If your colour has gone wrong, you are not the first person to walk in with it. Orange lengths, a stripe across the mid-shaft, ends that will not shift, a tone nowhere near the photo. It is a normal week here, and nobody is going to make you feel bad about a box.
Colour correction is booked from $100, 3 hr. It is not one process. It is removing or neutralising what is already on the hair, then putting the intended colour back on top — two jobs inside one appointment, and sometimes across more than one.
It starts with the free 15-minute colour consultation, and that part is not a formality. Until an artist has your hair in their hands, nobody can tell you truthfully what it will cost or how long it will take. Correction sits at the deep end of the colour menu.
What people bring in.
Orange or brassy lengths. Usually hair that was lightened but not lifted far enough, or a toner that has since washed out. Sometimes this is a correction. Sometimes it is only a toner, which is a much smaller and cheaper appointment.
Box colour that went darker than expected. Box dye is built to work on everybody, which makes it strong, and it stacks up on the ends every time it is reapplied. Getting depth back out of it is slow work.
Banding. Stripes of different depth down the hair, left by repeated applications overlapping in slightly different places. It reads as patchy in daylight even when it looked fine in the bathroom mirror.
Black or very dark permanent colour. The honest answer is that this is the hardest one on the list, and the one most likely to need more than a single session.
A tone nobody asked for. Green, khaki, violet, or an ashy cast where blonde was wanted — usually a toner or a colour reacting with something already on the hair.
Why nobody can price this over the phone.
$100 is where correction starts. It is not an estimate of your appointment, and we would rather say that plainly than have you arrive expecting one number and hear another.
What sets the real figure is what is already on your hair. How many previous colours are on it and where they sit. Whether any of them are box colour. How dark the darkest section is. How much of the head is affected. Your length and density. The condition the hair is in before anyone starts. And how far the colour you want sits from where things stand today.
None of that can be read down a phone line or from a photo taken in your bathroom. You get a number and a plan at the consultation, before you commit to anything.
How a correction actually runs.
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The consultation
Fifteen minutes, free, no obligation to book. Bring the box if you still have it, or a photo of the label. Do not try to fix it yourself first — another dye, a remover, a purple shampoo marathon all make the picture harder to read.
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The honest version
You are told what is achievable, in what order, and what it is likely to cost. If the answer is more than one session, you hear it here rather than partway through. If the safest route is slower than you hoped, you hear that too.
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The first session
Three hours of chair time. Removing or neutralising comes first, then colour goes back on. How far that gets depends entirely on what came off in the first half, which is why it is not scripted in advance.
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Where it goes next
Some corrections finish inside that booking. Others are staged, with time in between for the hair to recover. Any follow-up is agreed with you and priced before it is booked.
Sessions, and what it costs the hair.
There is no standard number of sessions, and anyone who gives you one before seeing your hair is guessing. What makes a single session more likely: one previous colour rather than several, a target close to where the hair already sits, decent condition, shorter length. What makes a staged plan more likely: box dye, black or very dark permanent colour, layers of colour history, a large jump toward blonde, or hair that is already fragile.
On condition, the straight answer is that lifting existing colour out of hair is chemical work and it has a cost. Anyone who tells you otherwise is selling something. What is genuinely under control is how far the hair is pushed in one sitting — which is exactly why a correction sometimes gets split. Stopping at the right point is a decision, not a failure.
Conditioning work is planned in rather than tacked on at the end. Your artist will tell you which treatment is worth doing and when.
Questions we get asked.
How much is colour correction in Winnipeg?
Colour correction starts at $100 for a three-hour appointment. That is a starting point, not a quote. What sets the real price is what is already on your hair, how dark it is, how many previous colours are on it, your length and density, and how far you want to go from here. You get a number at the free consultation, before you commit.
How long does colour correction take?
The booking is three hours, twice the chair time of a full head colour, because it is two jobs in one: removing or neutralising what is on the hair, then putting the intended colour back on. Whether that finishes it depends on what comes off in the first half.
Can you fix box dye?
In most cases something can be done, but box colour is the usual reason a correction gets staged. It is built to work on any head of hair, so it is strong, and it stacks up on the ends with every reapplication. Bring the box or a photo of the label, because the exact product changes what can safely be done next.
Can you fix orange or brassy hair?
Often, and sometimes with a smaller appointment than you expect. Brass is usually warmth showing through hair that was not lifted far enough, or a toner that has washed out. If only the tone is wrong, a toner may be all it needs, and Wet Toner, Wash and Blowdry is from $45 for an hour. If the lift underneath is uneven, that is correction territory.
Will it take more than one session?
Sometimes, and there is no honest way to promise otherwise before your hair has been seen. One previous colour, a target close to where the hair sits now and good condition make a single session more likely. Box dye, very dark colour, layers of colour history or fragile hair make a staged plan more likely. You are told which before you commit.
Will my hair be damaged?
Lifting existing colour out of hair is chemical work and it has a cost to condition. Nobody honest will tell you otherwise. What is controlled is how far the hair is pushed in one sitting. Your artist checks condition before starting and again during, and will stop short of the target rather than take the hair past what it can hold.
Do I need a consultation first?
For a correction, yes. The Colour Consultation is free and takes 15 minutes. It is how the plan, the likely number of sessions and the price get agreed, and it is the only honest way to answer any of these questions for your hair rather than in general.
Do you take walk-ins?
We do take walk-ins, but please call 431-844-5500 first to check availability before coming in. A correction is a three-hour booking with a specific colour artist and it will not fit into a gap on the day. The 15-minute consultation is much easier to slot in, so ask for that first.
Corrections are done by Zahara, whose focus is hair, colour and brows, alongside Navpreet and Aman. You choose your artist when you book.
Every service and starting price is listed on the booking page. Nothing is "price on request", and for a correction your own price is agreed at the free consultation before work is booked.
567 St Anne's Rd, Unit 2, Winnipeg — in St Vital, minutes from Southdale, Windsor Park, Island Lakes and St Boniface. 431-844-5500
Monday 10–7 · Tuesday to Saturday 10–8 · Sunday 10–6. See directions and hours.