help!

[sammyjane83]

please help......... my hair was dark brown with red in it and ive bleached it twice now and tonned it with purple tonner and its still orange and blochy red thought it... I cant afford to go a salon. im out of ideas to fix it

 

[bubbleteafaerie]

What strength bleach did you use and for how long? How long did you wait between bleaching? What toner did you use? Did you do anything to fade the red before you bleached? Red is one of the hardest colors to get out of hair in my experience. In order to tone out colors, you want to 'cancel' them out by using the color on the opposite of the color wheel. Yellow tones go with purple toner, orange go with blue toner.

 

[sammyjane83]

Thank you for the reply I used a blue bleach with 20 volume for 40 minutes then toned it with a purple tonner for 5 minutes then waited a few hours and dis the same thing, I didnt think to put anything in first for the red, my hair is dry but not jelly as yet!

 

[bubbleteafaerie]

Bleaching more than once every few days can really fry your hair. I would suggest getting a deep conditioner and using it once or twice a week. My favorite is aussie's 3 Minite Miracle. I'm not really sure what to do for your red tones, besides bleaching them out or dying over them. If you do bleach them out, depending on how dark they are, you might want to try a volume 10 to minimize damage. Hope this helps!