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From Black to Blonde

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Forum Name: Hair Color
Forum Description: The tricks and tribulations of changing your hair color
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Printed Date: January 19 2026 at 4:04am


Topic: From Black to Blonde
Posted By: uhohoreo52
Subject: From Black to Blonde
Date Posted: June 28 2005 at 1:53pm

My hair color is naturally blonde but for years I have been dying it. I've been through many hair crisis and I don't want it to happen again. Right now my hair is black and I have about an inch of roots coming in. My hair grows fast so I am tired of having to dye my roots so often. I want to dye my hair a dirty blonde and just let it grow out. The problem is I don't know how to do this.

I go to a proffessional but she doesn't work in a boutique or anything. We aren't sure what to do. I don't want to bleach my hair because I have done that 2 or 3 times before and it made my hair a wreck, a lot of it broke off. I was wondering if I were to use a color stripper if it would make my hair a light color so I could then dye it dirty blonde. Please help!




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Posted By: Veronica F
Date Posted: June 29 2005 at 8:58am

You should check w/ the stylist you go to if she has colofix. Have you been using permanent to go darker? If so, you would probably have to use colorfix maybe twice to strip the dark color. At this point ur hair wil probably turn orange, by then she should proceed w/ coloring it a dark asg blonde if it is orange to cancel it out. I hope this makes sense. You might need to use a higher volume developer too, just to prevent the new color from coming out too dark.



Posted By: uhohoreo52
Date Posted: June 29 2005 at 12:47pm
Thanks for the reply, we'll see how it turns out


Posted By: Veronica F
Date Posted: June 29 2005 at 4:44pm
Oops sorry i meant dark ash blonde, excuse the typos lol!


Posted By: uhohoreo52
Date Posted: June 30 2005 at 11:49am
Well last night my stylist used a color stripper on my hair, I don't remember the brand it was like Willa something. Now my roots are platinum, the top on my hair is a medium pink/orange, and the bottom of my hair is a dark red. Any suggestions on what to do next?


Posted By: eKatherine
Date Posted: June 30 2005 at 12:43pm
I understand she's your friend and all, but gee whiz.

Color strippers are not meant to be used on virgin hair, which is why you ended up with platinum roots. It sounds like she used one of the harsher bleach-based products.

Possibly you could get some colorfix and try to strip some more color off the darker sections. Then you'll still need to tone it.

Maybe you could find a colorist who specializes in fixing mistakes. At this point I think you may need to settle for a multishade highlighted look.

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Posted By: uhohoreo52
Date Posted: June 30 2005 at 12:51pm

I'm sorry but did you read the first post? My hair isn't virgin hair.



Posted By: Veronica F
Date Posted: July 01 2005 at 6:26am

With color stripper's the orangey colors are to be expected. next she was supposed to maybe bleach it a little and then use an ash based blonde color to match what ur original color was. I'm a little surprised that ur hairdresser is unsure of wht to do at this point! Anyway i hope this is of some help!



Posted By: eKatherine
Date Posted: July 01 2005 at 8:46am
The roots are virgin, right? So they needed to be protected from the stripper.

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Posted By: uhohoreo52
Date Posted: July 01 2005 at 3:22pm
the only problem with an ash based blonde is that last time she tried that my hair turned completely gray. and last night she used ash based blonde in my sister's hair to counteract the orange/red and her hair got a little gray ontop


Posted By: Veronica F
Date Posted: July 01 2005 at 4:29pm
Did she have roots?


Posted By: uhohoreo52
Date Posted: July 01 2005 at 8:40pm
my ordeal is done and over with. my hair is now a brown/blonde/copper color. i swear i will never go to that lady again. she also decided she needed to cut my hair, or atleast some of it. so now i am forced to go get my hair cut tomorrow because of the hack job she did. oh well.


Posted By: eKatherine
Date Posted: July 01 2005 at 10:15pm
You've made a wise decision.

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Just looking for a few good hair slaves - is that too much to ask?



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