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If you want to go back to your natural colour, you may need to pre pigment (use a filler) on the blonde and then apply your natural colour over this. I would go with the low- lights first see if you like this look.

 

Best of luck, let us know how you get on, Karen

 

I am a hairstylist and I only use professional colour, however I would recommend is the Garnier Nutrisse medium brown ( Truffle) only because my sister used this and the colour was healthy, shinny and lovely.

 

Do you not fancy the low-lights then Jill?

 

Karen

 

PS if you cant wait, then go ahead and use, just use plenty of good conditioner.

 

Do you have a friend who can do a few foils in the shape of a T at the top of your head to give you some low-lights.?

 

Karen

 

You may get a bit of fading, but don't worry as the next time you colour your hair it should fade less. You can just do the roots and pull the rest of the colour through the last 10 mins, just to refresh the middle lengths and ends of your hair. Keep up with the conditioner, this will help with the condition of your hair, also go for a trim every 6 weeks, helps get rid of any damaged hair, keeps the hair healthy.

 

Glad to have helped you in some small way Jill.

 

Karen:)

 

Hey Jill; sounds like you have received great advice from Karen. What I wanted to let you know is that ANY process you do to your hair is going to be damaging to some extent. If you use a permanent colour again, it will be damaging, it just won't LOOK like it's damaged because it's darker. Please use the medium brown in a 'deposit-only' formula (less volume of peroxide), which are less damaging. When you go dark from so light, you should always use a colour with golden or red tones as it will go darker and grab drab otherwise.

 

Just do a good deep conditioning on it and go to town. Good luck!

 

Grab drab, I haven't a clue either, lol, hopefully fakeeizme can tell us, lol

 

You used lemon conditioner on your hair, oh girl, tut, tut, lol

 

Just use the same colour as before, but I agree to leave it for 2 weeks.

 

As for the green hue you think you see, yes I would also agree with fakeizme to use something with golden tones, but as you have loads of warm tones already, I would just use the previous colour see how you go, should be fine. I think box colours like browns and darker base colours are deposit only colours only aren't they, lol. I am not to clued up on box colour cos its professional ones I use, so I may be wrong, just check the box, Jill, lol.

 

Jill put the Marilyn conditioner in the bin, hunnie, lol

 

Karen x

 

I'm sorry, by 'deposit-only,' I mean demi or semi-permanent colour like Natural Instincts or anything that advertises itself as temporary or washing out in 24 washes. Believe me, it won't wash out on you! Now, I can't look back and see what your original post was, but I think when I was referring to the gold/reds, I meant when dying your very blonde pieces back to brown. You need to put the tones back in your hair that you stripped out when you bleached (for the colour to hold). If you buy a golden brown or neutral brown, they have the fill colours included for you, so a lot of times you don't have to fill prior to using them.

 

Grabbing drab is when very bleached hair (white) is so porous that it soaks up any darker colour that is put on it. Porous hair always grabs dark and wants to go grey or off-toned (it's one of the rules of colour). That's why you need a porosity filler or a red or golden tone to even up the porosity and prepare it for the colour to come!

 

Have I confused you even more?!!