Advice required for colour change!

Cleopatra_Rebel

Hey all,
My hair is in desperate need of a colour change! i've been more or less black/very dark brown since about April of this year but now that my roots are beginning to show abit more (naturally a brunette).
I'd like to go back to a more warm/chestnut brown colour but i've been told before that i'd either have to get blonde highlights or red base to start lightening my hair before i can get back to this. So the last time when i went to the Salon they added a reddish base to my hair, this had just coloured over my roots (which were about 3inches at the time) and the rest of my hair was still very very dark brown/black! i wasn't overly delighted with this, as i had two different colour tones in my hair (top part was reddish and bottom half was black!).
I don't want a repeat of this happening again! I feel that my only option now is to get a full head of blonde highlights in and begin introducing my ideal 'chestnut' brown colour from there on in or can anyone else suggest what i should try. I don't want to go down the route of cutting the black out of my hair nor do i want to chemically strip away the colour.
Any advise would be greatly appreciated.

ULgirl2010

Hey..... I was in the exact same position a few months ago... i think it depends if you have salon dye or home dye in your hair... as far as i know, if its home dye, theres not much can be done to lighten it except let the dye lift as much as possible (use head and shoulders!) ... well this is what i was told in the salon anyway, so i persevered and let it grow out as much as possible, and when i couldnt handle the roots anymore, i got a water strip done... i dont know how it works but it doesnt involve chemicals, and it really worked on my hair, the stylist then dyed my hair a shade very similar to my natural colour, which is now growing out and my roots are barely visible...

Storminateacup

Washing your hair with fairy washing up liquid, and leaving it in your hair for an hour + will lift the colour, but it will wreck your hair.

I guess a slow way of doin it would be semi colour your roots the same colour as your hair?? Until it's completely grown out

cmrm

have you tried Colour B4, you can get it in Boots for about 13euro.
I used to have black/dark brown coloured hair and now have blonde.
I only managed to get that way buy using this stuff which took the black/brown permanent dye out of my hair (isn't damaging) and left me with my natural colour but with a touch of reddish tint (left over dye).
It doesnt work on bleached hair but i found it brilliant for my semi/permanent box dyed hair!