Thanks for all the help, guys. But just one more thing. What would happen if I were to put strawberry blonde color on top of the stripped color. I bought some Feria in Blush Blonde and I'm not sure if I should use that or something else.
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color fix is the way to go as far as REMOVING the color. other color
"strippers" are just a very mild bleach. color fix actually breaks down
the dye molecules in the hair, and allows them to be washed out. once
all of the color is removed, it will likely leave you with an orangy
color to which you could likely apply a light blonde dye to achieve
that strawberrry blonde color you are looking for.
learn to love what you were born with
you can do anything if you set your mindto it (just dont try this with hair,that could turn out bad)
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I've had my hair various shades of red for over a year and was getting sick of it. But my family and friends put a lot of pressure on me to keep it red, so in an act of desperation (try to change the shade of red) I got some L'Oreal HiLift red for dark hair and it came out fire engine red. Absolutely horrified, I told everyone they no longer had influence over me or my head and that I was finally going to go for the strawberry blonde I'd been wanting (think Reese Witherspoon in Vanity Fair).
I immediately began washing it out with Dawn and it faded it rapidly into a brassy orangery brown with some strange hi and lowlights. But my roots have stayed a pretty bright red. Although not nearly the original fire engine color, it's become a slightly bloodier, faded red.
Being that I've done so many awful things to my hair, I've sworn off leach as anything of an option. And both times I've tried to strip my hair (both with L'Oreal Colorzap) it's come out muddy and uneven and barely changed. And although I haven't ruled out stripping, I ask for this advice:
1) Are there any other at-home procedures I could try to accelerate the fading?
2) Does anyone know of a good, reliable, reasonably priced color stripper?
3) What steps/procedures/shades do I have to achieve before it's safe to dye my hair the blonde color?
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