Pro tip: A gentle pre-lighten method for brassy blondes

I used to avoid pre-lightening on corrective colors (thought it caused too much damage). Then a client had orange streaks from a bad home job, so I tested a lower volume developer with longer processing. Her hair lifted evenly without extra breakage, and now I always use this approach for brass issues.

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4 Comments

beth2761mo ago

Doubt it's always needed to go so slow with developer. Is brassiness really that bad for every client? Sometimes hair bounces back fine with normal methods. Why stress over perfect lifts if the color still looks good? I've seen girls rock orange streaks and it looks cool. Are we just making extra work for ourselves with these careful steps?

karencampbell1mo ago

Beth276 saying orange streaks can look cool reminds me of my friend who skipped slow developer. Her hair turned a nasty brassy color and got super dry, not the trendy look she wanted. Now she's spending months on repairs instead of just doing it right the first time.

max_brown1mo ago

Okay but @beth276 "hair bounces back fine" is fighting words after I fried my own ends off last month. Some of us aren't blessed with resilient hair, we're out here looking like a rusty traffic cone if we skip steps.

mianelson3d ago

Ugh, max_brown's rusty traffic cone line is too real. My cousin tried to fix her own brassy mess and ended up with this weird patchy peach color, had to chop off like four inches.

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