going from red to blonde

Susan W wrote: Blonde dye isn't going to do anything over that red dye.  Color doesn't lift color.  Probably it won't change much at all if you do use it, so I wouldn't because you'll just be damaging it more for nothing.  For next time, what I would have done if I had been in your shoes and got the bleach blonde roots and the orangy ends, would be bleach again only the orangy parts until they also went to yellow, then used your blonde dye over it (though I would test strand it first to be sure it was going to come out a good tone).  Your roots got lighter because the heat from your head made them process faster.  At this point, your red is going to fade really fast on that bleached hair, so you could either be red for awhile and wear hats and bandanas over the root area, go darker (which would put you further from the blonde you wanted), or try to wash out the red.  You can try using 2 formulas to see which works better.  One is clarifying shampoo (which is acidic) washing repeatedly with that may help the dye come out faster (condition between each wash because it will be very drying -and conditioner also helps reds slide out).  The other is you can mix baking soda 50/50 with your regular shampoo and wash a few times with that.  Be prepared if you do that though, you will likely end up with either peach, pink, light orange, or yellow hair after this, so you will need to be prepared with a dye to put over it.  You can also try ColorFix , which is a low peroxide way to remove color.  It also may leave you orange or yellow, and you'd have to dye after that as well.  If you wind up yellow after this, you are ready for your blonde dye (TEST STRAND THOUGH!  Don't make any mistakes on your whole head!), if you wind up orange after one colorfix, you may want to use colorfix again until you get yellow, then dye it.  Don't dye over orange with a blonde dye, you likely will get the same result as if you dye it blonde over the red you have now...no change.

i agree

Blonde dye isn't going to do anything over that red dye.  Color doesn't lift color.  Probably it won't change much at all if you do use it, so I wouldn't because you'll just be damaging it more for nothing. 

For next time, what I would have done if I had been in your shoes and got the bleach blonde roots and the orangy ends, would be bleach again only the orangy parts until they also went to yellow, then used your blonde dye over it (though I would test strand it first to be sure it was going to come out a good tone).  Your roots got lighter because the heat from your head made them process faster. 

At this point, your red is going to fade really fast on that bleached hair, so you could either be red for awhile and wear hats and bandanas over the root area, go darker (which would put you further from the blonde you wanted), or try to wash out the red.  You can try using 2 formulas to see which works better.  One is clarifying shampoo (which is acidic) washing repeatedly with that may help the dye come out faster (condition between each wash because it will be very drying -and conditioner also helps reds slide out).  The other is you can mix baking soda 50/50 with your regular shampoo and wash a few times with that. 

Be prepared if you do that though, you will likely end up with either peach, pink, light orange, or yellow hair after this, so you will need to be prepared with a dye to put over it.

 You can also try ColorFix , which is a low peroxide way to remove color.  It also may leave you orange or yellow, and you'd have to dye after that as well.  If you wind up yellow after this, you are ready for your blonde dye (TEST STRAND THOUGH!  Don't make any mistakes on your whole head!), if you wind up orange after one colorfix, you may want to use colorfix again until you get yellow, then dye it.  Don't dye over orange with a blonde dye, you likely will get the same result as if you dye it blonde over the red you have now...no change.