I have VV hair from Elumen and tried to dye some of it back to black (regular color) but it didn't take over the Elumen. Should I try the Elumen NA2?
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Your hair was probably bleached before applying the VV. You probably need a professional service, witch involves repigmentation and then applying the black color. Or applying straight black semipermanent color. Obviously your hair coloring history involved a lot of abuse, meaning a high degree of porosity. It is not the Elumen that doesn't allow your hair to take permanent black color, it is the condition of your hair.
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If you are devoted to black, then yes because it's not going to go away any easier than the purple did. What I recommend is that you see a professional stylist when using this type of product. It is not for use at home
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If your hair was lightened with bleach before the VV then you will need to use a filler like a demi or semi color and then you can put the NA@2 to cover and neutralize the VV tones.
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Not unless you bleach it. If you want to go for a dark purple tint on really dark hair, try Vidal Sassoon in Velvet Violet.
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Since it's red, it will fade quickly. Red always does fade fast no matter if you use a color protection shampoo or any other sort of color treatment/protection hair color. I always shampoo and rinse with cold water to help prevent fading, and the upkeep is ridiculous because of how fast it fades. I used this protect when I had dark brown hair, and had to dye it twice to achieve the shade of red that I wanted.. So perhaps dyeing it on black hair may not be a good idea, and I definitely would not bleach your hair beforehand considering this lightens before the dye sticks. Hope this helps!
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No - elumen isnt meant to cover gray. You'd have to cover your roots first with a permanent color then apply elumen all over. Just know that elumen is best on clean, dry hair. So do your roots then apply elumen possibly following day/night. I've used elumen for almost ten years now. If you follow the entire process with lock and wash, it's a fantastic line. It's a direct dye. Good luck!
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My hair is not red, but easily picks up red. Now I NEVER use anything that doesn't specifically say "cool" in the color name. I tried the Brass Banisher (with high hope) and I could not see any difference in the tone afterwards. So frustrating when I have a good color, then touch up the color and have red/brassy results. Virtually everything goes towards brassy after a few weeks, but I use purple shampoo and add "red out" (and similar products) to the hair dye mixture before applying, and this helps some.
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Yes, you has to bleach you hair first,put de color the most blonde you can, and do. The las time a did, a mix T14 AND T18 This worked very well, on covering up my gray hair, leavy my hair shiny, soft and natural looking!!!!
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It'll take, but just barely. I put this colour on my mum's grey and old brown dyed hair and left it on for an hour. It tinted the salt and pepper into a light ash blonde and lightened the brown a shade. I would recommend the L'Oreal Feria boxed dyes...even though they're boxed, this particular one is awesome and ultra conditioning. I've tried several different colours in the Feria line and all have worked wonderfully on both my mum's grey hair and my damaged brown hair.
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Hmmm... I see others have had no problems. But I used to use this shampoo all the time, and after they changed the formula a year or so ago it began stripping out my color. I use Shades semipermanent color, applied at a salon.
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i liked it for my base tan. upgraded to stronger dose of black bronzers. good luck with your tan. im told im getting too dark !!
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My roots didn't respond well to the henna. Gray turned a bit orangey. I loved the conditioning the henna gave to my hair, however, I'd have to maybe get tips on how to get better coloring for my gray
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Before I purchased jet black, someone used 1b in my Jet Black hair which was completely off. So, I colored It with Oriental Black hair color by Bigen Permanent Powder Hair Color 59 and it worked perfectly. Now I can not say if it will or won't work with other colors or brands. However, I had no problem with blending.... I hope this is helpful
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Unsure on the overlay, but have not heard of or seen anybody use this getting orange or green hair. Did you try using anoth product before this? That may have something to do with the green/orange.
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In level 8 Elumen only has BG@8. That is beige gold. It doesn't come in natural shades N at this level.
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I have some salt and pepper hair, can I use Jhirmack Silver Plus shampoo to get all my hair back to be black ???
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Buy Elumen NA@2. Apply on clean freshly washed hair. Apply with great care because it stains badly.
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My best guess would be not that well, unless you bleach it first. It's not a very strong dye in comparison with some of the other brands. If you want something intense enough to dye over color, I would go with Special Effects. Their pimpin purple has great lasting power and would probably cover it well.
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I had the same thing happen to me. Your salon person used women's color, which has a much more golden hue to it (and you end up looking like a golden Teddy Bear, which is NOT a natural look for men!). This product will tone down the golden colors by hiding them a bit. You may end up a shade darker than you are already, so be careful. Bottom line whats in your hair now is probably a permanent dye, so you'll have to wait for it to grow out, but the color camo is a good way to hide the "demarcation line" that you'll see as your bad dye job grows out.