Help with my 40 year old hair. Colour remover help

[notanothernamesurely]

I’m nearly 40. For around 10 years I’ve been home bleaching my roots and then putting a toner on.

18 months ago I stopped (damaged hair and honestly, took ages I cba - I had roots again after 2 weeks) and starting dying a dark blonde which is prob around my natural colour (although it now has some greys!)

It now just looks like a ginger dark blonde on the roots and a greeny blonde on the ends (I guess because I’ve used ash dyes)

I think I want to remove all the colour from the roots and then get highlights every 10 weeks and try and let the greys blend in. Is it possible to remove then root colour? With what product?

I don’t mind paying a hairdresser every 10 weeks for highlights but that’s about as much as I can stretch to.

I wouldn’t use a colour remover, it will leave your hair even more orange. It sounds like the dark blonde has lifted your natural colour and you won’t be able to correct that with colour remover.
I would see a hairdresser before trying anything yourself, they will be able to advise how to proceed with any colour correction and your highlights.

Thanks. I appreciate the reply. I’m scared the hairdressers suggestions are going to set me back a weeks wages and that I still won’t like it / it’ll grow out v quickly.

The orange/ginger needs a blue toner to neutralise it and green ends need a red based toner to neutralise it. (Opposites on the colour wheel)

Don’t try and remove the colour as you don’t really know what you’re doing and depending on the products you use, your hair is likely to end up in a worse state and potentially more damaged. Plus it will then cost you a lot more to get it professionally corrected!

IMO, a lot of high street hairdressers aren’t great at colour correction as they only do the bare minimum at college these days unless they choose to do an advanced course in colour correction, so the results in some salons can be very hit and miss.

Try and find a hairdresser who specialises in colour and ask for a consultation and see what they suggest.