Dyed hair dark but want to go back to blonde

LisaMe

Hi there,

My blonde hilights went really bright when I was in Australia so I decided to get a dark colour all over (with a precolour). I really don't like my hair dark so I don't know what to do. I went to a hairdresser who said that they can't put hilights over the colour or do a full dye over it.

If I got my colour stripped, would that cost much?

xoxyx

LisaMe wrote: »

Hi there,

My blonde hilights went really bright when I was in Australia so I decided to get a dark colour all over (with a precolour). I really don't like my hair dark so I don't know what to do. I went to a hairdresser who said that they can't put hilights over the colour or do a full dye over it.

If I got my colour stripped, would that cost much?

I wouldn't worry about the cost as much as the damage it may do to your hair. When I was 14 or so I decided to dye the front parts of my (blonde) hair dark red. It did look cool(!), but, about a year later I wanted the red gone so I got those parts of my hair stripped. It took months afterwards (and I mean months) before the front of my hair looked like anything other than damaged.
The thing about dark hair dye though, especially if you've only done it the once, is it can fade fairly quickly. Give it a month and maybe try some of those wash in/wash out colours to give it a bit of texture, but I wouldn't go rushing into getting it stripped. Chances are, in a few weeks, you should be able to put a lighter colour in and notice a big difference!

LisaMe

I got it dyed 2 months ago and it's still dark! My hair is naturally blonde but the hairdresser put in a precolour so it wouldn't fade. I went to a hairdresser thinking I'd be able to get blonde hilights over the dark but they said that they can't. I've roots showing now but don't want to put another dark dye in

Millie

That happened me before, I had been dying my hair blond for years and it got very brassy so I wanted to stip it down.
The hairdresser stripped the colour but my god I hated it when it was dried, it was so bad that the girl who cuts my hair also new it was terrible.
She had a word with the colourist to see if she could brigthen it but she said all she could do was put a (very) few lights into it or I would be taking my hair home in a bag!

I left the salon deflated and almost in tears and all I could do was wait about 2mnths before she would put more lights in.
I'm now blond again and will never ever go back.

patwicklow

A blonde goes into a currys:. She asks a clerk if she can buy the TV in the corner. The clerk looks at her and says that he doesn't serve blondes, so she goes back home and dyes her hair black.
The next day she returns to the store and asks the same thing and again the clerk said he doesn't serve blondes.
Frustrated, the blonde goes home and dyes her hair yet again, to a shade of red. Sure that a clerk would sell her the TV this time, she returns and asks a different clerk this time. To her astonishment, this clerk also says that she doesn't serve blondes. The blonde asks the clerk, "How do you know I am a blonde?"
The clerk looks at her disgustedly and says,"That's not a TV - it's a microwave."
:D:D:D:D

**Timbuk2**

patwicklow wrote: »

A blonde goes into a currys:. She asks a clerk if she can buy the TV in the corner. The clerk looks at her and says that he doesn't serve blondes, so she goes back home and dyes her hair black.
The next day she returns to the store and asks the same thing and again the clerk said he doesn't serve blondes.
Frustrated, the blonde goes home and dyes her hair yet again, to a shade of red. Sure that a clerk would sell her the TV this time, she returns and asks a different clerk this time. To her astonishment, this clerk also says that she doesn't serve blondes. The blonde asks the clerk, "How do you know I am a blonde?"
The clerk looks at her disgustedly and says,"That's not a TV - it's a microwave."
:D:D:D:D

Did you actually think that the above post makes any contribution to the thread?

Magenta

LisaMe wrote: »

Hi there,

My blonde hilights went really bright when I was in Australia so I decided to get a dark colour all over (with a precolour). I really don't like my hair dark so I don't know what to do. I went to a hairdresser who said that they can't put hilights over the colour or do a full dye over it.

If I got my colour stripped, would that cost much?

This hairdresser is talking crap.
What they mean is, they do not have the skill or training to figure out what lighteners and tints they'll need to do the job.
Go to a different hairdresser. I have been dyeing my hair all colours since the age of 14 and have never had any problems with getting highlights/colour changes in salons.

simu

Stay on topic folks and save the jokes for the humour forum

-simu

LadyMayBelle

I'm a 'dishwater' blonde, but have been dark for years. Been trying to get back to a lighter colour, and had it stripped twice (honestly say my hair didn't look or feel damaged even tho i was worried about this). It went orange after the second strip, which I was expecting, with the amount of home dye etc in it. BUt then when she put what was meant to be a light brown in it, it still went waaaay darker and still is...so annoying. I don't know what can be done to help you cos sounds like you are similar to me...
Strips seems to cost anything from 10-20 euro i think, depending where you go

E.T.

I went from highlighted blonde to dyed brown and back to highlighted blonde again absolutely no bother (all done by a hairdresser though!) It was actually a salon in Melbourne that gave me the blonde highlights when I got fed up with the brown. I don't remember there being any hassle getting it done and my hair was still in good condition afterwards.

Hellena

I use to go from blonde to black and back to blonde every year, got used to this. My natural hair is black, same as if it was painted. Anyway, for dark to blonde hair i use Decobes + Oxibes (http://www.regalhaircolor.com/page3.html) 40 vol, 12%, or you can use Kallos products, oxi12% and powder 35gr - http://www.kallos.com/.
You will have to repeat the operation at least twice, but using a good conditioner like SATINIQUE from Amway it will fix the dry hair problem. You will never believe that you were once a brunette! hehe

Beonce

Magenta wrote: »

This hairdresser is talking crap.
What they mean is, they do not have the skill or training to figure out what lighteners and tints they'll need to do the job.
Go to a different hairdresser. I have been dyeing my hair all colours since the age of 14 and have never had any problems with getting highlights/colour changes in salons.

I'd tend to agree with this post - I had a complete colour change recently and it went perfectly. No fuss, no hassle, took a little longer than normal but I expected that

Magenta

Hellena wrote: »

I use to go from blonde to black and back to blonde every year, got used to this. My natural hair is black, same as if it was painted. Anyway, for dark to blonde hair i use Decobes + Oxibes (http://www.regalhaircolor.com/page3.html) 40 vol, 12%, or you can use Kallos products, oxi12% and powder 35gr - http://www.kallos.com/.
You will have to repeat the operation at least twice, but using a good conditioner like SATINIQUE from Amway it will fix the dry hair problem. You will never believe that you were once a brunette! hehe

40vol peroxide is far too strong, you're lucky you haven't burned your scalp.
30vol is more than enough, it will just take a little longer to work.

Kormeera X

it will take a while. blond wont go over very dark colours. give it a couple of weeks and try again. good luck !

Hellena

Magenta wrote: »

40vol peroxide is far too strong, you're lucky you haven't burned your scalp.
30vol is more than enough, it will just take a little longer to work.

For me it never worked with 30vol. And never haid problems with my hair, never lost hair or had it damaged, but as i said before i use lots of conditioner.
Hairdressers never wanted to dye my hair from black to blonde, thats why i started to do it myself at home, on my own risks.
But it is always better to try with something less, then if your hair does not achieve the desired color then you might go for higher vol.

dammitjanet

I've been a natural blonde all my life and one day a year ago i just got fed up with it and dyed it blue/black, then totally black. I loved it but after a couple months I just got over it (and my blonde roots!) and wanted to go back blonde. No hairdresser would touch me, everyone said i had to wait to grow it out, but i went to tony and guy in dundrum and they were great! She stripped my hair (turning it that kinda red colour) and then put a blonde dye over it. Burnt like hell and I left with an auburn colour but it was fantastic!! I'm actually going back to auburn soon, i loved being a redhead
Odviously tony and guy cost an arm and a leg though, so if you can do it from home go for it!!!

NoDice

I'd say go to a hairdresser and talk to them about it and get a strip test done on a few strands of your hair to see what effect the stripping chemicals will have.

I'm naturally a light brown colour but dyed it black for years up until two years ago. Got sick of having to dye it so went to a hairdressers to ask them to strip it. As dammitjanet(cool name btw! Brill film!) siad, no hairdressers would touch me. Eventually found a (really expensive) hairdressers (in Cork - Origin) who would do it for me. They were very professional, really discussed my hair with me and told me all the bad experiences people have had (hair falling out etc) with stripping hair.

They did a test and 3 days later called me back to say it all looked fine and to call into them again.

Took about four hours but they used treatments and stripped my hair a bit at a time. My hair was perfect coming out of there. Had a slightly reddish tint when the sun shone on my hair but the hairdresser balanced it out with some lighter tones and highlights. Didn't have a slight bit of a problem with dried out hair because of whatever treatments they were using.

Just find the right hairdresser and you'll be flying! I wouldn't advise you do it at home unless you really know what you're doing hun. Also don't listen to all the "grow out the colour" or "wash your hair three times a day with lemon etc etc" crap because it doesn't work. I was even washing my hair with washing up liquid at one stage cause some girl in peter marks said it would get rid of the black dye quicker.

Good luck girly!

sunshiner

well first of any decent hairdresser will do a few basics steps to see what your hair has been through.The should take a piece of your hair ie a strand test,to test how it lightens,then they should check for incompatibilities in your hair i.e to see what products you have used if there are metallic salts and so on.They will also should check to see how porus your hair is and your hair type.

if your hair is too damaged,brittle,porus or has block colour in it most hairdressers wont touch your hair.As doing a chemical process could result in the hair breaking off,the colour may not take,it could damage your hair beyond repair.

if the tests are all fine i shouldnt see a problem with you getting it done.

McChubbin

Excellent thread! I'm a natural chestnut brown myself but I've always loathed the color-it's too plain and ordinary for my tastes. Since I was 15, I've experimented with virtually ever colour going. For the last few years, though, I've been wearing my hair as either pitch black or blue-black and whilst it looks freaking amazing when it first gets done, I was sick of it fading down to a dark muddy brown color so I decided to strip it out myself with a home bleaching kit.

It lifted the colour no problem, leaving a GORGEOUS canary yellow colour in it's place but between messing up the back (I had huge black chunks from where I missed the black dye) and the subsequent straw-like condition of my hair, it took a month of air drying (hair dyers are a NO NO!) and leave-in conditioning before my hair got back to a somewhat normal state.

After going yellow for all of 24 hours (blame my mother. Woman has no sense of humor. :rolleyes: ), I went back to black and that's where I remained up until last month when I'd had enough and decided to go for a nice aurbergine puple tone.

My stylist didn't agree. Despite begging, pleading and stopping short of screaming at her, she went ahead and plopped an ugly brown/copper shade into my hair after stripping it down.

I could've throttled her. My hair is now more or less my natural color and I honestly hate it so much I'm sorely tempted to chop it all off or at the very least, strip it down myself.

All I can say to anyone who is thinking of going from dark to light:

Go ahead and do it! It's your hair and your rules! Just be aware that stripping WILL dry your hair out but if you drown your scalp in a good intensive conditioner (Keratase and Tresseme are fantastic for this), avoid using hairties/bobbins and airdry it, your hair will quickly recover and you'll be able to work with a blank canvas once again.

Also, whilst I'm on the subject: A little trick for lifting out hair color:

Mix a generous handful of Wash 'n' Go (or any shampoo designed to remove dandruff/chlorine) with 2 parts bicarbinate of soda and 1 part Persil Non-Bio powder. Mix into a paste and place attop your head for approximately 10-15 minutes or as long as you can stand the itching sensation.

Mix 2 parts white vinegar to 8 parts water and rinse your hair with this. Towel dry and you should find your hair is at least 2 shades lighter. It worked for me when I was trying to lift black dye from my hair. Only downside is it will weaken your hair and may irritate your scalp but it's no worse than the itching/tingling sensation you get with regular hair dye.

Conditioning is key.

LisaMe

Hi everyone, thanks for the responses!

I personally hope that I won't have to get my hair stripped. I've dyed it home colour since I was 12 and hairdresser colour the last 2 years so my hair right now is like a science experiment with all the different colours!

I'll try and get it dyed again in about a month and hopefully it will have faded enough for them to do something with it.

I know it was silly to get a precolour when I prefer it blonde, but any other times I had dyed it dark, the colour faded in about 3 weeks so that was even more annoying!

cherrycool

LadyPennyworth wrote: »

Strips seems to cost anything from 10-20 euro i think, depending where you go

God, what hairdresser do you go to?! I got mine done recently and the strip, along with the dye over it, was nearly a hundred!

Whoever it was that said your hairdresser is talking crap OP, I agree. I've been dying my hair red for years, and finally got sick of it and decided I wanted to go back to my natural colour - dirty blonde. I went to one hairdresser, who told me that this would be impossible and the best he could do would be to dye it brown and put blonde highlights in. I warily agreed - mistake. Red is such a strong colour that it eventually came through, leaving me with very dark red, light red, brown, browny-ginger, and random blonde highlights. I looked like a clown.

Went to another hairdresser who stripped the lot of it, no problem! He had to do it twice, as the red in my hair was very old and entrenched, but we got there, and he put a nice shade of light brown over it (he advised against blonde, as there was still a slight reddish tinge) and some dark blonde highlights and it is now light brown/golden-y blonde.

Apologies for rambling there, but my original point was that stripping can be done! And red is the absolute hardest colour to get rid of, so if that can be done, any colour can! As for damage - mine was stripped twice in one day and lived to tell the tale. And it lived quite well, actually! Definitely a bit dryer than before, but I used lots of conditioner and within a week or two its soft and shiny again. Happy days. :-)

LisaMe

Just in case anyone was in the same situation, I just left my hair grow out for about 3 months and the brown had eventually faded enough for me to get more beautiful blonde hilights over it. :):) (from the hairdressers who said that they couldn't dye my hair when it was too dark)

LadyMayBelle

Hi Lisa..I recommend the Colour B4 remover from Boots if you want to get rid of all the colour so your hair is back to its original..worked wonders for me AFTER two hairdressers said I couldn't go blonde cos my hair was too dark and had too much red in it..liars!! I'm lettin it simmer at its manky medium brown colour for a few weeks while I'm in hibernation so I can splash out (hopefully) on new hair colour; blonde:)
Good luck with your, would love to see B4 and after pics!