Q&A for How to Mix Hair Dye

Always make sure that you're fully prepared with gloves, a bowl, a brush, and enough product to cover your whole head. Also, give yourself plenty of time—you never want to rush when you're coloring hair.

To make the color olive green, first mix one part blue paint into three parts yellow paint to create a shade of green. From there, adding a touch of red will deepen the hue to make olive green. But go easy—too much red and you'll end up with brown paint.

Not unless you know how to mix the correct ratio. Besides, it's unnecessary. Available blonde shades range from dark blonde 7.0 to 10.0 lightest baby blonde. First select the shade. 10.6 would be light strawberry blonde, 8.6 medium strawberry blonde, etc. In order to select the correct shade you need to know your natural base colour. Tint only lifts 4 shades on virgin hair, 5 using high lift booster tints. So if your hair is jet black #1 the lightest shade you can achieve is 5.0 medium brown or 6.0 ginger with high lift tint. If you want to mix your own colour, only add 5 ml of red to the blonde mix and extra 2.5 ml of 10 v peroxide.

Yes, you should go to a hair salon to color your hair if you don't want to do it yourself. Of course, if you would like to gain experience, you could attempt it at home first and then go to a salon if it fails.

The short answer is, it shouldn't. Not if it's permanent color, which lifts the cuticle of the hair, slightly lightens it, then deposits the color molecules onto the hair. If you wait to apply and miss the first 15 to 20 minutes, you will not achieve the desired color. This is especially true if the target color is lighter or brighter, than your existing color. The cuticle needs to be lifted for complete grey coverage also, making the first 15 to 20 minutes of processing necessary.

The first ratio will make the developer less powerful and make the processing time increase. If you want a low processing time, use more developer. However, using more developer can damage your hair.

Developer is hydrogen peroxide and does to hair what kitchen bleach does to your skin. It does not condition in any way.

A typical multi-step skincare routine typically consists of, in order, cleanser, toner, serum, moisturizer, and SPF in the morning.

It will be a more of a caramel-toned golden blonde, but less so than the caramel golden blonde.

Yes. It would make a lighter auburn color, ifs that is the shade you are looking for.

To tone brassiness, just go with the medium cool shade. If you are more orange brassy, you will want a blue base toner to counteract the orange. And if you are showing more yellow hues, then you need a purple-based toner. Usually, the "cool" shades have blue and purple bases, so it should work just fine.

Ash of any color will have a green base, therefore you must balance it out with a golden or warmer (reddish) based color to avoid any mucky green hue results. I suggest dark ash blonde with a medium copper brown, and the results will be a natural light/medium brown. There is a lot to put into account when it comes to coloring hair, you have to take in account what your hair color already is and then what your desired color you wish to achieve. And based off that, you can then go into color formulas you will have to use, I suggest going to your local hair store or another hair supply chain and definitely have a professional help you pick out the products you will need.

Results would be a natural, maybe slightly golden, brown. That is, if your starting hair shade is lighter than what you are trying to achieve.

No, to achieve silver dyed hair, you must bleach the hair to the blondest possible level it can withstand before damaging it. Then you can tone it with a silver toner or use deposit only (no developer) silver dye for more vibrant and lasting results. I suggest going to a salon and having a professional take on the task for you, it's a tedious process and can cause damage and a mess to your hair if you are not careful.

You can absolutely mix red and blue to get purple. I have much better results that way than with buying purple hair dye. For some reason, I cannot find a purple hair dye that will last for any length of time. Some wash out with the very first shampoo. However, blue and red eyes are very long lasting and I ve had great luck mixing the two and achieving purple that lasts. The shade of purple you desire will determine how you mix your colors. For example, if you want it closer to blue on the color scale, you start with blue and add some red to your bowl. If you want a more violet red, you start with red and add blue.

Auburn is often considered a “cool tone” because it has a slightly blue undertone to it. Adding violet under auburn will deepen your color so the finish is warm instead of bright.

As both colours are the same shade, what you get is a less intense undertone of the golden auburn.

Yes, as long as they are the same type of dye (semi permanent versus permanent).

Try red with a bit of neon coloring. If you have dark hair, bleach first, then dye. After you have bleached, then wash hair with toner. Then dye your hair.

1:1.5 , means you have two components, out of which one has to be one spoon/other measuring item and other is 1 + half of the same. Measuring 1 part is easy, while measuring half depends how skillfull you are. If you want to measure it precisely, take a small weighing machine and carry on with that. For your information, 1 tea spoon is about 5 g while 1 table spoon is about 15 g.

Use the applicator as that is its natural container and already has the developer in it.

Mix half and half of each solution. This also depends on how your hair is styled if it is long, medium, or short. Each will have a different amount of solution that you should use.

So, if you mix a level 6, or a dark-blond, with level 3 of light brown, through this you will get a bit more depth to the color, making it darker.

Yes this is fine, this will dilute the solution so that it isn’t as strong for the hair.

No, it's always best to buy fake hair already in the color that you desire. If you do wish to dye synthetic hair, try the methods in Dye a Synthetic Wig .

You should get a dirty blond color with a bit of a red effect. Don't worry, it's pretty.

Yes, as long as you keep the bottles well sealed, you can use them.

Depends on how much you mix, as well as your shade of blue. Use as little black as possible, as it is very overpowering. I would recommend starting with your blue and adding very small amounts of black until you get the shade you want.

Yes, you should wash your hair before you dye it. Washing it helps to remove excessive oiliness and dirt that might spoil your hair coloring.

You could, depending on the type of dye. You may get a strawberry blonde or dirty blonde color. .