Can i put blue dye over this? which dye/shade should i use?

How light was your hair before the purple dye? For pastel blues you need a near white base. Your hair looks darker, but it could be residual purple rather than your base, hard to tell from those pics. The first one (in the plait) definitely looks too dark/too yellow. If your base was bleached light enough, try the bleach powder/shampoo/oils method to pull the last of the dye out. The top right pic in your inspo collage was CC Bubblegum blue, you may be able to get a similar shade on your current base, but it is likely to fade green on the dark areas.

i don't think i'm able to pull much more colour out, i might do another vitamin C with antidandruff shampoo thing today but i don't think it will make that much of a difference. I don't want to use bleach either as my hair is rather damaged. Do you think i should put a shade like (or infact) bubblegum blue straight on top? i don't know what shade or brand would be best to use, or to get a darker one and mix with conditioner? :(

Wicked_Pixie wrote: How light was your hair before the purple dye? For pastel blues you need a near white base. Your hair looks darker, but it could be residual purple rather than your base, hard to tell from those pics. The first one (in the plait) definitely looks too dark/too yellow. If your base was bleached light enough, try the bleach powder/shampoo/oils method to pull the last of the dye out. The top right pic in your inspo collage was CC Bubblegum blue, you may be able to get a similar shade on your current base, but it is likely to fade green on the dark areas.

I'd probably go with diluting a darker shade, as you could always top it off with more of it looks too uneven for you. Directions Turquoise is probably a little to green for you, so maybe Lagoon Blue would be better? It's not got as good a coverage, though. Maybe Turquoise with just a touch of pink. I love Crazy Colour Bubblegum, but it's not very forgiving over uneven bases.

Isn't lagoon blue very dark, so i would have to dilute it a lottt? also, it looks pretty dull in colour like i feel it might look mucky? and ah so maybe i shouldn't do the bubblegum blue:( i just really don't want it to be dark idk what to do aaaaaa should i try fade it more today with vitamin c&antidandruff shampoo? grrrr

vivienne wrote: I'd probably go with diluting a darker shade, as you could always top it off with more of it looks too uneven for you. Directions Turquoise is probably a little to green for you, so maybe Lagoon Blue would be better? It's not got as good a coverage, though. Maybe Turquoise with just a touch of pink. I love Crazy Colour Bubblegum, but it's not very forgiving over uneven bases.

No, lagoon blue is very light, not very pigmented, i am not a fan tbh. If you want to try and get the rest of the colour out, try the shampoo/bleach powder/oils method, but I only suggest it if your blonde was lighter before the purple and it is old dye making it look darker. If your base is actually darker you will have to go for a deeper blue or lighten further

So do you not think i could get a lightish blue any similar to the inspo collage on my hair at all? there are a few parts of my hair which have actually gone that kind of blue instead of green, which is why i thought i could, but idk what dye colour ahh

Wicked_Pixie wrote: No, lagoon blue is very light, not very pigmented, i am not a fan tbh. If you want to try and get the rest of the colour out, try the shampoo/bleach powder/oils method, but I only suggest it if your blonde was lighter before the purple and it is old dye making it look darker. If your base is actually darker you will have to go for a deeper blue or lighten further

If your base is as dark as it looks in the pics, pastel shades will not be possible. A darker turquoise would work, I like Adore Aquamarine. You can always try diluting it and seeing how well it covers the darkest parts of your base

Yeah, a darker turquoise is definitely plausible and you can get a nice brightly saturated shade, but it just isn't going to be as light as those photos. I was just trying to suggest within the brands you listed, but my favorite would definitely be either Punky Turquoise (which you can't get in the UK unfortunately) or Adore Aquamarine. I also actually love Crazy Colour Peacock, which I forgot to mention earlier, but it's definitely not as well-pigmented as Aquamarine, though, so I wouldn't use it unless you think you can really clean up your base.

Anyhow, I'd just suggest doing a slightly darker version of your goal. It'll have some dimension to the colour and won't look terrible with all the different shades. You just need a stronger dye that will actually cover evenly.

how can i clear up my base more in a day? i've only really used the antidandruff shampoo with vitamin c method, i'm scared because college is on thursday ahh i have no time,l is there anything you can recommend??!!

vivienne wrote: Yeah, a darker turquoise is definitely plausible and you can get a nice brightly saturated shade, but it just isn't going to be as light as those photos. I was just trying to suggest within the brands you listed, but my favorite would definitely be either Punky Turquoise (which you can't get in the UK unfortunately) or Adore Aquamarine. I also actually love Crazy Colour Peacock, which I forgot to mention earlier, but it's definitely not as well-pigmented as Aquamarine, though, so I wouldn't use it unless you think you can really clean up your base.

Anyhow, I'd just suggest doing a slightly darker version of your goal. It'll have some dimension to the colour and won't look terrible with all the different shades. You just need a stronger dye that will actually cover evenly.

If it is old dye, bleach powder/shampoo/oils method. If your base is too dark, spot bleach the dark areas. You need 'inside of a banana' colour ie platinum blonde, level 10 for pastel blue

My hair was bleached very light, but the colour it was doesn't seem to be coming through in the bits that are going blonde :( someone on my other post suggested dying it pink as it counteracts green, they said they had the same problem and now they have pink hair? would that work?

Wicked_Pixie wrote: If it is old dye, bleach powder/shampoo/oils method. If your base is too dark, spot bleach the dark areas. You need 'inside of a banana' colour ie platinum blonde, level 10 for pastel blue

The green isn't an issue if you want a turquoise blue shade. The gold/brassy blonde is. If those parts were definitely lighter before, try the bleach powder/shampoo/oils method, but in your other thread you said the hairdressers couldn't achieve pastel purple on your current base, which suggests to me that it was too dark. Pastel blues require a lighter base than purples, they are among the hardest shades to achieve.

They said it wouldn't stick because my hair was too freshly bleached or something like the colour just literally slid off, it was near white it was very light. i just did the vitamin c treatment again and it lightened a bit but it's basically the same. i need to buy the dye tomorrow. If i put a quite light blue on top will it go turquoise? also, will it be more pigmented/better to buy an already lightish blue such as CC bubblegum blue or to dilute a darker blue up to a similar shade?

Wicked_Pixie wrote: The green isn't an issue if you want a turquoise blue shade. The gold/brassy blonde is. If those parts were definitely lighter before, try the bleach powder/shampoo/oils method, but in your other thread you said the hairdressers couldn't achieve pastel purple on your current base, which suggests to me that it was too dark. Pastel blues require a lighter base than purples, they are among the hardest shades to achieve.

I would go for a deeper shade, then you can tweak the colour by diluting it. If it doesn't cover you can make it darker The fading method I keep suggesting is more effective and less damaging than vitamin C btw.

isn't the bleach powder in your recommended way going to be very damaging as it does contain bleach?? i haven't used bleach powder before Also, if i dye it pink will it cancel out the green like it did to some people i know and the other girl that commented? Also,if it does go pink, will it wash out to the green still or will it be completely cancelled out and gone??

Wicked_Pixie wrote: I would go for a deeper shade, then you can tweak the colour by diluting it. If it doesn't cover you can make it darker The fading method I keep suggesting is more effective and less damaging than vitamin C btw.

bleach powder oil shampoo can be drying but not that damaging, you don't mix with peroxide, honestly I would get a deeper true blue, dilute it and start strand testing different dilutions to see what you get.

Also, when you say 'oils' what oils do you mean? and now i'm stuck between wanting to try the blue or the pink!

Wicked_Pixie wrote: The green isn't an issue if you want a turquoise blue shade. The gold/brassy blonde is. If those parts were definitely lighter before, try the bleach powder/shampoo/oils method, but in your other thread you said the hairdressers couldn't achieve pastel purple on your current base, which suggests to me that it was too dark. Pastel blues require a lighter base than purples, they are among the hardest shades to achieve.

Have a read of this article, it is a specific fading treatment, and it not damaging as there is no peroxide and the mix is only on the hair for 5 minutes. https://www.haircrazy.com/articles/misc-articles/katies-direct-dye-fading-treatment/

With respect to your other question, you should be able to put pink over this. I'd suggest either Directions Rose Red or Cerise. They are both similar shades and you'll need to dilute the both of them loads, as they are very well-pigmented. A 1:10 should still give you a very bright colour. Try a strand test on the darkest section, but I'm fairly certain it should cover.

Also, I deleted your other thread, because it was very similar to this one. Please don't post multiple similar questions at the same time and just update one thread as you formulate your plan. It dilutes your answers across multiple topics and not everyone will be able to have the same context of your hair situation. Also, it bumps down other people's questions. I know I personally try my hardest to get to every question, and I believe a lot of the forum regulars will follow threads using the 'Last Active Topics' link to keep up, so having a lot of separate topics really makes it more difficult to follow, because we don't know what advice you've already gotten.