Thank you so much for posting this. I am in cosmetology school and no one could figure out how to lighten my hair, but your post did!
I have naturally drk brown hair (some gray eek I'm 25 lol) and have been dying it black (1N) forever. A few months ago I bleached the front of it to a level 7 then put manic panic hot hot pink on and had it like that for a few months. Anyway, a month ago I dyed it all black again and found this.
I decided not to do my whole head (I didn't want to be bald lol) but instead did a 4 inch wide by 2 inch deep section, so it was kinda funky. I bleached with blondor, 40 vol, left on for 20 min. The pink started to come through and left it on for another 15 min. Finally came up to an orangey shade. Dried it and bleached it again 2 hrs later. The yesterday I went to Sallys got Clairol color in Flaxen and 30vol but it didn't take all the orange out. Today, I got the 323d and it took most of it out, some parts are even white, but some ends underneath are still gold. Since my hair has been through a lot I figured I would do oil and conditioning treatment all week then get the wella color charms you suggested. Is it really good to take the gold out?
It looks really cool, and I think Ill touch up the black tomorrow night. Do you think I should put the wella only on the gold parts, cause some parts are white or would it not hurt to put all over? Thanks!