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Correcting Too-Dark Color
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Don't panic: During the first week after coloring, hair usually lightens a bit, especially after a few shampoos; this is particularly true of coarse and damaged hair.
If you've used permanent color and you just can't live with it, a colorist can use a color remover to lighten your hair. (There are color removers available in drugstores, but this process is best left to the pros.) However, this should be your last resort -- you'll risk further damage and a brassy look, and you'll probably have to dye it yet again. If you've used a gentle semipermanent, just keep shampooing; eventually, most of it will come out.
To keep your hair from getting too dark when coloring at home, choose a product that's a shade or two lighter than the one you think you want, especially if you have coarse, damaged or thin hair -- these all absorb more dye than other types. A deep conditioning before you color also can help. Color builds up, too -- even semipermanents -- so when you do touch-ups, don't let the product stay on the ends of your hair too long. And always do a strand test to get the timing right.
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by lina from montreal on July 22, 2010
I recently dyed my daughter's hair brown, she had a black base. Her roots are now brown but the rest of her hair is still black what should I do to make her hair a medium brown her natural color.
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by Abi D on June 21, 2010
i had complete colour correction from very dark brown/reddy to light brown, the light brown was lovely at first but after my first 5 washes or so the colour started coming out and the colour from underneath (orange from the bleach) is starting come through.
the whole point of the colour correction was to get rid of the gingery red, what should i do?
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by TJ from home on March 16, 2010
hi, im naturally dark blonde, but iv dyed my hair quite bit, from dark red to purple. I had a bit of a dye disaster when my hair went orange, i also had to be somewhere that day so i quickly went out and got a dark brown and dyed my hair, but now all i want to do is go back to my natural colour, i know it will really damage my hair and im worried that it will go wrong. Iv got an appointment on friday to get it taken out, will my hair eventually be back to normal and undamaged?
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by Bobbie from new jersey on February 25, 2010
How can I highlite my already colored hair?
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by kathryn on February 24, 2010
hi i dyed my hair a very dark brown from blond which i have done about 3 times now but the thing is i really want it out now i seem to dye it more when it is brown that i ever did when it was blond the only thing is it has a very red tinge to it now and all the hair salons around where i live refuss to do it! is there something i could do to help get myself back blond again
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by amanda from leeds. england. on January 5, 2010
my hair is naturally blonde but been colouring dark chocolate. i want my natural hue back so been leaving it to grow but its doing my head in and the roots are blonde with dark 4 inch ends.. ive short hair so highlights would look mad! help, please....thanks.
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by Jenna from Anaheim,, on December 7, 2009
I had dyed blonde hair.. not bleached... I recently in the last month dyed it very dark brown with 2 bugundy streaks in front.. Don't know why I did that.. I want my blonde hair back.. Hair is shoulder length...What do I do????
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by Cheryl White from Havelock Ont on November 26, 2009
I had hi-lites in my hair and I wanted to go back to my natural color. The salon went way too dark. Tell me what to use or how to fix this. I don't want to go back to the same girl.
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by melissa from dover nj 07801 on November 25, 2009
my hair was dark brown and i just color it like a medium golding red but is not a permenent color i dn't like the red shade how can i get the red off?
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by melissa from dover nj 07801 on November 25, 2009
my hair was dark brown and i just color it like a medium golding red but is not a permenent color i dn't like the red shade how can i get the red off?
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by Linda from Milw. WI on November 18, 2009
I just had my hair dyed and it came out way to dark,will lemon juice lighten it up a little?
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by Ruthy from Nairobi Kenya on October 25, 2009
how does one get blonde with an ash tone rather than yellow on asian hair?I have tried using a 9.1 but it doesnt quite get rid of the yellow.
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by amanda from washington on October 24, 2009
Liane Melchert from Green Bay if you put chocolate cherry all over your greys will be lighter than the ends so your roots will be light the chocolate cherry will coat the black and that mean if you want to go lighter in the future you will have a hard time changing.
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by amanda from washington on October 24, 2009
well if your hair is to dark you need to get color erase from beauty supply it will take 1 to 4 levels lighter if you want to get as close to the color you want four levels is better once you do that you can put the color you want as long as the color is between 1 to four levels
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by bc from washington state on October 21, 2009
Well there are alot of comments from people who made there hair too dark but I dont see any answers or solutions to thier problems posted! Isnt someone supposed to answer and offer advise? otherwise whats the point?
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by Liane Melchert from Green Bay on April 18, 2009
I dye my hair black, but the roots come in so fast to grey, can i dye my hair chocolate cherry over black, and what is the outcome.
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by tracy mathers from hull on April 18, 2009
i had a build up of lots of highlights, i am naturally red i wanted to go back to red with a few highlights but the copper red i chose went wishy washy, i coloured over it with 6.43 a dark blonde red but because my hair is porous it has gone very dark brown in patches and showing no sign of fading what can i do to correct it? i look so pale and washed out please help x
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by Darlene from Boston on March 17, 2009
I began with a strawberry blond (my natural color is chestnut). I had it professionally colored a bright red. It is awful. After a couple of weeks, I used Loreal light reddish blond (my usual color) and it came out a very bright red and different shades in different areas. The roots are blonder and the top is red and the back almost looks like apricot. Too many colors. Its been a week. Can I try to recolor it? What if i went to a salon, would it be safe to recolor it now?
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by roscoe from wisconsin on February 22, 2009
I used colorcharm #7401/2 on grey hair for 35mins.and it is too dark,can I lighten it with a lighter colorcharm color?
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by dena on December 22, 2008
sam: Black is the hardest color to get out. You have to strip it/bleach it. Good luck!
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