Green Hair

Hi M.,
The exact same thing happened to me a couple of years ago. I have the same dull dirty blonde hair naturally -I call mine dirty dishwater blonde; and I have always colored lighter, first with sun-in back in the day and then professionally. When money was tight one holiday season I tried a box. The first time wasn't so bad probably because it looked so much better than with all the roots showing. The second time was a disaster. Patches of different color and the greenish tint. I got VERY lucky in finding a stylist at Regis in the mall down on 106th S in Sandy. Her name is Manaz and she is EXCELLENT with color. She really knows what she is doing. She corrected that mess and has never given me a bad color job. Good luck. Let me know if you try her. Their prices are very reasonable, too.
L. P

You need to go back and tell them to fix it because that is their mistake. There are things that they are supposed to do when you go dark after being blond that they most defiantly didn't do. After they fix it you shouldn't have a problem.

The base color in most box colors found in grocery stores is green. People with blond hair, when going darker, should ALWAYS have the color done professionally. When applying a dark color to blond hair there are certain things that need to be done in order to balance the color so that it comes out looking natural and not ugly and fake looking. I would pay the bucks to have your hair color fixed. It will be spendy. But no one tells you that that is usually the price you pay when you try to do color on your own with OTC products.

M.:

Fantastic Sams should have to "fix" the problem if it was there mistake, but I don't know what their guarantee is...
The first thing I think of is to try the brown/brunette shampoos. I think John Frieda makes some and you can buy them on the grocery shelf. You can also go by one of the comsmetolgy schools and ask them what they recommend. That is, without necessarily getting it colored again. That might be the problem--too much color to get it the color you wanted! Taylor Andrews in West Jordan, UT is a good cosmetology school to go to-great customer service but I'm sure any of them would be willing to help you.

I would try washing your hair with a harsh shampoo, like Prell, in the hottest water you can stand. Even "permanent" hair color isn't totally permanent. You can wash some out. That's why people always talk about their color fading, even if it's permanent.

You've got a lot of good suggestions here. Just make sure next time to go to a professional colorist. I know it's a lot more expensive, but it's worth it if you don't want to risk something funky happening.

When you do get the color your want, make sure you use a colorsafe shampoo and use cold water to wash and rinse. That will preserve your color the best until it's time to do your roots.

A lot of blonde colors are ash.....the box or bottle will say ash blonde, and that has a green base, some people like it...most don't.

I would go back to Fantastic Sam's and ask them to fix it, a darker blonde with a reddish tint will get rid of the green, it might be slightly red in color for a few days, but most red's eventually wash out. You can do it yourself or have a friend do it, If you want to do it yourself go to a beauty supply store and ask what they would recommend, they are usually very knowledgeable. Good luck!

Most likley fantastic sams will fix it. Like some of the others said, what you need is something with a gold/red base. It will be a lot easier to fix the brown than to go back blonde, that will really damage your hair. I'm sure there is just too much color on it and the only way to get the color out would be to bleach it, I'm sure that would just fry it. See what fantastic sams says and maybe see if someone else there can fix it, if they won't do try going to a school, an all over color isn't very hard and an instructor at the school would know exactly how to fix it, but you wouldn't have to pay full salon price to have it done again.

Saturate your hair with olive oil and let it sit overnight before you try to color it again. If you don't want to do the straight oil, use Matrix Sleek deep conditioning treatment and let that sit in your hair overnight every night for a week. Was told to do this when I was in modeling school to remove the green from my hair. Works wonders, good luck.

I had the same thing happen to me several years ago, a few days before I started my senior year of high school. I decided the change the blondness of my hair and picked an ash blond color. Well, I cannot use anything that has an ash color because it turns my hair green. If you go to a beauty supply store, they should have a product that gets the green out. Also, you might want to consider going to a little more pricer hair salon to get your hair back to the color it was. Good luck, I hope this works.

Hey M.,

Make sure they didn't use a semi-permanent. If they did, BE CAREFUL! You can't use a permanent over a semi-permanent or vice versa. I did it once with red and my hair turned purple!

M.,

First of all take a deep breath, but your hair probably is displaying some green. But not to worry - this can be fixed with proper professional stylist. I would recommend going to a stylist with proper training and some experience under there belt. Aveda, Redken, and Goldwell using salons are good choices and you can find locations by you by visiting there websites. If your obsessed with your hair like most woman are because its your biggest accessory then the money should be a concern to having it look as fabulous as you desire. Remember it's your biggest accessory and not one you can just take off like a pair of earrings.

I am a licensed cosmetologist for over 6 years now and have seen this happen several times from box color as well as from improper professional color application. What happens is that the colors where not chosen with the correct bases (a base is a tone) to offset the green from appearing. My best advice as this is not something you can fix at home is to seek a professional hair stylist asap. The sooner you get it corrected the better. And the beauty of hair color is most that it can be changed!!

Good luck - C.

If you're going dark having blond hair you need to make sure the dye they're using isn't based in blue. I would wait before putting any more chemicals in your hair, you don't want to over process...some people lose hair that way. I'd get real friendly with up-dos and give it a couple of weeks...then I'd go back and have it fixed. You may want to take pictures of your hair AND you may want to go into the salon today to tell them this is NOT ok, that you want them to fix it, and that it WILL be complimentary since they messed up. When you do go back make sure you have nothing in your hair, no hair spray to anything. Go in having not washed your hair that day. This way you can be assured there's nothing you have done to cause a chemical reaction.

I'm so sorry for this unpleasant happening.

Your hair is like mine... can not take ash color in any shade!
So no matter where you go make sure you tell the person you can't do ash!!!
I have gotten up and walked out of places that insist they can do ash perfectly! My hair will always have a green tint to it with ash.
Good luck- a pro should be able to tone down the ash and get a pretty warm color in there.

Hey M., if you can afford it I think I would spend the money to have it fixed. I have heard that people with shades of blonde hair can be tricky to color. I think you need to go to someone who really knows what they are doing.

run to Michael 17 - 1732 E. 17th Street, Denver, CO - he is amazing and fixed my orange hair!! He's a little pricier than Fantastic Sam's, but it was worth having pretty hair again!

I would DEFINITELY pay to have it fixed. I tried doing my own color once and hated it. You need a real professional. If you are in the Utah County area I know an amazing stylist based in Orem. My whole family (including extended) plus many of my friends go to her and I have NEVER seen a bad cut or color from her. She is VERY good. Her name is Jen Oldham. You can find her at Studio 210 on Center St. in Orem. You can look up the studio number in the phone book. (but I think it is ###-###-####). Anyway, good luck!!!!