How do I dye my hair back to blonde if it's currently brown, without turning it a different color?

Question

Okay, I loved being blonde, but I got bored and dyed it brown. (stupid idea) Now I want it blonde by the summer. Any ideas?

Answer 1

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How can I undo a color? — The chemical process of undoing a hair color treatment, and then getting the hair color you desire, requires an experienced hair colorist to get it right. There are different solutions depending on what hair color your trying to correct, what chemical processes are already on your hair, and how much more abuse your hair can take.

L’Oreal, Revlon, and Clairol all have consumer hotlines that take thousands of calls a year from customers who didn’t get the color they were hoping for. Do you know what they all have in common? When asked if they did a strand test, the overwhelming response was “No.” Why? The excuses are similar, “didn’t have the time,” “didn’t want to cut off some of my hair,” “didn’t think it was really necessary.”

Clairol — 800-223-5800
L’Oreal — 800-631-7358
Revlon — 800-4Revlon

You can try the hotline, but beware and think twice before trying hair color correction at home. A better bet here would be a consultation with your hair stylist. If they are specialized at hair coloring, great, otherwise let them refer you to someone who is.You may be able to get close to the original hair color you intended, but not without spending some more time, more money and possibly doing irreparable hair damage.

All of that being said, and you still want to try a home remedy to lighten some hair color, here are your options:

Use a clarifying shampoo
Metalex by Clairol — A product that claims to remove problem overtones that occur from hair colors that have deposited too much ash, red, copper, or lavender. It contains sulphonated oil, which supposedly does the stripping. The product only works for temporary hair dyes, not permanent hair dyes. You can find this hair care product and many other specialty hair care products at your local Beauty Mart or my favorite Folica.com.
Soap-bleach shampoo cocktail — The most effective, and will be the most challenging to use. To lift out hair color, combine one packet of bleach powder to two ounces of shampoo. You can add some water for longer hair. Mix it up and shampoo into your hair. WATCH CLOSELY for the hair turning lighter as the old hair color leaves. Wash it out when the hair color has lifted out. It’s better to wash it out early as you can redo this step as often as needed. Now you can apply a level two hair color that you wanted in the first place.

Answer 2

You could use peroxide, I'm pretty sure that would bleach it. A safer option would be to go to the hairdressers, where you may pay a bit more but you have more of a guarantee that the dying will work. What you probably need to do is get the colour stripped out of your hair. It's like trying to draw a yellow line on something black - there's barely a change because the original colour is too dark. Good luck! - A l l y (:

Answer 3

OK.So I JUST had the same problem. I dyed my hair from blonde to Brown and when i wanted to go back to blonde I tried dying my hair with three different store bought dye kits. Well eventually after NO CHANGE in my hair color I went and talked to a hair stylist. She said the easiest way is to go to a professional, but the cheapest way it to buy bleaching kits. It really works too. I had to bleach my hair twice to get the blonde I wanted, because bleaching it once wont get it to bleach blonde right away.

Answer 4

Go to a professional stylist. You need to strip the color out of your hair and have the blonde put back in. You run the potential of turning your hair green if you just try and dye over the brown. Good luck!

Answer 5

peroxide lemon juice and salt, the peroxide w/salt will help get rid of the dye, the lemon juice will help highlight your already blonde hair. you dont need to get your hair extremely wet to do this. just brush in a few oz's at a time till you got all your hair then blowdry it and try to get about half a hour of sunlight. then wash it out. you will see a result, but you will have to do this 4 or 5 times, depending on how brown your hair is.
it took me about 8 times of doing this when i tried jet black.

Answer 6

Have a professional do it. You're going to have to use a lightener (bleach). Then probably a toner to get it to the shade of blonde you like.

Answer 7

my hair is naturally black, i have done my hair blond to pink and purple to blue black. all i can say is honestly just grow your hair out.
just every third to fourth month get only a trim not even a !/2 inch off your hair will grow , also go to like walmart or a pharmacy & buy a hair vitamins and use pantene pro v, and swhct every month to thermosilk. always buy the for dry damaged hair. your hair will grow. please go to the ;www.dontforgettotakeyourvitamins.com/crowley

Answer 8

well its pretty much imposible it could take years for your hair to return back. First stop dying it period
or you could cut it all off and let it grow back

Answer 9

choose color you like more

Answer 10

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