HELP! Want to lighten colored hair at home!

Hello all!
A few weeks ago I posted a message on this board looking for help on my hair color disaster. I had three color look going (strawberry blonde, brassy blonde, and dark blonde...natural color) and it wasn't good. So, I took the advice to just go to a professional and have a color correction done. I just wanted to get back to my natural dark blonde color! Well, long story short, they matched a color to my roots, but what I ended up with was a medium to dark brown! I was so upset I just left the salon right  away and called them the next day to see if they could correct it, but they said they would have to charge me again! I had already spent money going to another stylist to fix the hair cut they botched, and I don't want to spend even more money to have someone screw up the color again! Is there anyway that I could help this color fade quickly!

I have already tried:

1. Baking soda and shampoo...didn't really work.
2. Clarifying shampoo...may take a while.
3. Dawn dish soap (upon the salons rec)...sort of lightened it to a med./light brown.

I am now looking at:
1. Lemon Juice and vinegar.
2. Lemon Juice and Egg.
3. Lemon juice and chamomile in the sun.

Any suggestions?
-Jocelyn

man, i would have had some kind of fit if that had happened to me...did you speak to the manager?  i would have asked to speak to the actual owner about that crap......i did that once when a girl charged me 50.00 to lighten two pieces of hair and it broke off....called and got all sorts of items and such for my trouble and a vip card for any service.....it's a bad way to do business and that money is hard earned and she should be ashamed of herself and the salon too for saying what they did to you....you might think about not keeping your mouth shut and call and speak w/mgr and if that does not work ask for owner...you should at the least get your money back....so sorry that happened to you.

I"d try to avoid bleaching or acidic things like lemon juice. It could do more damage than its worth especially since you've already been though quite a few dying processes. Lemon juice can have really odd results if the hair as been chemically processed.

If you're DESPRATE to have it change immediately and can't wait just a few weeks to let it fade (using the clarifying poo, not using color protectant products, staying out in the sun, etc) - A bleach bath might be your best bet, but I def agree with Karen that it should be a very quick one.

hey,  i found something that takes the color out of my hair....deep conditioner left on for a couple of hrs or even 30 min....do it 2-3 times in a row and see if that takes anything out....i found this out by accident.  but it is good to know, it works on mine anyway.  glad your hair is where you can look at yourself without getting mad