Can blonde highlights ever go orange?

Question

You always hear the stories about when people who have tried to dye their hair blonde that it has turned out ginger or orange. I have a light-medium brown natural hair color when i was younger it was white blonde and gradually with age (14 years old) got darker and i would like to put blonde highlights in my hair AT HOME is there a chance they will go orange ?....

Answer 1

I'm not sure, but my hair was EXACTLY the same. (white blond as a child, changed to medium brown as a teen.

Answer 2

Yes, there is a chance it will go orange. If you want to lighten your hair to a blonde color than you should first bleach your hair, then use a toner. You can find bleaching kits at most hair stores. You will have to use a developer and I'd suggest a 20 lift for medium blonde color and a 30 lift for pale blonde shades. Then after you are done bleaching your hair you can apply a toner. Toners actually neutralize the brassey (orangey) tones and are the best things to use when lightening your hair to blonde. To maintain your blonde shade you should use a shampoo designed for blondes-they help keep the brassiness at bay.

Good luck and remember to always do a strand test on your hair and check it often while processing (dyeing) it. When lightening your hair there are stages your hair goes through to get to blonde. First your hair changes to red, then orange, then a lemon peel type yellow, then white. But please note that once your hair goes white the next step is for your hair to literally melt away-there are no stages after white-so be very careful and check your hair often. I would suggest bleaching it until it hits the lemon peel yellow color than rinsing out the bleach. Then applying the toner for the set amount of time (you will find it on the toner bottle, usually between 10-20 minutes).

Going from brown to blonde is damaging to your hair and there is no way around that, but it can still be done at home and still look good. Good luck and once again I stress doing a strand test first before bleaching and using the toner and on keeping an eye on the color your hair is turning while bleaching it. I've bleached my hair plenty of times and have had success and I had some real disasters-that's why I know what to do now.

Answer 3

If you use a regular dye, there's a chance it might go orange because you're not at a salon. So I recommend you buy something called "Frosting" you can test how light the color comes out on a strand of hair and see if you like it. It will definitely make it very light.

Answer 4

yes, this orange condition is due to under processing of the beaching agent. depending on how dark someone's hair is...beaching it up to a real blonde is a two step process best done by professionals.

Answer 5

yes it could because blond is a mixture of orange and brownish color to make blond.so then it could turn into an orange color

Answer 6

yes they can if u happen to jump into a pool soon after u had them done. wait a couple weeks before going swimming the chlorine, will make them orange and even a little greenish tint to them.

Answer 7

Yes, if you use hydrogen peroxide or if you do the highlights yourself. If you want good, blonde highlights, get it done professionally and use good hydrating shampoos and conditioners.

Answer 8

mine became ginger as time went buy but you could stil have them in 4 like 3 months befour they fade

Answer 9

yes