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You've taken the plunge and gone with a permanent color or a strong semipermanent, but it's just not what you pictured. If you had it done at a salon, any good professional will be happy to adjust it if you're not completely satisfied. (Of course, you might want to think twice about returning to a person who botched the job in the first place.)

If you just can't live with it at all, a colorist can use a color remover to lighten your hair, but you run the risk of further damage and a brassy look and you'll probably have to dye it yet again. (There are color removers available in drugstores, but this process is best left to the pros.) If you've used a gentle semipermanent color, most of it will eventually wash out -- just keep shampooing. In any event, time and a haircut may be your best bets.

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by karen clarke from victoria on October 5, 2011
my natural hair colour is mousy brown, but the sun has been lightening it. I put l'oreal golden brown in and it has a shade of green. I have another packet of the same and was wondering if that will happen again.
by Alisha from Texas on March 30, 2011
Just to let everyone know Ash does deposit a grayish tone in your hair. My stylist recommended that if I ever did an over the counter color again to avoid anything that says ash (esp with blonde or highlighted hair)
by emily from England on February 15, 2011
I already had to some thin blonde highlights in my natural dark brown hair which I had no problem with, but I got a little bored of my colour and wanted to go a little lighter in time for summer. As soon as the hairdresser took the towel off of my head and showed me the end results I nearly screamed and couldn't bare to look into the mirror again... my roots were white and the rest of my hair was basically a horrible ginger colour. I told her that I didn't think I liked it (well I knew I didn't like it but I just wanted to get out of there) and she just said it would be fine after a couple of washes. Literally, as soon as I 'paid' I immediatley bought myself a hat and had to walk through a busy town centre to get to my normal hair salon and my hairdresser nearly passed out when she saw my hair. It took her three hours to get my hair colour corrected, its still nowhere near what I originally wanted but I would take this hair anyday over that complete mess that I had.
by Janice chapman from Dauphin Island, Alabama on January 27, 2011
My stylist was gone and I went to a new lady in her salon..Mistake! She highlighted my hair too heavy and didn't take it past the brassy tone. Then tried to cover it up with a platinum bleach wash. Yuk! Orange roots with white tips. I had another salon try and fix it with a semi-permanent color. Now It's better but still very ugly. Help!!
by lori from illinois on January 8, 2011
I went to a salon to have my highligts touch up but it turn out kind of brassy is their anything i can buy to soften the brassy tones like a rinse?
by bec from wollongong on November 18, 2010
i previously put a paintbox judge through my hair, i did have to die it blonde first with paroxide and it went an awsome brigt colour but when i went to re do i i died my hair back to black a few days before then paroxided my hair it went a redish colour put a toner through that done nothing went back over with the paroxide again which made it white blonde like it needs, put in the paintbox but it has not went the desired brightness it bearly looks like it worked at all, it jus looks like it turned back to black until you shine a bright light on it n even then its still hard to see. so basicly i was just wondering if there is anything i can do to bring out the brightness
by aisha from manchester on October 24, 2010
Ihave bleached my doughters hair.Her natural hair hair is 4,but she coloured jet black.The result of when bleached the hair was uneven colour. how can i correct that?
by kimberley from sunderland on September 24, 2010
i have coloured my hair for many years including bleaching, i am now black and want to liven it up a bit but still be professional looking any ideas????
by LINDA BROWNING on August 13, 2010
I colored my daughter's hair, using a medium ash blond. The color has an unattractive greyish shade. How can I fix this.
by Julie Morvan from LaHabra CA on April 23, 2010
I put a soapcap on my clients hair to strip off a box color that was a brownish red, she wanted to be a blonde I put a matrix 508and a 9g on after the bleach sooapcap.. she has lighter roots and looks orange gold on the shaft. What color can I use to make her a darker blonde and take out thr orange tones....
by Patty from Bristol, Tennessee on March 24, 2010
I put light ash blonde on my hair and now I'm RED. What should I do to get my blonde back? It's so ugly.
by sylvia from pennsylvania on March 17, 2010
Just colored my hair with wella color charm(Light Auburn). Seems a little brassy. What can i tone it down with. My original hair was brown & blond highlights with some graying.
by Paula Noto from clarks summit, pa on March 7, 2010
Natural hair color, mousy brown. Have been coloring to light blonde but always get a reddish tink. What color do I use "NOT" to pull up reds. Even my hairstylist can't seem to get it. It looks great in the shoppe but when I get home it looks reddish and is reddish in natural light. Please help. I'm not a red head person.
by freddie Brook from COLORADO on February 15, 2010
on thursday there will be photos of black haicolor removal on COLOR EXPRESS.ORG..NO BLEACH OR AMONIA IS USED --THE PIGMENTATION OF THE HAIR IS NOT CHANGED AND THE HAIRCOLOR WILL NEVER GO DARKER
by Lori Day from Texas on February 10, 2010
I had alot of gray and took the plunge and had my hair dyed with permanent hair color at salon. I picked med brwn. It came out pink on to and brown on ends. I returned to salon she added more color to top. Still Red on top and damaged. Can I color with a Natural Hair Color till grows out. What can I do too dark and red, and dont want to go back to salon. Please Help. I want my gray hair back it was prettier.
by mary govea from shafter on February 2, 2010
hi i was trying to dye my hair light brown but it ended up being redish with the ends very dark what do i do
by Marie from Texas on December 9, 2009
I used natural medium mahogany brown and it's to red what can I do????

Can I use another color of brown in a week to try and cover the red and if so which?
by odette from cambridge on October 12, 2009
i think you should go to a hair salon and have it done correct as them home hair kits are not the best to use if you are adding pigment
by Ashlee Kliesen on September 17, 2009
My sister colored her hair and she is a level 5 brunette and now her hair is purple what do you suggest we apply to turn it back to brown?
by Sian from Basingstoke on September 5, 2009
MY HAIR HAS GONE BLACK!!!! WEN ITS MENT TO BE BLONDE!!! WHERE DO I GET COLOUR STRIP FROM AND HOW MUCH!!!
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