Help!! Hair Dye Dilema!!

first78

Okay so I naturally have dark blonde hair which I decided to dye chocolate brown several weeks ago, I didn't like the colour so tried a lighter dye on top of it a couple of weeks later which didn't do much to lighten it. Then last week I bought a very light blonde dye to put on it...this has lightened it a bit but I have about 1cm of almost brilliant white roots now and the rest of my hair is light brown!! Is there anything anyone can suggest as to how to strip the colour or make my roots look less noticeable? Please help!!!

iceicebaby

In my experience, from a previous dye disaster I had, DON'T try and fix this yourself, go and see a hairdresser.

jenniewb

Agree with the above- its so easy to turn something bad into a real nightmare- get help! You can easil damage your hair trying to lighten it at home, then even at the best salons in the world they'd only beable to repair part of that damage, or suggest you have it all cut off!

A salon will likely strip your hair over a few hours. It could take several applications. It also comes with a hefty price tag and can be anything up to sevreal hundred pounds. I had mine lightened as a model as I wanted to be paler, it took them 3 applications (would have costed £400 I was told) they had to apply alot of deep conditioners afterwards as it was fragile and it did appear very frizzy.

Maybe see if theres a training academy near you, see if they need any models, you'd be watched by a teacher so its very safe, but may take a long time (so bring a few magazines!) but will cost you a fraction of the cost.

Otherwise the only suggestion I have would be to go darker again and gradually grow it out by dying it a paler brown each time. But that could take years.

xxvickixx

I would say go to a hairdresser but It's going to be expensive.
Is it all permanent colour?
How is the condition of your hair now? Is there breakage? Does it stretch when it's wet? (if yes to either of those I would be extremely cautious)
Ultmatley the way I would look at it is: What would be worse in your situation -

a)Your hair breaking off or not going right and you having to have a VERY short hair cut
b)pay £400 or however much it will cost.

If and only if you'd choose b) as the worst then have a go yourself.

I'm not a hairdresser but have coloured my own hair for a long while and this is what I would do (as there is no way I could afford to go to the hairdressers)

I'd get some Head & Shoulders and pop that on my dry hair and cover with clingfilm,keep on for about 1/2 hour and rinse. See if any colourruns out with the water. If quite a lot comes off try again the next day or a few hours later.

Condition your hair really well all the time. It will be damaged.

I would cut from the roots a strip of hair and try a light brown dye on it. Go lighter than the rest of your hair as dye always goes a bit darker. You should probably go for one with a bit of red in it or if you use nice and easy they call it"warm".

I'd see how the strand looked when applied just to the root area. If it is OK I would get a friend to apply all over to just the roots. Leave on and then massage throughthe rest of your hair 5 mins before you rinse it all off.

It might work. It might not. But I hope you get it sorted. Do you have a nice hat?

alyssa_liss

wash it in head and sholders for a bit to try and strip the brown colour but your going to most likly going to have to dye it a lcark blonde/light brown on your roots

gabyjane

I did this many moons ago (or should i say my great hairdresser ex did!!)..we then tried to dye over the blonde darker and resulted in spending over £100 fixing it at a hairdressers which took hours!
Good luck but id'e get it done properly.

jenniewb

I have to say though, though damaged hair cannot be fixed, it can be treated and as long as you keep up the treatments once or twice a week it can mean you are able to leave your hair longer then otherwise.

I have a few suggestions but they do cost quite a bit, I did try the cheaper versions (Aussie, tresemme, john freida) but they made very little difference. Phillip Kingsley Elasticizer is good, also is Goldwell dual senses and my sister who has bleached her hair within an inch of its life for the past decade swears by something designed for afro-Caribbean hair called aphogee (or something like that!)

DayDreamer88

beware of getting your hair stripped, i went to the haridressers to get this done as i also had a DIY hair disaster.
my hair was far too dark so went and got it stripped, it came out this awful gingery colour, which i had to endure for about a month as my hair was too fragile to dye again

Mrs_pbradley936

Tint will not lift tint - you will need bleach and that should only be carried out by someone that knows what they are doing. The easiest way to sort it would be to get bleached highlights all through.