Flimsy_Boat wrote: » Sobe Brown is a real treat in Cork, beside CIT. They got rid of my banding with a "clear hair dye" as they put it.
SozBbz wrote: » Is that SuperStyleSabbys place?
MinnieMinx wrote: » This isn’t a personal recommendation as I haven’t been there myself but I see that Aaron Healy works here and their work looks very good.https://edithairclub.ie Aaron was trained by and used to work for Wayne Lloyd until he closed his Cork salon due to illness. Aaron was voted Irish Hairdresser of the Year in 2016.https://www.fuzion.ie/news/id/1314/
Faith wrote: » I haven't lived in Cork for a few years now, but I did have a fantastic colour in Wayne Lloyd on Washington Street in the city centre a few years ago. It also looks like Kopper Hair Salon is the place to be recently, although I suspect you may have difficulty getting an appointment!
IrishPhoenix wrote: » Thank you. It looks like the Wayne Lloyd in the city is gone but I'll look into Koppers. Though you're probably right about the appointment!
SozBbz wrote: » Would you be willing to go to Cork or Dublin for the colour correction? I'm sure people could give recommendations for those cities. My hairstylist does some lovely colours according to her instagram (I don't get colour these days myself - went fully natural). She actually did a 2nd colour correction for a friend of mine who'd been dying her hair at home for years and wanted to go lighter, and it looked much better than the first salon who tried it. The advantage of the root stretch is that while there would be some maintenance, its nothing like the maintenance of other more conventional dying techniques (6/8 weeks as you mentioned). I've friends who have this style and some go 6 months between colours and some have just let it grow out completey and its given a really beachy look. I heard its been very popular post lockdown as people are looking for styles that are lower maintenance should another lockdown happen. Also, I'd say Olaplex is really common place these days, so if your local salons don't do it even now that its been out for a number of years so its hardly bleeding edge stuff - thats not a great sign that they're keeping up with the latest training and techniques.
IrishPhoenix wrote: » Thank you MinnieMinx. Your explanations have been super helpful. Only problem is I'm not sure there's such expertise anywhere local to me. My friends either have all over colour [so touch ups every 6 weeks] or highlights that look more like brassy zebra stripes so I wouldn't be running to their hairdressers. From stalking hairdresser's social media pages, it looks like Waterford is a bit of dead zone. There's just not much on a lot of salons, especially recent stuff or complicated colours, and definitely not many that are doing the olaplex, which having looked into I think would be better to have in my hair than not.
MinnieMinx wrote: » Whilst you say you’ve not lightened your hair, it depends on whether the hairdresser used a Demi or a Semi. Even if you had a darker brown Demi colour applied, the developer in the tint mix will have lightened your natural hair a little bit (depending on the strength of the developer used) but the brown artificial colour will have covered your hair, so it wouldn’t be noticeable to you until the colour starts to fade. That’s why your hair is starting to look brassy. The artificial colour molecules are washing out leaving your natural Yellow eumelanin colour behind. In the short term, I’d suggest using a brown colour depositing conditioner to cover the brass whilst you decide what you want to do longer term. Maybe consider a root stretch with a few highlights, although this will still require some regular maintenance. Good brands of Brown colour depositing conditioners to look for include Joico Color Infuse and the Revlon Nutri Color creme, but there are others. Hope this has helped rather than caused further confusion?
ILoveYourVibes wrote: » Yeah ...semi permanent isn't semi. It usually lasts. The issue is its difficult to deposit color without opening the cuticle. So when you put an ACTUAL semi color (demi) ..it washes off after like one wash. But clients are not happy with this as they get little to no wear out of it. Its all about the developer.
IrishPhoenix wrote: » Waterford, if anyone has any recommendations. I do realise that. I'm literally just guessing and trying to research my options. Unfortunately, in the current circumstances with covid i can't just walk into a hairdressers and have a chat or a proper consultation without booking a service. And after getting burned once, I just want someone who knows what they're doing.
SozBbz wrote: » Where are you based OP? Perhaps someone could recommend a reliable colourist? Although you might have to wait a while for an appointment in the current circumstances.
ILoveYourVibes wrote: » It will be specified as a color correction for certain. As i can't even see your hair etc ..its hard to say...what to do. I am having trouble visualizing what you mean. Redoing the balayage ..would probably be harder ...as you are lifting through colour...this can be unpredictable. Low lights if done well on your natural hair could grow out well...and would this not look a bit like balayage? But darker ? These two options are going in opposite directions though. So i hope you realize. Honestly someone will have to see and feel your hair to advise you though. Find a good colourist. From what you are saying what you need is someone very specialized.
IrishPhoenix wrote: » Thanks for that explanation. If i hadn't been explicitly told by a professional hairdresser that it would totally wash out I wouldn't be so mad but I'm raging now. I literally went maybe one shade darker cos I was told that was the closest match. but there's definitely a considerable shade difference between the regrowth and the faded out semi, especially since my natural colour is quite cool toned. Now I somehow have to deal with the balayage I didn't want to keep in the ends and roots that will need blending and sorting a new hairdresser who's good with colour when they're all up the walls busy and I don't even know if they'd classify this as colour correction or not. I'm not well up on colour or colouring techniques [or I wouldn't be in this mess!] I don't know whether to try blend it in with lowlights or highlights or just redo the balayage in the middle to ends and pass off the growing out roots as intentional.
ILoveYourVibes wrote: » Yeah ...semi permanent isn't semi. It usually lasts.. The issue is its difficult to deposit color without opening the cuticle. So when you put an ACTUAL semi color (demi) ..it washes off after like one wash. But clients are not happy with this as they get little to no wear out of it. Its all about the developer. Anyway...if the brassiness is the only thing that is creating the line you could try toning it...
SozBbz wrote: » Humm, I'd find a good hairdresser who can be trusted to advise you properly, and ask them to blend out the root so that you can grow your hair out. I'd use toners to cover the balayage rather than trying to dye over it.
IrishPhoenix wrote: » Ok, story is I wanted to cover up some balayage on my ends. I explicitly told the hairdresser that I wanted it as natural and low maintenance as possible. Hairdresser told me my options were permanent or semi-permanent colour and that the semi was great for a trial run as it would fade out completely and my hair would be back to normal. So I went for a brown colour that was the closest match to my own natural colour, except slightly darker. 4 months later, the colour has faded but here's the problem. I had a band of root regrowth of about 2 inches which was different in colour to the rest of my hair. The hair that had the semi dye has a kind of brassy tinge to it and there's a definite demarcation of colour which was definitely not what I was told in the hairdressers and absolutely not what I wanted. Despite not lightening my hair at all, my regrowth actually looks darker now in comparison. The original hairdresser never reopened after Covid so I went someplace new and was told that I had been badly misinformed and that the semi has changed my hair, hence the difference in the roots. Now I don't want to commit to getting colour done every 6 weeks cos that's what I was trying to avoid in the first place. I don't know what to do. I'm thinking of lowlights to try and balance out the mess but am thoroughly confused. Has anyone any experience or advice please?
dee_mc wrote: » I'd say if the brassiness was toned out it'd be less noticeable - maybe try a purple conditioner intended for use on darker base colours (I can highly recommend the L'Oreal conditioning mask that comes in a tub, which mentions that it's suitable for use on darker base colours with highlights etc).
