Hair Limbo

[seeyouyesterday]

So I’m in a bit of a pickle with my hair right now, after some thoughts/advice. I’ve naturally auburn hair, well it was auburn when I was younger, the truth is I’ve been colouring it since I was 15, so a long, long time now. For about a year I’ve been colouring it a mid-dark brown. My roots, when they came through, looked like a coppery light brown, with one or two greyish-white hairs.

Anyway, I was fed up with the dark & wanted to go a bit lighter so stripped the dye out using one of those colour removers. I’ve used them before, so I expected a gingery hue. I did end up with that but it was quite ginger, uneven, darker in places & yellow-y gold roots! I panicked & applied my back up, a semi medium ash blonde which toned everything down.

Fast forward 2 weeks & yes my colour has re-oxidised a bit & it’s still uneven. The condition isn’t great either & I’ve had a trim just before removing the colour.

It’s a mixture of medium, light, reddish & coppery brown. Dry ends, which I plan of getting cut off. But the colour. Sometimes I think it looks dark again. I don’t want to go down the bleach route. I’m a bit apprehensive to apply about colour stripper & I know I can’t use a permanent hair dye just yet. I’m stuck. My roots are getting lighter with every wash, the yellow is just about peeking through. I’m off on holidays next week so I don’t know what to do or how to fix. My usual hairdresser is away. I don’t mind being auburn or a copper brown, I don’t want go dark red or dark again.

Start using head and shoulders for a bit , personally if it’s bothering you so much have a good look for another hairdresser or if she’s back soon get yourself booked straight in on her return , I wouldn’t add anymore chemicals into the mix because it already sounds like it needs a big colour correction job doing and will end up getting ridiculously costly x

Options

-find another hairdresser
-dye it again
-shave it off

could one of those work at all?

Can you just leave it and grow it out or does it look too bad? I wouldn't use any more colour stripper or home dye because the more chemicals you add on, the worse the condition will get. I'd be tempted personally to just keep deep conditioning it and try and put up with it until my next cut, get a shorter cut and grow it out. If you can't put up with it and the colour then I'd try and find an emergency hair dresser and see what they recommend! You can get root sprays and powders which you'd need to put on every day but might be a fix for holidays if you're self conscious and they likely won't damage your hair any further as they're just temporary, like make up.

Thanks for the replies. I’ve ruled out dying it again, that’s just going to damage it more, shaving it all off, not with my face/head. I’m gonna book in for a trim when hairdressers back, before I go away, so hopefully she’ll have some advice also. It just feels & looks so dry at the ends & I tried that Philip Kingsley split end remedy serum today but it didn’t leave me with the wow factor I was expecting after reading the reviews. I can always wear it up more I suppose and at least then I don’t have to straighten it.