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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I did some internet searches trying to figure out what "brassy" really means, and what's so wrong with it? Many sites explain that it's a natural kind of color for many. Honestly, into their 40s and 50s, for most women, a little brassy, but nicely styled, sleek, clean hair, still looks better than frizzy gray. Wanting to have your hair complement you and be part of an overall nice look is no different than wanting to dress nicely. So why so much hate for not agreeing that gray is better? [/quote]

To give you more information - with the current trend of “gray blending,” on naturall brown hair you do brown lowlights and lighter highlights. Unless you are obsessive about protecting your color (washing rarely, never swimming, never going into the sun) and go to the salon every 4-5 weeks ($$$$) what happens is that the highlights turn a reddish color, then your natural ashy brown and silver grow in (remember this is grey blending). The color contrast is just ugly and raggedy, even though the grey blending means there’s no root line.

If you go for an all-over darker tone, there’s less color contrast so the brassiness isn’t as huge a deal. But you get an immediate root line, and all-over dark color can look really bad and aging.

If you go the other direction and lighten to a blonde, maybe you side-step the brass and the regrowth line isn’t as bad. But then you truly fry your hair. [/quote]

It doesn't speak to the point: what is wrong with brassy? I have dark brown hair that has always reddened in the sun. Way before I was coloring it. Dark brown with red highlights is my natural color. Now I color my hair with an all-over dark golden brown. This probably does get what you all complain about as "brassy." But it's what my naturally dark brown hair has always looked like. Dark brown with red/golden highlights. What's wrong with that? I blow it out, so it's nice and smooth and shiny. Still looks much better than frizzy, dull gray hair.[/quote]

Brassy implies a red gold hue that is rarely found in natural hair. It’s unlikely that your virgin uncolored hair had the same color and tones as your current box dye hair.

But I do agree with your point. Brown hair with some brassyness is a better look than grey for most people. [/quote]

OP here. It’s not, for me, except maybe for the first week out of the salon. Even then, all-over brown looks extremely artificial and washes me out. [/quote]

I was talking to the PP who like most women in America is a natural brunette.

If you were a natural blonde, then brown may be too dark. It sounds like you may need to go to a lighter shade of blonde. Brassy happens often when the hair isn’t lifted enough.

I know a natural blonde who recently had some weird blend of brown and dark brassy highlights and she indeed looked terrible. She went to a light blonde and looked fantastic.

Good luck. [/quote]

lifting my hair damages it … then it gets brassy. then I ask myself how tf my HAIR became the second highest line-item in my budget after my mortgage? When it doesn’t even look good????[/quote]

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