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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 301646" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>After years of home colouring, I had to do something when I looked at difficult child 1's wedding photos and saw myself with ORANGE hair, over my red dress. I had just coloured my hair, I thought it looked good at home in the mirror, but I find being out in the sun makes my hair colour rapidly fade to orange.</p><p></p><p>So I've begun seeing a hairdresser. I origiinally asked for foils (what they call streaks these days) because a friend of mine had her hair done at this hairdresser and it looked lovely at her 50th birthday party. I wanted to look good for the next wedding - easy child's. And it did look good, the photos were fabulous. No orange!</p><p>And a couple of useful things my hairdresser told me (in the seveal hours the whole process took):</p><p></p><p>1) Commercial hair colours bought in the store, have been simplified to be as idiot-proof as possible. The range is a lot smaller so you have to choose carefully. PLus they all use too much orange in them, so finding one that looks OK on your hair if you have hair that holds orange more (like mine) is a problem.</p><p></p><p>2) If you have hair that grabs and hold orange colour above all others (as mine does) then even a temporary is unlikely to fade completely. Once you colour grey hair, it stays coloured permanently to some extent, unless the colour has merely coated the outside of the hair strand. But grey hair tends to be porous so it 'grabs' the colour and won't let it go. Because I was trying that trick - using a semi-permanent to cover root greys and let it all grow out hopefully more naturally. Result - ALL colour was looking orange. </p><p></p><p>3) You need to move to a lighter shade as you get older, even if your face is unlined and your natural colour is quite dark. The problem is, your face can still look 'hard' if you have a dark helmet of hair over an older face. Going slightly softer and paler is a younger look. Streaks can automatically give this effect, but again - watch out for the orange effect!</p><p></p><p>What my hairdresser did - she used an overall blue-toned colour (not available in the supermarket, except in the almost black shades). She also has been leaving SOME of my roots untouched, and touching up roots to the root in other aras. The idea is, to break up the grey root line and make it grow out naturally. However, I am finding it too distressing to let it all grow out so fast, I think I'll get ALL my roots done for the next wedding (easy child 2/difficult child 2's, in four weeks' time - hmm, time to make the appointment!). THEN maybe I'll let myself turn into an old woman slowly as she suggests.</p><p></p><p>Also what the hairdresser did (after putting in the streaks I wanted - using colour, not just bleach) was, she got me to use a blue shampoo. Look for one designed for bottle blondes or grey old ladies. You shampoo it in, leave it for three minutes 9with blue dye dripping all over your shoulder!) then wash it out. I got a special deal on the shampoo and conditioner (bought at a different hairdresser) and I also got a free black clutch purse I'll probably use for the next wedding. I sometimes find the blue shampoo doesn't lather enough, I don't like how it makes my hair feel (it's just that brand, though) so the haidresser said I can add a bit of my old favourite shampoo and together, it's taking out the orange in my hair AND I'm happy with how it feels.</p><p></p><p>When I saw the hairdresser for my follow-up, she had a good look and said my hair still is showing a lot of orange, but the blue shampoo is doing its job.</p><p></p><p>So maybe in the meantime - you can either get the blue shampoo (any brand) or if it's available, look for a product widely available in the 60s for the blue-rinse set, "Magic Silver White". My bottle-blonde sister used to use it to take the brassiness out of her bleached hair, it turned it from brassy orange to smoky ash. It looked much more natural.</p><p></p><p>If I hadn't had three of my kids' weddings within 12 months, I wouldn't have seen a hairdresser even now. But I'm glad I did!</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 301646, member: 1991"] After years of home colouring, I had to do something when I looked at difficult child 1's wedding photos and saw myself with ORANGE hair, over my red dress. I had just coloured my hair, I thought it looked good at home in the mirror, but I find being out in the sun makes my hair colour rapidly fade to orange. So I've begun seeing a hairdresser. I origiinally asked for foils (what they call streaks these days) because a friend of mine had her hair done at this hairdresser and it looked lovely at her 50th birthday party. I wanted to look good for the next wedding - easy child's. And it did look good, the photos were fabulous. No orange! And a couple of useful things my hairdresser told me (in the seveal hours the whole process took): 1) Commercial hair colours bought in the store, have been simplified to be as idiot-proof as possible. The range is a lot smaller so you have to choose carefully. PLus they all use too much orange in them, so finding one that looks OK on your hair if you have hair that holds orange more (like mine) is a problem. 2) If you have hair that grabs and hold orange colour above all others (as mine does) then even a temporary is unlikely to fade completely. Once you colour grey hair, it stays coloured permanently to some extent, unless the colour has merely coated the outside of the hair strand. But grey hair tends to be porous so it 'grabs' the colour and won't let it go. Because I was trying that trick - using a semi-permanent to cover root greys and let it all grow out hopefully more naturally. Result - ALL colour was looking orange. 3) You need to move to a lighter shade as you get older, even if your face is unlined and your natural colour is quite dark. The problem is, your face can still look 'hard' if you have a dark helmet of hair over an older face. Going slightly softer and paler is a younger look. Streaks can automatically give this effect, but again - watch out for the orange effect! What my hairdresser did - she used an overall blue-toned colour (not available in the supermarket, except in the almost black shades). She also has been leaving SOME of my roots untouched, and touching up roots to the root in other aras. The idea is, to break up the grey root line and make it grow out naturally. However, I am finding it too distressing to let it all grow out so fast, I think I'll get ALL my roots done for the next wedding (easy child 2/difficult child 2's, in four weeks' time - hmm, time to make the appointment!). THEN maybe I'll let myself turn into an old woman slowly as she suggests. Also what the hairdresser did (after putting in the streaks I wanted - using colour, not just bleach) was, she got me to use a blue shampoo. Look for one designed for bottle blondes or grey old ladies. You shampoo it in, leave it for three minutes 9with blue dye dripping all over your shoulder!) then wash it out. I got a special deal on the shampoo and conditioner (bought at a different hairdresser) and I also got a free black clutch purse I'll probably use for the next wedding. I sometimes find the blue shampoo doesn't lather enough, I don't like how it makes my hair feel (it's just that brand, though) so the haidresser said I can add a bit of my old favourite shampoo and together, it's taking out the orange in my hair AND I'm happy with how it feels. When I saw the hairdresser for my follow-up, she had a good look and said my hair still is showing a lot of orange, but the blue shampoo is doing its job. So maybe in the meantime - you can either get the blue shampoo (any brand) or if it's available, look for a product widely available in the 60s for the blue-rinse set, "Magic Silver White". My bottle-blonde sister used to use it to take the brassiness out of her bleached hair, it turned it from brassy orange to smoky ash. It looked much more natural. If I hadn't had three of my kids' weddings within 12 months, I wouldn't have seen a hairdresser even now. But I'm glad I did! Marg [/QUOTE]
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