i want to go dark brown to dirty blonde.. im scared.. any tips?!?!?!?!?

Question

ok i have dark brown hair.. and this summer i want to get alot of blonde highlights to make it sort of a dirty blonde or like a blonde with dark roots.. like kendra's from laguna beach but im reallyyyyyy nervous and stuff.. has anyone ever gone through this before? got anytips so i can get an idea of what it will be like or such? pleaseeeeeeee help =]

Answer 1

If you even have dark blonde hair, and you want to go blonder you are going to have to bleach it!
and the process of how many times your going to have to bleach it comes with how dark of hair you have!

the box color will not take to your hair period, it might tint it more orange.

heres the process:
ultra blue bleach package. volume 5 processor. apply this dont dont leave the dye on for more than 60 minute!
repeat this depending on the darkness of your hair!

black-5x's
dark brown-4x's
medium brown-3x's
light brown-2x's
dark blonde-1x's

the to even you color out
buy:
a filler and dye of you desired color!
I recomend if a box dye revlon and insert the filler

if you buy it at the beauty supply use your same processor
and just buy the actuall dye
I recomend wella!

I am a hair dresser, so who better to trust!
any questions my email address is [e-mail]
good luck!

Answer 2

First: I am not a professional hair stylist. I am a slowly graying blond who has been playing with highlights & color off & on for over 30 years.

If you can afford it, get any coloring--whether highlights or allover, permanent color--professionally done. I know it may seem expensive, but it's even more expensive to have to go to a really good salon to get color correction on a botched job. I don't know what part of the country you're in, but if for example a professional, two-step (more on this later) color job at a decent salon is $75, the cost to correct color could easily be twice that.
If you are looking ahead to next summer, you've got time to do the research on what it will cost (don't forget the tip!) and budget accordingly--or maybe someone can treat you for a holiday or birthday present?

Back to the importance of going to a professional--here's the concern: Even if you are only talking about highlights, it's hard to go from a dark brown to any shade of blond, although a dirty blond is obviously easier than a platinum blond.

Whenever you are lightening hair, you have to be concerned about what other colors are naturally in and under your brown. If there's a lot of red, which you might not even realize is there, and you don't use the right products correctly, you can end up with coppery, brassy looking hair. (Been there, done that!)

The two-step processs I mentioned earlier could be for either an overall color change or simply the addition of highlights. The idea behind the two step process is: first you use a product to remove color from your hair (natural or not) and then you use a level 3 (or permanent) product to further lighten and add the appropriate shade. Sometimes a stylist will recommend use of
two lighter shades--the very best highlights I ever got used two
colors, which you wouldn't necessarily have been able to tell by looking at my hair, but it made for very natural looking results that
didn't need to be touched up for a long time.

I know people who routinely skip this process and just use the level 3 product. This works if you are not going more than a couple of shades lighter than your natural hair, if your hair is lighter to begin with, or once dyed to touch up roots & renew color. There are highlighting kits you can purchase, but be careful: if they are relying on peroxide related chemicals to lighten the hair, you can end up with brassy, reddish, or
coppery looking highlights. I would also caution against the products where you brush on the lightening solution unless you have a very steady hand, good mirrors, and someone helping you. They make it sound like it's easy, but I've had better luck with the caps that have all the little holes you gently pull the hair you want highlighted through.

You are still better off going to have it done professionally. Maybe make an appointment for a color consultation? This service may be free (or free when you book your coloring job) or it may involve a simple (expensive) consulting fee. Let the stylist know what you are thinking about, and get a professional opinion. Bring pictures (in color) from magazines or printed from the computer to show exactly what you are looking for.

There are supposedly websites where you can upload a picture and see what you would look like with different colored hair. I don't know of any myself, and if you are under 18, you need to be very careful about any images or personal information you put on the internet.

Good luck! I really understand the nerves--everytime I do something to my hair, even when I splurge and go to a good salon, there are nerves. There's a lot about my natural color I actually like. Sometimes the results are better than I imaged, and I'm really thrilled, other times my response is lukewarm, and if you play with your hair long enough (and make the mistake of not going to a professional) there will be some disasters along the way. Remember this: What we think is a shocking disaster doesn't necessarily look bad to others. I'm sure you will get good advice from others, too. If a licensed hair stylists contradicts what I have told you, listen to him or her!

Answer 3

Being the sister of a professional hair stylist my tips are as follows: Don't use box dye, Go to a salon that isn't cheap, start with highlights and work from there highlights are way easier to let grow out then a full head of blonde hair, make sure you aren't going to change your mind in a month because that's what does the most damage going from light to dark to light again...

Answer 4

Try getting it done professionally with a good quality high lift ash blond tint before you bleach it. High lift tint will bring a level 2 or 3 to a level 5 or 6 if that is blond enough. When you bleach hair that is that dark you will get strawberry blond (level 7,8,or9), that is reddish blond. High lift tint looks less fake on dark hair. NEVER BLEACH HAIR MORE THAN TWICE for professionals, ONCE for amateurs and never more than 45 minutes the first time and 25 the second on the same piece of hair. It will break

Answer 5

do not dye or highlight your hair. stay out in the sun for a while and it will look the way kendras does. she on the beach. thats probally the best place to get it the fastest

Answer 6

Get u some cheap blonde dye and dye it where u want it blonde.
Takes 20 min. rinse. When u get out in the summer this summer, put aloe vera gel or peroxide in your hair for higher lights.

Answer 7

try to streak it dirty blone first

Answer 8

highlight it first