Dying dark brown hair to blonde

[gemmajlaiel]

my hair is ginger and i want to dye it a dark brown but cant afford to have it done at a hairdressers. i also want to dye my eyebrows a similar colour 'cause they are currently ginger.

what do you suggest i use???

i reccomend you use a light ASH brown colour, never use WARM colours on ginger hair as they just enhance the brightness of ginger Ash tones it down i know this as i have ginger hair and have had brown hair for 6 years always worked, use light brown as all medium/dark usually result in ;looking black! you can buy brown eyebrow dye and eyelash kits boots do a good range i personally use a small amount of the hair dye and paint it on my eyebrows with a cotton bud but they do say not to do this on the box so thats up to you x

[Guest]

I've had my hair highlighted and i hate it, can I put a brown dye on top of this at home?

Many thanks xx

I have coloured over highlights loads of times, always with a brown or red. You just need to make sure you cover ALL of your hair otherwise you will have the odd light bit.

Using a funky colour is good when you colour over highlights because the bright colour will really show up over your existing highlights (if they are bleached highlights). The schwarzkoff (is that the right name?!) live range is good for that - I did mine purple at the beginning of the year!

[HannahBanana]

Heya, i've just had my hair dyed today... i went from a lightish brown with bleeched blonde highlights in places (as you see some "emo's" have it) and it's gone to a reallllly dark brown, and i miss my old style ALOT better... i want to go lighter brown at least, but everyone's telling me (they're not professionals though = )) that i can't go back light brown once the dark brown has been put on!!!! Does anyone know if you can go from a dark brown to a medium/light brown? Or will i be wasting my time and money for yet another hairdresser to ruin it = (.

Thankies! xx

[Toni Curran]

okay im 18 i have natural DARK brown hair i dyed it black but in the light it looks brown.. and i want to go bleech blonde.. how can i go from black to bleech blonde every i know says i have to get it stripped and everything else and it will be real hard and i should go to a hair dresses.. but i usly do it my self or my friend dose. CAN anyone help me please?

[Guest]

GOING BLONDE IF YOUR IS BROWN TO BLACKAND YOU WANT TO GO BLONDE ITS EASY DONT GO STRAIGHT TO BLEACHING YOUR HAIR THEN IT WILL TURN BRASSY ORANGE ITS EASY YOU HAVE TO START DYING YOUR HAIR LIGHTER IN STAGES SUCH AS BROWN GO TO LIGHT BROWN THEN DARK BLONDE THEN MED BLONDE TO BLONDE DONT DYE IT ALL IN ONE SHOT YOULL DAMAGE IT DONT WASH YOUR HAIR EVERY DAY ITS NOT GOOD EAT FOODS IN PROTEIN VERY GOOD FOR HAIR SACH AS RED MEAT FISH EGGS SEEDS NUTS YOUGRUT GOOD LUCK

That won't work, it will always have the darkest colour underneath.....

[Guest]

Ok, I have really nice brown hair, but my friends think that I should die it blonde. I don't think that would look bad or anything, but what happens if it dosen't work or i can't get my color back...I don't know what to do.

ibe got brown to black hair my mates just told me to die my hair blond, and it looks gorgeous!! seriously just do it. if the blond goes ginger, or even worse green, jus get down to tesco (open 24/7) and by a brown hair dye, and dye it back to normal, trust me thats what many people have done in the past!! just have the gutts to go and get it done!!! good luck, luv ya x x x

[Guest]

soo..I have dyed my hair sooooo much times trust me about a month or two ago i had dark brown hair!! I had my hair colour lifted to make it as light as possible at a salon because I wanted a very light brown colour. it went a strawberry blonde colour though even after dying it a light brown colour at the same time. a few weeks after i had a few blonde highlights put into it but it didn't change much. how can i get a light ash blonde from this?? any suggestions?? would I need the same process over again?? thanks & please reply asap xxxx

[Guest]

Heya, i've just had my hair dyed today... i went from a lightish brown with bleeched blonde highlights in places (as you see some "emo's" have it) and it's gone to a reallllly dark brown, and i miss my old style ALOT better... i want to go lighter brown at least, but everyone's telling me (they're not professionals though = )) that i can't go back light brown once the dark brown has been put on!!!! Does anyone know if you can go from a dark brown to a medium/light brown? Or will i be wasting my time and money for yet another hairdresser to ruin it = (.

Thankies! xx

hey basicalllyy i had dark brown hair and i wanted light brown, i had my colour liftedd to get it as light as poss nd it went light orange t first but they hadnt fin ished because then they dyed it light brown it is still a kinda strawberry light brown but its alrite i suppose. i reckon it depends where u got it done but i advise u ask for a light ASH brown =) xxxx

[Guest]

hello, i have never dyed my dark brown hair before and i would like it golden blonde. i also would like to dye at it at home. from what i know about dying dark brown hair to blonde so far is that you need to bleach out the color first, and then add the color (toner) you want your haircolor to become. please reply with any information you have about dying brown hair blonde or any experiences that might help me. i have never dyed my hair before and any info would be great. thanks[/code]

hey, basically im in a different boat to u i suppose but i did dye my hair dark brown and wanted to go light ash brown. they lifted all the colour out nd it went orangy then they used a toner to dye to light brown but it is still strawberry blonde/brown, i think you need to doo that and then have lots of blonde highlights because i have had some blonde highlights put it and it luks more ashy colour now . i am going to get some more blonde highlights put it soo it looks like an oveall colour.x xxxx

[heher]

hi,

I have naturally dark brown hair, and I bought some medium blonde hairdye, it turned my hair a brassy orangy color, what can I do to get my hair a medium blonde?

Please help

[xxxsophiexxx]

im a 16 year old gurl! dat as got dark brown hair n really wants 2 av a change 2 it! ie. go blonde or hav blonde init! i hav had high lights put in b4 at the hairdressers bt it jst went a horrible orangey brassy colour that i dnt like! i dnt y this happened because i fort at the hairdressers it wod go ryt! friends have suggested maybe blonde underneath dark hair!! wat do u thnk i shod do!!help plezexxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx[/b]

[Liz!]

My hair was naturally a dark chocolate brown, but I dyed it darker anyway. When I got bored of it I decided to go blonde, I did it all from the box, and dyed it almost in stages. As long as you give your hair a break every so often, be patient and make sure that you condition it properly, you hair will come out to a nice blonde. The color is perfect, just be careful of getting a nice even dye throughout. If your hair turns a little orange, don't worry, that will happen when you do it at home. Eventually you will get it to the color you want.

[Guest]

there is something else you can do if you have brown die over blonde and want to go back blonde. i cant remember what brand it is but there are pre lightners home dyes and they basically work as a stripping agent. people say that strippers do as much damage as bleaches but this one that my friend used worked great on her hair. the only problem was that she had to also buy a bleach to use after stripping.
Good Luck to those who r going to do this.

[.R.a.c.h.e.l.]

ok hey.. soo heres my story. i have naturally medium brown hair. i had dyed it in the salon to blonde and so on when i had the bright idea of dying it red. it actually looked good and i liked it alot and kept it that way for about 4 months then when roots came back i decided to dye it back to blonde once again. i went to the salon and they lifted it wonderfully and i had beautiful foiled hair that turned out carmel and blonde. i loved it but after 2 months i decided i wanted it just a tad lighter sooo (this was just a few days ago) i bought some blonde dye and dyed it... it turned strawberry blonde and i hated it.... 2 days later i bought bleach/ blonde dyed it again and it turned out CHICK yellow.... it was terrible.... i panicked majorly and bought some dark brown hair dye.... this was just yesterday and it turned my hair black............ it doesnt look bad but i dotn want it black. i would like it just a dark brownish color but i CANNOT and WILL not dye my hair because ive dyed it 3 times in one week and im scared if i add anymore chemicals my hair will be shot and fall out. it seems to be find at the moment but nooooooo more dying.. is there any other possible way i can lift it naturally without adding anymore damage to my hair??? PLEASE HELP! im having a hair emergency!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! im actually going to cali tomorrow too soo if theres any products that correspond with the sun im gunna be there for about a good 5 days and i would very much like to know. i know i should of never dyed my hair in the first place it was beutiful now ive done something stupid but hopefully one of you wonderful people will be able to help me :/ tips are much much much much much needed at the moment. i guess i can call this a learning experience help me lift the color just a tad PLEASE! thanks much love to all of you for being soo gracious


-Rae

p.s. MY EMAIL IS


rachie_heit@hotmail.com if you could email me answers too that would be great. just put the subject in as hair help

[maz83]

i am naturally a medium brown colour but dyed my hair a dark brown now i think it looks too dark and patchy in some areas. my hair is just past the shoulders so its fairly long. is it ok or a good idea to dye it again as i want it a bit lighter brown???x