HELP!! What is the difference w/ Dark brown & Dark Ash Brown!!! ; ) - Hair Problems Message Board

beekie · 08-22-2003, 09:57 PM

Hi, I wanted to fix a bad hair job that made my natuarlly very dark brown hair come out reddish burgundy like. I now bought Loreal Preference Dark Brown and Loreal Preference Dark Ash Brown to get it back looking normal again, but am getting different advice from their colorists. Does anybody know the main difference between the 2 colors? What does the ash do? I wanted to get rid of any evidence of this ugly red color! but am unsure which to use cause I did not want to make anymore mistakes! Thank you for any advice

dorri · 08-22-2003, 10:34 PM

Hi, ash is a dull colour. If your hair has red pigment in it, a regular brown will probably bring out brassy or red tones. Ash colour having green in it will tone these red tones. The best way to figure out the difference between brown and ashbrown is to compare the 2 dye boxes with the colour swatch on it and you'll see that ash is a rather dull brown colour, in comparrison to reg brown. Good luck