#red toner

[nightwolfereborniii]

[allaboutthedo]

So I already had blonde and hair decided to re-dye. When I rinsed and dried, my hair in the middle and bottom section had a tent of green. I don't know how to fix it, and I'm kinda freezing out! Please help if you can.

Hello! No fear! Ash blonde dyes are green based. You need a red toner. 

It will likely wash out pretty quickly, but if not a quick at-home fix is to use ketchup! Sounds gross but apparently works very well. Just pop on and leave for five-ten mins and rinse off (well!). 

If you want a red corrective dye you can make one with red hair dye and lots of white condition, you literally need such a tiny amount and to leave for a minute so you don’t tint the hair pink at all. 

[allaboutthedo]

hello ! i've read your guide to white hair because i have greenish parts in my hair (i think because i used purple dye and it turned green afterwards) and i can't for the life of me get rid of me. i tried three caps with anti-dandruff shampoo+sodium bicarbonate, it got rid of the purple but not the green and i tried a bleach bath today and it lightened the green. should i apply pink dye over it or try another bleach bath next week ? thanks a lot !!! <3

Hi honey! Sounds like its staining. You could try another quick bleach bath in a week if you think you’re in good condition, but no more than 15 mins. 

You could also try a red toner as red cancels out green. It sounds gross but a colour specialist at an interview I went to once told me that ketchup works well as a red toner. The upshot of using it (even though its a bit gross) is that it won’t stain the rest of your hair pink/red. 

If you’re wanting to go pink anyway, then its likely to cancel out those nasty green bits unless they’re really bright! 

Good luck! 

[allaboutthedo]

Hello! my hairs been bleached to white and I then dyed it a light Burgundy and then wanted to get a brown, unfortunately now its slowly turning more green than brown, would using another Burgundy help get rid of the green? Thank you very much 'u'

Hello! Yes burgundy would help cancel out the green. Green tones are counteracted by red ones so you’ll be fine. If you’re happy with your colour now, try a ketchup toner. It’ll be a bit gross but I hear it works fantastically for getting unwanted green tones out of your hair. 

Step one - Slather hair in ketchup 

Step two - put plastic over that head 

Step three - wash out well! 

[allaboutthedo]

Hi! Me again, I've managed to remove a fair bit of the turquoise, but I've now got 'frosty turquoise' hair, if that makes sense!? It's more green than blue tho. Would it be worth using ketchup? And how damaging is it to hair? Thanks again :) xxx

Hey sweetie! Glad you managed to get most of it out! Sounds like the hair is stained rather than dyed. Ketchup might work! It tends to work of green tinges rather than colours, but worth a shot, it won’t damage your hair at all other than it being vingar-y so alkali, just make sure to wash welllll (With PH balanced shampoo if you’ve got some) and condition. 

I can’t recall if you were trying to get to blonde, but if so you could use a wash in wash out ash blonde as they are green based anyway! If you’re wanting to go another colour then most shoulllld cover a frosty light green.