| Subject | Date Asked |
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| at-home hair bleach + dye disaster | 11/20/2009 |
Q: I have had my brown hair done at the salon(to blonde, more of a cooler shade...here is the link to ...
A: Alina, What you need is a double process hair coloring. It really shouldnt be done at home non ...
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| Hair dye | 11/19/2009 |
Q: Dan Orlando , good wishes I am 42 and loses 50 percentage of hair to Grey.I ...
A: Kumar, Today hair color is safer. But if you still want to be safe you need to use a demi permanent ...
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| Using a Demi permanent Color | 11/17/2009 |
Q: I'm using color brilliance intensive shine by ion. I have very dark brown hair almost black, ...
A: Toni, the 1:1 means more pigment-more coverage. In my salon i always go with that even for less ...
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| From blond to brunette | 11/14/2009 |
Q: Orlando, I am 46, level 5 or 6 ash brown hair with 50% gray, except the top which has chunks of 100% ...
A: Diana, your question is interesting and slightly challanging. Lets make a reasonable safe color at ...
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| Hey | 11/13/2009 |
Q: Im 14, a guy, I want black hair. So what should I do? Die it? How
A: Alex, If your have is short to medium then dye it with permanent dye. Long hair dyed black is more ...
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| hair lightening | 11/6/2009 |
Q: my natural hair colour is a mousey light brown. I have been colouring it a dark brown/red colour ...
A: Kelly, My facts have been straight for the 25 yrs i've been doing this. I am American Board ...
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| hair lightening | 11/6/2009 |
Q: my natural hair colour is a mousey light brown. I have been colouring it a dark brown/red colour ...
A: kelly, Sorry but there is no process to liten dyed brown hair back to lite brown. Any litening would ...
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| Brazilian Hair Relaxer | 11/4/2009 |
Q: I am thinking of doing the Keratin Hair Relaxer. My natural hair used to be very wavy and thick but ...
A: Your hair will be smoother more than straight. There will be a straightness acheived but in your ...
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| highlights gone bad | 11/2/2009 |
Q: I recently had my very light blonde hair lowlighted and highlighted for a more natural look. well , ...
A: Jennifeer, u cant dye this back. impossible! Lets try this. go to the beauty supply and buy Clairol ...
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| Colored hair Dark Brown | 10/29/2009 |
Q: I have been getting highlight for about 4 years now. It is getting to expensive so I decided to go ...
A: Jenni, Dark brown is a level 4. Unfortunatly the red she used is putting a wrench in it. I suggest ...
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| From blonde to brown... | 10/29/2009 |
Q: for a while now I've been considering dying my hair brown - I'd like it to be a nice rich brown, one ...
A: Kitty, There is a great product for this. Its called Clairol Second Nature. Use 2 ounces of #138 + ...
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| Orange roots | 10/2/2009 |
Q: I recently (6 days ago) had a stylist foil highlight my hair. I have medium brown hair naturally. ...
A: Some suggestions--Wella koleston perfect #5/1 or shwartzkopf igora 5/3 or goldwell 5A Get back to me ...
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| Orange roots | 10/1/2009 |
Q: I recently (6 days ago) had a stylist foil highlight my hair. I have medium brown hair naturally. ...
A: Who ever told you shimmer lights would solve this problem should hand in their license. Go to a ...
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| Getting rid of horrible highlights | 9/29/2009 |
Q: My natural hair color is a light mousey brown, but recently I have been getting it dyed a nice warm ...
A: anne The only product i would use to fix this is Clairol Second Nature. If u can get some i would ...
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| Removing metallic dye from the hair | 9/24/2009 |
Q: I had a color correction come in the salon yesterday and the poor girl had been turned the color ...
A: heather, does the client still want to be blonde or will she settle for a nice med brown.? If u ...
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| Bleach highlights now wanting dark chocolate hair | 9/21/2009 |
Q: I am natually a 6 ashy diswater blonde. I usually highlight my hair to have a nicer blonde color ...
A: Andi, 1st of all your colorist should not be using bleach and 30 vol to HL your hair. Level 6 ...
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| Hair color | 9/14/2009 |
Q: I am 53 years old and have been coloring my hair for the last 10 years. My hair is a natural ...
A: Sandy, more hilites will make a simple problem worse. For this situation i always use a product ...
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| gray hair on men | 9/14/2009 |
Q: Does hair, particularly men's hair, always turn gray, or do some men retain their hair color into ...
A: Van, none of those pills work. I would say that 19 out of 20 men over 45 have some amount of gray. ...
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| Sprial perm confusion.. | 8/23/2009 |
Q: I’m about to get a spiral perm for the first time and am VERY confused because every stylist tells ...
A: juliet, In my salon i would use the shorts w/piggybacking. That is the only way to go. BUT i would ...
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| formulating 20 vol. developer | 8/21/2009 |
Q: how do you formulate your 20 vol. developer when you only have 10 vol. and 30 vol.? i know mixing ...
A: Mary, Plain tap water is fine to use. Assuming u use equal amounts when mixing peroxides there is a ...
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| PLEASE HELP!!! | 7/31/2009 |
Q: I bleached my hair out.My hair is orange and yellow.I need to know what I can tone with. ANSWER: ...
A: tracey, Interesting. BUT fixable. Go to a beauty supply and get some Clairol Second Nature #138 -2 ...
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| salon turned my hair orange | 7/30/2009 |
Q: I went to the hairdressers yesterday for hightlights (not bleach). I have brown hair naturally but ...
A: Louise, to tone down orange is to make them darker or browner. lighter would mean picking each HL ...
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| hair colour lifting | 7/29/2009 |
Q: i regularly colour my mid brown hair to cover some greys and unfortunately colour all of my hair ...
A: Dawn, is it possible that you are not using a color specialist.? Any experienced colorist knows to ...
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| Lowlight Disaster | 7/26/2009 |
Q: I went into a salon yesterday with a quarter inch of level 3 roots and about a level 10 all over ...
A: Jessica, The best you can do is get some light golden semi permanent toner. Then when u r home find ...
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| haircolor | 7/23/2009 |
Q: I have naturally dark drown hair. My hair is dyed light brown with thick blonde highlights by a ...
A: Marisol, yes 2 1/2 oz of 20 vol peroxide. Peroxide is the developer and very important. it does not ...
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| touch up roots at home | 7/22/2009 |
Q: i have naturally mousy coloured hair. I get my hair dyed blonde at a salon. She uses foils. I need ...
A: Melanie, Foil Hilites are not for amatuers. May i suggest looking for a beauty school nearby that ...
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| my hairs too dark!! | 7/21/2009 |
Q: several months ago i had my hair dyed from highlighted blonde to dark brown, but i hate it now and i ...
A: Ciara, sorry but it can't be done. Your natural color is gone. To lighten the dark brn will only ...
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| Dyeing bleached hair | 7/21/2009 |
Q: I wanted to dye my hair Manic Panic's Hot Hot Pink shade all over, so I bleached my hair. It's now a ...
A: Bella, If you want some pink streaks with mostly brown its very simple. Wrap the blond hair pieces ...
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| corrected hair color | 7/18/2009 |
Q: My daughter in law natural hair color in a lever 6. She had many highlights done. The highlights ...
A: joann, Get some Clairol's second Nature. If she is a true 6 level use 2oz of 137 with 1/4 138, 1/4 ...
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| RE. Iva | 7/16/2009 |
Q: it's Iva again. Thanx allot for responding. I have added a photo- i know it's not the best photo, ...
A: Iva, You proberly dont have black natural hair. it might appear next to the blonde. Im not sure how ...
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| How to darken high-lighted hair | 7/11/2009 |
Q: I had my hair highlighted with foils through the top section and coloured a mid brown (my natural ...
A: yes the two are separate. Each bottle of 138 is 2 oz. and peroxide comes in different sizes. If you ...
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| How to darken high-lighted hair | 7/10/2009 |
Q: I had my hair highlighted with foils through the top section and coloured a mid brown (my natural ...
A: cat, first of all your hairdresser should have not recharged, but thats another story. More ...
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| What Product Will Gradually Darken Hair? | 7/9/2009 |
Q: Two Questions: (information) I have long, light brown hair with natural highlights. It is straight ...
A: Tella, I cant help with ? #2. i am not a haircutter. As for the color you should search out demi ...
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| hair disaster | 7/5/2009 |
Q: I wanted to get brown highlights so my stylist bleached my hair and put in a toner but my turned out ...
A: shawnte, Im not sure what u mean by brown hilites. There was a comunication problem with u and your ...
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| Correcting Bleach | 7/1/2009 |
Q: I decided to bleach my black hair using wella oil bleach and 40 developer, after using a color ...
A: michelle, The only way to fix this is with Clairol's Second Nature. use #138 2 oz, and 1/4 oz of ...
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| perming color treated hair | 6/29/2009 |
Q: I have very curly hair and I also color it about every 4-5 weeks. I want to perm my hair with very ...
A: barbara, There are perms specifically for color treated hair. Maybe you should consider a Brazilian ...
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| Bleached Hair Correction | 6/28/2009 |
Q: I am a dark brown brunette that had beautiful caramel highlights for about 3 years. Then after a ...
A: Kelly, This might be fixed. Go to a beauty supply and get Clairol's Second Nature #138, 139, and ...
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| hair color repair | 6/27/2009 |
Q: My original hair color is medium brown. I died my hair with Nice'n east color blend, medium brown ...
A: Chritine, Unfortunately you have a problem. I assume you would like to go back to your med brown ...
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| Hair color went wrong | 6/16/2009 |
Q: I dyed my hair myself & obviously did not have enough dye. It has blotches of color that came out ...
A: Melissa, If you like the color where it took, yes use the same color. Next time shampoo and ...
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| Excessive Hair Oiliness | 6/15/2009 |
Q: Don, I know you normally specialize in hair color/corrections, but you are an expert so I hope you ...
A: natalie, Get yourself some Neutragena shampoo. Not the dandruff one but the one in a square white ...
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| BlonZde | 6/10/2009 |
Q: i have natural medium-dark brown hair, pale skin, green eyes and i want to go blonde, could i pull ...
A: Keara, Your young so don't go all blonde. Iwould suggest hilites. Honey color. Tell your colorist ...
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| hair coloring | 6/8/2009 |
Q: I have a costumer she is 90%grey and she ask for level 4 with califonia blond highlights. i applied ...
A: Maria, when i have a customer that wants something specific i look thru some magazines during the ...
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| brown hair blonde | 6/8/2009 |
Q: I have medium length,curly hair,it was previously colored and highlighted but I didn't like how ...
A: mina, All over color wont get you past a red or orange. So you need to do HLs. The reason the ...
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| matching ends to roots | 6/7/2009 |
Q: i have light brown roots but the rest of my hair is light auburn. i would like to get my hair brown ...
A: chris, you cannot match any auburn to lite brown. Use a neutral med brown w/ 10 volume perox all ...
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| Black Hair correction | 6/7/2009 |
Q: i have dark brown hair that i dyed blonde a while ago but then returned to brown. Subsequently i ...
A: Victoria, To liten this i would suggest you get some powder hair bleach and mix it with 6% peroxide ...
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| Brazillian Relaxer | 6/7/2009 |
Q: I do realize that this is a process not a relaxer, just referring to it that way.My question is; I ...
A: Kelli, If you have had chemical relaxers or staighteners before then the Brazilian is out of the ...
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| BLEACHED wrong then dyed now spots....ugh | 6/3/2009 |
Q: I tried to bleach my hair and it turned out HORRIBLE. I went to a salon stylist and since i had Jet ...
A: Definatly dye it back.there is no reason it wasn't done that day. Easy to do it yourself. At a beaty ...
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| Highlighting | 6/2/2009 |
Q: I am graduating from cosmetology school soon and have a couple of questions about highlighting hair. ...
A: Angel, yes you must use Bleach- i suggest BW2. And i would use 20 vol. It takes a lil longer but ...
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| lightening hair | 6/2/2009 |
Q: i was wondering if there is any subtle way to lighten your hair but gradually ive heard many things ...
A: Ernest, lemon juice in the sun will liten your hair.But the results are all to often to drastic. May ...
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| first time highlights for wedding | 6/1/2009 |
Q: I have never gotten my hair colored or highlighted before and I am getting married in July. I want ...
A: Emelia, A liter honey color HL would be nice for your color hair. Also liter than that will look ...
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| Yellow Color Problem | 5/31/2009 |
Q: All of the following actions on my hair has taken place over the past 2 wks. My natural hair color ...
A: I am sorry but what you need could never be done at home. I cant professionally instruct you how to ...
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| Yellow Color Problem | 5/31/2009 |
Q: All of the following actions on my hair has taken place over the past 2 wks. My natural hair color ...
A: Connie, The only way to fix this is by rewraping the hilites with out bleach maybe a creme ...
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| Hair Color Gone Wrong! | 5/31/2009 |
Q: My natural hair color is medium ash brown. I Have colored it for years to a lighter brown with ...
A: Liz, To get away from the orange you must start lo liting. After the foils are placed a level 6 ash ...
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| 70 YEAR OLD MOM | 5/30/2009 |
Q: APPROX. 4 WEEKS AGO MY MOM GOT A PERM,& 2 WEEKS LATER SHE HAD COLOR APPLIED. HER NATURAL COLOR IS ...
A: Tonie, Mom might have a problem. There is 2products that mite work to liten. 1. Shwartzkopf modulate ...
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| hair color | 5/28/2009 |
Q: I am on chemo i heard i can use koolaid to color my gray? safely thanks
A: Shlly, Kood aiid will only work on bleached hair. There are products that have no amonia and cover ...
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| Red hue | 5/27/2009 |
Q: I recently had a client come in wanting a few peek-a-boos. Client has dark brown, shoulder length ...
A: Maria, Hair grows about 1" every 3months. She proberly last died her hair sooner than 3yrs. A test ...
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| hair colour advice | 5/25/2009 |
Q: my hair is currently long and boring with split ends. My natural colour is dark blonde. i normally ...
A: Laura, There is no known link between hair color and pregnancy. Anyway hiliting does not touch your ...
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| Dye highlighted hair all over with a blonde or bleach | 5/25/2009 |
Q: My hair is highlighted (full head foils) with bleach as often as i can afford, but i want to go all ...
A: Sadie, If your hair natural hair is dark brown the lightest blonde dye will only make the brown ...
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| What colour should I dye my hair? | 5/24/2009 |
Q: My hair is currently it's natural shade- medium brown. Now that summer is around the corner, I feel ...
A: Impossible to dye your hair to dark blnde fron med brown. You will end up with a unwanted red. The ...
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| darken bleached highlights | 5/22/2009 |
Q: I have just had some highlights done in a salon and am disappointed with the results. I don't want ...
A: Apryl, On asian black hair i will only put lite to med brown hilites. The colorist, if she is one ...
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| Hair correction and repair | 5/19/2009 |
Q: Well my case is very complicated. My hair is very curly (not afro but coarse) its naturally dark ...
A: Monica, the only way to get rid of the orange is to re bleach the orange parts. Either you didnt ...
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| Hair correction and repair | 5/18/2009 |
Q: Well my case is very complicated. My hair is very curly (not afro but coarse) its naturally dark ...
A: Monika, I would use Second nature by Clairol for the tint-back to brown. Use 2oz of #138 with .25oz ...
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| Purple shampoo | 5/18/2009 |
Q: What is the chemistry behind purple shampoo? What is in it or how does it work to remove the ...
A: Rebecca, Purple shampoo such as Shimmer Lights by Clairol is actually violet blue. It is used to ...
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| Brown to blonde | 5/14/2009 |
Q: I have been highlighting my hair at home for a while, dark brown natural hair color with blonde and ...
A: Rachel, I am always amazed when a woman loves her color but wants more. The all over golden blonde ...
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| Finding a stylist | 5/13/2009 |
Q: I just moved to Houston and need a new makeover, cut and color. Where do I begin to look for a ...
A: Lisa, One thing you can do is go to the mall and look around to see women who look up to date and ...
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| Bleaching back to my natural light blonde haircolor after having it dyed jet black... | 5/11/2009 |
Q: About this time last year i dyed my natural platinum blonde hair jet black. i have recently been ...
A: Black dye is impossible to get out. Do not even try to get back to your natural color. you will ...
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| Color/Perm/Bleach Question | 5/8/2009 |
Q: How are you? I think this site is awesome. OK OK My question is I'm a hairstylist that has been ...
A: Angel, Your project is going to take 1 week to complete. First is the perm. A bad perm results in ...
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| botched red dye job wanna be blonde again | 5/6/2009 |
Q: Okay here goes, I have naturally dark blonde hair that i have been dyeing a light ash blonde for ...
A: Jessica, Unfortunatly you are stuck with the nauburn for now. A cooler red would mean darker. ...
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| yellowish-orange tones | 4/20/2009 |
Q: I have naturally light blonde hair, very fair skin, blue eyes. As I've gotten older, my hair color ...
A: Erika, Unfortunatly there is no much to do now. Any toner that would cover that unwanted color on ...
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| Too yellow highlits | 4/17/2009 |
Q: So I got my hair bleached with a really heavy foil and it is WAAYYYY to yellow. I am an esthetician ...
A: Meg Your hilites were not processed enough. Clairol makes a shampoo and conditioner named shimmer ...
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| hair color | 4/17/2009 |
Q: I have a very pale skin and dark brown hair. I think it's not pretty and I want my hair to be a bit ...
A: gabrielle, i am assuming your brown hair is natural not dyed. if this is so, to acheive gisel's ...
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| Salon highlights to box colour? | 4/16/2009 |
Q: My natural hair colour is a medium to light brown colour, with little to no grey. I have been ...
A: Anj, Impossible! Please dont try. And anyone who says it can be done is not a colorist. The best ...
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| highlight patching | 4/16/2009 |
Q: i want to know how to correct highlights that have left patches going across the hair line rather ...
A: Kara. that was caused by "Bleeding" of foils. The only way to fix it is go back and put the ...
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| Demi vs Permanent | 4/13/2009 |
Q: permanent or demi color to even out color? My client's hair is a small variety of colors and I ...
A: Debi, Yes, you can use permanent with 10 or 5 vol. But i would do the high lites first with low ...
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| hair color | 4/11/2009 |
Q: My daughter had medium brown hair and she wanted it to be a medium Blonde. So she used Color charm ...
A: Ann, medium blonde can not be acheived on med brown hair with a single process. A double ...
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| Hair colouring | 4/6/2009 |
Q: I am a south asian girl with natural jet black hair. I want to dye my hair a two toned light brown ...
A: Black hair when lightened only produces an unwanted redish brown. I suggest you try some light to ...
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| Dyeing my own hair | 4/6/2009 |
Q: Due to my other half losing his job i can't afford to go to my hairdressers for a colour so will ...
A: Kas, Whats best for this and available to a layman is Clairols Second Nature. Use #138-2oz, ...
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| Highlights | 4/3/2009 |
Q: I am 14 years old and i am getting highlights for grad. But i don't know what colour to get. I have ...
A: With your info provided, honey to lite brown colored hilites are best. Make sure the colorist does ...
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| ash blonde vs. golden blonde | 4/3/2009 |
Q: my colorist makes my highlights ash blond and i want golden blond. what is she doing wrong? i can't ...
A: Couple of things. She is proberly using heat to process them-a no no. Her volume peroxide is too ...
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| Client's Haircolor Procedure | 3/27/2009 |
Q: My client of 2 yrs. got impulsive and decided to color her hair at home. I had been highlighting ...
A: Catia, There are sometimes when i might refuse to do someones color. This is when the hair has been ...
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| Client's Haircolor Procedure | 3/26/2009 |
Q: My client of 2 yrs. got impulsive and decided to color her hair at home. I had been highlighting ...
A: Catia, you mentioned that her natural was 2-3. So how could she acheive a 6-9 ash. Maybe i mistook ...
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| Client's Haircolor Procedure | 3/26/2009 |
Q: My client of 2 yrs. got impulsive and decided to color her hair at home. I had been highlighting ...
A: Catia, i find it hard to belive it is a med as blone now. This customer needs to be highlighted and ...
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| dry scalp | 3/25/2009 |
Q: There are so many different brands on the market for dry flaky scalps that I do not know which one ...
A: Debbie, Good ol' Head and shoulders. Use it for your next 2 shampoos only. Each time leave the ...
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| hair colour | 3/20/2009 |
Q: I am a trainee hairdresser and I have a customer who wants to go all blonde(roughly a 8N colour)only ...
A: I would not take a chance as a trainee to attempt such a color. If she likes 8N i suspect she wants ...
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| recoloring | 3/20/2009 |
Q: I used a demi permanent haircolor with red tones to brighten my ashy blonde hair. It is bright ...
A: Demi's dont damage hair. It would have been best to use a gold demi to brighten ashy blonde. Now ...
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| Dark To Light Hair | 3/18/2009 |
Q: I have naturally dark hair. I have been dying it a number of shades of red and dark brown for a few ...
A: Easy. just reapply the oops to the ends. This will require a little more time and gentle heat. When ...
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| reverse hair frosting | 3/17/2009 |
Q: I have almost all gray (white) hair and would like some of my hair to be a little darker. I hAVE ...
A: sounds like what you need is low lighting. A good colorist will know how to preform the procedure. ...
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| hair | 3/17/2009 |
Q: i dyed my hair three days ago i put highlights i did them in a saloon but the didn't turn the way i ...
A: Monica, I am assuming that your hair is to dark and the hilites too lite. you didnt give me enough ...
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