The desire to change haunts many girls throughout their lives, and, most often, these changes relate to our hair.
This is not surprising, because changing a haircut or hair color is now the easiest thing to do. We girls are not permanent creatures and can easily change our hair from a burning brunette to a blonde, but will the result please us?
Hair lightening not such a simple procedure as it may seem at first, it is important to follow many rules in order to get the desired result, and in many cases you cannot do without tinting after lightening your hair, so it is best to entrust such an important matter to a specialist.
If you lighten yourself, you may encounter the following consequences:
✓ hair may be colored unevenly;
✓ there is a risk of burning your hair, it will become brittle and dry
✓ it is unlikely that you will be able to achieve the desired shade the first time;
✓ yellowness will appear in the hair, we will talk about it in detail in this article.
Yellowness- the worst dream of all blondes, probably every girl who decided to become a blonde faced this problem. Why does this unpleasant yellow tint appear on the hair?
Reasons for the appearance of yellowness after lightening
1. Poor quality, cheap or expired paint. In pursuit of savings, many choose low-quality dyeing products, which leads to a yellow tint after bleaching.
2. Violation of dyeing technique. Here we are talking not only about the correct application of dye to the hair, but also about the drying time of the dye.
3. Dyeing dark hair. The pigment of dark hair is not so easy to remove; this may require several lightening procedures and then toning the hair. If you decide to dramatically lighten your dark hair at once, you are guaranteed to have yellow hair.
4. Poor quality water. Hard water with impurities and contaminants can also cause undesirable tint. The fact is that when washing off the dye, it easily gets into the open hair scales and interacts with the dye.
5. “Strong” native hair pigment, it will not appear as a yellow tint immediately, but over time.
If you still want to carry out the procedure lightening hair at home, then you need to properly prepare your hair and know a few rules to avoid the appearance of yellowness as much as possible.
What you need to know before bleaching your hair
1. If you have had hair treatments such as carving, perm, etc., then it is better to wait and start coloring a few weeks after the procedures.
2. Lightening your hair is quite an aggressive procedure, so before it it is advisable to take care of your hair, make strengthening, moisturizing masks, and trim the dull ends.
3.
Choose the right oxidizing agent. For brunettes and those with black hair, you should take a 9% or 12% oxidizer; for brown-haired women, 6% and 9% are suitable; for fair-haired girls, you can stop at 3%.
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On the day of coloring, do not wash your hair; it is better to do it a day or two before.
5. If you have previously dyed your hair dark, it is better to do a wash.
6. Choose high-quality paint for lightening.
7. Wash off the paint with purified water if possible.
How to lighten hair without yellowness? Coloring technique
1. Divide your hair into 4 equal parts. To do this, we make two partings, first from the forehead to the neck, then from temple to temple along the back of the head.
2. Dilute the paint according to the instructions. Follow the instructions strictly; the coloring result depends on this. Use special utensils and gloves.
3. Coloring begins from the back of the head, then we move to the temporal areas and only at the very end the hair at the forehead. At the same time, take small strands and color them carefully. The dye should get onto every hair.
4. The exposure time depends on your hair type and color, as well as the type of dye. Usually the instructions indicate the dyeing time.
5. Then wash off the paint with water and only then can you wash it off with shampoo and apply a special balm.
But even following all of the above rules does not guarantee the absence of yellowness after lightening your hair. So how do you get rid of it?
How to remove yellowness from hair after dyeing at home
Method 1 - using a tint balm
The most budget-friendly and simplest option is Tonic tinted balm; it can be used to easily change the shade of your hair and remove yellowness. But using this method you need to be especially careful; if you choose the wrong shade and apply it, you can get the opposite result and instead of blond strands you get, for example, green ones.
If you overdo it over time, you can also get “gray” hair, so read the instructions carefully before use.
Method 2 - special shampoos
Now almost every hair cosmetics manufacturer has a shampoo in their line to neutralize yellowness. This is the simplest and safe way remove yellowness from hair. This shampoo must be used in the same way as a regular one, it has a purple or blue tint, you don’t need to be afraid of this, this shampoo will not stain your hands and skin.
Apply shampoo to your hair, leave for a few minutes (as indicated on the package) and rinse with water. This shampoo should be used as needed approximately every third or fourth wash; it is not suitable for daily use.
This shampoo will help with a slight shade of yellowness; if you have an intense shade, then you can’t do without a tint balm.
The most popular shampoos to eliminate yellowness:
L"Oreal Professionnel Expert Silver- Silver Shampoo to neutralize yellowness, approximate price 600-700 rub.
Shampoo from the Schwarzkopf line, Bonacure Color Freeze Silver Shampoo, approximate price 600 rub.
Silver shampoo for light shades to neutralize yellowness Concept silver shampoo for light-blond and blonded hair, price 300 rub.
Estel Professional Curex Color Intense“Silver” for cool shades of blonde, approximate price 300 rub.
Shampoo Kaaral K05 Silver with anti-yellow effect, 1200 rub. For 1000ml
3 way masks and balms to eliminate yellowness
In addition to shampoos, there are special masks and balms that neutralize yellowness. The advantage of this method is that in addition to eliminating unwanted shade, the mask also restores and nourishes the hair. For example, these include the “MARILIN” Mask,
and Conditioner “Sheer BLONDE”.
Method 4 - home remedies to neutralize yellowness
Homemade methods for removing yellow discoloration are, of course, more labor-intensive and their effect depends on the duration and number of procedures, but despite these disadvantages, they have a significant advantage - in addition to the brightening effect, you will receive nourishing and regenerating care. Therefore, as an alternative, you can consider several useful lightening treatments for blondes.
Homemade honey mask against yellowness
Take a few tablespoons natural honey and apply generously to each strand to make it easier to apply honey, it should be slightly heated in a water bath or mixed with base oils. Wrap your head in film and insulate it with a towel, leave for 1-3 hours.
Rinsing hair with a decoction of rhubarb root
A decoction of rhubarb root has worked well to remove yellowness. Prepare a decoction and dilute it with a liter of water (a liter of water per 1 glass of decoction) and rinse your hair after washing. Rhubarb has a good brightening and firming effect. Chamomile decoction also has a brightening effect.
Kefir mask for lightening
Kefir is not only able to deeply moisturize strands, but also remove yellowness, thanks to its composition. For greater effect, you can add lemon juice to the mask. Heat the mixture in a water bath and apply to your curls; after an hour, you can rinse with cool water.
Now you know how to remove yellowness at home, and you can easily transform yourself from cheap yellow get a beautiful platinum shade!
Marina NikitinaA common problem among girls who have dyed their hair blonde is yellow hair. Instead of a beautiful blonde, a straw or red tint appears on the hair after bleaching. Some girls take it for granted that the color turned out “a little different from what I wanted,” others are not ready to put up with it.
How to remove yellowness from hair after unsuccessful lightening and why does hair turn yellow?
In what cases does hair turn yellow?
Not all factors and reasons for the yellowness of bleached hair are known to hairdressers. Sometimes the reasons lie in internal physiological processes, which no master can change.
In order to do so, they are bleached, that is, lightened, painted completely or partially (highlighting procedure) in a light tone.
The essence of the lightening procedure is that the artificial dye enters into a chemical reaction with the natural pigment of the hair. It is impossible to predict for sure how they will react to each other. This reaction depends on the type, structure of the hair and the natural pigment in it.
Hair dye manufacturers promise one color, but the color looks different on every woman who uses it. Hair dyes are mass produced, not individualized for each woman. Only a good master can mix dyes so that they react correctly to the natural pigment of a particular lady’s hair. But even a salon procedure for turning blonde does not guarantee the absence of unwanted yellowness.
Common causes of yellow hair:
Wrong hair dye. The use of low-quality or expired hair dye entails a lot of unpleasant surprises, including the effect of “last year’s straw.”
A good, but incorrectly chosen dye will also give a yellow tint to your hair. It is recommended to consult with your hairdresser regarding the choice of bleaching dye. There are two types of such dyes: those that penetrate the hair and “kill” the natural pigment (ammonia) and those that only envelop the hair (ammonia-free).
Incorrect staining. Most women easily master the technique of applying hair dye, but make mistakes when determining how long it should be left on the head. Yellow hair will appear if you leave the dye on your hair too long, it will “burn” during a chemical reaction.
Dirty air and water. The scales of the hair cuticle are slightly open during and after the dyeing procedure. Oxygen, penetrating the hairs, provokes a chemical reaction that gives yellowness - oxidation. You need to dye your hair quickly and cover your head with a bag (put on a cellophane cap), limiting the flow of air. If the air is dirty, dust, smoke and other harmful substances enter the hair.
By washing off hair dye with tap water, girls invite rust to get into their hair. Iron salts, coming into contact with artificial and natural pigments in the hair, give the hair a dirty-rusty hue. You should wash off the lightening emulsion from your hair not with running water, but with water purified using a filter or mineral water without gas.
Hair color. The natural pigment is very strong if the hair is naturally black. It is almost impossible to transform from a brunette to a pure blonde. The yellowness of the hair is present and becomes more pronounced as the artificial dye is washed off. It is easier for fair-haired girls to dye their hair blonde.
Theoretically, dark hair is bleached by repeating this procedure many times, but in practice, a course of bleaching is rarely used, since after it the roots and structure of the hair are damaged and they fall out. Frequent repetition of the bleaching procedure can cause irreparable damage to your hair.
Unhealthy hair. Unpleasant surprises in the form of yellow tints can be expected if the hair is damaged mechanically or chemically. In particular, you should not lighten your hair after perm.
Unprepared for cosmetic procedure hair. There are foreign elements on the hair (mousse, gel, hairspray, wax), natural dyes (henna, basma and others) or when it is simply dirty.
Yellowness appears if the dye is chosen incorrectly, the procedure is carried out incorrectly, or there is no proper hair care before and after bleaching.
Since the question of how to remove yellowness from hair after dyeing continues to be relevant, professional dyes, tinted shampoos, balms, tonics and homemade masks against unwanted yellowness exist and continue to appear.
Cosmetics against yellowness
Yellow color, according to the laws of color mixing, is “overlaid” by violet. Ash and platinum blondes will initially turn out without yellowness because these dyes contain a violet pigment.
Cosmetic products specially designed to combat yellow hair, including violet pigment:
Paint that removes yellowness. The packaging of such paints is always marked “brightening”, “super brightening”, “strong brightening” and so on. Some manufacturers produce entire lines of similar paints. The proposed shades of such paints are platinum and ash.
Anti-yellowing shampoo. After this shampoo, the hair becomes lighter and whiter. It is used by mixing with your usual shampoo in a ratio of one to two/three parts. Leave on your head for two minutes and rinse off. If you overexpose the tinted shampoo, an ashy or bluish tint will appear. The brightening effect disappears quickly, after a week or two, depending on how often you wash your hair.
Tinted anti-yellow shampoo is available in several color variations: purple, silver, platinum, mother-of-pearl, pearl.
In addition to shampoos, they produce tint balms and hair tonics that have a similar whitening effect.
Shampoo marked Silver Shampoo (silver shampoo). These bright purple shampoos neutralize yellow tones and lighten hair for a long time. There is a risk of getting a grey, lilac or eggplant tint if you leave the product on your head for longer than the prescribed time. Silver shampoos make hair soft and silky.
There is no guarantee that shampoo, conditioner or dye that removes yellowness will help. An effective remedy selected experimentally.
If the first method does not work, wait two to three days before starting the next one.
There is another effective salon remedy - blue bleaching powder against yellow hair. Blue pigment powder quickly and for a long time. But using bleaching powder at home is unsafe; you can easily damage the hair structure, injure the scalp and, in addition, get green hair.
Homemade hair lightening methods
Home remedies include masks and rinses against yellow hair.
The rinse is pure filtered water with the addition of either rhubarb tincture or. For the rinse, take one liter of water and two glasses of rhubarb infusion. If the rinse is lemon, you will need one glass. lemon juice. Lemon and rhubarb contain acids that will lighten your hair.
Natural rinses are used every time after washing your hair until the result is achieved and the yellowness disappears.
Rhubarb is a herbaceous plant that grows wild in Eurasia and is grown as a vegetable crop. The infusion is made independently from the petioles of the plant: finely crushed, poured with boiling water, allowed to brew for about half an hour, filtered and cooled at room temperature.
Rhubarb and lemon juice, as well as honey and kefir are natural hair lightening agents.
Home remedies for yellow hair:
Liquid honey heated in a water bath is generously applied to yellowed strands. For convenience, the strands can be dipped one at a time into a bowl of honey. The hair is wrapped in a plastic bag and a warm towel and left for three hours.
Kefir-lemon mask. Mix fifty milliliters of medium-fat kefir, two tablespoons of lemon juice, two tablespoons of high-quality vodka, a teaspoon of shampoo and one whipped. The mixture is applied to the hair, wrapped in a warm towel and left for eight hours (or overnight).
One hundred and fifty grams of rhubarb crushed using a blender or coffee grinder is poured with a glass of boiling water, left for twenty minutes, and sixty grams of glycerin are added. Apply to hair and leave for an hour.
Wine rinse. Powdered dry rhubarb in the amount of one tablespoon is poured into two glasses of white wine. The mixture is brought to a boil and simmered over low heat. Half the liquid volume should evaporate. The cooled broth is filtered and used as a rinse after washing your hair.
It is important to make sure that there is no allergic reaction to its components before applying a homemade mask to your hair and scalp.
The result is rarely noticeable after the first use of the mask, since the natural substances are gentle and non-aggressive. It is recommended to use regularly natural means in order to get rid of yellow hair and achieve a lightening effect. Homemade masks not only lighten, but also treat hair.
April 26, 2014, 11:38
HOW TO REMOVE YELLOW HAIR COLOR WHEN DYING?
Have you ever encountered yellow pigment when painting? Surely, you understand how important the task is to get the desired light hair color and at the same time remove yellowness from dyed hair.
Our Academy expert, Lesya Gritsaenko, has written an informative article for you on how to prevent the appearance of yellow pigment (or correct errors after they appear).
So, what are the reasons for the occurrence of such “ side effects» when lightening, highlighting or coloring hair?
WHY DOES THIS HAPPEN?
No. 1. EXPIRED PRODUCT
It is necessary to study the storage conditions of the paint and choose where to purchase the product. In specialized cosmetics stores everything will be fine.
However, there are still places where paint is sold in open spaces in summer and winter (kiosks, markets, tents). Under such storage conditions, any paint can deteriorate and then give an undesirable effect.
No. 2. NATURAL LEVEL OF HAIR LIGHTNESS.
Surely you have come across the phrase or faced the situation: “I bought high-quality hair dye from a friend / sister / work colleague... Why is my hair yellow, but hers is not?” In this case, it all depends on the natural level of lightness of the hair.
The darker the hair, the more yellow pigment will remain after dyeing the hair. For example, a light-haired girl after bleaching may have a beautiful light wheatish tint, while a dark-haired girl will definitely have a more pronounced yellow color after dyeing.
No. 3. UNPROFESSIONAL COLORING.
If the coloring was carried out unprofessionally, it is almost a guarantee that as a result you will get a yellow tint, sometimes of varying intensity on the strands.
What are the reasons?
Ignoring the individual characteristics of the hair structure and its “native” pigment.
- Ignoring the existing color from the previous coloring.
- Failure to keep the bleach on the strands for a long time, which can result in the most unexpected results.
ATTENTION!
The first lightening (especially if you need to even out your hair color) is recommended only in hairdressing and beauty salons with an excellent reputation.
Do not try to lighten your hair yourself, especially if your current shade is far from blond or even light brown.
How does everything happen with colorists? Let's consider 2 methods of bleaching.
No. 1. PAINTS.
No. 2. POWDER BLEACHING PRODUCTS.
If the hair is dark, then powder bleaching agents are used. They are more aggressive than the first option.
In addition, bleaching in this way is considered only an intermediate step in the dyeing process - then tinting must be done.
No. 1. PAINTS.
If the hair is medium in lightness, then dyes are used. Colorists mix several colors and add a secret ingredient - mixton. It is a pigment that is added to paint to create deeper colors or to neutralize those colors and shades.
The quantity and level of mixing dyes, as well as the amount of mixton, depends on the type, quality, length, volume and even the presence of gray hair.
HOW TO APPLY ALL THIS FOR YOURSELF?
No. 1. LEARN TO MIX PAINTS YOURSELF.
If you have blond hair and are confident that you can handle the even application of the bleach on your own, you can ask your colorist to teach you how to mix colors at home, and also clarify how they should be applied.
Please note! If your hair is long, you should not bleach it at home. You should not paint yourself if you are not sure that you can correctly introduce all the colors that must mix with each other to form a solid color mass.
No. 2. TINTING.
If you have successfully dyed your hair, but over time your hair still acquires an undesirable yellow tint, tinting is suitable for you.
The first option is to have your hair tinted by a professional colorist.
The second option is to solve the problem at home. How can you remove yellowness from colored hair at home? Tinted shampoos will help get rid of it. To neutralize the yellow tint, choose hair tinting balms that contain purple pigment. Don’t be alarmed, everything is true, only it will help get rid of the warm yellow tint of hair. Often these products are called “Platinum” or “Platinum”.
No. 3. CHOOSE YOUR TINT BALM CAREFULLY.
Be careful! Under no circumstances buy Light Blonde Tinted Balm if you want to look more natural.
Because in this case, you risk getting a green tint to your hair, since this balm is based on bluish and greenish colors. Therefore, it is necessary to choose the tint product wisely.
No. 4. COLOR THE BOTTOM STRAND.
But you shouldn't expect a strong effect. This is rather a path for very cautious girls and women. To begin with, a 50/50 percentage ratio of funds is recommended. Leave the product on your hair for the time indicated in the instructions to neutralize yellow color. Next, you can reduce the amount of conditioner or balm or completely avoid such mixing.
All tinted balms have varying degrees pigment concentration, so it is impossible to know in advance what the effect of coloring will be.
No. 6. USE SHAMPOO WITH SILVER ELEMENTS.
In addition to tint balms, there are special shampoos for blondes with silver elements that neutralize the yellow pigment. The effect is not achieved immediately.
The effect is visible only after 4-6 applications. It is suitable for those who have a healthy hair structure - silver particles of shampoo are retained in the hair scales.
Often after highlighting or bleaching hair, the strands instead of a bright white hue acquire an unattractive yellowness. The reason may be the unpredictability of the chemical reaction when the dye interacts with the curls.
Other factors also influence the appearance of yellowness, for example:
- washing your hair with water directly from the tap;
- use of low-quality paint or violation of the instructions for use;
- gradual washing off of paint.
The yellow pigment of strands is difficult to remove and often requires the help of professionals. Masters in hairdressing salons use special corrective agents, various shampoos, tonics and conditioners to eliminate yellowness.
However, you can achieve the desired result after bleaching your hair using folk remedies. What are they and how to use them? Let's get acquainted with the most effective of them.
9 masks to restore color
Rinse aids and household cleaners
- Grind the well-dried rhubarb rhizome into powder using a coffee grinder. After this, a decoction is prepared: for a full tablespoon of plant material, take 200 ml of wine from white grape varieties. Cook it over low heat. When the volume of the broth is reduced by half, it is removed from the heat. The “brew” is filtered through cheesecloth and used after washing your hair for rinsing. The yellowness is bleached.
- Mix a glass of grape juice white variety with the same amount of shampoo. Wash your hair with this mixture for several days in a row.
- For 700 ml hot water pour in 200 ml of strong green tea. Use this product to thoroughly rinse your hair after washing. The yellow tint is neutralized.
Traditional methods are most suitable for those who often use chemical dyes. They will help not only improve the color, but also strengthen the roots and accelerate the growth of strands. Health to you and your lush curls!
