Just realized I've been doing a classic corrective color step wrong for years

I was doing a full color correction on a client in our downtown salon last Tuesday, trying to lift out old black box dye. Everyone says to use a high volume developer with your lightener for maximum lift. I did that, and after 45 minutes her ends were a brassy orange mess but her roots were barely touched. I stopped everything, mixed a fresh bowl with 20 volume instead of 30, and reapplied just to the roots. It evened out perfectly. Has anyone else had to unlearn the 'always go high' rule for stubborn roots?

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lucasjackson4d ago

Feel your pain, had to learn that lesson the hard way myself.

grace_gonzalez463d ago

Wait, are you saying you actually blew up an engine trying to get more power? What exactly did you do to it?

mark_mitchell4d ago

Happens with car engines too, more power isn't always smarter.