Colorful Neutral Protein Filler 16 Ounce

Dark brown to ash blonde in a week- little damageNot sure if I am brave or a fool for dying my hair myself. All colorist I consulted said it couldn’t be done for the summer and would fry my hair. This is how I did it and the products I used and the knowledge I gained.How I did it:1. Day 1:Started with dark hair, natural color but used boxed dye every month to cover a few grays( color a 2 on the color scale)2. Day 1: 30 min Bleach bath- lightened 1 to 2 shades( resulting color 3)3. Day 1:Foils with L’Oreal Quick Blue, 30 developer, Oleplex 1- lightened 3 shades, left on for 45 min( results 6 on the color scale)4. Day 2: 30 min Bleach bath- lightened 1 to 2 shades (resulting color 8)5. Day 3: Foils with L’Oréal Quick Blue, 30 developer, Oleplex 1, left on for 45 min- lightened 3 shades( results 10 on the color scale)6. Day 4: color correction(reds and yellows) with a homemade color correction concoction created by mixing Olaplex 2, Color filler and Ardle red and gold corrector drops( they are purple). Put this mixture on and left it on for 3 hours. Results: Ash color. Then toned it with Wella T-18 left on for 20 minutes. Very happy with the results. I have no hair loss or damageProducts:1. Neutral Color Filler 16oz2. Olaplex 1, 2 and 33. Aquaphor4. L’Oréal quick Blue Powder5. Ardel Color correcting drops red gold corrector6. Wella Color Charm Liquid Toner T-187. L’Oréal 30 Volume developer8. Pure organic Coconut Oil9. DIY Hair Dye kitKnowledge needed:1. Know the hair color wheela. You can only lift hair about 3 to 4 shades in one bleaching sessionb. Know the opposite colors to tone out unwanted shades2. Understand the components of damaged hair and how to correct ita. Is your hair dry or devoid of fillers( protein and Keratin) This is vital to the treatments you will make to the damage you do. Too much protein, your hair will break3. Know how to test your hair for damage before you begin and test it after every process4. Understand “hot roots” and avoid them5. Know the difference between Toner and dye6. Understand that you can further damage your hair with protein fillers as they can make the hair brittle which will cause breakage, however protein filler can be a miracle cure for hair that won’t take color, or grabs color unevenly. Balance with moisture treatments .7. Know which oils can penetrate the hair shaft and add moisture and know which ones add moisture and deposits proteins. Coconut oil is awesome for hair but also deposits proteins so be careful if your hair is brittle and breaking. Good moisture adding/non-protein depositing oils are Caster, Jojoba, Moroccan, argon8. Know how to do a ‘bleach bath’ ( equal parts shampoo, bleach, developer and 1/8th oz. of Olapex 1 per 3 OZ of bleach bath)9. Bleach on Oily hair. Don’t wash your hair, alternatively sleep in a coconut mask and then bleach your hair with the coconut oil on. It protects your scalp and the oil and protein from the oil fortifies hair during bleaching. The oil will not affect the bleaching process10. Use a protein filler after you have bleached out your color, before you tone or dye. It helps the color pick up evenly and leaves hair shinny11. Use Aquaphor on all exposed skin including forearms*********If you find this review helpful please indicate on the review below so I know all this detail helps people.

My hair tends to pull brassy when I dye it. I’m so over sitting for hours in the salon for $300 a pop and still walking out with hot roots. I was in a jam to get rid of a few grays so I added this to my boxed hair dye. Best results I’ve ever had. No brass. Nice ashy light brown. Better than the salon in my case. No color ripples in the hair. Just really worked good. I added to the hair dye and then applied. Directions are on the bottle. I would definitely recommend if your hair pulls toward brassy when colored.

The absolute best! At first, I was a bit skeptical that this product would actually help my SEVERELY over processed hair (yes, I dyed my own hair one too many times 😊). I diluted the solution at a 2:1 and let it sit in my hair for the recommended 20 minutes and proceeded to wash my hair. My hair feels 10x better than before. It even actually dried this time without feeling “gummy”. I love this product and will continue to use it.

I wanted to take a break from the bleach blonde for awhile but I could not get my hair to hold any color whatsoever and I thought I'd give this a try after reading the reviews.I washed my hair and put the filler on and let it sit for 25 min, then put the box dye right over top of it and continued the usual process.I was so impressed! It was even all over, no patches and it looked so much healthier. I will never dye my hair again without this stuff

I recently started the curly girl method and have 2a-2b, medium density, medium strand thickness, and medium to high porosity hair.My hair tends to get over-moisturized easily, which causes my hair to straighten out and barely look wavy. I use a rice protein treatment once a week or every other week, but between those rice treatments I like to use this protein filler to maintain the amount of protein in my hair so it doesn't swing wildly between over-moisturized and balanced.A good way I've found to use it is to put a small amount of it in a spray bottle with an equal amount of water, and spritz it into my hair after applying my leave-in conditioner, and brush it through. I then apply a curl enhancer like Jessicurl Rockin' Ringlets or AG Recoil, and a medium to strong hold gel and scrunch.It's also good for refreshing between washes. I make a 50/50 mixture of water mixed with this protein filler, and spray it onto dry hair and scrunch. If I don't use protein when I refresh, my hair tends to get over moisturized much more quickly.

Protein fillers do all kinds of wonderful things for hair. You can use it as a standalone treatment when your hair needs protein but it's power really shines when you use it with hair color. I'm naturally curly and I bleach and tone my hair white/silver at the moment. Due to the texture of my hair, once I've gotten it light enough actually be the color I want my porosity tends to be kind of all over the place. If I just put toner over my hair by itself I will end up with lilac, purple, and grey splotches around my hairline with baby-hairs, on the tips where my hair is older, and oddly some random chunks in the midshaft. But I always use a good coating of this on my hair after washing out bleach and my toner comes out beautiful and even every time. Even when I use more pigmented toners. Anyone that does very light hair or vibrant colors, you want to have this in your supplies! I promise you it makes a difference in the vibrancy and tone of your color.It's also excellent to use after bleaching my roots because when I saturate my whole head of hair in it, it means that I get to give my curls a protein boost which is always important to do on bleached hair as it tends to lack protein as a result of the lifting. So on top of ensuring I have beautiful color it also helps with the condition of my hair too.All that said, if your hair is extremely damaged this may not totally help you prevent uneven color but it will minimize it at least a little.