Will this dye lighten my hair the way I want?

A lot of browns go on very dark at first and take about a week or two to lighten up after several shampoos. Just wash it often. I hear people put laundry detegent and Tide on their hair but I wouldn’t do that. Those are harsh soaps than can really strip your hair of vital nurtrients.

Once you dye your hair a darker color, you can’t just put a lighter hair dye over it. It won’t lighten that way. Keep shampooing it and if after a couple of weeks, it’s still too dark, the only way to lighten the hair again is to bleach it or strip it, then add the desired color.

Just work it–wear it tied back or something for a few days until it lightens up.

Tip for the future–do not experiment with dyes before big days.Do not experiment with dyes without a professional, really. It’s not just a matter of picking a box with a picture–they’re deceptive and designed only to make money. Just look at this board–there are literally dozens of people panicked about things not turning out the way they wanted or on the box.

Good luck.

In the walmart aisle they have a dye remover, and Its like only 7 bucks! I found this relieving. Though the post above this is accurate i have found that hair dressers have screwed up my color 30 times worse than i have ever screwed mine up. Ive done it all but im new at it. Over the last year ive realized that ive done everything bad to my hair, its gone from patchy red, to brillant burnette (natural) to pitch black, to this wonderful blondish color and it always can change with in an hour from bad to good or the other way. If it makes you feel any better remember supermodels even scorch, dye, curl, and straighten their hair, all in one day! Just if you get the color you want beware of dying your entire head to die the roots, recently i have found that it just gives ya that awful black color, and yeah mine didnt wash out. Thank you lord (seriously) for the hair dye remover. Hope this helps