Home Hair Dye Help

peanut66

Hi Guys,

Any help with the following much appreciated:

I have dyed my hair myself for years but usually only browns and reds. My natural colour is quite a light brown. For the last year and half I have been getting highlights in my hair to gradually bring it to a blonde colour for a change. Currently its kind of blonde/brown and my problem is my roots are showing at the moment and I can't afford to get the full works done on it in a salon at the moment.

I was thinking of buying a home dye kit from the chemist in a nice subtle blond tone. I have never dyed my hair blonde myself and I am just wondering will it end in disaster or will the fact that it is already pretty much a blonde colour make it work? I am just a bit paranoid about having green hair going to work tomorrow :eek:

Any one any tips/advice??

Thanks a mill

SuperTyper

I wouldnt risk doing it at home if you already have highlights in it. I did it before and ended up with a bald patch (not very attractive). I get mine done at home by a local hairdresser who does nixers, do you know anyone who does this or a friend who gets it done and you could "borrow" her hairdresser.

peanut66

Hey Supertyper,

Thanks for the reply, I don't really know anyone who could do it for me unfortunately. I don't really like the idea of risking it either but I just hate looking at those roots. I have to go to the chemist anyway so I might have a read of the box and see how brave or foolish I feel .LoL

Novella

Eeeek, I wouldn't really advise dying over your highlights at home, it could be awful! I've tried dying my hair blonde a few times and it sort of ended up a lovely orangey colour, with bright blonde roots! That's fine for me 'cause I don't actually care what colour my hair is and if it all goes wrong, I can usually dig another colour out from the back of my wardrobe haha.

Your hair sounds nice though and I presume the highlights were expensive so I have to say, leave it! Also, dying over highlights is difficult 'cause the lighter strands of your hair will take the colour differently and your roots will probably end up a different colour too so you'll be left with multi-coloured hair!

peanut66

Yikes Im scared now! Cheers for the advice Novella. I better get saving so........ God damn you High Maintenance Hair!! :P

Novella

I didn't mean to scare you haha

You could ask your hairdresser for an all over colour next time and then you could just dye it at home yourself from then on, save you some pennies!