What are my choices for hair color lightening in a salon?

Question

My hair was dyed a medium brown with a semi-permanent by a professional three months ago. Yesterday, I went to a salon to have my hair lightened, but she only put the lightener on my roots. She waited until I told her I didn't like that my hair was two different colors, until she said that color won't lift color. She said the only way to lighten my hair would be by putting highlights in my hair to gradually lighten the color. I spoke to the manager, and I'm going back to the salon tomorrow. I want ONE single color in my hair, not highlights! What can they do at a salon to lighten my hair color (that'll cause the least damage)? I had a color correction (I went from a black to a light brown) last year, and she didn't use bleach.

Answer 1

If they say the lightner isn't bleach, every lightner has some kind of bleach. you should probably go with the darkest color in your hair and make it match all over(one color) so it doesn't damage it. She's right color won't lift color.