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    Posted: November 10 2008 at 1:21pm
Basically, I have been weaving blonde into my hair for about 10 months. It's always looked and felt fine, never had any problems with it. Long story short, I went in a few weeks ago and my hairstylist completely messed it up to where she had to end up bleaching the whole thing. She did a bleach soap cap and now my hair is totally dead and lifeless. I'm not too happy with the color right now, it's VERY blonde and I want to go back to brown as soon as possible, but I want to wait until it's a bit healthier first.

It has been about 2 weeks so far since I've done anything, and I've been deep conditioning it and babying my hair like crazy. How much longer do you think I should wait before going  back to brown? I'm getting pretty impatient Smile

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I don't know much about hair but I don't want to completely kill my hair!

Thanks!!
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What color are you wanting to color it?  What color is it now and what is your natural color?  Those are all important to know.  If you have any recent pics of yourself, that would be best to look at to figure out the condition and texture.
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Dont worry,going darker is much less damaging to your hair because you are putting color back,not taking it away.In fact,going darker may even improve the shine and texture quite a bit.
A few things though....
 
1) Going brown with very blonde hair is going to come out quite dark,probably almost black looking at first if your hair damaged/porous which it sounds like it is.
2)The color,although dark,will fade very fast and you will more then likely have to color more then once.
3)Since your hair is so blonde,be sure to make sure the stylist (or if you are doing it yourself,you) use a brown with a GOLDEN to reddish tone in it.
I know most people hate reddish tones,but if your hair is a whitesh blonde like the inside of a banana and you dont add back in a golden tone,you could end up with GREENISH looking hair.
 
4) last but not least,if you find your keeps fading (and it will the first two or three times you color it) Try a color depositing shampoo.The area the color life saver and keep you from needing touch ups as often.
 
Good luck,and you should be able to go darker as soon as you want!
 
p.s. if you do it yourself,please go to a beauty supply store and ask about a PROTEIN FILLER which will REALLY help with the amount of damage your hair takes from coloring and seal in the color better too.
 
 
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