Black to Mid-Brown or Light-Brown

Hello everybody,

2 months ago I decided to change my hair color from Black to mid-brown and bought a coloration packet from schwarzkopf (polycolor) mid-brown. After coloring, my haircolor did not really change and got a little lighter but still very dark and almost black! Somebody told me if you want to go from balck to mid-brown you should use light-brown.So after 3 weeks I bought again polycolor but this time light-brown. After coloring, my hairs bacame more darker this time! It is almost black now.

Fortunately my hairs are short and I am waiting to cut my colored hairs. Does anybody know why it happend to my hairs and how I can go from Black to mid-brown? I heard Lo'real superior preference works. Is it true? Or should I use another color? I really appreciate any help!

My second question is regarding my eyebrows! I also did this mistake and while coloring my hair I also colored my eyebrows with mid-brown. The color did not changed at all! The problem is that eyebrow is not like normal hairs to grow and be cutted. So how can I color them now while they have been once colored?

Thank you very much for you help!

Coloring over color is likely what made your hair turn black again.  If you're going to cut off the colored hair before trying to color again, then you should be able to use a medium to light brown dye with 30 volume developer for extra lift.

If you think you'll be coloring over the previously-colored hair, then you need to use a color stripper (like colorfix) to remove the old dye first.

to be able to get a certain volume developer you would have to go to a beauty supply store like sally beauty. they sell hair color (either in cream or gel formula) and then they sell the developer. developers come in 10volumr (which is usually used to go darker) 20 volume (to change maybe one or two levels) 30 volume (for changes of more than 2 levels, but not blonde, i.e. the change you are trying to make) and 40 volume (usually used to change from darker colors like brown to a lighter blond color) this is why you should use 30 volume developer. after your hair grows out, go to the beauty supply store and get the color, the developer, and an applicator bottle to mix the ingredients in. follow the directions on the bottle of dye, and mix it up. if you have any questions, the people at the beauty supply store should prove to be very helpful.

Thank you very much for your helps.

I will try to find them.

So should I bye the developer and the dye separately?

My question is how to mix them? How much developer should be mixed with how much dye? I am going first to make a test on part of my hair. So I need an scaling to tell me what amount of each substance should be mixed to gether.

Which colors do you suggest from going black (my natrual hair) to middle brown. Should I bye middle brown or light brown? Should I also add other colors like blue or green to prenvent orange or red?If so what amount of each should be added to make the desired color.

Could anybody help me? I really need your help.

Thank you again! 

I bought today hell braun (Nature) (Koleston Perfect from Wella) the number is 5/00.

I also bought a Oxidations-Creme 9% (30 Volume) (Welloxon Perfect from Wella)

I mixed them up once 1:1 and another time 1:2(twice as much developer) and made two string test on part of my hair.

The color did not changed much and just went from Black to very dark brown or dark brown so only one level

Actually I wanted to get a hell brown but the result is exactly the same as I had tried with polycolor dye box before! fortuenately I only tried a string test this time but the Wella color was rather expensive

Now I don't know what to do. Actually in the store she told me I should also buy a blonding creme and mix it with Oxidation creme 9% and then wash the hair and again mix the hell braun color this time with a Oxidation creme 6% to color it and also cover the gray hair.

Is this blonding creme the same as bleeching?

Do you think if I can do it? or is it a profi job? Please give some hint. Thank you again.

U would have remove some of the existing pigment in ur hair in order for it to lift properly w/ the 30 vol.

I suggest getting the Blondor and mixing the bleach w/ shampoo equal parts and leaving it in ur hair for maybe 15-30 minutes, it is still technically using bleach but a less harsh alternative, it is known as soap capping or a bleach bath.

Then if u see ur hair slightly orange or whatever u can use the 5/0 koleston color w/ the 30 vol. (9%)

But strand test w/ both first.

the "blonder" that you mentioned is a bleach. what veronica is suggesting is using shampoo instead of the developer, or "oxidant" as you call it. if the directions on the "blonder" say to mix it a certain way, with a certain ammount of "oxidant" mixx it the same way, just use shampoo instead of the "oxidant". this is a less harsh way of lightening the hair. if you were to use the "oxidant" with your "blonder" it would more than likely dry out the hair. if you use the shampoo, it will probably still make the hair feel a little dryer, but much less than the "oxidant" would.

It's better to use a color preserving shampoo after coloring then H&S as it tends to strip the color. But w/ the blondor it would be fine, i don't think it will make much difference whether u use a creme or powder version of blondor, creme might be easier to work w/...

oops by the way the blondor powder name is:

Platin-Blond (blue-dust free) from coiffeur meister

and actually powder with shampoo alone seems not to work because with that developer as I said it got  lighter only 2 or 3 levels, so without developer I dont think it works.