How to even out hair color: a cheat sheet for different occasions

Not all beauty experiments lead to good: sometimes hair coloring, especially at home, gives completely unpredictable results. How to fix a mistake yourself and even out hair color after an unsuccessful lightening, rinsing, or if the shade is darker than you expected - in this material from the experts of SalonSecret. Find more here: hot roots

Can I even out hair color at home?

Very often, it is home experiments with staining that end in failure. And okay if you just missed the color. This can still be experienced with dignity. But what if the hair has become completely different shades along the entire length? The most obvious advice is to entrust the work on errors to professionals. This will give a guaranteed result. However, you can try to do something at home with your own hands.

·         Paint again. It is better not to lighten a second time, but trying to overlap an unsuccessful color with a darker one is a good idea.

·         Wash your hair with a tinted shampoo. Choose a shade slightly darker than the darkest color on your hair, so you will more likely achieve uniformity. Important: shampoos do not harm the hair and are quickly washed off, it is quite suitable as an emergency remedy!

·         On the forums, you can find advice to try folk remedies : honey, chamomile, lemon and kefir. A mask made with these ingredients is said to help if you have blonde hair or your blonde dye doesn't quite go as you hoped.

Bleaching at home often provides unexpected results, especially if before the hair has been dyed. Hairdressers have been learning the correct bleaching technique for years, so it is not surprising that it is very difficult to achieve the desired shade on your own. And if it didn't work out on one occasion, then it is better not to injure your hair and not go right there for the second run.

For a competent master in the salon, such a move would have done without consequences, and at home the risk of completely ruining the hair without achieving the desired color is too great.

It is better to try to even out hair color after lightening with gentle methods.

·         Direct-acting pigments act very delicately. As a base suitable mask Vitamino Color by L'Oréal Professionnel , its formula with antioxidants to take care of damaged hair bleaching unsuccessful. Choose pigments to your taste: purple PowerMix neutralizes yellowness, copper will enhance the too pale copper shades of a red blonde, and gold will add a sunny warm nuance to a beige blonde.

·         Correction in the salon using Mix Factory boosters will not hurt : they are mixed with caring bases and slightly change the shade of the hair.

·         Toning care Touche Chromatique from Kérastase : Cream-care in a purple shade neutralize unwanted yellowing on light hair.

·         Some advise a honey mask : 200 g of honey should be mixed with chamomile decoction and the juice of two lemons and left overnight. Use a plastic cap and towel. Here, however, our experts do not recommend blindly following the advice: honey is a very strong allergen, and you can get an allergic reaction along with the new color!