The only red in history NOT to fade...

[oO turquoise Oo]

I need some help.   I will start with some background and hopefully I will be able to get some advice.  Please /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

Background:

My hairstylist moved away last fall.  I live in a tiny town and couldn't find another stylist who was accepting new clients so I had to take my hair into my own hands.  I was getting my hair highlighted with bleach in foils and then toned.  The base was my natural colour which is a 7/6, getting darker as I get older.  Since I was without a stylist I had do something.  I decided that I would do my hair darker.  I used to be a stylist myself so I figured I could do it no problem.  I don't have access to much in my tiny town.  Just drugstore products and not many at that.  I decided to do a dark eggplant colour with purple ombre.  I filled the bleached part of my hair (which was quite a bit) with a copper demi permanent colour and then I used Feria on top to do a really dark purple/black, or so I thought!  It made my hair a darker copper colour!  I redid it with the same Feria colour but cut the developer 1/2 and 1/2 with water to lower the volume.  It made my hair darker but more red than purple.  This all happened at the end of January.  

I didn't colour my hair again until the end of May (it was a state!) and this time I used Olia dark garnet red (4.62).  Soon after I decided that I wanted to cut my hair.  Luckily there was a new stylist in town and I was able to get an appt!  I got an appt for the beginning of June and she cut my hair from mid back length to a chin length inverted bob.  I discussed with her at the time going back to blonde eventually.  We decided that I would try to get my hair to fade as much as I could before her doing anything so it would be easier on my hair.  I was too nervous to do any kind of chemical process to fade my hair so I bought dandruff shampoo and I used it for about 2 weeks before my next appt at the beginning of July.  Nothing happened!  It didn't fade AT ALL!  Even though I was washing my hair SO much (usually I wash it twice a week, but I was washing it every 2 days or every day to try to fade the colour).  I decided to get the red touched up instead of bleaching my hair like crazy.  I don't know the brand that she used but the number was 6VR or something like that.  

That was 3 weeks ago.  I have decided I definitely want my hair blonde again at some point.  I have to take more drastic steps.  I would love some advice to help fade the red from my hair.  Today I washed my hair with Dr. Bronner's soap but it didn't fade anything either!  I am thinking about doing a shampoo cocktail.  Or maybe baking soda and lemon juice??  I don't know.  I figure my hair isn't in that bad shape since I got over 12 inches cut off just recently.  

Please help!  Do you think a shampoo cocktail (shampoo and bleach combo - maybe also called a bleach bath??) is a good idea?  Does anyone have any other tried and true techniques to help get dark red out of hair??  Thanks in advance!

 

[oO turquoise Oo]

I should mention my stylist is only a year out of school. I like her but I feel she probably needs more experience with coloring before attempting corrective colour on her own. She is a stylist working on her own. When I was just a year out of school I was working in a salon with other experienced stylists and could get help from them. That is how I learned most of what I know. She has a mentor of sorts but I don't trust the mentor, she was the first stylist I saw when I moved to this town. She fried my hair off three times before I moved on to the stylist who moved away. I'm too nice to have given her three chances. :S The last straw was when she put me under the dryer and left me there to gossip with another client. Even though I was watching the clock and multiple times lifted the hood. She kept telling me I needed more time...

I really need help. I figure if I can lift the colour myself enough then I can just get the new stylist to do bleach foils with a caramel-y base color in between them.

Shampoo cocktail or something else? Least damaging option is best. I have an appt in about 2 weeks.

 

[Jess Mays]

I should mention my stylist is only a year out of school. I like her but I feel she probably needs more experience with coloring before attempting corrective colour on her own. She is a stylist working on her own. When I was just a year out of school I was working in a salon with other experienced stylists and could get help from them. That is how I learned most of what I know. She has a mentor of sorts but I don't trust the mentor, she was the first stylist I saw when I moved to this town. She fried my hair off three times before I moved on to the stylist who moved away. I'm too nice to have given her three chances. :S The last straw was when she put me under the dryer and left me there to gossip with another client. Even though I was watching the clock and multiple times lifted the hood. She kept telling me I needed more time...

I really need help. I figure if I can lift the colour myself enough then I can just get the new stylist to do bleach foils with a caramel-y base color in between them.

Shampoo cocktail or something else? Least damaging options best. I have an appt in about 2 weeks.

Hey!

Tresemme Deep Cleansing shampoo is a clarifying shampoo and is really good at stripping color. It turned my hair from a vibrant red to a mousey brown. It's pretty drying so I suggest a deep conditioner afterwards /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> goo luck!