I recently went to get my hair dyed at a salon in search of a red color (my hair was previously naturally brown with some bleached highlights in the front and back). I first went in for a consultation and really thought the stylist and I were on the same page. Long story short, on the I went to the appointment they had ran out of a product that my stylist wanted to use on me so it came out more red than we wanted it to. She put purple shampoo in my hair and told me to come back and that she would get it closer to the desired color, but when I came back and she redid my hair, it was purple. I called the salon, and the manager offered to fix it for me so I came back in and while I like the red that she left in the back of my head (even though it still wasn’t really what I had asked for initially) but now the highlighted parts of my hair look really really pink, especially in the light. At my job we’re not allowed to have “unnatural“ hair colors, so pink and purple are off the table. I completely understand that the color will likely not be exactly the same as the color in the back because it previously had bleach in it, but is there anyway that I can make it look more red and less pink so that I don’t get in trouble for work? At this point I don’t trust the salon to get it to a point where I am truly happy with it. I’m considering trying color depositing shampoo/ overtone, maybe going to a different salon, or giving up on the red and dying my hair black at this point (which I would hate to do but between my job and starting a Masters program soon, I can’t keep the pink the way it is now). Any advice would be so greatly appreciated. <3

Help me fix my hair