[nance]

I have medium to dark brown hair. I used Clairol's Natural Dark medium golden brown color and the color came out way too dark, closer to black. What can I use to lighten the color without hurting my hair?

[stephmgr]

I have medium to dark brown hair. I used Clairol's Natural Dark medium golden brown color and the color came out way too dark, closer to black. What can I use to lighten the color without hurting my hair?

Well you should never use any "color" from a box. Ask any professional hair stylist. That is my advice... go to a salon. If you continue putting product on your hair you will fry it and it will start to break off. Make an appointment.

[PrettyLady]

If your hair is black, you will need to use some kind of lightening product to make it lighter. You can use your selected hair color with a 20-volume peroxide developer if you want to go a couple of shades lighter. Keep in mind that dark hair contains a lot of red pigment in it, and if you try to lighten your hair, it could result in a red/orange shade. Therefore, you should let a hairstylist do the color for you.

[tawnynkids]

There is a product called One n'Only ColorFix you should be able to purchase from a beauty supply store. Follow the instructions for a slight color correction.. . or you may also find helpful suggestions you'd like to try on the post "How to make dark hair dye fade faster" a couple of posts down on this page.

[mariaeyre]

I have medium to dark brown hair. I used Clairol's Natural Dark medium golden brown color and the color came out way too dark, closer to black. What can I use to lighten the color without hurting my hair?

I used to to hairdressers every 8 weeks for various tints, highlights etc. my hair is mousy brown nauturally so reverted to my natural colour. I wanted then to use a brown colour which would not be boring and I have selected a number 3 which is permanent. I always use box colours for my hair but like you want to revert to a lighter stage. When you are a number 3 you can only stay with a number 3 until you completely grow out the colour in question. I went on every website available and got very useful information. The outcome for me to be slightly lighter was to use a brown which has lights already in the mixure (NOT the lowlights you add yourself). DO NOT use pre-lighteners, every story I read was HORROR ones. If you cannot wait then as previous stated go to the hairdressers for them to lighten. The only thing I will say is dying your hair at home does not fry your hair - I would assume frying your hair to be linked with peroxide or bleach. Good luck. Maria .

[roadrunner41559]

I did the same thing, color was black. I used Clariol Shimmer Lights conditioner for brightening highlights and grey hair and then dried my hair in the sunlight a couple of shampoos and it lightened mine to a dark brown. Hope this works for you.