Been bleach blonde 10 (foils) for years. Over the Summer, my hair got so light it was basically white. So I asked the Hairdresser to tone it down to more of a barbie baby blonde. Still wanted to be light blonde; but not white. Made this crystal clear.
She did a full head of shade 5 foils (I didn’t know this shade until after).
That turned me an ashy mucky brown. Hated it. Told her I hated it. So then she washed it loads. No avail. Then put a flat 9 all over to try to remove some of the ash. Which then turned my roots/halo orange! And killed off whatever little blonde was left. She washed again. Went even more orange. At that point, I realised it was going from bad to worse and left feeling sick.
So I visited another salon the next day in tears. She scrubbed 3 times with a strong shampoo. Then ran very fine low vol bleach through just the roots plus a purple toner on the root to try to remove the orange. She didn’t want to run the bleach all the way through as she said worried about breakage. I think she did the best she could. She also cut off 3 inches so I am now just below chin length (sob).
I have washed loads with clarifying shampoo. I’ve got very very fine/thin not great condition hair already. Lot of breakage. I never use heat. Hair is naturally straight & thin. I usually only wash 1-2 per week. I use hair masks weekly, oil & Keratese range. Olaplex monthly etc.
Now I am ashy brown on bottom 3/4 half with subtle blonde roots.
When can I get back to blonde? And how? Will a full head of foils fix this? Should I keep washing or leave it? Would a full head of foils really destroy my hair now?
please help! I feel disgusting!