

Two things about choosing cream developer vs. When I was a newbie…clear developer was frustrating because no one told me what I’m about to tell you in point #2! It was messy and my mixture was always chunky. At the time, I preferred cream developer because it was easier to mix. I learned with both because Paul Mitchell offers all levels in both types…where some brands mostly offer cream developer.

Use cream developer for faster mixing.Ĭlear or cream developer? It’s a matter of preference, but sometimes a matter of what’s available or what is offered by the brand you use. This basically is a blueish toner that is supposed to cancel out the orange and yellow tones that can be left when color is lifted from the hair.A post shared by Confessions of a Cosmetologist on at 11:36am PSTġ. The lady I talked to at Sally’s gave me Wella’s T14 Pale Ash Blonde Toner. I’m not going to pretend that I know everything, so I’ll tell you what I got and recommend that you talk to someone at your local Sally’s or other beauty supply store. What you need to do to get rid of that is to use a toner.

Now, you’re going to have brassiness if you’re going blonde from a dark color. And if it’s been enough time for the color to process and your hair still isn’t the desired color, then you STILL need to rinse it out. Once your hair looks like the color you want (and keep in mind that hair is darker when wet) rinse out your hair. Just make sure that you check your hair every so often to make sure that your hair isn’t over processed. People might think that it’s scary, but it’s really not at all. If you’re going from a dark brown, you may want to consider dying with the kit twice. It was pretty faded, but my hair was definitely lighter at the ends which made a significant difference in the color my hair turned out. What you need to know is that when I used this kit, my hair did have a little bit of ombre. I think I may be getting a little bit distracted. Just isn’t a very photogenic color, I guess! At this point, I didn’t even know what toner was. I was happy with the results, but as you can see, the “blonde” at the end of my hair has that brassy tint that comes from the warm reds and yellows that naturally occur in dark hair. And that was after already having colored it twice earlier in the summer. The first time I did ombre, I had to color my hair three times just so that I could get a light enough color at the ends. While none of my experiences have been this bad, I have gotten results that some might think could have been better. You’ve also probably heard the horror stories of people’s hair turning orange and god-awful yellows. If you’re reading this, then you must now how difficult it is to go from a dark brown to any sort of blonde. People like to say that it’s black, but I promise it really is just a dark brown. My hair is naturally a very very dark brown. You’d think that by now, I’d be tired of it, but honestly, I still love it! Granted that was only a little less than two years ago, but that’s a long time with one hairstyle. I’ve been doing the whole “ombre” thing since my first semester of college. Laura Reviews Hair, Hair Dye, Ombre 8 Comments
