I want to dye my hair dark brown, but how?

Question

Okay, I have wavy, frizzy hair that goes over my shoulders. Right now it's this ugly medium orangy-brown sort of color, and my roots are growing out, which my hair is naturally very dark brown/black. I want a dye that will slightly lighten my roots, and darken my ends. Which dark brown dye is best?

I want a company name. I know how to dye my hair and I don't want to go to a salon, forget it. Which one should I buy, Revlon, Garnier, L'Oreal, etc?

Answer 1

Most drug store dyes do not lighten, and those that do will not lighten more than two levels. Look for a shade that is in between your roots and ends.

Stay away from henna...It is semi permanent, meaning it will wash out eventually (not evenly), and permanent store bought dye can not be used over top -- your hair will snap. Most commercial henna dyes contain metallic salt or "compound henna dyes". This isn't good for your hair and will dry it out.

Ash shades are much lighter than dark brown and have a "grayish" look. Brown is a neutral color...there is no need to counter the red tones with other shades.

Answer 2

If you don't want to see a hairdresser, and prefer to do it at home, I would recommend the Nice and Easy brand. I currently use the medium brown shade. It actually looks dark brown, not medium, which is what I wanted. The Nice and Easy is really gentle on the hair and comes with a great conditioner for afterwards. I also have curly thick hair, and it seemed to make my hair less frizzy. I am happy about that. Plus, it is a lot cheaper than the salon. One thing I would suggest - if you color your own hair, part your hair as you normally would when it is styled. That way, you can get the roots to look right. Good luck!

Answer 3

I don't know about the "lightening my roots" part, but you could try a henna or a non permanant hair color. Hennas are very safe and don't contain chemicals unlike haircolor, and they last a long time. You don't get that "roots" look because they come out veeeery gradually. There is a liquid henna on the market called Surya that is from India that is very good. I use the chocolate color. Hennas give nice highlights too, so they look more natural and more exciting looking, not flat color like a dye. If you have Surya left after your first henna application, you can save it by recapping it and keeping it in a cool dark place to be used later. You can't do that with haircolor.

Answer 4

Since your hair is in different colors and you want it to look natural growing out, this may be the time to stop by a salon. You could try picking out a dye at the local drugstore (I do!), but what will you do if it doesn't work and your hair looks worse? I think that it's just too much of a risk for something that you have to wear on your head every day.

Answer 5

You can either go to the salon or do it yourself (buy hair dye from a drugstore). I personally do it myself because I don't like spending 4 hours sitting in a chair, and also because it's a lot cheaper. If you chose to do it yourself, you can buy hair dye from any Rite Aid or CVS.

If you're picking a shade of dye that's darker than your normal hair color, then the color on the box will be the color that your hair will turn out to be. If you're picking a color that's lighter, it will be a lot darker than how it looks on the box, so pick a color 2 shades lighter than what you want.

Answer 6

Buy an deep ash brown.
The ash tones will get rid of the odd looking orange tones, and the deep ash brown tone will even out both the ends and roots.
When you add deep ash brown dye to dark brown/black hair you get a deep ash brown tone.
When you add deep ash brown dye to orange brown you get deep ash brown.
It's important to get a shade that not only blends with your natural hair color, also corrects the hair dye mistake.

Answer 7

thats impossible unless you buy 2 boxes of color, a permanent for your roots and a demi permanent or semi permanent for the ends. (deposit only)
My advice to you is to go to a supply house such as a Sally's one thats open to the public, they are all professionals, I'd use Ion Color, It's rich and vicrant and makes your hair shine, I'd use a 10 volume on the ends and a 20 volume on the roots, at the stores, well I really don't trust them. hope that helps.

Answer 8

Go to a hair salon with reasonable pricing and good recommendations. They'll be best at deciding which shade of brown would be best on you.

Answer 9

You can dye it darkish brown however you have to pre pigmentate it first to place the copper, bronze and purple tones in first. If you do not do that it's going to move inexperienced. It satisfactory to have this performed professionally for the satisfactory outcome.

Answer 10

Nice 'n Easy-try using an ash color to lessen the red effect. It comes w/a conditionerr which should help w/the frizzies.