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Originally Posted by hearyoume
I just put small black streaks in my hair but I washed my hair right after I dyed it which I wasn't supposed to.. and now I have nothing but black on the top of my head and brown underneath I look goth! I want to fade it a little and I just bought some prell shampoo it says original on it.. is that the right stuff?:confused:
BabiiGrrl, remember that black or brown dyes are the hardest to fade. Using Prell or a dandruff shampoo will slightly fade the color. If your shade is too dark, use a few drops of Dawn liquid detergent with the Prell shampoo you've bought. You will need to shampoo your hair several times, the more you shampoo, the faster color will fade. The hair will feel dry afterward, so be sure to use a deep conditioning treatment for 15 to 20 minutes. If the color doesn't fade, I recommend that you go to a salon to have the color corrected.
I've read a few of the postings on this site & they've been helpful! I recently colored my hair, using a medium brown color & my hair turned Black! I too have the Goth look! YUCK! I am wanting to try the Dawn Dishwashing liquid process on my hair, but I've got a question. I have a friend who does people's hair in her home & she suggested I add some highlights to my hair. So, she did... they're blond highlights, which don't look very good against my black. My husband and 2 kids, tell me it doesn't look that bad, but I hate it!! Doubt that I'll ever let her do my hair again!! Anyway... my question is, What will the "Dawn" process do to my blond highlights that are mixed in with my black hair? Will the process help fade them as well? Thanks for your help!
OK here's one for you. A new policy came up at work. Hair must be one solid normal color... mine is purple blue and turquoise. So yeah, I plan on just bleaching the whole thing blonde and toning it to a platinum which hasn't been a problem in the past after making it all colorful but the color in my hair hasn't faded out enough that the bleach will take it all out completely and I only have this week to fix my hair. Its only semi-permanent color but still how can I get it to fade out most of the way really quick? Does prell and all that other stuff work on semi color as well? Please help if anyone has any advice, I don't wish to lose many more days of work over my hair.
Note:dying it darker is not an option. I'm just one of those people that dark hair looks horrid on.
Mom2607, using Dawn liquid detergent, dandruff shampoos or an intense hot oil treatment with heat will fade the hair "slightly". If you have black hair with blonde highlights and you use Dawn, you will still have blonde highlights, but it will be a little faded. I'm sorry to hear about your hair problem, you should consider letting a hairstylist to fix your hair. Good luck.
Deadeyes-star, semi permanent colors will gradually fade away. The color lasts up to 4-6 shampoos because it contains no ammonia and does not have a developer. The more frequent you wash the more quick it will fade away. Yes, you can use the Prell on your hair, you can also try the other products that I've mentioned above.
Hi, I've been reading the advice on this board and it all seems really helpful but I'm not sure if it will help me with my particular situation.
I have naturally light brown hair but dyed it black with a semi-permanent colour. That was back in July. I then dyed over it after it was slightly faded with a dark brown. That was in August. I now have stripes of black and copper mixed unattractively with the light hair that is showing through at the roots and the tips. It is a complete disaster.
My friends told me you can have the colour stripped from you hair at a salon. I was wondering if any of you have tried it and if you recommend it. If not, what do you suggest?
Timea, semi permanent dye can last a long time, depending on your hair type. It doesn't wash out of the hair completely. Also, dark hair colors are hard to fade because the pigments in the dye are strong. I understand that most of you can't afford to have your hair color corrected at the salon. So since I'm in the beauty field, I will do my best to give you answers. There's a product by Loreal name Loreal Color Zap and Color fix by Jheri Redding, it washes away unwanted color and leaves the hair ready for re-coloring. But if it doesn't work on your hair, you may need to have the color stripped professionally. I'm glad you find the advice useful.
Was looking forward to splurging at the salon to have my hair colored last night, spent $300 to look like a witch! I've been using same stylist for 8 years. I explained thoroughly what I wanted and we even reviewed pictures, samples of medium auburn with light highlights, we agreed on pictures of auburns that were "too dark and some that were "too red" so I felt confident she knew exactly what I wanted, I even said "I trust you", Three hours later I'm walking out of the salon horrified:eek: but didn't want to hurt her feelings. It's so dark of an auburn that it looks black from a distance, I look like I'm wearing a bad wig with pale skin! I went home immediately and shampooed my hair twice! There's NO difference, I'm already turning down offers to socialize and it's been less than 12 hours since I've had my hair colored. I was seriously thinking about floating in the jacuzzi today, thinking combo of the sun and warm chlorine water would fade the color but after reading info on this site, may not be so healthy for the hair, and GREEN would be a worse color than I have now:( Now I'm considering changing my skin color to match my hair. I'll go to the tanning salon for a little tanning bed and spray-on tan combo. If anyone has any better ideas, would love to hear them.
P.S. Going to a professional stylist go me into this mess, sometimes I think it's better to buy a box of clairol and do it myself, at least it would've cost less for the same result.
Dear, Pretty will probably tell you the same thing, you SHOULD NOT have left the salon unsatisfied - and I'm sure if anyone can advise you on what to do now, she can. You should have told them that they messed up instead of sparing someone's feelings - and you are suffering for it now. Especially when it's your hard earned money, the I'm sure that they would have given you a certificate to come back or fix it on the spot. They would do the same if the table were turned around and you did something wrong.Quote:
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Sorry about your dilema and hope that it does not take too long for you to get your normal life back.
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Good luck, and keep us posted.
Chery is right. Salonregret, you should have said something to the manager of the salon if you weren't satisfied with the color. You didn't get what you paid for, therefore, they have to re-do your hair. Do not put chlorine or the box of Clairol on your hair, it will only make matter worse. Go back to the salon and have them fix your hair.
Ok well... I heard that Prell shampoo works well. See... I experiment with my hair often. My hairstylist, Carlos, and me decided I could go a shade and a half brighter in my red because it was fading fast. I was scared to do the whole head so I higlighted it... and because of that, I did no dye my eyebrows. Well its much more red then my natural dark brown and my eyebrows are REALLY annoying me. My boyfriends mom told me its very unhealthy to dye your eyebrows anyway. I do like the color, its gorgeous, but its just not me. I would like it to fade a bit.. I dyed it yesterday morning and today I washed it with dandruff shampoo but I see no diffrence. Tommorw I'm going to make a trip to Walgreens for Prell because it's 3 bucks so it's very eay on the wallet and I really don't see how it's not worth a try. I just want to tone down the color a bit, forget beiong seen in school,I have senior portraits a week from tomorrow!! My problemo is this
If I have a scrub down with prell, will my hair end up orange:eek: ?
Well, it's been 6 weeks since the disastrous dark hair color, it's finally faded into the warm auburn I'd hoped for when I first had my hair colored , however... Now that it's at just the right color, my gray is coming in at the temples. Time to color again! Has anyone tried the new hair color product that promises to match your roots to your current haircolor? It's supposedly a product to buy you time before you go back to the salon for professional hair coloring.
Hi All:
I recently had my hair hilited by someone totally different (for a change). Beautiful base colour, but my blonde hilites are very ashy. I went to my regular hairdresser today and fessed up, she told me she couldn't help me out by adding more or making darker the ones that already existed, but to wash my hair with Sunlight dish soap. Really? So... has anyone tried this? Keep in mind my hilites are blonde (an ashy blonde) my under or base colour is like a light brown (a tad of a caramel tone to it). I hate the ashy tone - makes me look grey, and I feel frumpy. I can't believe she wouldn't fix it for me, though I guess in the long run she is doing me a favour. Guess I'll try the Sunlight, just wondering if anyone has tried it on blondish hair with success. Thanks!
You can try the Sunlight dish soap to see if it works. But if it doesn't fade your hair color, then try using Prell or a dandruff shampoo and hot water. These products are known to strip hair dyes slightly. Heat also helps to fade hair dyes from the hair faster than cold water. Good luck.
Thanks PrettynPetite1... I couldn't stand looking at myself anymore with the "ashy" hue to my hair so went to a salon in the local mall. After several attempts at adding a 'toner' - something light blonde I think he said, then finally painting on another colour straight from the tube, I have no hilites left and a golden brownish colour. Don't like it... I'm used to being blonde, and I have no hilites left. However, I guess it's better than the green/ashy tone. Hard to get used to though. So... I did use Sunlight Dish soap on it this morning when I washed it - nothing came out. Am really afraid of going green again. I live in Ontario, Canada... we don't have "Prell" shampoo here. Guess I'll just hope it washes out / tones down over time. Any idea how soon I could get some blonde hilites into this?? Thanks SO much.
Frequent shampooing will fade hair dyes faster. You can also try using hot oil hair treatments, or you can use a clarifying shampoo to fade your hair color. Washing your hair will dry out, so make sure you use conditioner. When you're ready to add highlights, don't go too light or too dark with the highlights. Highlights should look natural.
Thanks PrettynPetite1... I am seeing the colour "fading" gradually, and the hilites are coming back through somewhat - hope the "green" stays behind though. I did call the stylist that fixed me up, he said, like you... anytime I'm ready to come in for hilites though he doesn't want me to go too light. I'm just having a hard time getting used to not having the blonde hilites.
You know, I really would love to find a great stylist who knows what would look good on ME, knows their colours, can recommend / suggest what would look good, and a stylist who gets to the root when using foils. I hate paying $140 for foils only to get home and see a good quarter of an inch of root already!!
I find it hard to express my concern without sounding *****y. My last stylist, who I have gone to for years, and am very comfortable with, and can say stuff like "make sure you hit the root" has lost my business now. She refused to help me when my hilites were ashy/green, so I guess it's time to search out someone new. The guy who fixed me up was okay, not fussy on the colour I have now though, but at least he was willing to try, and was very confident he could do it. If only nature blessed us with exactly what we want!!
Thanks again!!
I'm glad to help, Hun. If you're not sure about a hairstylist, do some research. There are lots of salons out there with different stylists and different levels of experience. You can get a consultation. These are usually free as long as the stylist doesn't do anything to your hair. This will allow you to get a feel for the stylist's personality, knowledge and capabilities. Good luck.
I am a hair dresser and can honestly say that the product you are looking for is called molases made by abba it is an intense clarifier and used daily will drastically reduce your color. Also washing with the hottest water helps to fade color.
Thanks Again PrettynPetite1... well, this hair has gone "green" too - well, a tinge of it. So... I trotted off to my former stylist, and asked her if NOW she could do something with it. She said "yes, now that he has covererd it over for me". So, tomorrow I go at 12:30.. her plan is to go an all over colour, darker than it is now, with blonde hilites - not thin ones, but larger ones. She feels that if they are larger (chunkier as she put it) it will cover better against the darker colour. You know, I trust her - she's done my hair for many years, but when she told me she wouldn't fix it, I was miffed. So not so sure now.
She says for sure she can get rid of the greenish cast... but is there a polite way of asking her to get as close to the root as possible with the hilites (I've often left there with definite quarter inch gaps, and been reluctant to go back).
One more question - if colour "fades" over time... won't the "Greenish / ashy hue" fade as well??
I'm thinking of getting her to just put lighter hilites in what I have now - but then again, I guess it won't cover this green. Gosh, can you EVER get rid of the green??
Tks!! Keep your fingers crossed it works this time - I'm cleaning out my bank account trying to fix this.
Hi everyone,
I've been dyeing my hair for some time now, and while I loved the color when I would first dye it, it faded way too fast. So I decided to go with a different brand, same color.. so I thought. It came out black! Should have been light to medium brown. So I searched online and came across this forum. I went out and got some Dawn, and used my boyfriend's dandruff shampoo, and washed my hair quite a few times, and it actually worked! Now I love the color. So just remember to condition after you shampoo! So thanks everyone!!
You're welcome, cazgirl. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that your highlights will come out the way you want it.
Hi, cazgirl, I sure hope that all of you girls remember that it's summer time, and time to go to the swimming pool. Well, when you go into a chlorine-filled pool with bleached hair, you'll probably wind up wondering why your hair turns green. Unfortunately, it does, and we sometimes forget this. The chemicals in swimming pools can do strange things to your body, so be just as selective about your pools as you are about your hairstylists. Tell your hairstylist about your sport and swimming habits to help him/her advise you best on what to do for your hair in the summer. I've been told that applying hair-wax before swimming protects the hair a little. There should also be some new improved products from California beach-scenes that will help.Quote:
Originally Posted by cazgirl
Good luck and have a great weekend, and a super summer!
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Thanks Tons Pretty and Chery... I think it's great that there is a place to go about our beauty woes, AND that there are professionals out there who will answer us!
Thanks so much!! Oh... my hair is much better, but depending on the shampoo I use, I can still see that darn "ashy hue" and the occasional green too!! Guess cutting it is the only solution.
Am on the hunt to find an awesome hairstylist who will work with me to achieve the look I want. Any suggestions (I'm from the Toronto Ontario area)
Thanks again!!
Caz, I know you're still hesitant about letting another hairstylist fix your hair after what you've been through. But there are a lot of good hairstylists out there that will be able to correct the problem for you. The best way to locate a trusted new hair stylist is to ask for referrals. Ask friends and family for references of stylists that they trust and recommend. Also, check the Yellow Pages and phone directories to see if a stylist with the specialty you need has a listed advertisement. Good luck.
Chery is right. Prevention is the always the best medicine for hair problems. Chemically created blondes tend to have hair that may be more porous and allow chemicals to soak in easier. Heavy metals, such as copper, found in pool water are the culprits in turning light colored hair greenish. Since the outer hair shaft may be open and damaged from exposure to chlorine, this allows the heavy metals to get into the hair shaft and turn hair green. Ladies, once you get out of the pool, rinse your hair with club soda, it will prevent your hair from turning green. Or, you can use clarifying shampoos to get rid of the greenish hue.
hi how do you apply the dawn and dandruff shampoo?
do you mix it?
i dyed my hair "dark brown" and it came out like black.
i want it to be like light-medium brown.
what can i do?
Blueeyeshottie14, use a clarifying shampoo, it will help fade your hair faster. Keep in mind that artificial hair color will fade more quick the more you shampoo.
Hi all,
I have the same prob as many other posters, tried to die my naturally fair hair to brown. But it's jet black. I hate it so much, am so used to being blonde I can't stand it.
But I live in Ireland and have never heard of any of these brands of shampoo that have been suggested, or the dishwashing stuff. Please please help I can't buy any of these things here and I absolutely HAVE to get rid of this colour!! :( :( :( :( :( :(
Irishgirl2006, the only way you're going to get your natural blonde hair back is to grow your hair out. However, you can also do a double process, it's when the hair is lighten with bleach and then a toner is applied to give you your desired color. This process should be done by a licensed hairstylist. But if you want to fade your color slightly and can't find the products that were discussed on this thread, shampooing with a regular shampoo and exposure to water will gradually fade hair dye.Quote:
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I have a question... I've been dying my hair Dark red for about 2 years straight. I've been trying to go back to my original hair color which is blondish... I'm just too impatient to wait for it to grow out. It's faded quite a bit so far, but it's still not light enough! What can I do to speed up this process? I am not interested in bleaching or hair stripping because my hair will most likely fall out, or be damaged until it grows out. -_- Any home remedies? Will Prell work?
Red hair dyes fade fast but doesn't mean that your hair will fade back to blonde. If you've used permanent hair colors, the chemical is still in your hair and it won't wash out. Red hair is difficult to change to a blonde shade. Do not do it yourself. I recommend that you have it done professionally. Your hair may not require bleaching. The hairstylist will determine what level your current color is. Then she/he will use a higher volume peroxide developer with an ash base blonde color to remove the red and match your original hair color.
I recently dyed my hair dark brown and turned out black almost! My natural colour is dark dark brown *almost black*, but I was not used to it since I always had my hair dyed light. My complexion is meditteranean so it looked OK but yikes it was inky darkkkk black. SO, this is what I did to make it fade. I washed my hair everyday with a clarifying shampoo and an anti-dandruff shampoo. Before I even got into the shower though to wash my hair I used VO5 Hot Oil treatment, but did NOT warm it up, I used it cold *best way to use it if you want to fade your color* So I did this everyday for 4 days, and it actually started to fade, my color is a nice rich brown. It'll eventually fade away more though because I dyed it with a non-permanent dye. SOO, hope this helps anyone out there who had the same prob. As me. Xo
OK. So on Saturday afternoon I dyed my hair a light/medium brown with highlights and of course my boyfriend told me they looked orangy. So me being the genius that I am dyed it dark brown. It came out so awful it was black and dark brown in some spots. I went to the hair salon and she dyed it one color.. dark brown with little light blonde highlights in it. I hate that you can't see the highlights and that the dark brown is way to dark for my pale face. What I want to know is, I got it done last night, if I use dandruff shampoo and put hot oil in my hair will it help fade the dark brown? Please let me know thank you
I've answered your question on this thread.
https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/beauty...lor-30163.html
Thank you so much for all the helpful advice on this forum! I have light auburn/red hair. I like my shade but thought it'd be fun to spice things up a bit. I used Herbal Essences' Bold n' Brilliant Color in Deep Red. I left the color on for 35 min. instead of 25, since the instructions said this could be done to achieve a more intense color. Intense would be an understatement. It's now blood red. I've seen a lot of posts about brown and blonde hair but didn't see many on red. Which products would be best to just bring the color down a few notches, but do so quickly as I can't wait six weeks for this color to fade? Again, thanks!
What is the best way to lighten an at home hair color the color is good it is just to dark
I just had my hair done at the salon. It was supposed to be red/orange Level "7.7" (almost 8, but not quite). It's pretty brilliant red in the sun (which I wanted) but still more of a darker auburn than I'd like. I can *almost* deal but would like it a bit lighter--or perhaps more accurately, brighter.
I know the smart thing is to have the salon do it, but I've had this woman strip color before, and I refuse to do it again. Will one of the hot oil/clarifying combinations give me what I need? And does it matter that the roots were perm and the ends demi? The ends are actually more of what's bothering me. Hope this makes sense. Thanks for your help!
Does prell really help fade away darkened hair? And if it does is it that much of a change?
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