I have been dying my hair for 6 years now. I have been every color of the rainbow, bleached and dyed and chopped all the way off. My natural color is a dirty blonde and when i let that grow I ended up dying it again. The only color I never dyed my hair was black until january 1st 2006. Since then I have only re-dyed it once which was back in April. I absolutely hate having black hair. I have been letting it grow out because I don't want to bleach the color out. Now my roots are about 4 inches long and the black is "slowly" fading in certain spots looking brown. But it looks horrible. I refuse to cut my hair or bleach it. I want to dye it maybe a dirty blonde but how can I get the length of my hair to dye over the somewhat black. I am just tired of waiting for it to go away. I do not have the money to spend at a salon because the first time I dyed my hair it was a horrible disaster which when they tried to fix just got worse so I fixed it by cutting 15 inches of hair off leaving 2 inches all over my head. So therefore I have always done my own dye jobs, and never had any problems. I just want to get rid of the maybe 5 inches of black in my hair any suggestions?

PrettyLady

In order to go from black to blonde you will need to strip the hair of its pigment and then add the new color of choice. Since you do not want to bleach your hair, there are hair color removal products available at the beauty supply store. You may have to use more than one application of the hair color remover to get the color out. When the color is removed, you can re-color your hair.

gamergirl216

here's my black hair deal: always used semipermanents near natural light brown until i did all but the extremes-blonde and black...i did blonde and it wuz fine bc i dyed over it and it fixed but then the black didnt come out...i died it about...january 2006 and its still in my hair...parts have faded to an orange or dark brown or sum natural color shines thru...i tried color fix and used 2 boxes which didnt work on my near shoulder length hair...since i have gave up on it and used sun in which did absolutely nothing except make my brown roots blonde...so then i tried a permanent light/med brown which did NOTHING again....wut can i do since its been over 9 mnths besides see a stylist...i cant pay for and my parents wont...wut is there 2 do???

*Heather*

loststardrop

Okay so I went to Sallys and bought 3 boxes of that Color Fix stuff. I used 2 boxes. My whole head had a light brass tint to it which I believe was supposed to happen, anyways I picked a blonde that was a little lighter than I wanted to go because I heard it will be darker due to the brass color. I dyed my hair and dried it and everything. Only problem is there are spots in my length of hair that are a very dark brown. It does not look bad but it's not what I want. Should I just use the other box of color fix and maybe try over again?

gamergirl216

I used the Color Fix and have spots on my hair...it didnt fix all the color for my hair either...you COULD use another box of color fix but personally i wouldnt bother bc it damages ur hair SOOOOO much and it didnt work on ur hair the first time...I also used 2 boxes to find that it took my hair down 2 a dark/medium brown from black...I kno that you keep hearing that you should go 2 a salon but really thats wut I would do if I had the $ which I dont so I'm stuck doing @ home fixes...tell me how it all goes

*Heather*

PrettyLady

When using hair color removers or bleach on the hair, it's important that the pigment/color is removed or bleach out evenly before using a toner. You can re-apply the hair color remover, but this time try to get all the color out and then add your desired color.

fionanex

I've been dying my hair black for about a year now, but I'm bored of the color. I want to be a kinda dirty blonde color or my natural color, but nothing I do fades the dye. I've tried baking soda, dandruff shampoos, and detergents but the color only fades underneath at the base of my head. I have 1 inch roots, but they are reddish blonde, and it looks really bad, so I don't want to grow the black out. I don't want to bleach my hair either.

gamergirl216

fionanex,

i didnt want 2 bleach my hair either but its really the only choice...i had my hair black for months and tried absolutely everything and the only thing that even made a difference wuz bleach...it didnt damage my hair as much as i thought it would if thats the reason for not wanting to bleach it...

*Heather*

tinacountry

Hi my name is Tina..I am having the SAME exact problem....I don't want to bleach(strip it) I am sick of letting it grow out because it looks awful...and my real color is a med brown. Eventually I want to add some blond highlights. I don't have any answers....but if you find anything out, would you please,please tell me!! my e-mail address is Thank you so much ~Tina

boo-xo

i just died my hair medium brown
but it turned black
does ANYONE
have anything to help me make it lighter
A.S.A.P
im freaking out
thanks