Have you taken the plunge and decided to color your natural hair? It must be said that trends make you want to get started. Between cherry chocolate brunette, brown coloring with subtle dark red highlights, or even jet brunette, halfway between intense black and brown to soften it, there is a choice. You may also have fallen for a very soft red, which we saw everywhere this fall and winter.
But like all the fashions we follow, we run the risk of getting bored very quickly. If you have done coloring and want to return to your natural color, you will need to be patient and above all use the right products. Hairdresser Thomas Tuccinardi gives his advice in video, on his TikTok account.
Coloring: here’s how to get your natural hair color back
“If you have done coloring, it will be enough to apply gloss over your coloring to neutralize it”, explains firstly the specialist. “In general, we will use highlights like ash” because the reflections to be neutralized are often red, warm, and are canceled by applying a cold undertone such as ash. “We may also advise you to go back a shade, so that the reflection holds better and longer, to prevent the red from coming back too quickly” continues the specialist.
Second solution: bleach the hair “that is, removing the artificial pigment from your hair and then recoloring it with a gloss on top.”
What is a hair gloss?
In both cases, you will need to apply the gloss regularly to regain its natural color. This technique, also called patina, is a varnish which provides both care for the hair fiber, but also a semi-permanent coloring to tint the hair and/or neutralize reflections. It can be done at the hairdresser. You can also go to certain specialized stores that sell professional hair products if you have the right reference. Over time, you will regain your natural color.
@thomastuccinardi Response to @Ali can we go back to our natural color when we have done red? 🤔🧡