Hair dye question

xmaslolly76

OK i am naturally blonde but some months ago decided i was going to dye my hair purple (yes you read that correctly PURPLE). Long and short of it is i am now having to dye my hair every 10-12 weeks to keep the colour looking good and stop my roots from looking horrendous and this is now starting to get annoying as well as costly.

I user the live colour range and wondered how i go about getting my hair back to blonde. i know i cant just buy a blonde dye and dye it so is there a process i can use to gradually lighten it IE: maybe start with a brunette shade and keep using a slightly lighter one each time.

I really dont fancy having to go to the hair dressers to get my hair stripped as i know it will ravage it and i dont want to end up looking like a bleach blonde barbie doll.

Thanks for any advise you can give :-)

simpywimpy

Personally I would use a hairdresser for something like this. Going from such a strong, dark colour back to blonde will be tricky and doing it yourself, you could end up with a strange colour altogether.

A good hairdresser will make sure they use treatments on your hair to stop too much damage and may even do it over two or three steps to achieve the colour you want.

If you don't want to pay out for that, I would at least have a consultation just to get advice

jenniewb

I'd second that. The only way to get the colour off is to strip it. And home kits are very easy to get wrong, end up with hair every colour of the grunge rainbow, except blonde. Atleast at a hair dressers they can keep an eye on the hair, know when its reached its limits and too weak to continue, they can also treat as they go along and give an even overall result.

I had this done twice now (as a model) it takes alot of work and time (lke 8 hours for my hair) and its just not something I'd even consider doing at home, my hair would probably fall out!

Blackpool_Saver

I think you need to see a professional, or cut it off and start again.......... sorry

dmg24

I had my hair stripped at an Aveda salon, and they mix the bleach(?) with Shampure. My hair was back in good condition after two or three days.

Zazen999

I've gone from red to blonde and the only way to do it is to go to a professional. Otherwise you will end up going anyway when you strip it and end up with wire wool.

Mine stripped half the hair [like highlights] and left it for a few days and dyed the rest lighter - then later did a full strip with a softer strip formula and toned it so that it didn't look too strange. It wasn't too expensive if I remember rightly, certainly worth paying for to have it done properly.

epatolles

try colour b4 from boots. it doesnt damage your hair and should strip out most of the purple. only problem is the live colour may have some kind of bleach in which means your hair underneath wont be the same colour as it was originally.

use a semi permanent in the shade you want - if the colour b4 strips it out enough - or if not a couple of shades darker then once your hair gets back to a normal colour you can start thinking about highlights or lightening to get back to pre-purple colour! :-)

i did this from red - light brown and it worked but not sure about blonde... may be that you end up darker blonde than you really want?

xmaslolly76

I dont mind have a different colour as long as i can slowly take it back to its original colour. I will take a look at the colour B4 thats been mentioned and i will speak to my hairdresser as well and see where i go from there.

Thank you all :-)

poorly_scammo

Well, I'm a blonde and I dyed my hair black. I had to have my hair redyed at the hairdresser. She put peroxide on my hair to get it all the same colour and then dyed it match my natural colour as much as she was able. I was at the hairdressers for approximately 5 hours and my head really hurt by the end.

I wouldn't do it again in a fit!

jenniewb

^^ @ Poorly Scammo, It does hurt doesn't it!- I remember that! Depends on how much it means to you- I never actualy thought my hair could hurt until I had this done but it can!

I think the Colour B4 only really works if you use it within a week or so of using a darker dye on your hair, any longer and its probably too settled to be removed with milder dye release treatments, sorry!

babyshoes

If you really don't want to go to the hairdresser, start with a dark brown semi permanent colour (which will look almost black anyway to start with) and gradually get lighter semi permanent colours until the purple grows out.

After a while of colouring your hair, I would suggest that you at least spend some money on a decent haircut, as the ends of your hair will probably be damaged. A short haircut will also mean there is less of the purple to cover up, and if you keep trimming it regularly you will be cutting off the bit you have dyed until you are back to the original colour. It could take a while, but it is more natural than having it stripped, and less likely to damage your hair!