Can you safely home colour over highlights?

mrsberries · 20-09-2011 07:21PM #1

Heres my dilemna, last March I was swayed by a cheap deal and got my highlights somewhere else. They bleached the bejaysus out of my hair and it grew out patchy. It also dried out quite a bit too. Since then Ive revisited my regular colourist, who is brilliant, and she was horrified as we had spent a year restoring my hair from previous bad highlights. She put a mid blonde tint over my hair which lifted the root and toned down the highlights. This however only lasts about 3 weeks and costs 80e each time. My hair is currently 3 toned - white blonde, goldy gingery from the tint and then my actual root which would be ash/light brown. It looks terrible.

Im getting it done again on Friday but wondering is there a cheaper solution to this? I quite like getting this tint as my hair is shinier for it but Im afraid Ill live to regret deviating from the professionals

Any advice?

lainey316 · 20-09-2011 10:33PM

I put in a semi over mine - am growing them out - and was fine until I tried a different product. Garnier herbashine worked pretty well to even out my colour and cover roots but then I tried that Cheryl Cole blonde colour - nice & easy? - and even though it's supposed to be a semi it's looking pretty permanent

It faded down to a nice colour but there's clear regrowth at the roots, it should be washed out weeks ago

No way I was paying 60+ for a semi again in a hairdresser tbh.

mrsberries · 21-09-2011 09:52AM

Cool, will look into it! Thanks

Can you safely home colour over highlights?

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