(+88 photos) How to dye your hair ash color

Many women 👸🏻 dream of ash hair. 👩‍🦳 However, how to get it when orange or yellow color shines through. 👩‍🦰 Ash-blond, "blond" and "chestnut" always looked expensive and aristocratic. 📃 Read on to learn how to achieve ashy hair color at home.

Peculiarities

Ash color is not universal. It is unique and not suitable for every woman. He is considered incredibly elegant and complex in terms of style. The choice of such a paint is difficult, since even a semitone, with the wrong choice, can change the aesthetic perception of a woman's image for the worse.

In addition, you can dye your hair ash color only if it is not "killed" by dyes to the state of fluff. Split ends are visible on the dyed ash strands, as well as brittleness along the entire length. It looks not just ugly, but sloppy, and therefore a stylish effect from such painting will not work.

Unlike other shades of dyes, the ash color is more selective in choosing a female color type. It is preferable to dye your hair with such a paint in the salon, having resorted to the services of a professional stylist. With sufficient experience, he will select the right shade of ashy color, which will emphasize female beauty, and sometimes even completely rejuvenate a woman. In addition, in the salon he will not use ready-made paint, but create a coloring cocktail.

Today, ash-colored paint is in the palettes of many brands that produce hair dye products. It is variable in the form of release, and also differs in the principle of penetration. For example, the dye can be powdery or creamy, it can be a coloring spray, tinting shampoo, or even a wax mass for painting.

The type of paint will determine the degree of durability of the shade on the colored curls.

For example, some formulations last no more than two weeks, and therefore they need constant correction of saturation and depth. Others may last and not look sloppy for about a month. Ash color, like no other, is picky about the condition of the skin. The girl's skin should be perfect, without grease, porosity, and even more acne. As for the length, it is not important for the color.

The harmony of an ash shade

Who is this rare hair color for? The ash shade is in perfect harmony with the white skin of the face. But at the same time, it ages by about three years. Girls with uneven skin color, problem skin and over 35 years old should think before dyeing.

Girls with bright hair colors: red, golden, chestnut and so on, you need to take into account that it will be difficult to achieve the perfect ash color with one staining. Such hair must be bleached with special means, and then only dyed in ashy color.

If discoloration did not work the first time, then you can repeat the procedure. Experts recommend in such cases to buy paint that gives an ashy tint.

Care must be taken when choosing such a paint. Take the package on which the picture shows a girl with this particular shade, but not according to the inscription on the package.

What to do to color your hair correctly

Before dyeing your hair, consider the basic shades of ash color: ash-blond, dark-ash, light-ash. It is these shades that are in trend today!

Attention! Ash-blonde color is perfect for girls with light and yellowish hair and light eyes. This color is a great way to hide gray hair.

He will mask it most effectively, and the coloring will have a completely natural color. Also note that he strongly accentuates all problem areas on the face. So when choosing this shade, you should carefully monitor the face.

The second shade - dark ash is not suitable for everyone. It gives the hair a dark blue or steel tint. So whether it suits this case is individual.

Light blond, like ashy blond, is literally suitable for everyone. The nuances in coloring and the consequences are the same. Therefore, in order for the color to last longer, it is necessary to stain the roots with persistent paint every three weeks. And to preserve color along the entire length, use special balms and masks that strengthen the color.

Who is it for?

Ash hair dye is popular not only among women: it is often used by male media personalities. Men use it for a fresh look, as well as for disguising early gray hair. Ash hair color looks beautiful and quite natural. Its harmonious combinations are gray, gray-blue eyes, light skin with a cold pinkish undertone and a fair-haired base.

By color type

The ash-colored paint looks great in the image of girls with a cold color type, called "winter". The base hair color can be dark, light brown or light. The degree of relevance also depends on the shade of the eyebrows: an ash hairstyle, coupled with dark and dark graphite eyebrows, will look quite harmonious. This is a great pigment option for brunettes with fair skin and dark eyes.

As for blondes, ideally their skin should be not only smooth, but also porcelain-transparent. If its color tends to a warm peach shade, this paint will not work for a girl.

In addition, ash paint looks not very beautiful in the image of women "summer" and especially "autumn". This is not their choice, in this case the color will not decorate, but frighten the woman. In addition, the shade will add several years to the female age.

By age

In the palette of ash-colored paints, there are many halftones, which differ in the degree of saturation and temperature. The variety of the temperature range allows you to choose a beautiful shade of paint for a wide range of women. As for their age groups, adolescents and elderly women are excluded from it. For older women, this is due to incompatibility with the tone and condition of the skin.

When dyeing hair for adolescents 14-15 years of age, a conflict image is created, often reminiscent of a young old woman.

In addition, coloring at this age is not recommended, since it can destroy the hair structure, or even completely change it at the physical level. However, in the image of young people, this hair color looks super beautifully impressive. Moreover, he does not limit the girl in the choice of clothes and looks appropriate in a sporty, elegant, romantic, kawaii and business style.

By type of haircut and hair structure

As for the haircut, there are no restrictions: the basis for dyeing hair in ashy color can be both a cascade for long hair and an ultra-short asymmetric bond with a shaved temple.Depending on the girl's choice, the base can have a strictly traceable geometry and clarity of lines, it can also be playful with soft or daring forms.

Regarding the structure of the strands, it can be noted that the ash color is suitable for straight, wavy and even curly hair. But besides this, you need to correlate it with the painting technique.

By the principle of staining

You can dye your hair with ash-colored paint in different ways. It depends on the base color, hair length, as well as the client's preferences. For example, coloring can be complete, occupying the entire volume of the hair, as well as partial, performed on a specific section of the head. Today there are many varieties of dyeing, while in most cases, to dye hair in an ashy color, you have to lighten the strands.

Proceeding from this, hair can be highlighted, perform the "airtach" techniques, coloring in tones related to ash color, ombre, micro-coloring. In this case, staining can be not only the usual longitudinal, but also transverse. In addition, paint can be used not only as a base color: it looks great in stencil painting on long, straight curls.

Ash color can be combined with delicate blue, lilac and even pinkish tones, creating with their help a novelty of the image and bringing a certain mood into it.

Tips on how to dye your hair ash

The first time staining is best done in a professional salon. The master will examine your hair and, based on its natural color, select the correct ratio of dyes of different tones. In the future, you can tint the roots yourself at home.

According to the theory of dyeing, the darker the hair, the more difficult it is to give it an ashy shade. Brown-haired women should prepare for a radical lightening of hair for a couple of tones.

If you have gray hair, then it also needs to be subjected to a lightening procedure. But the owners of light brown curls can achieve the desired color the first time. In doing so, keep in mind that the picture on the paint package will not always coincide with the result obtained. It is better to focus on the palette with colored strands, which every self-respecting manufacturer has.

Today, in professional stores and supermarkets, you can see a huge selection of products with and without ammonia. The advantages of ammonia-free paint are in its light texture and gentle effect on the hair. Minus - unstable staining. Every time you wash your hair, you will “part with color”, and gray hair will be the first to lose its coloring pigment.

Classic paints with ammonia, on the contrary, will provide the curls with a persistent and rich shade for a long time, but they can adversely affect their condition. What to choose, decide for yourself.

How to remove the “greens”?

Fans of ash-blond tones are often faced with the fact that after dyeing, a green tint may appear on the hair. Do not be afraid of this, we will tell you about a little trick. Hairdressing experts recommend adding purple and red tones to the paint. This will help remove the greens and achieve an even and beautiful ash shade.

Is it possible to paint in an ashy color after henna?

Attention, if before that you dyed the curls with a natural dye called henna, then the ashy shade will fall unevenly!

There is nothing you can do about it. The only way out is to wait until the henna is completely washed out, and only then start painting.

Home staining

Stylists assure that to give the hair an ashy tone, you should visit the salon, otherwise you will not be able to achieve the desired effect. Of course, the hairdresser is more knowledgeable in the field of color and knows how to perform complex techniques.

However, if you approach the question correctly, the result will be no worse than after professional staining.

Choosing paint

• You can dye your hair in an ashy color with persistent permanent agents, sparing ammonia-free formulations or tonics.The main thing is that the paint is professional. Household products can appear unexpectedly on the hair.
• You should also take into account the basics of color, so that the noble ash does not turn into a swamp shade. On curls with a lot of yellow, a greenish tone is obtained, therefore, this pigment must be removed before staining.
• Also remember that if henna or basma was previously used, the color may behave completely differently than you intend. You need to wait several months until the natural particles are completely washed out of the hair.

Preparing the hair

If we are working with dark brown or red hair, a preliminary wash of the pigment is required before dyeing. This procedure is called pickling, it consists in removing colored particles from the base that affect the final result. If left untouched, strands may turn purple.

The decanters are sold in professional hairdressing stores. In most of them, the active ingredients are fruit acids, which displace pigment and prepare the hair for further action.

Several washes may be needed, they are carried out at intervals of 4-7 days until the desired result is achieved.

Lighten the curls

To dye your hair ashen at home, you cannot do without preliminary lightening. The exceptions are naturally fair-haired and gray-haired ladies, on their basis the pigment can appear quite brightly without this manipulation. If the strands are dark, they need to be whitened even after pickling.

We carry out the following instructions step by step:

1. We mix the bleaching powder and the oxidizing agent.
2. Apply two-thirds of the composition to the length of the dirty hair without affecting the roots.
3. We maintain the composition for half an hour.
4. We process the roots with the remains, "stretching" it along the length. We are waiting for another 20 minutes.
5. Wash off with a special shampoo under plenty of running water.
6. Apply a nourishing mask, rinse off and check the result. If it is satisfactory, we proceed to toning in an ashy color, if not, after a week we do the lightening again.

• After successful pickling and lightening, you can finally start toning in an ashy shade. To do this, dilute the selected dye according to the instructions. Process the entire hair with a brush with it. Start from the back of the head, gradually working towards the crown, bangs (if any) and temples. Soak the product for the allotted time, rinse with water until it becomes transparent. Treat strands with a repairing conditioner.

Retaining the color

• The girls' reviews confirm that the ashy tone is quickly washed out of the hair. Indeed, it is a rather "capricious" color that requires constant refreshment.
• In order not to spoil the curls, you can treat them with toning shampoos or balms once every 1-2 weeks. They do not destroy the structure of the strands, and will help to extend the time between the use of permanent compounds.
• If you are faced with such a problem as yellowness, use a tonic neutralizer. It should contain blue or purple pigments that will muffle the unwanted hue.
• Salon lamination will help to "seal" the color inside the curls, but it will create additional stress on the strands.

Care rules

Giving the hair an ashy color is a multi-stage and rather traumatic process for the hair. After you achieve the desired result, you should take care of proper care of your hair so that it recovers as quickly as possible.

Remember and follow these rules:

• Only use cosmetics for colored hair. It contains components that prevent premature excretion of artificial pigment.
• Look for products that are high in protein, keratin, collagen, vitamins and minerals. These components contribute to the rapid recovery of the strands.
• Use traditional medicines, but be careful with them.Many components of masks and tonics help to remove colored particles. In particular, these are essential and base oils, fermented milk products, soda, lemon, etc.
• Refresh your haircut in time. After staining, the tips become very brittle and may delaminate. On ash hair, this flaw is clearly visible, so you should regularly visit a hairdresser.
• Use leave-in care products. These can be cosmetic oils, fluids, mousses and other products designed to care for the ends of the hair. Use it even if you have a short hair, it will keep the edges from flaking and dryness.
• Try to use hot styling appliances to a minimum. High temperatures negatively affect even healthy strands, and yours have not yet moved away from dyeing.
• Protect your hair from negative environmental influences. It can be cosmetics with UV filters or banal hats. Just hide your hair under them when walking under the scorching sun or in frosty weather.

Shades of ash tone

Below you will see a table that shows some varieties of ash staining. We will describe in more detail the four main options.

The first option is an ash-blond tone

It is in between light and dark options. Great for women who have gray hair in their hair, but their skin turns into a yellow tone rather than pink. If you are characterized by a blush, and the skin itself is more likely to have a red tone, then it is better not to consider ashy staining, but go into golden, even wheat shades. If, nevertheless, you decide to paint in ashy, then in this case, you will only emphasize the imperfections of the face - small wrinkles, reddish spots, etc. The same rule applies to young girls who think about an ashy tone: it should be considered only if your natural complexion goes away sooner in a yellow tint.

Note that in order to obtain a spectacular ash tone, in any case, you need to contact the master. If your hair is of a dark tone, there are no default options for dyeing at home, since the process will be multi-stage. It also takes experience to get the color even.

Ash blonde hair color looks good on both short and long hair.

You can combine it with highlighting in a chestnut shade, or choose a tone to match the color of the hair roots. In this case, you do not have to update the shade too often as the hair grows back.

The second option is a dark ash shade

Suitable only for girls of the "cold" type, for example, for winter. There are many variations of a dark ash tone, even paints of the mass market format offer coloring in it. However, to ensure that the color suits you, you can do two simple tests:

Try on a navy sweater. If you look perfect in it, it suits you, emphasizes your best features, sets off your eyes and skin, then a dark ash shade of hair will suit you.

The third option is a light ash shade

This tone is also called ash blonde. And it's just perfect for spring-type girls. If you have naturally light skin and hair and blue eyes, ash hair will look your best. Your type inspired the stylists to appear on the catwalks of the whole world. With light ash hair, you will be just the Snow Queen, from whom you cannot take your eyes off.

The opposite sensation arises if a dark-skinned brunette is painted in light ash: it will look like a doll-like unnatural, in addition, you will have to constantly dye your hair to maintain the shade.

The fourth tone is brown-ash

If you still want to go into an ashy color, while your skin tone is warm, then pay attention to this shade. Although, it will also look better on girls with a naturally nordic appearance. The color of the eyes for brown-ash does not matter - it suits any shade.

Is the ashy shade worth all the effort?

Each girl answers this question to herself.The resulting shade is always in trend, ash blond is the dream of many girls. However, those who have achieved it will tell you how difficult it is to maintain it.

Difficult and expensive.

In this case, you cannot do without specialized, professional care. Some of the usual hair care products have to be replaced, as they wash out the pigment. If the hair has been discolored beforehand, it may be necessary to take care of the hair to shine, as the scales can be damaged and "stick out". Hair often becomes more brittle and splits more. Regular staining does not add strength to them.

Therefore, ashen hair needs special, reverent care.

Photos of girls with shiny ash-tone hair speak first of all about the difficult care.

If you find it difficult to find time even for a simple shampooing of your hair now, then think carefully about whether you are ready for such changes in life. The main thing is not the color of the hair, but the state of their health. Shiny hair of a natural color is more advantageous than dry, sparse, unkempt, even ashy. Do you agree?

To save money on getting an ashy color after the first dyeing, talk to the master about the possibility of coloring with the appearance of strands in your hairstyle that are close in color to your natural hair color.

This will allow you to dye your hair less often, which will not only save your hair, but also save money. In this case, the tone on the hair can last up to three months. To correct it, it will be possible to resort exclusively to toning in an ashy shade, and not staining from scratch. During toning, the master can mix different pigments and try new shades. As you rinse off, the color will change, which will also allow you to enjoy subtle changes in your appearance without any drastic measures.

Conclusion

The ash shade is quite difficult to perform and wear, but it is quite possible to use it at home to change the image. It is important to take a responsible approach to the dyeing process itself and the choice of formulations so as not to damage your hair.

Also, keep in mind that weak and depleted hair should not be subjected to such a test in any case, they must first be cured. If you follow all the rules, the result will be beautiful and will delight you for a long time.