Can my daughter get her hair dyed back to her natural color after coloring it?

Question

My daughter has a light to medium brown natural hair color. She had blonde highlights on the brown. Looked great to me but she decided she wanted to go all blonde. Yesterday she had it colored all blonde, but it came out blonde and brassy. I called the hairstylist to fix it. We went back today and had more put on (mainly around the roots where it was brassy). It looks even worse. Blonde, yellow, and brassy. She now wants to go back to her natural hair color. Is it possible to do this without her hair falling out? She starts high school in a few days and is in tears. Please reply fast.

Answer 1

it depends on what kind of dye u used...

Answer 2

Hi Gina

I am someone who had her hair in almost every color possible except green :)
My natural color is also brown. I dyed it it blonde two years ago. Didnt like it also.
Dont worry about your daughters hair falling off after additional color application, thats NOT going to happen if thats her first time as blonde. What she has to do is to buy a hair color 1-2 shades darker than her natural and try it. If her current color is too yellow, what you need to do is additionally to the brown shade you must also buy one ash brown color and mix those two together. Ash color kills the yellow.
It might come out a little brighter than her natural, because the base is blonde. But at least she will get back more natural look. And use some restoring/nourishing shampoos/conditioners for now.
Then wait 2-3 weeks and color it brown again if required if not, leave it to grow.

Answer 3

Buying any dye from a store would probably work well. As long as you go for a medium brown color, nothing too harsh. But I personally suggest that you have the hair stylist do it. The only thing to really avoid is lightening it anymore.

I would suggest using an unnatural dye such as Special Effects, as they are really gentle on the hair and do not cause breakage. However unless she wants pink or purple hair... or would like to be a red head, I doubt either of you would go for it. =P

Although, they do have toner which should remove the yellow tint and make it more of a 'white-blonde'. And causes little damage in the process.

Whichever the case, make sure to get a good conditioner if she used bleach to lighten her hair.

Good luck, I hope things work out for her.

Answer 4

Yes she can do it...I've had similar experiences in the past. Its really hard on your hair to bleach it but its not as bad to darken it...I haven't bleached my hair in years and have been darkening it instead and its the healthiest its ever been. It will be fine, but just be warned that unless its done by a professional and maybe even then the blonde my start to come back trhought the darker over time...I haven't had highlights in 3 years and the last time I dyed my hair was the first time I have ever been able to completely get rid of the blonde.

Answer 5

Their is a product called second nature that is a deposit only color.It has no ammonia so it is not as damaging to the hair. It would have to be done in a salon though because it is a professional color.I'm sorry it happened. If she were my client,I would have tried to talk her out of it to begin with.If she does it, she will have to stay natural until it grows back out. To re apply lightener after all the hair has been through would be very bad.Also,it may fade off gradually,so you are looking at re applying about every six to eight weeks. Good luck to you.

Answer 6

Find a colorist good at making corrections.She should be able to help your daughter get her color back as closely as possible.It's still a possibility that some hair will break off,though,even in the hands of a very competent stylist who may have your daughter take a few deep conditioning treatments before hand,to build hair strength.

Answer 7

My sister is a cosmetologist and she had a similiar experience with my best friend who had a bad dye. She had to use some sort of solution that would strip the dye out. I would call another salon and tell them the situation, make sure you ask if they have a color specialist there, they are the ones that have done the extra training to obtain this title, and are worth their weight in gold. They may still have to add some dye or may not, that is why I recommend a specialist she will know best. Good Luck!!

Answer 8

It is possible to get it a color closer to her natural color or at least enough to blend it so that she could just let it grow that way.If her hair doesn't seem to damaged,wait at least a week before putting anything else on it. When you darken it, go at least a shade lighter then the color you want because the color might grab since her hair has been lightened. Avoid ash tones because it might turn it green or gray. Try a nuetral or beige tone.

Answer 9

Go to a hairstylist, and ask the stylist for "reverse-streaks". Together, the three of you can look at hair swatches for a close match to her own natural color.

The hairstylsit will then pull streaks or do foils but instead of using bleach, she'll use her natural color and as an end result, she'll look as if she has had her own color, highlighted.

Answer 10

hi there well yes it is possiable BUT the hair has to be in good condition after having 2 bleach services she really needs to condition the heck out of it,i am a cosmetoligest and see this all the time i really do not suggest buying a home color it may turn ashey(green) in order to help you i need to know what you think the excact color is now also the other thing you could do is what is called a lowlight and that is puting darker strands in

Answer 11

I'm not sure. She may have to just go with blonde hair for a while until her hair starts to grow back to its natural color.

In case you can't dye it back, I'd say try to give her a stylish haircut, so that she'll feel better about herself at least. And without sounding too much like a pervert, guys generally go for blondes :)