Hi there,
I am living in China, had my hair dyed red. (i am a natural red head but have been blonde for 10 years). The dye started to wash out, so i went back to the hairdresser and showed them and had it redone. All is fine except the colour is more of a pinky red rather than an auburn/copper red. It really isn't the right colour for my skin tone and makes me look washed out - you can see in my profile pic. So rather than looking like a sexy red head (think Bree Van Der Camp from desperate housewives), i look like a cheap whore (maybe whore is too harsh but you get what i mean)

So I would like to go back to blonde. It really does suit me. However, I am worried that if i go back to blonde that my hair might turn really pink and i could have a disaster on my hands if i don't get a professional to do it.

the problem is that i am living in China (where everyone has black hair and they don't know how to do another colour), and the only way i can get across to them what colour i want is to point to a colour chart. Even if i was to work out how to explain my concern, i don't think they would be able to get it back to its former natural looking glory.

So my question is, if i were to do it myself, would my hair turn pinker?
secondly, is it too risky to change it myself
thirdly, if i ask the hairdresser to do it, what colour should i get them to use so its not a disaster ?

I can provide a before shot too so you understand what colour i want to go back to.
Your help is most appreciated.

PrettyLady

Going from red to blonde requires a two-step process. You will need to lighten your hair and then apply a toner which will give you your desired color. This process is difficult to do by yourself. I recommend getting your hair professional done.

kayyoss

oye... go buy a box of blonde hair dye with bleach in it .. or buy 40 bleach (its a type of hair bleach). use that. your hair will be blonde. if you see a slight tint of pinkish red... use the bleach again. your hair will then turn out to be very white.. you will then need to buy a box of the blonde you want. and use that.. then TADA. blonde hair again. its simple. im 16 years old. and i have done this for many people. and myself. except i went from black to blonde. which is even harder.

Katalya

Hey thanks for the all the advice. End result - i went to a really expensive hairdresser - Toni & Guy in Shanghai, who recommended that as my hair had already been damaged so much that he warned against dying it again for a while. He advised against dying my hair back to blonde as there was a possibility it this could lead to my hair starting to fall out. So instead, he still used a dye, but a much gentler one without bleach and he corrected the red colour. So hence my hair is still red, but he matched it more closely too my roots - as i am a natural red anyway. He really improved the way i looked.

After a few months, my hair has gotten thinner. I have been using treatements regularly to try to nurse it back to health. My hair was still feeling badly damaged. I found another good english speaking hair dresser in Shanghai who didn't charge a fortune. And I got the CHOP. So now all the dead bits are gone. I still won't be dying it for a while. I have wanted to go back to my natural colour anyway - as i haven't seen it in over a decade.

Once again, thanks. Hope others can learn from my mistake.

industrialgirl

Where are you going to get your hair done at now? I just moved to Shanghai, and I need to get my hair bleached. I don't speak any Chinese, and am afraid to go to a place that doesn't understand english. I was thinking about hitting up Tony and Guy, but they are a bit too expensive for my tastes.