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Going Auburn

Sorry for the delay in this post to those who have been patiently waiting for it. It’s a week late, I know. The issue came when my husband decided to bring me a new computer.  I can resist most things in life, but a new computer I just can’t. I’ve been glued to it all week in tweaking it and playing warhammer.

I successfully colored my hair auburn and I think it looks great. I’ve gotten comments at work ranging from “I don’t believe it’s really you” to “was that intentional?”

It’s gotten some getting used to. A lot of people said they got the color I currently have “by mistake” when doing it at home. So if any of you are looking to go auburn, make sure it’s a color that will fare well with your skin

I will be inserting pictures as soon as I can. I didn’t take many, only three actually, mostly because my husband wasn’t available to take pictures and red dye has a tendancy to stain anything and everything it touches. So If you need clarification on anything please feel free to comment.

(NOTE: my base color ranged between levels 7-10, bleached in chunks. Hair is healthy, medium porosity, high density, regular thickness. r\Rarely used any heat appliances, had 1″ of virgin hair at roots which is a level 7N.  Target hair color is a level 6RBR.)

Supplies:

• A dozen old towels
• Two brushes, two bowls for mixing
• Wella InDepth
• ColorTouch RG 8/43
• Koleston Perfect 6/4 R
• Koleston Perfect 6/74 BR
• Color Charm 20 Volume
• 1.9% Emulsion
• Jojoba oil
• Color Touch 6/4 R and 6/47 RB

Procedure:

1. Made sure my scalp was in good condition and that I wasn’t allergic to the dye.
2. Put on a swimsuit (easier to go rinse off without taking off clothes) and tied a towel around my neck.
3. Covered the bathroom and counters with towels to make sure no dye will get anywhere.
4. Double checked I had everything I needed.. including a timer or watch.
5. Applied jojoba oil lightly all over my hair
6. Mixed 1:2 with 8/43 RG with 1.9% emulsion all over my head, except roots, to fill in underpigmented hairs. Left on for 35 minutes. Rinsed, applied InDepth.
7. It was a nice lovely color of carrot orange now. I mixed one tube of 6/4 with one tube of 6/74 Koleston Perfect and with a ratio of 1:1 mixed with 20 developer.
8. Applied all over head.
9. Went to watch TV for 50 minutes.
10. Rinsed, applied InDepth, and VOILA, beautiful auburn!

I could’ve toned the hair a bit with colorTouch but since my scalp was stinging a little bit I wanted to let it rest for a while. I’ll probably use the colortouch to refresh the color once I notice it start to fade a bit. Red tends to fade or wash out the quickest so this really is a needed step to keep the color shiny.

Overall it was a great experience. Last time I had used products from Sally’s (Color Charm) and this time I used professional products (that only salons are supposed to have). Needless to say there was a HUGE difference and I will continue to buy these products. It was better because the color quality and simplicity in application just couldn’t compare. The RG just filled in the parts that needed filling, and the overall color was so EVEN, deep, and multitonal.. and doesn’t wash off within the first wash like most do. It’s great. And fairly cheap. All of the color cost me about $40 total. But I did have the developers on-hand already, and those usually are about $20 a piece. It sounds expensive but comparing it to a $200 salon visit, it’s just a drop in the bucket