My natural hair color is light brown with blond highlights, with some white hairs on my sideburns only.I also have natural blond and red hairs in my hair naturally,but I'd say the majority of my hairs are natural light brown. Right now all of that is covered with a sesame hair color from a salon treatment. What should I do to get my hair looking as light as possible and look natural? I want a medium ash blond. If I use your product, should I use color remover to get that sesame out? My natural hair color is light brown with blond highlights, with some white hairs on my sideburns only.I also have natural blond and red hairs in my hair naturally,but I'd say the majority of... » Read More My natural hair color is light brown with blond highlights, with some white hairs on my sideburns only.I also have natural blond and red hairs in my hair naturally,but I'd say the majority of my hairs are natural light brown. Right now all of that is covered with a sesame hair color from a salon treatment. What should I do to get my hair looking as light as possible and look natural? I want a medium ash blond. If I use your product, should I use color remover to get that sesame out? « Show Less
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I am a customer not the product manufacturer. I am not qualified to answer this.
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For a natural look I use a mix of 80% light ash (blond) and 20% light natural. This prevents my color to be in a too red or slightly greenish hue. I tried the medium, and my hair had a fake dyed look that was way too dark... So I suggest going lighter than you think you need.
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I think you are supposed to use a color close to your natural color. I have graying hair, but my eyebrows are not gray. I found the blonde color to be darker than expected, but worked well with my fair skin.
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Hi to achieve the true color u def should lighten the hair first.u will see some color on ur hair if u dont but it most def will dye rhe grey
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I am not too sure but the medium blond or ginger might look good. I have dark hair so I don't know about light colors
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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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I use natural henna (very red) and indigo on my hair. I go back a couple of days later and use this product to "lift" the color for subtle highlights. I get a lot of complements and people are usually shocked when I tell them my process because it looks so natural. I can't tell you how it would work for natural red hair. Try a sample hidden area first.
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If thats your natural color it should still be a nice shade of purple. If you were to bleach it using the lowest developer, the color would stand out more. I did it on red/magenta hair and a nice purple blue came out.
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Hi Lauren, about dying brown hair to lighter is possible. I had dark brown hair and I changed to blonde .You have different choices: highlights or bleach your hair with good bleach to protect the hair or use extra light blonde hair color. Your best betIs to use extra light blondes.
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The light brown may be too dark .It's a gamble but I would try blonde first .Good luck.
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I purchase two colors , 5N light chestnut brown (very dark color) and 10N light dawn blonde hair color. I mix one once of the 10 N into my dark brown hair color and fortunately, the red has toned down .
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...Good morning, Mary, how are you doing today? I would like to answer your question well, but I really don't know about that, because I have never used any red color mix for my hair...maybe you can mix some red with the dark blonde and you would obtain some red shadow...at least you can try it for the first time and see what happens...I think it would be a nice option for your...sincerely, Nidia.
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I'm sure your hair will go back to its natural color. I use this about once a week and since I'm allergic to every other dye, rinse, etc on the market, this is the only hair color I can use. I love it. I am a natural brunette in the old days and this product is great. It adds a lot of highlights to my hair and turns a lot of my gray blond making me look a whole lot younger.
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I'm not sure. I used the delicious dark brown. I had cooper blond highlights prior to using now my hair has reddish brown highlights in the summer.
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I got light brown and I have medium brown hair and it did lighten it a little. I think it depends on your hair color.
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Same here, just a few white hair. Interestingly, although white is turned into red, if the number of white hair is not much, the red is not visible and it does not look bad at all. I do not mix anything else. A second trick is to not keep it for too long, so the color will not be too much red.
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My guess is one of your sideburns is darker than the other. Bodies are weird that way. Did you pre-lighten or are you dying over your natural color? You could just go with it, or you could pre-lighten it to make the color equal out more. If you haven't already, poke around the Manic Panic site; they have how tos, tips and tricks for every situation. (http://www.manicpanic.com/tips.html). If you don't want to go buy a whole new product to lighten just one sideburn, check if you have some hydrogen peroxide. You can squirt that on leave for the desired amount of time (a few minutes to half an hour, depending on what you're going for). If your hair is dark, this won't get it white, but rather just lighter and maybe orangey, but you're dying over that anyway. Or you could go the whole pre-lightener route. Good luck!
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My natural color is a medium brown and it lightens my hair a bit with extended use. I've used same product for about 2 years. It will definitely turn any grey you have into a red/auburn color. The directions say to leave it on for an hour, but I leave it on for two (it wont damage your hair because there aren't any harsh chemicals.) Keep in mind that henna oxidizes and takes about 2 days for full color to actually take form. When I rinse it out, it always seems a little brassy to me, but after a day it softens and on the third day color is a very pretty reddish brown. So to answer your question, I would say that it would probably leave a reddish tone on your hair (maybe seen more in the sunlight) and with highlights red colors would become stronger after extended use........ The good news is that it is inexpensive so if it doesn't work, you didn't spend $150 at a salon. And if you don't like it, no worries because it fades after 3 weeks :)