COLOUR RESTORE Silver Blonde

Did you clarify the hair prior to application? With light blonde, tonal shades, this is one of the biggest reasons why the colour looks unchanged following application. The hair must be free from barriers prior to using Colour Restore Silver Blonde. Once clarified, the pigments within the shade will be able to enter the hair and evoke change.

Alternatively, because Silver Blonde is a metallic toner, you may have a base that is just too dark to display metallic tone. If you are looking to achieve a pure Silver Blonde result, you firstly need to make sure the hair is lightened to a platinum base, before application of Colour Restore Silver Blonde. Silver Blonde is a grey hued, light blonde toner, it is not an actual grey depth colourant. So, the result from Silver Blonde should be a metallic, greyed blonde that still retains its light depth.

This is denoting hair condition issues. If a colour results as grey and patchy from use of Colour Restore Silver Blonde (which is conditioner based), this is a strong sign damage was present in the hair prior to use of the product. The patchiness indicates colour has being pulled into the hair through aggressive porosity. If you feel the result is very grey, this means the hair was over toned white and likely silver. In such an instance, Silver Blonde will have added to the existing silver tone (present in the hair prior to application) and has intensified to grey.

The first step is to wash the hair several times in a clear or clarifying shampoo. This will flush out some of the excess pigment. The second step is to use Precolour Protein Porosity Spray prior to application of any further colourants. This is because your hair has grabbed colour, demonstrating high porosity. Protein Spray will fill any gaps in the hair, even out porosity and prevent colourants grabbing and evoking patchy or intense results.

This is down to warmth in the hair. If you have used Silver Blonde and the hair now has a green hue, it means there would have previously been yellow-orange tones within the hair. Silver Blonde contains blue pigments, therefore if these pigments are added to an existing yellow base, a green toned result will emerge. This is a standard outcome when silver, grey and metallic shades are applied to any yellow or brassy base.

However, the issue can be easily remedied. Simply apply Colour Restore Iced Platinum on a 20-minute development to neutralise the underlying yellow tone. Once this yellow tone is neutralised, the pigments within Silver Blonde will correctly display.

Silver Blonde can be used as often or as little as you believe necessary. However, this shade is not a neutraliser, but a grey toner. So, after that first intense application, my recommendation is to wait for the metallic tone to diminish somewhat and begin to use the product as your regular two-minute conditioner after regular washing with a purple shampoo.

Please be aware, if Silver Blonde is used excessively, the shade will turn from a metallic tone to a more solid steel grey. This occurs because the Silver tone will begin to load up within the hair. Many people like to create an intense metallic steel shade with Colour Restore Silver Blonde. However, if you wish to retain the standard metallic silver blonde effect, then only apply the shade when you believe the existing colour is fading off.

Yes, you can. Remember the hair must be neutralised with Iced Platinum prior to application, to enable those lightened areas to display as a true metallic Silver Blonde.