What to do about damaged blonde hair?

Question

I was a light blonde as a kid, but as I got older, my hair turned a darker blonde, so I began lightening it. Currently, I feel like my hair got damaged from all the dying blonde. It's also a pain in the neck to have to watch out for the darker roots all the time. I would like to do something to repair my hair. Is it worth dying my hair to a light brown, so that the roots don't show that much and it gives my hair a chance to rejuvinate? If so, what shade would you recommend?

These are some of the best answers I ever got and it will be very difficult to pick the best one. Thank you, everyone, for contributing. You have been very helpful. Does anyone know how to select a good stylist? I am in the North Jersey-NYC area.

These are some of the best answers I ever got and it will be very difficult to pick the best one. Thank you, everyone, for contributing. You have been very helpful. Does anyone know how to select a good stylist? I am in the North Jersey-NYC area.

These are some of the best answers I ever got and it will be very difficult to pick the best one. Thank you, everyone, for contributing. You have been very helpful. Does anyone know how to select a good stylist? I am in the North Jersey-NYC area.

These are some of the best answers I ever got and it will be very difficult to pick the best one. Thank you, everyone, for contributing. You have been very helpful. Does anyone know how to select a good stylist? I am in the North Jersey-NYC area.

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Answer 1

I hear ya!

It is unlikely that you will like your hair all one light brown color if your hair is dark blonde. It will not look healthier - but unnatural.

Try this instead.

It is very important to understand that natural blondes - as kids or adults - do not have one color of hair. 'Blonde' hair is a mixture of many shades, from about a 5 or 6 medium to light brown shade all the way to a 10 or extra light blonde, depending on the season. We think otherwise because of all the dye jobs in the media, and it is ruining our hair!

In summers, Nordic hair lightens, in winter it turns darker because there is less sun. North Americans who live in southern states and were born blonde should remember this to avoid overprocessing.

Here what I suggest. Apply deep conditioner every night at bedtime for a week. Do not rinse. Wear a towel to sleep. Rinse in the morning. Lightly shampoo 1/2 way through the week.

See a color specialist - use the same one for at least one year.

Do ONLY the roots:
Ask for three rows of foil highlights at the crown, wherever you part your hair. Use one color in an 8N shade.

Repeat after three months. This time, ask him/her to use 9N for the first row, and an 8N for the second and third rows.

After six months, get six rows of highlights. Use 9N for the first three and 8N for the bottom three. Repeat after three months.

After one year get a full head of highlights including low lights to blend your (by now) grown-out natural color. To avoid brassy or green hair, choose a 5 or 6N shade only for the low lights on the bottom 1/4 or 'base' of your head. Use the 8N on the next lower 1/4. Blend a 9N and a 10N on top 1/2.

Touch up after three months with three rows of highlights at the crown, wherever you part your hair in the 10N shade.

Touch up after six months with six rows of highlights at the crown with a blend of the 8N and 10N shades.

And so on ...

Do not try this at home as foil highlights are hard to do and need precision to look natural.

Do not use bleach and/or a streaking cap for at least a year and one half.

Keep conditioning the hair.
Apply a shine serum protector regularly.
Avoid straighteners for a while!

Get regular trims while your hair is growing out. With all the great pulled back styles, you can wear your hair back in a messy pony tail to hide the 'roots' while they grow out or in, in your case!

Answer 2

Coloring your hair doesn't have to be so damaging. But all color must be maintained. Your choice of the entire head, one pale color is very difficult to keep up on. I would suggest you consult with a good colorist. If you were in my chair I would suggest retouching some your roots with highlighting, I would add a med blond slightly warm tone and also a dark blond tone also slightly warm. At this point I would not add in your natural- way too dark against the ends. It would look stripey. This is not a job to be done at home. I would also recommend an in salon conditioning product and the appropriate shampoo and cond to help restore your hair. Be patient, this is going to take several visits to get the perfect balance of tones and levels of darker blond. If YOU or someone else just dumps a brown over the entire thing we are going to see another post from you in tears. It is going to be a shock, a gross- "hollow" tone and difficult to remove.

Answer 3

I would recommend buying damage remedy by aveda... It is a set of three products, a shampoo, conditioner, & treatment. I truely does help repair the hair. When you are having your hair lightened it is so important not to overlap the bleach on previous lightened hair... this is what causes most of the damage. If you are tired of maintaining your blond... maybe instead of going all light brown, add a lowlight that matches your natural color so you don't have to touch up as often. from experience, most of my blonde clients who go dark end up wanting to go back to blonde... which will cause even more damage. Plus... one solid light brown color is boring. You will probally get sick of it fast. DO NOT try to go back to brown by buying box color... You really have to know what you are doing... there are many steps that go into darkening lightened hair. You don't want to end up green. I think lowlights are your best bet. good luck!

Answer 4

i recommend a good trim on the ends and just deep condition u hair..pull on ur hair and does it snap back? if so it has elasticity..also pull a piece of hair on the top of the head and then hold the hair with one hand and slide down the hair on the strand..is it smooth or course? if you are smooth then ur hair is not very porous..though blond hair tends to be porous a light brown has orange in it so it would turn you orange and brassy...you needs something that has red yellow and violet..such as a light beige brown from Joico 6b find a salon that carrys Joico color

Answer 5

Get a trim to do away with the broken ends, and attempt to no longer dye it, its no longer rather actually worth the wear and tear. In a year or so which you will desire to possibly dye it blonde if this is healthy lower back. and in no way use sunlight-in lower back, it would desire to have completely replaced your hair shade. My aunt used it whilst she replaced into youthful, she had gentle strawberry blonde and now its greater of a delicate pink-brown.

Answer 6

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Answer 8

The lightest brown I could find, and condition with a deep conditioner a lot.

Answer 9

dye it to the closest shade..that way it can grow out and not have to be colored for a while.

after you dye it, go and get your ends trimmed, if you keep your ends trimmed your hair grows faster because its heathier.

also use a repairing shampoo after all is set and done..

Answer 10

Don't even die your hair... it's not good for it. Go ask a hair stylist.