Hello everybody,

2 months ago I decided to change my hair color from Black to mid-brown and bought a coloration packet from schwarzkopf (polycolor) mid-brown. After coloring, my haircolor did not really change and got a little lighter but still very dark and almost black! Somebody told me if you want to go from balck to mid-brown you should use light-brown.So after 3 weeks I bought again polycolor but this time light-brown. After coloring, my hairs bacame more darker this time! It is almost black now.

Fortunately my hairs are short and I am waiting to cut my colored hairs. Does anybody know why it happend to my hairs and how I can go from Black to mid-brown? I heard Lo'real superior preference works. Is it true? Or should I use another color? I really appreciate any help!

My second question is regarding my eyebrows! I also did this mistake and while coloring my hair I also colored my eyebrows with mid-brown. The color did not changed at all! The problem is that eyebrow is not like normal hairs to grow and be cutted. So how can I color them now while they have been once colored?

Thank you very much for you help!

I forgot to say My natural hair color is also black..

Thank you very much for your reply.

But would you tell me which coloring package should I buy? There is no information regarding the volume developer on normal coloring packages like Loreal or schwarzkopf.

I would be thankful if you could give me more information.

Thank you for your help..

Thank you very much for your helps.

I will try to find them.

So should I bye the developer and the dye separately?

My question is how to mix them? How much developer should be mixed with how much dye? I am going first to make a test on part of my hair. So I need an scaling to tell me what amount of each substance should be mixed to gether.

Which colors do you suggest from going black (my natrual hair) to middle brown. Should I bye middle brown or light brown? Should I also add other colors like blue or green to prenvent orange or red?If so what amount of each should be added to make the desired color.

Could anybody help me? I really need your help.

Thank you again! 

I bought today hell braun (Nature) (Koleston Perfect from Wella) the number is 5/00.

I also bought a Oxidations-Creme 9% (30 Volume) (Welloxon Perfect from Wella)

I mixed them up once 1:1 and another time 1:2(twice as much developer) and made two string test on part of my hair.

The color did not changed much and just went from Black to very dark brown or dark brown so only one level

Actually I wanted to get a hell brown but the result is exactly the same as I had tried with polycolor dye box before! fortuenately I only tried a string test this time but the Wella color was rather expensive

Now I don't know what to do. Actually in the store she told me I should also buy a blonding creme and mix it with Oxidation creme 9% and then wash the hair and again mix the hell braun color this time with a Oxidation creme 6% to color it and also cover the gray hair.

Is this blonding creme the same as bleeching?

Do you think if I can do it? or is it a profi job? Please give some hint. Thank you again.

Oops I made a mistake while typing..

Hell brown is wrong.. I meant light brown

U would have remove some of the existing pigment in ur hair in order for it to lift properly w/ the 30 vol.

I suggest getting the Blondor and mixing the bleach w/ shampoo equal parts and leaving it in ur hair for maybe 15-30 minutes, it is still technically using bleach but a less harsh alternative, it is known as soap capping or a bleach bath.

Then if u see ur hair slightly orange or whatever u can use the 5/0 koleston color w/ the 30 vol. (9%)

But strand test w/ both first.

sorry I didnt get you.

You said "getting the blondor and mixing the bleach" ? Is this bleach different from blondor? should I also buy it separately?

Did you mean that, I should mix Blondor and Oxidant 30 vol and add shampoo to it and use it on my hairs (so a mixture of Bolonder,Oxidant and shampoo). am I right? But instructions for wella blondor powder say only blondor and oxidants. I am comfused now

Would you also explain what is bleaching and why is it harsher?

Thanks again..

Ok thanks. I understood what you mean.

Wella Blonder + Head&Shoulder shampoo (equal parts)

Must the Blonder be a creme or powder in this case?

my another question is that after using bleech and washing and again using color+developer to color the hair is it enough to use a normal shampoo like H&S to clean all these chemical substances. For example in dye boxes they usually provide with some special shampoos.

Thank you again..

It's better to use a color preserving shampoo after coloring then H&S as it tends to strip the color. But w/ the blondor it would be fine, i don't think it will make much difference whether u use a creme or powder version of blondor, creme might be easier to work w/...

Today I made several strand tests using the Blondor powder.

Actually where I bought the powder she told me I have to mix one spoon of the Blondor powder with one spoon of developer(6%) and one spoon of shampoo and 100ml water and I should use it on my hair and wash it immidiately!! I asked if I should wait a little she said no! Acutually I made a strand test and it was really nonsense what she said. no effect!!!

second strand test I mixed one spoon of powder and developer and shampoo together and it got lighter.

third strand test I mixed one spoon of powder with one and a half spoon of developer only ( this time without shampoo) it got really lighter. I mean from level 1 to 6! a little bit orange but not that much I had thought. Actually in this test I let the mixture for 17 min on my hairs. I thought maybe with 12 min I get my desired color I mean light brown (level 5) without coloring it.

what I understood is that the more time I wait it get more lighter but at the same time somehow orange but not much.Do you think if it is possible to go from black to light brown in only one step by bleeching (12 min) ?

What is the best way to do so? I also colored my third strand test with light brown and the color got better but still a little red brown but not much.

I am going to make another strand test tommorrow. one spoon powder and one and a half developer 12 min. Do you think if this is a good way?

oops by the way the blondor powder name is:

Platin-Blond (blue-dust free) from coiffeur meister

and actually powder with shampoo alone seems not to work because with that developer as I said it got  lighter only 2 or 3 levels, so without developer I dont think it works.

Oh i wasn't trying to help u bleach ur hair actually, the reason i suggested only the bleach powder and shampoo to be used was becuz it helps in removing some of the existing pigment from the hair and then the 30 vol. w/ the color will give u the lift u need, otherwise if u just bleach it then u don't need 30 vol., rather 10 vol. I hope this isn't too confusing

Otherwise if u actually bleach ur hair(meaning developer and bleach), then follow Leia's advice.

Ok thanks.. I was thinking whatif I had made all these string tests on my own hair this string test is really something good.

do you think if the semi-permanent dye will also cover my gray hair?

Would you name some of good semi-permanent dyes? I want a dye box where I can bye in any store. Do you know "Casting" from loreal?

How long semi-permanat dyes last on hair? 4 to 6 weeks?

My last question is when I bleech now and then use this semi-permanent dye (ash brown) what will happen after some weeks when the dye removes? does it mean that my hair is again like the first day after bleeching and I can dye as I like again? If so this is a good news.

I finally bleeched my hair.

The color seems ok but the problem is that some parts are lighter than the other parts!!!

I am looking for some temporary colors instead of semi .

How are those colors?

thanks