Have you ever thought of taking Your Client's Grey Hair Blonde?
As any colorist will be able to attest, it is far easier to cover grey hair when the hair is light blonde.
As compared to when it is dark.
The reason is that when the hair is dark, the white hair stands out against the dark much much more.
Whereas when the hair has been lifted to blonde, the blonde and the greys blend together that much more seamlessly.
And as a result the white hair gets covered much more naturally.
5 Ways to Get Grey Hair Blonde
In this article we are going to show you 6 easy and effective ways for taking grey hair blonde.
The first way is using extra coverage blonde products.
The second is using Our new ammonia-free Color Gel technology for blondes.
The third way is to use high lift colors to blend away grey.
In the fourth method, we use bleach and lift the hair all the way up to a level 10 blonde. Then tone.
Then in the fifth and final way, we use a shadow root on the root area and we take the lengths blonde at the same time.
Ready? Let's start...
1. Using Extra Coverage Blonde to Cover Grey Hair and Go Blonde
Hair by K&K Hair Salon, Sanford, NC
Ugly Duckling extra coverage shades are NN shades - meaning that they have double concentration of color pigments.
This means that they will give a very strong 100% grey coverage.
They are available in the following shades:
8NN (Light Intense Blonde), 6NN (Intense Dark Blonde) and 4NN (Intense Brown).
This method will allow you to re-pigment the grey hair and achieve a really consistent grey hair coverage and get a good color result at the same time.
We would suggest you use these shades with 20 Vol developer.
By doing this, you will be lifting the hair a little and then re-depositing color, covering grey at the same time.
In the picture we have used a 8NN to cover our client's grey hair.
You can see how flawless the result is.
2. Using Color Gel Technology
Results shown below after using 10N, 8N and 6N
Ugly Duckling Color Gels provide ammonia free grey hair coverage.
The coverage is typically a little less matt, then the coverage achieved with the extra coverage series.
But the flip side is that you get a more natural looking color - which doesn't look like it's been colored.
The products are ammonia-free, so they are very gentle. They also contain Bond Protect.
You can vary the processing time according to how much grey hair you have.
If it is less than 20 or 30%, then 10 minutes will be enough.
But if you have a lot of grey hair, you can leave it on for longer - up to 30 minutes.
Always use these products with 20 Vol, in a 1+1 mix.
These products are liquid gel-based color. So you can mix them in an applicator bottle and pour them over the hair.
Or apply with a brush and a coloring bowl. Whichever you prefer.
Color Gel is available in these colors:
Lightest Blonde 10N, Very Light Blonde 9N, Light Blonde 8N, Deep Blonde 7N, and Dark Blonde 6N.
3. Using Ugly Duckling High Lift Colors to Blend Away Grey on Blonde Hair
When you have a dark regrowth with white hair, and the rest of the hair is completely blonde and you want to stay blonde, you can use Ugly Duckling's High Lift Colors with 30 Vol developer.
In the video below, Elona Taki uses Ugly Duckling's 100.11 with 30 Vol developer on the base to lift up the client's regrowth area.
By using this technique you can lift up the regrowth and blende it seamlessly into the rest of your client's blonde hair.
Don't forget to extend onto the lengths for the last 5 minutes in order to refresh the lengths and make everything consistent.
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Hair by Elona Taki
4. Lifting Grey Hair All the Way to White or Grey Blonde
Clients who have a lot of grey hair (70% and up) should consider this one very seriously.
Use a good quality bleach to lift the hair as light as possible.
Level 10 is ideal.
Push all the way to level 10 extra light blonde -in other words, palest, palest yellow.
Then use intense pearl blonde toner 100V to tone.
Finish off with Ugly Duckling's Purple Shampoo & Mask.
You will end up with a brilliant white hair color result.
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Hair by Bozey Tedstone.
5. Shadow Root Hair
When your client has a dark regrowth, and blonde lengths, you can also do a dark shadow root.
It is a great technique work. Very often the hair at the root has more white hair than anywhere else.
Using this technique, you cover this part dark. But not too dark. Level 6 is a good color.
And you color the lengths lighter.
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Hair by Elona Taki
5. Shadow Root - Another Version
Our last technique involves a dark shadow root plus lifted and toned blonde lengths.
Our client had around 20% grey hair at the root area.
We put 5N on the root area to cover and color her base.
We then used Brilliant Blondexx Bleach with Bond Protect to lift her dark base,
Then we used silver blonde toner 10B with 9.23 for the lengths.
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Hair by Ashley Betancourt.
