 40-50% grey hair using permanent colours is just causing unnecessary damage.

I have no idea why the hairdresser wouldn't recolour your hair unless you wanted to go lighter? Tint won't lift tint. To lift coloured hair you need bleach. You can deposit tone or depth over existing colour.

Thank you that's interesting. I go to a very good hairdressers with good reputation but expensive for me so just see a junior stylist. Im wondering if it is just lack of confidence and experience on her part. Also I think because I'm older hairdressers presume I'm wanting to go lighter, and i have felt pressured in the past to do so , but it looks awful on me. I'm mid brown so not that dark and it really doesnt make me looked washed out yet ive got pink cheeks and high colour. There is a senior colourist there so am maybe thinking of seeing her instead. I've only been offered a permanent or semi there no one mentioned demi or quasi. Im not sure how a demi would work on my hair now as the few grey I have are hard to colour. Would it be like a semi permanent on greys like a wash of colour that blends grey in without actually covering them?

If your greys are spread evenly they'll blend in but won't cover as well as with permanent colour. If, like me, you're one of the unlucky ones whose greys are all concentrated in one spot, right where your natural parting lies, then ask for the colourist to pre-fill them and they'll cover well enough with a quasi. Unless you're going bright, unnatural colours then the semis they are using probably are quasi/demi colours but they're using terminology you're familiar with to describe them rather than going in depth and explaining everything. Anything mixed with peroxide is not a semi.

Hi thank you. Yes like yoy my greys are in a bit of a clump, one side of my hairline so think that might be difficult to cover with quasi/demi. What do you mean pre fill ? Would that be with a permanent?