https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-to-the-hair-dresser Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 28 May 2026 04:51:41 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-to-the-hair-dresser/page/2#post-1796285 Sat, 08 Apr 2017 23:47:42 +0000 Anonymous 1796285@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I hope so, too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-to-the-hair-dresser/page/2#post-1796276 Sat, 08 Apr 2017 22:25:36 +0000 chewyspaghetti 1796276@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm so glad! I hope this solves the issue </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-to-the-hair-dresser/page/2#post-1796224 Sat, 08 Apr 2017 15:26:55 +0000 Anonymous 1796224@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I got my hair recolored this morning. My hairdresser took one look at my hair, saw the red, and decided to go with 5NA - natural ash (was 6NN - double neutral - before). It looks a lot better, and I was told to call her if any red peeks through. If it does, she'll fix it for free. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-to-the-hair-dresser/page/2#post-1794301 Mon, 03 Apr 2017 19:47:44 +0000 Anonymous 1794301@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you, <b>danusia</b>.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-to-the-hair-dresser/page/2#post-1794263 Mon, 03 Apr 2017 18:45:25 +0000 Anonymous 1794263@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>BC, I agree with you about continuing to color your hair. Letting my hair go gray would completely wash me out even with a change in makeup. I have been contemplating just let my hair go, but I love the way I look when my gray roots are colored.</p> <p>Now I have a friend who went gray and it looks amazing on her and against her skin. I am not her!</p> <p>Also, your hair colorist should be able to come up with a formula that works for you. My colorist friend devises individual formulas for her clients that many times takes a while to create for their specific desires. Hair coloring is a science. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-to-the-hair-dresser/page/2#post-1794150 Mon, 03 Apr 2017 14:09:42 +0000 Anonymous 1794150@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That's not the way I want to look. It's a personal decision. Do what you want to do, and let me try to figure out what I want to do. We don't have to agree on what we think looks good. I didn't mean to offend anyone. I just don't want to look pale.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-to-the-hair-dresser#post-1794140 Mon, 03 Apr 2017 13:51:11 +0000 Thirkellgirl 1794140@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, now *I'm offended. You said (more than once) "Yes, I could color them, but I'd still have white hair against white skin. No thank you!" I've got pale skin, skew pink at best, wear ivory foundation now that I've given up tanning for good, and my hair is a little whiter each month. I think it looks good (and so does my hair stylist, who likes my white streak). Using words like "albino" to describe a perfectly normal aging look on a pale-skinned woman is even more offensive than acting like going white is a tragedy. Signed, pale and dealing with it #eyebrowpowder #eyeliner #blush </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-to-the-hair-dresser#post-1794092 Mon, 03 Apr 2017 11:04:13 +0000 Anonymous 1794092@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks. I'm going to have to figure this out. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-to-the-hair-dresser#post-1793976 Mon, 03 Apr 2017 01:52:06 +0000 Emily K 1793976@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>A long time ago, I had my hair dyed super ashy--so much so that it was light grey. &nbsp;I maintained it with the purple rinse. &nbsp;(My hair naturally and easily bleaches to a bright gold and I lived in SoCal at the time.) &nbsp;I was also super careful with my shampoo and with exposure to both sun and chlorine and chlorinated water. &nbsp;Count me in as another who thinks that you may find some success with scrupulous attention paid to shampoo, rinse, etc. &nbsp;Sorry, I don't have any current product suggestions, though.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-to-the-hair-dresser#post-1793935 Mon, 03 Apr 2017 01:02:08 +0000 UmmLila (Lisa) 1793935@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That's the only teal one I've ever seen --all the other products for brassiness seem to be purple. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-to-the-hair-dresser#post-1793932 Mon, 03 Apr 2017 00:47:56 +0000 Anonymous 1793932@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks. Do they have a product for medium brown hair? My hair is neither dark brown (at least not in hair coloring terms) or blonde. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-to-the-hair-dresser#post-1793922 Mon, 03 Apr 2017 00:02:25 +0000 UmmLila (Lisa) 1793922@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.colorwowhair.com/us/products/brass-banned-mousse-for-dark-hair.html">https://www.colorwowhair.com/u.....-hair.html</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-to-the-hair-dresser#post-1793920 Sun, 02 Apr 2017 23:43:01 +0000 Anonymous 1793920@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks, RobinF, for weighing in. I'm still wondering about my shampoo. I've been coloring every 5 weeks but am bumping it up to 4. </p> <p>I didn't feel attacked. I just thanked someone for supporting the look I'm going for, which is NOT albino. I don't want to look pale, and that's what it will be. I already know because I'm already dealing with white eyebrows and eyelashes. Yes, I could color them, but I'd still have white hair against white skin. No thank you! If I had a darker skin tone, this wouldn't be an issue. White hair is beautiful on people with darker skin. I just don't happen to like looking colorless, and don't want anyone to try to talk me into doing that. Maybe when I'm 80, but not at age 55 when most of my hair is still dark; not when I know I won't be happy with that "look" (cough). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-to-the-hair-dresser#post-1793901 Sun, 02 Apr 2017 21:37:45 +0000 Thirkellgirl 1793901@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's easy to color eyebrows, so you wouldn't have white eyebrows unless you gave up on makeup altogether. I thought, as Jenni did, that you were genuinely (and finally, after fighting the nuances of your hair tone for a long time) deciding to go with your natural color. Nobody was attacking anyone. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-to-the-hair-dresser#post-1793898 Sun, 02 Apr 2017 21:19:46 +0000 RobinF 1793898@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My hair also wants to go red (I have to color every 4 weeks) and it seems like the different color brands can make a huge difference. I go with a golden brown and it seems to work pretty well. I don't know about ash brown, the name doesn't make it seem appealing but I would think it is worth a try.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-to-the-hair-dresser#post-1793896 Sun, 02 Apr 2017 21:11:08 +0000 Anonymous 1793896@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I said it to express how frustrated I am. Why is it so hard to have neutral brown hair that won't turn red? I'm to the point if wanting to color it myself, but it's a chore I don't want to do. If asking for ash brown will solve that problem, then that's what I'll ask for. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-to-the-hair-dresser#post-1793887 Sun, 02 Apr 2017 20:28:57 +0000 Jenni NZ 1793887@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Um, I wasn't judging and criticising. Would not have brought it up if you hadn't said it yourself, that you would let it go white. I didn't want to offend as I like everyone on the forum so much. It seemed you were having a lot of trouble with colouring your hair and mentioned the alternative yourself. So was offering that as an option. Sorry for offending.<br /> Nebraskin, ageing can be dispiriting and no wonder in our society. Everyone deals with it in different ways. Cheers. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-to-the-hair-dresser#post-1793878 Sun, 02 Apr 2017 20:14:29 +0000 Anonymous 1793878@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you, Nebraskim! I don't want to look pale and washed out. Therefore, I get my hair colored. To each his/her own, but I don't like the albino look. People should be able to color their hair without judgement &amp; criticism. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-to-the-hair-dresser#post-1793803 Sun, 02 Apr 2017 14:33:49 +0000 Nebraskim 1793803@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Please let people decide for themselves what they &nbsp;would and would not like. People tell me ALL the time that I should let my IMHO ugly mousey 1/2 Asian/1/2 Scots-Irish hair go "naturally gray." I think it looks hideous uncolored but the negative comments I get from others about how "you should be natural and proud of your age/blah blah blah" are dispiriting to me. When I do color my hair, I use color like bright cranberry, cobalt blue or violet -- I don't want to look natural, I want to look vibrant. Going for the obviously "fake" makes it look fun to me. But I guess I look like a clown. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-to-the-hair-dresser#post-1793728 Sat, 01 Apr 2017 23:43:03 +0000 Anonymous 1793728@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes I would - truly. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-to-the-hair-dresser#post-1793727 Sat, 01 Apr 2017 23:42:16 +0000 Jenni NZ 1793727@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You wouldn't, truly xxx </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-to-the-hair-dresser#post-1793726 Sat, 01 Apr 2017 23:41:03 +0000 Anonymous 1793726@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Pale skin + Snow White hair = no contrast whatsoever. I might as well disappear. I already know what it looks like. Some of my eyebrows and eyelashes are already white. Ick! White hair is fine for those with darker skin. Not for ivory skin like mine. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-to-the-hair-dresser#post-1793724 Sat, 01 Apr 2017 23:37:31 +0000 Jenni NZ 1793724@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>But would it matter? It would just take some getting used to. It could really add to your soft summer look. Take a look at some of Anchie's photos and then for how it looks a bit older look at Joy and Bonnie? There are heaps of resources on the internet about managing the transition. Debbie Roes has some good ones in the Recovering Shopaholic archives and one woman has written a whole book about the process. I do realise that it is all very well for me to say as mine is not white all over, just at the front mainly and still dark at the back. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-to-the-hair-dresser#post-1793723 Sat, 01 Apr 2017 23:37:22 +0000 Anonymous 1793723@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Have you done the ash tone before? If not, I'd give it a go. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-to-the-hair-dresser#post-1793707 Sat, 01 Apr 2017 23:08:29 +0000 Anonymous 1793707@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm not worried about white hair. I'm worried about white hair next to my pale skin - no contrast whatsoever. That's not the look I want. My hair isn't coming in gray. It's coming in as white as a sheet. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-to-the-hair-dresser#post-1793702 Sat, 01 Apr 2017 22:30:57 +0000 Jenni NZ 1793702@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well that was going to be my suggestion, let it go grey! I didn't wish to offend you. Everyone on YLF is so lovely and helpful, and I realise many still wish to dye their hair. For me it has been a feminist choice and one for authenticity but you do have to have peace with the fact that you would "look older" compared with all the blondes, brunettes and redheads walking about. I am not sure at what age this applies but when I see older couples where the man is incredibly grey and the woman not, I personally think it looks silly. It's pretty obvious from her face that her hair is not natural. You still have lovely soft skin so that wouldn't apply. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-to-the-hair-dresser#post-1793698 Sat, 01 Apr 2017 21:58:13 +0000 Anonymous 1793698@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My skin tone is neutral, so that's probably why my hair dresser uses the double neutral brown color. I wonder if ash might be better or if it will wash me out. I don't wear very cool clothing or makeup colors well. I believe I'm a Soft Summer. I know one thing, though. If I have more problems with it, I'm going to quit coloring it and let it go white (even if I look like a ghost). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-to-the-hair-dresser#post-1793691 Sat, 01 Apr 2017 20:30:32 +0000 Dottie 1793691@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If your coloring is cool toned, perhaps you should go for a more cool toned brown hair color as well (more ash)? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-to-the-hair-dresser#post-1793687 Sat, 01 Apr 2017 20:07:29 +0000 Anonymous 1793687@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks! She only colors the new growth (uncolored hair), so that's not the issue. I only shampoo 2x/wk. but I'm suspecting my shampoo may be the problem. Also, I haven't waited the requisite 48 hours before shampooing, so that's a problem I can fix. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/back-to-the-hair-dresser#post-1793679 Sat, 01 Apr 2017 19:15:31 +0000 Anonymous 1793679@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My friend is a hair color guru and is always in demand at the salon where she works and just happened to stop by after I read your post. From what you posted she said that she hopes that your colorist uses the permanent color on your regrowth only and not on the previously colored hair. A demi perm or toner should only be used on the previously colored growth. The more permanent haircolor used on the old growth, the more porous the hair and it fades more quickly (not to mention that it stops looking like hair). &nbsp;</p> <p>She also said to wait at least 48 hours before shampooing, use sulfate free shampoo, and use lukewarm water when rinsing. Protecting hair from the sun reduces fading.</p> <p>Finally, she said that you should switch to an ash tone only if you think your hair looks red when you get it colored now. Switching to an ash tone won't necessarily prevent the red from coming through as the color fades. </p>