Need advice about dying my hair?

I've been blonde my whole life, and I really want to go darker (brownish). I tried it once a few years ago, but apparently the ash base in the color made my hair an awful greenish/gray color...and true to form I spent a fortune at the salon having it corrected.

Any advice (other than to have it professionally done)? How do I look at the labels and know what has an ash base?

Need advice about dying my hair?

You need to have your hair shade matched on a natural level 1-10. (1 being the darkest-10 being the lightest) And then you check it see if it has warm undertones or cool undertones. Then you should decide how many levels you want to go down to make it darker.

But from what you said, I would expect that as a blonde you have a cool undertone since your hair turned an ash green. If you use an ash on a cool tone it will bring out the cool colors in the hair such as blue %26amp; green. If you use a warm toned color it will make it appear more gold or even red. If you're wanting a good rich, chocolate like brown- use something with a gold undertone that has some flavor to it. Or just use a natural level brown. There's so many different options. But stay away from anything that has ASH in it, b/c you will have the same problem as before.

But my best advice is going to be to talk to a professional. If you want it to be that perfect color, they can help you define exactly what it is that you want. They always know what's best!

Need advice about dying my hair?

To experiment, try a semi-permanent color or a color that will wash out after 2-3 shampoos. Then, once you find the right one, stick with it.

You can try an all over color. I recommend Clairol Nice %26amp; Easy.

Or you can try adding low lights (darker high lights). For that, I recommend a hairdresser!

Need advice about dying my hair?

You wont find much advice on the bottles/boxes of color. Go for a brown that has red hues. There are two bases for hair color red/green-you want red in order to avoid a green hue color. So you will have an alburn look, but that beats green!

Need advice about dying my hair?

Read some hair dye tips and more on this site to help you with it