Lightening hair that has been dyed dark
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Just a word of advice about henna: it's really hard to get out. It binds to the keratin in your hair, and won't be taken out completely by using bleach, or anything else, to my knowledge. It also doesn't come out very well over chemically processed hair, including bleached hair. The best thing to do before you henna is cut out a small piece of hair from somewhere discreet, and do whatever you plan to do to it first, as a test patch. Henna also takes a few days to oxidize, meaning it will turn slightly darker over a couple days, so be sure to let the test patch sit a while to see the final color.
Reyn ·
Thanks guys. I don't want it removed completely I just want it a little lighter. I was hoping to just lighten it up a bit then reapply if necessary to bring it back to a not gross color =) Looks like I'll be patch testing the Color Oops =)
hey maybe some one can help me with my hair colour issue.... had it bleached proffesionally about 3 years ago then dyed it dark brown so bottom half of my hair is bleached but covered up with a dark brown and then had highlights running through it about 2yr ago but only to put purple on it which looked fantastic at the time, now its been darkest brown 2 shades off black for about under 18 month which is 4/6 shades darker than my natural hair colour, so my hair is real dark brown but bottom half has been bleached and about 1" above that has highlights (covered up) now i want to lighten it to a shade closer to my natural colour as im fed up of colouring it... but what can i do that doesnt involve bleach nor peroxide?????
If there was bleach under the black there's no way you can lighten it. If you use peroxide it will just snap off. You're going to have to grow it out and cut it off!
Becks23 ·
So I find it pretty funny that most of these posts are against it...I have dyed my hair many colors and have been from platinum to black and back. I have used peroxide, lemon juice, and bleach and have only had bad experience with the peroxide. Dried it out and some fell out but to me this is fine, I have very thick hair. I have done most of dying my hair by myself or with help from a friend at home. Hair salons have crazy prices these days. I've bleached my hair 3x from black. It was fine. And through all of that dying and the haircuts and straightening and blow drying, my hair has survived. Yes it takes a toll on it but only if you plan on doing it back to back. I do it about every three months. I've recently been to get my hair cut and they told me my hair was very healthy and bc I got two inches cut, no split ends right now. I'm bleaching my hair tomorrow and a week later, I will be dying it a light brown. I don't see why bleaching your hair seems to be put down as long as you have healthy hair.
My hair..also too dark..my recommendation is to put some highlights in it..slowly put in more and more then when you have a lot ..do an all over toner over them if you want to give you overall lighter look..working on it mself..have dark brown hair and just added goldish/caramel highlights in ut..just a few to start.skinny ones. Highlights even around face wil brighten you up and slowly work your way up to lighter like I said by doing all over highlights and toner on top.
I Just went lighter from black and it wasn't easy. I used Loreal high color for dark hair only which is available at sallys.the colors seem to go from light blonde to red...(i went red) if you have really dark hair and its healthy use a 40v creme developer otherwise 30v is recommended. By a deep conditioner pack again for after, it did not Deandre my hair u love the color! The smell is strong though so good ventilation its a must
maybe I can help.. I'm a licensed cosmetologist.. I don't understand why the salons turned you away! I can tell you that for every problem there is a solution.. it might be a long drawn out one.. but theres a solution. You CAN bleach your hair out. It will take two or three tries to get it the right color. In between each lightening you need to let it sit for about a week and put conditioning treatments on it every other day at least before lightening it again to the desired shade. The conditioning treatments will provide strenght to your hair so it won't be completly dead by the end of this. I even suggest doing them on your dark hair before you even start bleaching. It sounds like youre damaging it every six weeks with your all over color. I would spend two weeks at least doing conditioning treatments which by the way you can buy at your local beauty store in little packets.. I suggest henna n placenta or something with keretain and argan oil. You also need to wait ad do MORE conditioning after you bleach it all out to the desired lightness, after another week I'd then say you could go ahead and apply color. I suggest getting joico bleach if you can and a 30 vol. Apply to midshaft then roots and ends. Please use treatments! they'll save your life! -Sugar.
I have some questions that hopefully someone can help with. I am new to hair color. For the past 4-5 years I have put highlights in once a year and then would cut it all off before the next time. This year I had low lights put in my red hair (I would describe my natural color as new penny red). I hated them so I decided to take the plunge and have it professionally colored to match the dark red low lights. Unfortunately it cam out waaay darker than expected. My hair grows pretty fast so I have dyed it twice over two months since I had it done. It is now a combination of dark red and dark brown. What can I do so that I can dye closer to my original color. Bleach? Color fix? And then dye? And if I use bleach\colorfix how soon after can I dye it?
With the color oops its made so you can dye it the same day just follow instructions in box
i used to be quite experimental with my hair, iv died it blond, dark brown, red, then brown, then blond again and even blue, but after dying my hair blond i decided i wanted to go darker, so foolishly i bought some dark brown hair dye from the $ store, and my hair ended up going blue black!!, i used color-before twice to try and get rid of the black but its still so dark, my friends so i have black hair and as im quite pale my grandparents say i look like an emo!, i dont want to bleach my hair because iv dyed it so much im scared it will fall out, but i need to do something?!?!?!
Hi, I need help. My hair is dyed black now for a few years, last year I decided to do a red and black ombre...and since doing it I went lighter on just the bottom portion of my hair. I used bleach and noticed my hair became very hard and broke very easily. I had a lot of fallout as well. When i let my roots grow out they are mainly greys...so Ive decided that I want to dye my whole head grey. Well the bottom part is bleached but the top part is still black and now with greys. I havent dyed it in about a month but the mix of colors is driving me insane. Is there any safe way to get the rest of the black out without further bleaching? Will the color fix work on my hair since the bottom is already bleached? I cant afford salon prices and the situation with my hair has me depressed. Plz any help is greatly appreciated
