HELP...weft is too dark...can I color?

Lightening the hair (which also means making hair 'redder') is always tricky business.

I have taken some of my #2 wefts, and used a intense high lift tint to make vivid red-violet highlights, but that is the only time I have tried to lighten hair, and certainly not the whole weft, but a few highlights.

Wefted hair is already processed, so putting on more ammonia and peroxide  is a risk.  Also, much of the hair is pre-colored, and since a tint will not lift a tint, is is possible that you can't get the lift you want without bleaching and toning the hair.

If you try it, of course do a strand test first.

You could take something like a 4 inch section of the weft and try bleaching and toning it just to see what happens.....

get some bleach- professional if u can or  some from the beauty supply- get 30 vol devep- mix to a creamy texture- like pudding.

take a small section, lay foil underneath it

use a brush and paint it on, covering the entire test piece.

wrap the foil around it.

let it process and watch it every five minutes. when it reaches the color u are wanting , shampoo and condition and dry. Keep track of how long it takes so IF it does work, you will know how long for the rest of it.