BROWN HAIR BACK TO BLONDE !

When you dyed your hair brown did you put a red dye through it first and then the brown on the top? I used to be light blonde and wanted to go to a chocolate brown. The hairdresser told me to get a bright red dye and put that over the blonde first. She said the get an old towel and rub it dry rather than wash the red out. Then I put the chocolate brown (permanent) dye over the top and it came out an amazing shade of deep chocolate brown, I love it. The red acts as a base for the brown to stop it going green and to hold the colour longer. So if you like being darker and are not happy purely because its fading - try doing what I did and put red in it then dye it again. If not then I STRONGLY suggest going to a hairdresser to go back to blonde. Going lighter is always harder and you need expert help.

Well guys, first I started to strip my brown hair colour with head and shoulders for 5 weeks, and it faded a lot quite fast. And then I went and did something stupid and used a pre-lightener on my own and I went completely ORANGE ! Like I don’t think I have been so upset in my life. And so I had this other colour which is Garnier Nutirsse Ash Blonde 8.1 and I went ahead a put it in without any hesitations, and I am happy to say I’m loving my new hair colour, yeah it’s not really the colour I want, but I’m going to gradually lighten the colour at A PROFESSIONAL HAIRDRESSER ! LOL

Thanks for all the help guys.

lol my friend did the same thing. I’ve dyed my hair heaps and I think the most important thing is to go to a salon. if youre doing big things with youre hair get it done pro.

my best advice is to wait till the colour eases up and fades a bit, then bleach some of it (like the top bits). and if that works, do some more and so on. dont ever bleach the whole thing because you dont know if it will snap, break, or fall out. good luck xx.

Oh and also, if you DO decide to bleach/highlight it yourself anyway, then buy yourself a toner (it is dark purple in colour) and put that on hair hair straight after bleaching. Leave it on for 10 minutes then rinse out. The purpose of doing this is to take away the orange that will come from lightening it yourself. I remember when I first went blonde I didn’t know about toners so I was walking around with hair that had an orange tinge…

ohh thank you guys so much. really helped. yeah I bought a toner today ! I’m going to try it out WISH ME LUCK ! lol

Let us know how you go and if you need further help. I’ve dyed my hair a million times so I know what I’m talking about :)