What do hair toners do

Then use Wella T18 toner with 10 or 20 volume developer! Hi, I am naturally blonde and have never dyed my hair. My hair is a natural blonde color with golden undertones.

I would love to get more of a silver blonde with cool undertones. Do you have any tips as to which products I can use to achieve this? Thank you in advance! So it's pretty hard to go from brown to silver, but your friend is right, he probably will have to bleach twice. I usually get my supplies from Sally Beauty, which is closed right now, but you can order from their stores online with no big shipping delays. Unfortunately drug stores and superstores like WalMart don't usually have the correct supplies for bleaching or toning, but they have plenty of dye.

These products will tone his hair to a more neutral color, but they will ONLY work if all of his hair is light yellow. If you're still seeing some dark yellow and orange tones in it, he needs to bleach once more before using toner. If you're searching for another sort of bleach to use, I recommend Ion Bright White Creme Lightener, which you can also use with the 20 volume developer.

All of these products can be found on Sally Beauty's website! Sorry I can't recommend something in-store, it may be better to order online right now anyways! Hi, your articles are great and full of easy to understand info. It's ideal to have platinum blonde hair before using a blue dye. Toner's not going to help you unless your hair is light enough in the first place. It's always going to fade green unless your hair is platinum, white, or silver underneath.

My process is to bleach to super light yellow, tone with Wella T18 to have basically white-platinum hair, and then apply blue dye. If you don't want to bleach it platinum, the only solution I can see here is to only wash your hair once a week, and apply dye about once a week or two to keep it from fading.

As for roots, when I'm using blue I always bleach my roots after about weeks, and apply color directly after. I do recommend Arctic Fox blues because they don't have any harsh chemicals in them and are very vibrant. If you're not bleaching your roots, you can just apply AF dye right onto them, leave it in for a couple hours, and rinse out in the shower!

I want to add blue to my hair, but I hate when it fades to a green-ish tone, how can I avoid this? Should I use a toner between bleaching and dying it blue? I currently dye over my darker blonde hair with a Wella 8N without bleaching it in order to slightly lighten it. I'm going to bleach the underneath layer of my hair with a 20 developer in order to get a more vibrant color, but I'm not going to go super blonde.

Should I use a toner to help prevent the blue from fading to green? Is there a better blue brand I should use after the bleach? Also, when touching up the blue color later, do you have tips for what I should be doing with my roots? Purple shampoo doesn't do a whole lot unless you leave it in for a long time, I'd say it's probably better for you to tone your hair again. If you're able to make an appointment, I'd go with that - but if you're stuck doing it at home, you should easily be able to tone!

If your highlights are super light, like yellowy, I'd use Wella T I'm thinking since your hair is brown, yours may be more of a golden color, in which case I'd recommend Wella T You'd mix a 20 volume developer with this and then apply it to the lightened sections.

Look up "Wella Toner Chart" on google images and you'll find a graphic that will help show you what the different toners do! My hair is dark have I had highlights done about 4 months ago and the are turning brassy, I've used purple shampoo and it hasn't done anything.

Can I tone my hair to lighten them back up or should I have them redone?? If you want highlights to be touched up, the only way you'll be able to do it is with bleach! Dye is adding color on top, while bleach is pulling pigment out and making it lighter. A toner is something you would use on hair that has already been lightened. I do have some articles on how to use bleach - you should be able to pick up bleach highlight kits from a drug store. They include a cap that you have to pull little bits of hair through.

Its gone darker than i thought it would on un highlighted hair. Should i put a toner on or whatwould be your advice please.

Thanking you in advance. How is it different from colour charm? Would it work as a toner on slightly brassy hair? Some of this information is incorrect I'm afraid. Hair mask recipe for damaged hair or dry, frizzy hair : you'll need one egg with 2 tablespoons of olive oil mix well and apply it all over your hair from roots to ends leave in for 2 hours and wash your hair ps: the eggs can leave a funny smell so wash it well. So , I am going to tone it , I just don't want a grey-like tone , like a step under the Wella T18 , that everyone's talking about.

Help please!? How long should I leave the bleach in my hair? I know you said 15 minutes wasn't enough but is there a more specific range? I have been bleaching for years and always use purple shampoo but I hesitate to leave it into long because May hair.

Toner, color stripper, and bleach all have chemicals that will unfortunately cause some amount of damage. If you don't want to use any of those, the sun, chlorine, and shampoo will all help the color fade.

I have pink hair right now and I want to go blonde, how can I achieve this without damaging my hair further? I'm letting my hair go natural, I still have alot of brown with white, the white gets a yellow tint. Is it ok to use purple shampoo or would is damage my hair. I would dye it and then do the highlights - if you put the dye on top, it'll most likely just cover up the highlights completely.

I want to dye my hair dark ash brown and do some ash highlights in it. Should I highlight first then dye my hair ash brown to neutralize the highlight or dye it first then use the highlight and use purple shampoo?

My hair has naturally been growing out for about 2 years and I am a natural blonde. I have almost lighter brown roots now about 6 inches long, with the old existing light blonde color from about midways toward the bottom. Total transformation pleased!

To fix bleach blonde hair that is brassy when starting out with dark hair use a lightest neutral blonde dye ,I like Clairol soyplex with the lightest cool blonde. This was a long experiment I did. Use a 20 vol ion sensetive scalp is great! How do I keep my naturally white hair from yellowing? Purple shampoo made my roots purple but didn't diminish the yellow.

Platinum toner with 10 volume turned my hair ugly gray which fortunately washed out in washings. Have begun to use clarifying shampoo; I hope to maintain a consistent color across the time line.

Someone suggested hard water is the culprit. Thanks for listening. Hi so I have a chocolate Browns and some yellow highlights that the lady at the salon messed me up with I want it to turn an ash brown color what can I use? I bleached my hair and then used the t18 toner. It was lighter than I wanted so i put a lightest ash blonde dye on it and it is grey with some purple and some blue at the roots. Im at a loss right now.

I have no idea what to do. Can anyone help? Hi, I have a problem on a different level. So my hair has been bleached for some time, and i wanted to go and bleach my roots only, ended up with bleach almost all over, so darker hair turned orange, bleached again, more yellow, and then i toned Bleached the purple out, and then back to yellow.

Mixed some of my purple shampoo with conditioner, moment I put it on, turns purple. Only the previous bleached parts. Bought a grey toner, loved the top root colour, ends turned BLUE. So bought ash blonde dye, But it's not what I want, platinum is what i was going for. Seeing now, that the ends are starting to come through again. Washing out. It's really going to depend on what you're going for.

If you get levels of lift and you're happy with the color it comes out, don't bother toning! If you have any orange in there you probably need to bleach again! I am trying to get my hair light enough to take the light charcoal color looks almost like really lt silver.

I used to keep it died permanent darks. I did a test strand with the charcoal. It's almost there. Should I use a toner? Ok thank you. I noticed when I used the toner I might have put to much developer in there because it was a bit watery and didn't stay at my roots. I'll try the T18 again only on my roots.

I did a bleach wash and my natural hair is a dirty blonde so It looked even. Thank you for help Alex :. If your hair was even that's weird that it stayed yellow up top! Usually the heat from your scalp will make that process faster. I'd try out T18 once more at roots only. If your hair isn't a level 10 blonde though the toner might not take very well - maybe go for T15 or T HI, I'm Chelsea. I Bleached my hair, I toned it I used purple shampoo.

The rest came up with was a golden blonde. So I waited a month till my hair felt healthy enough. I gave myself I bleach bath. So I used Wella 18 toner and now my roots are yellow and my hair is white You should grab a color wheel if you are doing your own hair.

Its a must. I got mine for a few dollars at the art store near me. But I mean like a ratio on that I will use 09T sometimes too.

Everyone's hair is different, depending on what toner you use you may end up toning only the yellow and not the orange!

If you go for something with a blue-violet base it should cover both areas. If you're set on not bleaching, that's what I would look for. Just keep in mind, you may not be able to achieve ash from orange without another bleaching. Wella has a toner that works on "golden" hair, T You could also try using an ash blonde box dye. Another option for the oranges would be to pick up a blue toning shampoo, that will gradually reduce the orange tones should they not come out otherwise.

Thank you for your helpful information!! She dyed my all of my hair like a dark chestnut brown then went in and weaved in bleach for the blonde streaks then a week later I went back and she added a toner to it, when she washed out the toner it turned all the dark chestnut color orange and a lot of my hair broke off from damage and I was mortified to say the least I want to put a toner in my hair to hopefully get a light ash blonde to closer match my roots.

Question is, do I have to bleach it again? I don't want more damage, my hair is in pretty good shape now. I've never personally experienced this problem, but from what I read "ash" toners have more green tones to them. If your hair was yellowish and you used a blue-tinted toner, those two colors could result in a green. Purple toner is better for yellow-toned hair! I bleached my hair then used a toner Steel Colour my hair turned out green!

In actuality, the answer is fairly simple. Toner is a demi- or semi-permanent hair color that is applied to hair to change the tone of the overall hair color or highlights. Keep reading to learn more about hair toners. Toner is most often used in conjunction with highlighting and bleaching services in the salon to ensure that the final results are perfect.

Hairstylists use lightener bleach to lighten hair to a desired hair color level. Level is defined on a scale of 1 to A level 1 hair color is the darkest black color hair can be, and level 10 is the lightest blonde color.

The tone of that level is defined by how much warmth also known as brassiness is in any hair color level. Tones can be warm golden , cool ashy , or neutral. When a hairstylist lightens hair to a level 8 for example , they'll probably have to use a toner to balance out the warm, brassy tones that are naturally present in darker hair.

The toner is used to tweak the tone a little to a more desirable shade. Usually, toner will be applied at the shampoo bowl after a double process service is completed. Toner typically takes five to 20 minutes to process, depending on the type and application method utilized.

Your hairstylist will determine if a toner is necessary it isn't always , which type to use, and how it should be applied. Ask them. Particularly with bleaching services, if you're curious about what is going on with your hair, it's important to ask. You want to get the exact blonde you're looking for—and not to fry your hair.

Hairstylists use the color wheel to determine what tone is necessary for your toner service. If your hair is too red, a green toner is used; if your hair is too orange, a blue toner is used; and if your hair is too yellow, a purple toner will neutralize the unwanted yellow tone. Usually, the toner will be purple, but it's best to know what you're trying to neutralize.

This is particularly important because toner often lasts only an average of 4 to 8 weeks, depending on how well you take care of your hair color. Toner can be reapplied at the salon, if desired. During regular services, toner application usually includes an up-charge. Hair toners correct your hair color and enhance the tonality of bleached or dyed hair.

Want to go blonde? Make sure you pick up the right toner. You probably already know that in order to lighten your hair, you have to use bleach. To achieve a natural-looking blonde rather than a garish yellow or brassy orange, you need to apply a hair toner to your bleached mane.

How does it work, you ask? Here are the details. Unless your hair is naturally a very light blonde, it has shades of red and orange pigment in it. When you lighten your hair, the bleach has to work through each of those pigments to lift the color away. Depending on how long you leave the bleach in, your hair may still have unflattering brassy undertones. In a nutshell, hair toner products neutralize unwanted warm or brassy tones to help you achieve a shinier, healthier, more natural-looking shade.

Toners can take bright yellow or golden hair to a more natural-looking dusty, ashy, or platinum blonde. You can even apply hair toner to targeted areas, such as highlights or roots, to change the shade. The trick is choosing the right toner to achieve the shade you want.

Once you know which type and color toner to use, toning your hair is as easy as