Hair color darker than intended?
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What to do when your hair color is too dark
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Here is a typical comment from one of my most popular articles, Hair Color Too Dark: Hi. i had blonde hair. i just dyed my hair “cola brown” but it turned out almost black! not what i was looking for. how can i lighten it fast? i wanted brown but not black! i leave for school on saturday, so it must be fixed. i also planned on dying more reddish-gold-brown or quote “cocoa brown” into it, but haven’t done so yet. what should i do? please help. |
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There are many causes and considerations for home hair coloring going wrong. When your hair color gets too dark, well, you now have “a horse of a different color” to contend with.
In the last couple of years, celebrity hairstyles have been leading the way to a new surge in “beautiful brunettes.” The hairstyles are gorgeous with drizzles of colors in hues named, caramel, creme brulee or cafe au lait, that bring out surface strands and give a depth or warmth to the hair, unmatched by any single step color you can do at home.
It’s not uncommon for those coloring hair at home to end up with a head of hair much darker than that which was intended. Home hair coloring kits fly off the shelves and into the hands and hair of the unexperienced. Top that off with the fact that reading directions is moot and . . . bingo . . . you’ve got problems; enuf said.
My absolute best advice is . . . carefully search for a hair colorist who is familiar with corrective hair coloring. Do not try hair color correction yourself, you’re sure to make matters worse, resulting not only in more expense, but more importantly, damage to you hair. A hair colorist who is experienced in corrective hair coloring can remove the unwanted dark dye pigment on a damaged and unruly head of hair, leaving it ready for corrective dimensional hair coloring. This is an extremely tricky procedure and to try this yourself is a sure accident waiting to happen.
In my article, http://visual-makeover.com/hairstyle-advice/haircolor-too-dark-here-are-your-options/ I give some home remedies you can try, but I give them reluctantly, just read directions and be careful!
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I have blue eyes,fair skin and kind of auburn red hair. It is beginning to fade and get a lot of gray in it what kind of color should I use? I also have thought of getting highligts.
Comment by sandra — July 31, 2007 @ 10:28 am