Hair - thoroughly fed up :(

[harryandmarv]

So my natural colour is or was like an auburn colour, although I haven't been that colour for a very long time, when my roots come through, they just look like a warm brown, but I am guessing it's because they are next to my current colour, which can only be described as, well, a bit of a mess! If I can describe my current colour, its probably a golden yellow, with a more gingery tone towards the roots. Then I have a millimetre of a darker natural root showing! So yeah, just not good.

I'd like to go back to my natural colour but not loose my highlights, so I'm thinking a semi-permanent colour. I know Loreal castings do one in Amber, but I fear it may be more Drop Dead Fred than Amy Adams!

I do have some of those Superdrug colour effects, light strawberry blonde and warm copper gold, the wash in wash out colour shampoo things, I'm thinking of trying those to see if they may make my hair a bit more coppery? I don't want an all over block red colour but more of a natural auburn or strawberry blonde.

Sounds like a salon trip might be better than putting another box dye on it. A box won't give you the shades and depth of a salon job and will only plonk on top of your current many-coloured/toned situation.

I wouldn't bother with the wash-in wash-out, they'll only add to the pile-on. Semi-permanent deposit and then fade, but you've still got elements of it that linger and will only compound more if you dye it again.

I go to the salon about 1-2 times a year for full copper balayage, which gives a rich, vibrant copper colour with painted-in highlights so it looks more natural. It lasts very well, touch-ups are £20 and it even fades nicely so it's not a massive hardship.

Over lockdown I chucked a box dye on, because I had nothing better to do, and it was depressing - a single flat colour that had none of the life of a proper job, and faded wihin a couple of weeks.

I'd def recommend a proper job - boxes just struggle to really capture proper copper shades, I find, and you end up with a flat orange or red which fades poorly

God I could have written this!
Mine too is now too yellow and I was toying with Colour Effects or Casting in those exact shades!
I have an appointment with my hairdresser finally next week so I'm sitting on my hands!
She said she's going to put a caramel toner on it and if I want it warmer after that she will do some level 8 copper babylights but she thinks the caramel toner/demi will do the trick.