dye black hair brown?

Question

I have brownish-black hair, and i want it to be a medium/dark reddish-brown. I've tried revlon colorsilk and garnier hair color, but both didn't really work or get my hair the color it's supposed to be on the color guide on the box. i want to avoid salons and bleaching. anyone know of a box hair dye that can get my hair noticably lighter?

i tried a home highlighting kit once and it did work, so i know i should be able to do this at home.

Answer 1

First of all, bottle dying doesnt destroy your hair if you do it right. I use the L'oreal Coleur Experte 2-in-1 kit, that has hair color and highlights in one box. Its easy to use, and gives great results. If you dont want the highlights, just use the color, then apply the bleach evenly over your hair for just a few minutes to lighten the color to the shade you want. The conditioner that comes with it, works great at keeping your hair soft and shiny without drying it out like other brand dyes. Ive been using it for 5 years now to increase the red color in my hair, and I was born with dark brown almost black hair. I go back and forth between 3.5 chocolate mousse and 5.5 cinnamon stick. both give great red tones to my hair. (and yes my hair is still healthy....my hairdresser says so) ;) good luck!

Answer 2

No! brown hair dye will only add color. You should go to a pro. If you really can't afford it and decide to do it yourself you will have to find a lightener which will strip the color from your hair. Do a strand test first and see what color you get it may not be the color you want. If not the color you want then try another strand test with the same product and same hair strand. that will probably get you near what you want . Either brown or a blond. Then you can either leave it alone or go brown over the blond. Be warned !!! you may get red!!!. Your hair will go red and orange before blond because of the dark color that it is. Please be careful . It would be best to wait 2 days between bleachings. This will let your hair recover some. Remember this will all damage your hair so condition condition condition after you are thru. good luck.

Answer 3

The colors you buy at walmart, target, drugstores, ect. Have a limit as to how light they can go where as the ones in the salons dont because most who dye there hair at home dont no a whole lot about coloring. Try going a shade lighter but you may need to take baby steps with it like go one shade lighter wait two weeks and go 2 ect. But go with an ammonia free dye because its much better for your hair espacially since you will need to dye it more than once.

Answer 4

I honestly love dirty blonde hair it looks actually pretty

Answer 5

Jet black hair. I have actually dark brown hair and I believe dark hair looks better. I don't really like blonde hair.

Answer 6

if you dye it too much over and over again your hair will not have good results and it will start to fall out. just go to a salon where they have training and it won't cost as much as you are probably thinking. And why don't you want to be a dark haired beauty, anyway?!?!?!?!?!

Answer 7

DO NOT dot it at home...trust me! Please! You will end up spending a fortune to get it "fixed" in a salon after you mess it up at home dying it from a bottle! My hairstylist told me that its okay (but not great) to go darker at home, but NEVER, EVER okay to go lighter at home! You are going to be a carrot top if you do it.....

Answer 8

Why do you want to avoid salons?


There is no way to lighten your hair other than bleaching it. Salons will do it safely and it will kill your hair less. Stop, I repeat, STOP bottle dying it. You are destroying your hair. Just go to a salon and describe to them what you want; they know what they are doing. You, however, don't.

Answer 9

SOMETIMES THE SHORTEST LEAST EXPENSIVE ROUTE IS THE LONGEST MOST EXPENSIVE EXPERIMENT.
LET A PROFESSIONAL DO IT FOR YOU.

Answer 10

You cannot dye your hair a lighter color. You have to bleach it.
Imagine you had a black sweater. Could you dye it white?
I think not!