Ok here's some 'hair rasing events' which I've been through (lol sorry about that joke :/)

Like any sterotypical emo kid I dyed my hair black. Big mistake. What's worts was that I wanted to bleach it, so despite wise words of wisdom from my friends I did bleach it. Yep, you guess it, it went yeellow/ orange dry, stretchey, falling out. My hair, at the time was long and I had to cut it short. After all this I went back to black and by now hair was litreally like straw. The hairdresser cut my hair some more and I ended up looking like willy wonker.

Anyway by cutting off most the damaged hair meant that my hair could grow, and I avoided using my straightners or drying my hair with the hot hairdryer. I deep conditioned and thankfully my hair got strenghth and is now healthy.

I lightened it so that I could get rid of the black, but it went so patchy and uneven. So I added a light borwn hair dye on top, but to my horror it made it worse. By now my hair was so patchy it had different colours in it everything from dark brown to a light blonde. Also my natural mousey brown was growing through, its gross.

How can I get my hair all one colour, one base colour so that by the next time I dye it (I want to go red) it won't vary in colour. I've heard of Loreal Color Zap but does this work? Does it make hair brittle? Does it remove all dyed from hair?

Thank you for your time and advice. As you can see I'm seriously confused and desperate need of help.

I'm guessing the reason your hair colour is uneven is due to Uneven application.

When colouring/lightening the hair you need to do it in the right order.

First you apply to the midlengths, ends then the roots in the end. Mid lengths are the most resistant hence you apply onto there first. Then ends as they are porous, and then finally roots as they develop faster due to the heat from your scalp.

Colour zap will only get rid of the artificial colour you applied so you will be left with the uneven lightened hair you had before.

Please do visit a professional and let them do the colour correction.

The reason the roots develop faster is due to the heat coming from the scalp. Healthy hair is more resistant so therefore it is hard to penetrate. But because of the heat from the scalp, it speeds up the colouring/lightening process.