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Not only will you need to touch up your roots (since lightening your hair is essential) but you'll also need to recolor your hair often. Long Answer: If you love pastels and don't want to go a deeper shade and let it fade, maintenance is key. Short Answer: It varies but they won't last as long as more pigmented shades. In general, if you need help you can always reach out and ask us! A pastel purple can actually help tone your level 9+ hair! Pastel aqua greens can work too, but you might need to adjust your recipe and add in a few drops of a purple or another shade to prevent it from going too grassy. Also, purple is the holy grail of colors since it acts as a bridge embodying both warm and cool tones. In general, warm tones are going to work well on level 9 hair. Long Answer: Pastel pinks will go rose gold on golden blondes and other pinks will go peach depending on the base color of the dye. Short Answer: Warm tones are the easiest, since they work well with the yellow tones already present in bleached hair! What pastel colors would work well for me? #AFPROTIP: Something you can do is add a few drops of Purple to your mix! Purple helps off-set yellow tones to prevent a blue shade from pulling green! My hair isn't platinum but it is pre-lightened blonde. The same thing happens on non-platinum blondes with Sterling (since Sterling has a blue base). Since the tones in your hair are going to interact with any color you put on top - if you have a yellow-toned, level 9 blonde base and you use a pastel blue (like Periwinkle), the blues will mix with the yellow tones in the hair to create a green. However, there are certain pastel shades that will require a level 10 base. Long Answer: If you want a light color like lavender, you may not need to be platinum to get stellar results.
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Short Answer: Not without lightening your hair first! Quick #AFProTip: Smoke out your pastels with a bit of an opposite shade! This mix is Neverland and a few drops of Violet Dream! Get the mix here.