How would I go blonde again?

Now, I'm not professionally trained (unless you call hours and hours of internet research on just about ever hair topic, trying to gain understanding for my own hair and many mistakes, lol) but I have lot's and lot's of experience with my own hair.

I would strongly recommend you use a colour remover such as Color Oops or Color Fix to remove the brown dye. In the long run, you'll end up with a more even colour, and less damage, as you won't need to bleach over and over to remove the artifical pigment. Deep condition after.

That's step one.

I gather that you want to do this yourself? I would make sure you're confident with it, and if you can get a friend to help you with the back. Because they're will probably be a small amount of colour build up, even after the remover, I'd suggest using a on-scalp bleach, such as Wellite by Wella with probably a 30 vol (can someone confirm/dispute this?). Do a strand test to calculate the time to leave it on, your hair looks about a level 6 and fine, so it could be as little as 30 minutes, so be careful.

Apply to the lengths, leaving about a inch and a half of roots, because they develop faster. Rinse of at desired level then apply to the roots and WATCH THEM, the time will almost definitely be shorter due to the heat from your scalp.

I'd suggest using a silver shampoo/conditioner for best colour results. Deep condition regularly.

Warning: all blondes have to worry about bleach damage. Do this at your own risk.

Maybe consult your hairdresser, and if you can afford it, get them to do it. Though in my experience they won't, and you'll come out with highlights. Can be nice, but after all's said and done, is not what you wanted.

I hope this helped. Let me know if i've forgotten anything guys.

Best of luck with it. <3

red legos wrote: The problem is, the dyed hair and my natural color are the exact same color. I have no idea which is actually dyed, and which is natural. If you look closely in the NOW picture above, the ends and the top look about the same. I'm only assuming that the middle and ends are the dyed parts because my hair couldn't have grown THAT much in a year.. I was figuring 30 was what I needed. Can I not just do a strand test and see how that turns out? Do I apply it to the middle, top, then ends?

If you're not going to a hairdresser, then it's pretty much trial and error with bleach and developer strength, as everyone's hair is different. I can only give a guideline.

Do a strand test. You'll soon find out what parts are artifically dyed and what isn't, because the virgin hair will lift to a yellow and the other parts will only lighten a few shades.