Coloring my hair mixing colors part 2?

hi all

i posted a question about 3 hours ago about coloring my hair and i really apreciate all answers.

However i find some answers very confusing.

Im going to try tommorow to color my hair mixing -

light chestnut brown 5N (neutral)

and

ash blonde 8A (ash)

(permanent naturtint color)

To eliminate gold/red tones in my medium brown hair (50% gray) i wanted to mix ONLY 1/4 of ASH color with my light chestnut brown 5N (neutral) color.

However some people said not to use ASH cuz it will bleach my hair! Is it really possible with only 1/4 of color?

And someone said light chestnut brown 5N is not neutral! so what is 5N then mean? i tought "N" mean neutral?

i had many bad coloring in past and my color always turned redish,i was told i was using light brown with red tones (it was collorsilk) ,so i found now color that spec. say neutral on the box.

Now if i dont mix light chestnut brown 5N color with ash do you think my color will not turn redish again?

thanx

Coloring my hair mixing colors part 2?

light ash too me is a Blondie brown not a full blonde so it wont bleach your hair i have dyed my hair that color before and have never bleached my hair and yes light chestnut is a neutral color , N means neutral my advice is the colors you are going to use sound gorgeous don't listen to the answers just go and do it your way in reply to the reddish color it may be going that way because of they Grey in your hair go to your hairdressers and tell them what you plan to do and ask them rather than dying it and have it turn reddish there are toners but some of them only make it worse or they dont work at all if all else fails go to the hairdressers and get them to dye it for you

good luck

Coloring my hair mixing colors part 2?

No matter in which proportions you mix your colors, they will NOT eliminate the reddish in your hair if that reddish is left over from your previous coloring experiences. You have to completely strip off the old color first before applying the new one. If you leave it on and try to color with the new color, the old reddish one will still show. It is very hard to get rid of the reddish tone. You either can try to out grow it first and cut it off, or try to bleach it out (strip it off) first before coloring, and that can be damaging to your hair and still not guaranteed to get rid of the reddish. The colors that you picked, 5N and 8A, are good colors IF you apply them on hair that are prepared for them (no old reddish in the hair). If you come to salon, they will try to get rid of the old reddish by bleaching your hair first. Because you have 50% gray, they will mix bleach with 30% or 40% developer (depending on the thickness of your hair) and will apply it to your hair, cover them with a plastic cap, and wait up to 40 minutes (less, if they put you under the heater) until the bleach eliminates the old reddish left over from the previous colorings. Because your hair is brown, the bleach might not eliminate your natural reddish tone, but the natural one is not so scary, this the old one from bad coloring experiences is the one that we need to get rid of first. After that, they will shampoo your hair twice, mix 5N with 8A in any proportions together with either 20%, 30%, or 40% developer (depending on the thickness and coarseness of you hair!) and apply it to your hair 1 inch away from the scalp and 1 inch away from the hair ends for maybe 15 minutes (depending on your hair) and then apply it to the roots and to the ends and combing it through to evenly distribute the color for may be another 25 minutes (the timing really depends on the thickness of your hair), approximately 40 minutes altogether. Shampoo and style after that.

You see, it really doesn't matter in which proportions you mix the colors, the old reddish one will still show. You have to get rid of it first before doing anything. If you will try to cover it, it will only make the matter worse, as it will build up layer after the layer of coloring that will be really hard to remove later and achieve the good tone. If you previously used the colors that are sold over-the-counter in stores (not the salon ones), those are really hard to remove. All in all, if you try to simply cover the old reddish with the new color, it will still show and only make matters worse.

I think the best thing to do is either try to outgrow the old one first and cut it off before coloring it with a new color (5N and 8A are good). Or go to a good salon, to an experienced professional who will repair your old color first (expensive), and then all you will have to do later is to maintain your color.

Coloring my hair mixing colors part 2?

You don't need to add any ash to the color if you are using neutral colors N does stand for neutral no it should not change red what is ur hair color now you have to take that in to consideration.....

Coloring my hair mixing colors part 2?

If 5 is close to the level of your natural hair, try a lower volume developer such as 10 volume for deposit only. Anything higher is always going to pull red from the hair that is still dark.