Why doesn't my hair change colors when I dye it!!??

Question

I use the professional hair dye from the bottle. Yep, TWO bottles. I have dark brown, semi-thick, straight hair and I usually dye it "light ash brown." Why can't it change? Well, it does a little but not noticably. What can I do?
By the way, I do do it right. I have my friend's sister do it FOR me with professional products.

Answer 1

I think it would be hard to dye such dark hair a lighter shade without using bleach.

I've seen people who've had it done at salons, and even then it often looks weird.

Try putting blonde or red streaks in it.

Answer 2

You really can't dye dark hair a lighter color without bleaching it first. Either you bleach it and deal with the damage or leave it alone.

Answer 3

1. Do you have well water?
It sounds like you may have a build up of some sort on your hair preventing penetration of the pigments. You should visit a beauty school or beauty salon and ask for a professional assessment!
Good luck and eat more peanut butter!

Answer 4

Maybe your hair is sooooo dark that you need to use a loooottttt of hair dye.

Answer 5

sometimes hair dye just doen't take on certain people, also it could be the color your using, try varrying the color a bit. make sure you don't wash your hair for atleast the day before. super clean hair isn't good. also you can try leaving it in for a slightly longer period of time.

Answer 6

it's hard to go light from dark, you usually need to bleach it first... which i wouldn't recommend if you didn't know what you were doing.... bleaching can go horribly wrong...