TO START, I very much used THIS video to guide in me in this toning process, so thanks to for the help ~
This was my first time using any type of toner that needed a developer so this was new to me, but it does make a lot more sense to be depositing the toner into your hair rather then laying it on like any other colour. Another thing to note is how bleached my hair is. Right now the top part of my silver hair has probably been bleached over about 2 - 3 so this will take to toner much faster. The hair right above my dark roots had been bleached over once so that did affect the outcome.
Like Lauren suggests in her video, I used a 10 developer on the top part of my hair and a 20 developer on the darker blond. After processing the darker part for 35 minutes and the rest for maybe 20 (my hair was already quite silver before toning) here's what I got.
A fairly dark silver/grey! It was way more saturated that I was expecting but my hair was so toned already that I shouldn't have been surprised. I was very happy with the results though! The pigment was strong and didn't seem to wash out like most toners.
Here it is about a week later.
You can see the dark grey faded only slightly but still kept the nice silver tone while going more towards white * v * Just what I wanted in the first place!
I'm very pleased with the results over all, it toned really well and really seems to be lasting. On the other hand though, I found it didn't take to my darker blond hair (which was quite bleached.) It still turned grey but with more beige undertone. That was the only downside.
My overall review!
Value: ♡♡♡♡♡ ( I spent like nothing on this and there's so much left over)
Process: ♡♡♡♡ (Was easy to apply, didn't smell, always a plus)
Results: ♡♡♡♡ (I'm very happy aside from that mishap with the great/beige)
I got the same results. My hair is very thick and about shoulder length. I bleached twice in a two month period, and the bottom parts and back parts still were a little darker blonde because it takes so long to get all the bleach on...it had already been about 30 minutes by the time I got to bleaching the back so I probably didn't leave it on long enough...but I got about the same color. Its frustrating seeing all of these perfect silver colors. I think one more bleach should probably get it all evened out. The color isn't bad at all, and is MUCH cheaper than a salon...but still not perfect in my opinion, because some parts are a little beige, and some seems more greenish toned silver, while the top is a nice blue-silver. I hope the next bleach will even all of it out! I may try a semi-permanent dye such as Ion titanium or chrome, or an Arctic Fox color. You're very pretty by the way!
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