Makikato, I'm not sure about that blue tint showing through. I know my reddish Pecan color is showing through but that is probably because under that Pecan color is actually snow white. Now that my hair is white in places I get my own natural highlites when it is dyed. Today is my fourth day and my hair is a rich reddish brown in the sunlight. I'm pleased with how the Prell Shampoo has lightened it but I'm going to switch to another brand so that it's not stripped out to fast.
Your blue tint may just fade as well. Try the Prell Shampoo for at least three days and you should be able to tell whether or not you need professional help.

I've provided lots of information on this thread. Please take some time to read the thread and see if you can benefit from the answers. But if you still need help, feel free to ask me questions.

I've read through the entire thread and a lot of the advice has been really helpful!

I have a similar situation, but with varying questions. My story is that I dyed my hair black a little over a month ago with the intent of it being temporary. I didn't research it and know I know that black is a mess to get out of hair. I want to go from a black to a light/platinum blond but I'm not sure how I should go about doing it. I'm going to a salon (since I don't want my hair to look worse than it does, to put it lightly my hair is "spotted like cheetah") but I don't know if my hair should be bleached or stripped, and wanted to get an idea of the possibility of going to a light blond before hand. I've had bad dye experiences at salons before and want to make sure that I know exactly what to tell them in order to minimize time and money involved in completing this process.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

To go from black to platinum blonde, you must do a double process (bleaching and toning) to achieve the color you desire. First, you will need to strip of the dark pigment from your hair, and apply a toner. This process is difficult to do by yourself, you should consider having it done professionally. Don't be afraid to go to the salon because of your bad experiences in the past. There are some really good hairstylists in salons that can give you the results you want.

Okay, currently I have black hair with about half of my hair as regrowth (it is dark brown almost black). I have about six inches of black(on top) and the bottom is a slightly paler black and about six inches of my natural colour.

I previously used this same black permanent hair colour. The last time I used it, it faded out to a dark brown a tad lighter than my natural colour. About six months after that faded I used the same black to dye streaks on the top part of my hair. Two months later I had gotten bored of the streaks and dyed all of my hair the same black as the previous times. I have had it for about five months and it hasn't faded in the least this time.

I went to my hair stylist, who is an expert at colour, to get some burgundy and blue highlights put in. She used both a vol. 30 and then a vol. 40 developer on my hair for over an hour each. She said that at five months the pervious dye shouldn't matter that much and because most of the highlights would be in the regrowth. Never before have I had problems lightening my hair but the highlights only went into the two inches closest to the roots. Actually something happened to the blue entirely and ended up washing out of my hair the next day and leaving my hair a tiny bit lighter.

I have tried just about all of the methods mentioned for fading hair dye and were wondering if there were any others. My hair is in good condition but I refuse to use bleach because I have iffy allergic reactions to it.

You've mentioned that your hair is currently dark brown to black. If you want to go a couple of shades lighter, you can use a permanent color with a 30-40 volume developer. But if you want to go 4-5 shades lighter, your hair will need to be bleached and colored.

Well, I had permanent color and both a 30 and 40 vol. developer put on my hair. The colors being put on were at the most two shades lighter than my natural hair. And I can't use bleach because of allergies that don't always show up but I don't want to take any chances. But thanks for trying to help anyway.

I also received a bad dye job from the salon that is ually really good. I had blond highlights for summer and I wanted to go back to my origonal darker color for fall by getting a dark shade with a couple light low lights... what I got was black hair with reddish/purple lowlights and I look horrible. I have a professional job where I have to look nice and I look ridiculous. I tried the prell technique twice and it didn't help at all... do I have to do it a lot to work?? Is there anything else I can do to expedite the process?? I don't want to redye either... just get this dye job out!

Tchida22, colored hair will fade gradually with shampooing and exposure to hot water. The more you shampoo, the faster color will fade. Keep in mind that excessive shampooing can make your hair dry, be sure to use a conditioner afterwards to restore the moisture in your hair.

Hello, I am in desperate need of some advice!
I came back from the hair salon today, my hair is naturally medium brown, and I had subtle highlights in it. I wanted a change. My hairdresser corrected the highlights and I had asked her to do a chocolate bown in my hair with a slight tint of red. It came out horrible. Right now I have a really dark eggplant looking color... which I hate!!

What can I do to get rid of it?
Is stripping and re-dyeing the wrong move??
How about dyeing over it with a dark brown and put subtle highligts in it to break up the darkness... any tips or advice?
I hate eggplant. That is the last thing I would ever do to my hair, and now I am stuck with it. HELP!!

Using a dark brown color over the highlights will make it dark, however, if you apply another color to break up the dark color, you will end up with red or orange tones in your hair. Try going back to the salon and have them correct the color.

Use Anything With Citrus!

I would like to jump in on this forum. I too dyed my hair and it came out darker than expected, however, my problem is that now my hair is turning out thick and oily even after I wash it and either blow dry it or air dry it. It looks as if I didn't wash it. Its heavy and gross. Is there something I can do to remedy this? The thick/oilyness is mostly on the top crown area of my head. By the end of the day my hair is so oily its gross. Please help.

Thank you in advance.

LocaRosa, try using a shampoo designed for oily hair. Wash your hair regularly to remove oils produced by skin glands. Shampoos like Pantene Pro-V Clarifying Shampoo For oily Hair or Suave Daily Clarifying Shampoo For Normal To Oily Hair are great for oily hair.

Thank you PrettyLady. I already use shampoo for oily hair cause my hair is always overproducing oil. However, when I dyed my hair black its like I wash it in oil, its thick, oily, and yucky. I think the dye went wrong somewhere, but I've never had any problems with hair dye doing this to my hair. I've been dying my hair for years and now this. Is there some sort of home remedy I can use that is similar to Philosophy Shear Splendor Age-Defying Hair "Marinating" Oil ? Would this help?

I don't know what else to do, I shower every day and by the time my hair dries, its thick and oily and I go to work looking like I never shower :( not sure that's a good thing (keeps the co-workers away LOL)

Excess sebum on the scalp is the primary cause of oily hair. Don't use shampoos like Shear Splendor Age-Defying Hair "Marinating" Oil, it's for people with dry hair. Try using a solvent-type shampoo or fruit acid shampoo to remove the excess oil in your hair.

Thank you very much PrettyLady. I'll look into a fruit acid shampoo today. I really appreciate you taking the time to reply.

Have a great weekend.

I found a product called color oops in my drug store in the hair color aisle and it works wonderful. Didn't dry out my hair or anything Bleach free.

I got the wrong color and my hair turned out black with a lot of red I got light auburn brown instead of light auburn blonde when I did the color oops now I am back to a golden reddish brown my color I had when I was a kid It looks better now then it did before I tried the color.

Try color oops. It does work.

I just wanted to post a follow up to this reply. I RAN out and got the Pantene ProV shampoo
<a href="http://www.pantene.com/en_US/products/collection/classic/purify_clarifying_shampoo.jsp">PURITY CLARIFYING SHAMPOO</a> and took a nice hot shower and VUALLA!! All the gooky wooky came off!! I mean there's still some there but I'm shooting that down tonight!

Thank you PrettyLady, your advise was a stroke of genious! (spell?)

OOOOH PERFECT! I'm going to give this reply to my sister, she just did practically the same thing to her hair and it's a bad hair day Friday for her LOL! We're just lame when it comes to dying our hair I guess.

Thank you Hypermommy!