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    Posted: June 26 2007 at 3:13am
Hi everyone! I'd like to get some advice on a distaser that happened to me.

So I recently bleached my hair & it didn't turn out to be the right shade that I wanted. (It's an orangey-yellow) Since that didn't work out, I wanted to dye it with a brunette shade. But my hair seemed very dry & fragile, not to mention that I've lost a lot of hair (No bald spots but definitely losing more hair than on average).


I called Clairol (the company who makes the bleach I used) & the first consultant told me that I can just go right ahead & dye it, but I had forgotten to tell her about my hair loss (I mentioned hair being dry though). The second consultant I talked to, I definitely brought up the fact that I've been losing hair & they told me to deep condition with Aussie's 3 Minute Miracle for about a week or two or at least until the hair loss stops before I can dye it.


My plan is to deep condition my hair for about a week & dye it on Friday. (I have a family party to go to & definitely do not want this orange-yellow hair color).

Would this be alright to do? I'm really hoping there's a way that I can dye it without having it damage my hair too much.

Thank you very much! (In advance!)
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If your hair is in bad condition there is nothing you can do to fix it.  However, if you need to dye it to tone it down try getting Clairol Born Blonde.  These will be the least damaging on your hair.  Without seeing a picture of the color you have it's hard to say what color would work...Igora color toning mousse is a good gentle product as well.  Good luck and I hope this helps. 
 
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I really hoped that it would be okay for me to dye my hair a dark brunette shade, a dye without ammonia.

I'll give Clairol Born Blonde a try once I find out how my hair is on Friday. If it's too damaged, I'll use the Clairol Born Blonde. If I stop losing hair & my hair feels soft, I'll go ahead with dying it a brunette shade.

THANKS FOR YOUR REPLY!
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'dry' dosent' always mean damaged - but if your hair is breaking off, falling out, major split ends you have severe bleach damage that will need to be grown out. dryness won't be solved over night either, I'd recemend getting a protein filler in the appropriate color that you dye it - this will help repair the porous nature of bleached hair. loreal nature's therapy is a GREAT conditioner and not too expensive either ($13 for a BIG tub).
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For the protein filler with added hair color, is it a light color? I looked up on Sally's Beauty Supplys website & it says "Usage Tips
Use to adjust unwanted ash tones in all shades of brown hair and bright, dull or faded color."

Ive been hearing about the neutral protein filler method, where you have it in your hair for 20 minutes, then you dye it with an OTC dye. Would this be okay?
 
I'm hoping it's a dark brunette color, as that is what I am going to try to achieve when my hair feels better.

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it comes in several colors - including the neutral; the site dosen't always have complete information.
 Personally I perfer to avoid OTC dye becase you have no idea what level of developer is in it.

But I think if you get your hair a bit stronger, use a low volume developer (or even a semi since you're only adding color, not lifting) you could easily achieve a dark brunette. If thats really the route you prefer to go, I think you could easily do it at the end of the week. Just make sure its what you want to do so you don't wind up bleaching again too soon and in the same situation. its the cycles of dying and bleaching that really causes damage.
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