will this lighten my natural hair color? im dying it black and if it went wrong it would be a disaster. will this doveloper work on other color brands
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You would probably need to use a 20 volume. If your hair is light and you are trying to go black, unless you do something called "shrimping" which is to take it down to a darker color in 2 steps, your hair could very well turn green. Also, if you are older, black is going to make every wrinkle you have pop out. Unless you are willing to experiment, your best bet is to go to a salon and have a professional advise you and do it for you. Although this developer will work with other brands, it is from Germany and they specialize in blond colors.
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If you are dying your hair black just to do it black, use a different product. If you have gray hair you are trying to cover use a brown to light brown. Black is not natural to cover gray hair. It will not look natural and to stark. The use of a brown color because of the gray you will have the look of natural highlights when you cover the gray. I personally would not use a different dye product with this developer.
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I'm not a professional, but I do use this color frequently. I don't think it would have any problem lightening medium ash brown hair. It's pretty strong. My natural color is dark blonde/light brown and my results are very similar to the photo on the box.
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Hi Silvermiss,I love Goldwell Elumen Product! What color is your natural hair or the area of hair which your attempting to color? It will make a difference in your results. I would suggest if you attempting to add a lighter-lilac/lavender color, test a mixture of clear Elumen and a drop( a dime size) of VV@all on a color pallet. I would also add taking the color you have created and test it on a white surface(suggested paper to see if it is the desired color you want). I hope this information will help in finding the solution to adding the light lilac/lavender color you want. :) Good Luck! Hi Silvermiss,I love Goldwell Elumen Product! What color is your natural hair or the area of hair which your attempting to color? It will make a difference in your results. I would suggest if you attempting to add a lighter-lilac/lavender color, test a mixture of clear Elumen and a drop( a dime size) of VV@all on a color pallet. I would also add taking the color you have created and test it on a white surface(suggested paper to see if it is the desired color you want). I hope this information will help in finding the solution to adding the light lilac/lavender color you want. :) Good... » Read More Hi Silvermiss,I love Goldwell Elumen Product! What color is your natural hair or the area of hair which your attempting to color? It will make a difference in your results. I would suggest if you attempting to add a lighter-lilac/lavender color, test a mixture of clear Elumen and a drop( a dime size) of VV@all on a color pallet. I would also add taking the color you have created and test it on a white surface(suggested paper to see if it is the desired color you want). I hope this information will help in finding the solution to adding the light lilac/lavender color you want. :) Good Luck! « Show Less
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it is safe to use, but the color result will be different than it would be on your natural hair color.
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It is not too dark or jet black. It is natural looking for me but then again my hair is dark. I left it in my hair for about 8 min.
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I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be electric blue if you don't lighten your hair (I used manic panic 40 volume hair bleach, didn't burn my scalp or make my hair look like someone teased my hair and used crappy, old hairspray) and yes it is! But i'd lighten first, otherwise it's going to come out darker brown.
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This line of color is called "demi-permanent". It will not lighten hair-you would require a permanent hair color or bleach to do that. However, I have found that it does not cause my brown hair to turn red the way permanent hair color does.
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I have am a natural blonde with dirty one roots. I used the product and when I went to my hair dresser she asked why my hair is orange. I would not use it on dark hair at all unless you want to have a pumpkin hue.
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This color will work very well on hair that is NOT grey. Now i'm using the blonde and it gives all of my hair a richer, shiner look. If you use this, I hope it works as well for you.
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Hi-I'm sorry, but I have no idea why it won't work on gray hair. My daughter and I both have blonde hair. Her's is a lighter blonde and it appears to lighten her hair due to all of the build-up it removes. My hair is more of a dirty blonde and while it helps my hair just as well, I don't have the appearance that my hair is lighter after I use it.
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Yes. It works fine on my dyed-blonde fine hair if I use the "light" formula. Inexperienced sales people will say that the regular is the same but it is not according to the experts. In fact, the regular turned my hair darker with reddish highlights after several months. While it was a good color for fall my friends started telling me, unprompted, that they liked my old color better so I know it was not my imagination. If you have dark hair use the regular. Hope you try it and like it!
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Depending on your natural hair color, if you're trying to avoid brassiness ("red tone"), stick with ash or violet colors. The "N" in "7N" stands for neutral. That may work, but you may be better off with a "7A" or "7V." (The V isn't as common, but I know Ion has a color like that.) If you use the 7N and have red tones, this Brass Banisher product works fairly well. You can also try Wella Color Charm toner in T18. That may darken your color a little bit, but it will remove the red. You'll need to use a 20 developer with it. If your natural color is dark (brown or black), stick with the ashy colors. If you're already blonde and just want to go lighter, the neutral color may work ok. Wella Color Charm also has some extreme ash colors. I believe there is a 7AA color. I went from dark brown to light blonde. I like the intense ash colors, they really help to get rid of the "orange" that inevitably occurs when I dye my hair. But if your hair is dark, just using a 7 color probably isn't going to make it blonde. You'll probably have to bleach it first, then use the color, and probably add a toner. Unless you want to try the L'Oreal HiColor product. I, personally, haven't used that, but it's supposed to help you go from dark to light in one step with no brassiness.
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I have highlighted hair and have no problems; in fact, it tends to brighten both the natural and colored portions of my hair. It tends to remove brassiness from blonde hair, so I'd say it should be fine. Ask your stylist to make sure, though.
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If you want the highlights to be very blonde, as well as the ombre coloring, then yes. This stuff works within minutes. I had long dark hair for years, and when I first decided I wanted a change, two years ago, I made the mistake of doing the box, thus nieve to doing so. If I would had been more educated, I definitely would had done this, period. I will warn you though. Be careful, because when you go from naturally dark color to blonde, it can cause breaking and drying damage. But, I am huge on coconut oil, and its many natural benefits. Although my hair had a lot of damage, due to my lack of knowledge, almost every night, now, I massage the oil into my scalp for 3-6 minutes, then apply some in the rest into my hair, brush it then put it into aa very tight braid (be sure to put towel over your pillow though) This not only assists in growing my hair, due to softening the hair shaft and roots, thus allowing it to shield it and promote gentle growth of the hair, but also really conditioning it well. If you use the coconut oil, do wash out the next day, and air dry. Your hair will result in shiny soft hair. As for a softer carmel like highlight, which sort of sounds like what you are looking at, I am not real sure what product is available to do so, but I can say from personal experience, dark hair with carmel like highlights is gourgeous. Hope this has been helpful :-)
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I would say no. My hair is color-treated and fine. Recently I discovered on QVC (which maybe available on AMAZON)CALISTA TOOLS-EMBELLISH GOLD TEXTUIZING DEFINER, it's like a flocker, you put a pea sized amount in the palm of your hand and clap your hands, it produces like a fine thread you put in dry hair. My hair has never looked better, the color is brighter and it's given new height and style to my droopy hair. I know it sounds weird but it works! Alterna products are my staples, but this has really helped. Nick Chavez also has a "flocker",good luck
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My natural hair color has a ginger tint to it, which probably contributed to the brassy state this bleach left me with. Definitely don't get this bleach, using it on reddish hair will probably only leave you with an orange mess, like it did with me x
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I have a darker brown hair that has a reddish tint to it naturally and my hair turned out beautifully. It is a dark reddish brown with dark red highlights. Mine did turn out about the color on the package. since your hair is lighter it should be a lighter result. They do have a variety of colors including different reds. Hope I helped somewhat.