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Category: Hair Talk
Forum Name: Hair Color
Forum Description: The tricks and tribulations of changing your hair color
URL: https://talk.hairboutique.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=19320
Printed Date: February 03 2026 at 4:59am


Topic: black hair
Posted By: silverice
Subject: black hair
Date Posted: February 17 2005 at 12:13pm
i colored my hair more than three months ago to a black color, now I'm tried of it and my natural color is easier to see now since my roots are longer. I tried coloring it back to my natural color which is a medium brown but it didn't do anything. My roots got a little lighter but the rest of my black hair stayed the same. How can I change my black hair color to something else with out damaging my hair to much?



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Posted By: leia1979
Date Posted: February 17 2005 at 9:47pm
Rule number one: Color does not lift color. No matter what kind of dye you put on your black-dyed hair, it won't budge.

You need a color stripper. I've used One n' Only Colorfix myself with great success. It's available at Sally's. It may take one or more rounds of Colorfix to remove all the black, and make sure to follow the instructions to the letter (especially the part that involves adding developer to tell if you've removed all of the color). This will likely leave you with orangey hair. You can then easily put brown dye over the orange.

Also, read the FAQ from the link posted here http://p080.ezboard.com/fhair18356frm17.showMessage?topicID=44.topic - http://p080.ezboard.com/fhair18356frm17.showMessage?topicID=44.topic (I can't get the direct link to work because it's a web archive)

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Posted By: Gina E
Date Posted: February 17 2005 at 9:49pm
Silverrice...It's hard to give a "consultation" not knowing the condition of your hair. What look are you wanting?
Leia...links not working for me

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Posted By: Innamorata594
Date Posted: February 18 2005 at 12:03pm
First, Colorfix is not a stripper...Secondly, If you look at customer reviews for Colorfix they say that it turns your hair orange(which, yes, you can redye brown) but even when they redyed it, it went back black after a few days..Its not supposed to damage your hair, so you can give it a try if your tight on cash. If not, I would suggest you go to a pro(they dont use Colorfix)--find one that uses a product called Rusk Elimin8 which is similar to ColorFix, but more succesful at removing color and it shouldnt damage your hair either. Both of these things will not give you a guaranteed pass back to the color your aiming for, so be aware of that...The other two options you have would be to have a stylists strip the color out for you which can be slightly damaging..Or you could have it bleached and recolored over which I would definantly NOT recommend. Anyway- good luck.



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