Hair disaster! Urgent advice needed!

emmabee

Hi, I had my hair given "balayage" last night, going from box-dye dark brown to a disgusting yellow orange! Its beyond repair (after two goes of bleach) and I really need advice. Am i okay to dye it over again (with my usual brown colour) or what do you recommend?

dee_mc

I'd recommend getting to a hairdresser and seeing what they can do to salvage it. Speaking from experience, box dye doesn't cover over-processed, recently bleached hair well and the colour result can be unpredictable to put it mildly. At least have a quick consultation with a good hairdresser and go from there.

Ah_Yeah

I second that. I had balayage done last year, and it was the biggest regret of my life. The ends of my hair turned to straw. I went to a hairdresser who dyed it back to my previous electric red - she didn't strip the bleach as my hair was already so badly damaged she didn't want to damage it any further. She took 1-2 inches off with every cut, I came back every 6 weeks, and now there's only an inch or so left to take. It was a long process but without her help my hair would be in a much worse state by now!

emmabee

Thanks guys. A hairdresser is the ideal solution but unfortunately I cant afford one. The condition hasnt suffered too much so im leaning towards just re-dying the front part and leaving the underlayer blonde, the colour took much better at the base. What would you think of using a semi-permanent colour on it, i would have thought this to be less risky?

Tabitharose

I'd wonder if a revlon colour bomb in brown would work... I think the colour only takes on bleached hair, (that's what I was told by my hairdresser) and it's very conditioning (I have very dark hair and used to get highlights then use a purple colour bomb over them).

Terrisales & any other hairdressing supplies place do them. Link to them on amazon (just so you can see what I'm talking about)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Professional-Nutri-Colour-Creme-Revlon/dp/B0016KYYEQ