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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 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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by sam from romford essex on December 14, 2008
i had bleached blonde highlights and have dyed it all black but hating it and want it blonde again what can i do or go to have this done
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by charlene brennan from Ireland on November 28, 2008
hi, i used to have bright bleach blonde hair andlast week i got a mad idea to change it to a intense red, i dont like it anymore and want blonde back, is ther anything i can do to get it blonde again...
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by Lora from home on September 6, 2008
My daughter had dyed her hair 1 month ago to dark now she wants it back to blonde, we tried a light blonde color last week and it made the roots blonde but just lighten the ends she wants to try again today. I don't know what to go with?
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by Victoria Nazario from Klamath Falls, OR on September 3, 2008
I've been coloring my short hair w/same product every 3-4 weeks for the last year. The product was a level 3 medium golden brown which turns my salt and pepper hair a dark auburn. Years ago I colored my hair with a level 2 dark brown. I decided to try and switch back to the dark brown level two and deposited that on Monday, this is now Wednesday evening. I have washed my hair with 2 latherings each time Monday night, Tuesday am and Wednesday am and currently have fresh squeezed lemon/lime juice saturing my hair. This is a natural attempt to strip some of this BLACK!!! off all 1 1/2" of my thick hair. HELP!!!
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by Evelyn from Sunrise, Florida on July 10, 2008
My natural color is BLACK, and I have a lot of gray hray hair now, and I need to be retouching my roots almost every 2 weeks, and I really slave of this I want to do something or change my hair color that disguise my gray hair at least for more than 2 weeks...please help me
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by Alisa from Delran, NJ on June 18, 2008
I love herbals hair colors and that is what I use all the time.But lastweek i used black cherry and i hate it. It is to dark. I want to lighten it up.so what color I can use.Thanks.
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