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Hair color help
About a year and a half ago I bleached my bang area as well as the sides. Then about 8 months ago I decided to dye my hair black. It was semi permanent (I think). I havnt dyed my hair since and my hair is back to my original dark brown with slight hints of honey in the front of my hair that was previously bleached. So here’s my question. Summers coming and I want to go light. Not blonde but a light brown. How do I achieve this? Can it be done without bleach? I want to try box color but I don’t want hot roots. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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Color is a very tricky thing to do yourself. Let a hairdresser do it.
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I agree with stylynzy, hair color is more complicated than you may think, especially when trying to remove black dye. You know what they say…….. Once you go black….. Talk to your hairstylist about color removers. these do not contain bleach and only attack artificial pigment. RUSK Elemin8, Modulat, to name a few. Good luck and be sure to see someone with color correction experience. Maybe a color specialist in your area. If you don't have someone , check out 1800thesalon.com.
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I know a SLOW way to lighten your hair is using baking soda to wash your hair. But that could take a while to bring it up as far as you want it. I tried using this stuff called "Color oops" that sells in your local pharmacy/convenience store, it is supposed to turn your hair back to its lightest shade before coloring. Only, it turns your hair really orange so you have to dye it again afterwards to neutralize that sunkist look 😉
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natural tips- I am a dye whore…named by my friend..she who will remain nameless…I'm natural blonde, goes mousy/dirty in the summer, first let it be said, natural blonde is not a BAD colour..media keeps rubbing it in "its dirty" "mousey" having hair the clour of a "mucky rodent" is enough to make anyone hate their hair…love your own colour, focus more on healthy thick shiny hair…but we're her because we've been dye-whores..I found a secret, first, if you've gone too dark, or worse still used bleech and turned yourself the delightful shade of "fox" heres what to do…buy a hat…ok..but you MUST RESIST buying dye for at least 6 weeks…you can do this! you hate it, but it will be worth it once you stunn everyone with your new nice hair..OLIVE OIL and COCONUT OIL is what you need…and cling film, wet your hair with LUKE WARM water till its sodden, DO NOT towel dry, just gently squeeze any excess, if you've been over dying, your hair will hold a lot of water due to damage, we can use this to our advantage, whilst hair is soaked, apply the oil and wrapp your head in clingfilm, STAY LIKE THIS ALL NIGHT! rince out in the morning using ANY shampoo with MACADEMIA OIL/EXTRACT (prob spelt that wrong?) leave to dry IN THE AIR, you'll prob find your hair stays wet most of the day so a loose tyed up style is best, do this twice a week for 6 weeks. the last 3 weeks mix NUTMEG,BAKING SODA and LEMON JUICE. make a lot of it, (1 jiff lemon shaped thingy,2 teasp nutmeg, 1 baking soda) this will lift your dark shade gently removing some of the colour, do this once a week for last 3 weeks. get your hair trimmed a couple of centimetres, now it should feel lovely, but a yucky orange or still quite dark.GO TO A SALON (ask for high lights, 3 tones best) If they won't, buy a home streak CAP do not use the bleach that comes with it, instead buy Sun in super,(do a strand test first to test how damaged your hair is, if its "elastic noodles" when wet? you have to stay orange/dark and repeat the oil treatment till its less noodley) pull hair through ,slightly damped hair to be sprayed, spray it, hair dry it on low,cool for 30 mins, then 20 mins on hot…yes I know it smells, yes it can make your eyes water…be near an open window. Next day do the coconut oil treatment. keep repeating this and your hair will become lighter and look more natural, red tones will decrease with use of the lemon mix. I used this method to restore my hair from, black, dark green, cadbury purple, turquoise, deep blue, brassy orange. …lastly, learn to love your own unique colour, and leave it alone, stop dying it, trust me, people envy the shine and condition more than the colour!
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..hmm many a spelling error, sorry, and that should be, winter, not summer…alas, typing too quickly, knew I should have ran it through spell check!
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What is your natural hair color?
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Hi
If your naturally dark brown? Hmmm…. you could try the lemon juice as a natural alternative , Lemon juice and lots of sun .With my hair it had a very drying effect so you would need to condition like crazy! Ive heard avacado's can make a good conditioning mask for hair, ive yet to test this.
Lemon juice – For me the effects were subtle but noticable – nice, but time consuming at the same time. Im too impatient, lol!
Perhaps wait until your hair is long enough and get your bangs chopped off, then you can start over again ,a fresh canvas so to speak! Newly grown undyed hair always looks best.
Good luck experimenting, my biggest hair "faux pas" was turning myself a radiant shade of Teal!!! Not intentionally- beware of home kits, well ,in my case any way…
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Ps.
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EEK! Hit send by accident!
I live in UK and cant find Macademia oil/ext anywhere, where do u buy it?
Also just realised this is a pole dancing site and not a hair forum, ROFL!
StudioVeena does have a hair salon kind of ring to it doesnt it?……Ok just me then.
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Cherry,
you should take this as a sign to start poling 🙂
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