I need help. I've posted before.. but didnt get too much for help.

I recently had a perming disaster. The perm did absolutly nothing to my pin-straight hair, except fry it, and strip out my colour.

Now my hair is colourless, and looks see-through. It's texture is now terrible, and I don't know what to do. I want to dye my hair, but dont know if it's pointless or what. I want it as well to have a better texture.. any help? please?

I went from this:

to this:

I want a colour similar to scarlett Johannsens hair here:

http://magazines.ivillage.com/cosmopolitan/ - http://magazines.ivillage.com/cosmopolitan/

The thing is, is that my hair is strong now. It may not look like it, but it's gone from being mushy and tangly, to being brushable and semi-soft again. It's been nearly 2 months since the fiasco. And I have had many trims and used deep conditioners every day since then.

The fact that it stripped my colour and ruined my texture bothers me. I want to do something about this now that my hair is in better shape. Can anyone please give me suggestions?

your hair is in a very fragile state, it may seem strong to you, but it is obviously fried.  If you do decide to color do NOT do it at home, peroid.  I cannot stress that enough.  Go seek a professional that deals with hair restoration/color correction, they specialize in damaged hair.

*edited for spelling*

I know it's fried, but as hard as many of you may find it, myhair has a huge bounce-back factor.

I don't know how many times (as bad as this sounds), that it has ben fried completly, and if I give it a month or two, it's pretty much like normal again.

This time is different because my texture of my hair has been changed as well. I have also found for my hair, that if bleached, it will stay weak and mushy for EVER. But if a colour is applied over the mushy areas, it quickly becomes stronger..

I'm just wondering how to improve my colour (which I know now), and texture.

they should be able to recommend what to do for fixing the texture as well, its hard to know over a computer :)

and just a thought, did you try to perm your hair right after a bleach/color?

I didn't perm my hair right after colouring.. it had been a long time since my last colour job. But that last colour job was dying over highlights.

So the perm stripped out all my colour.. and left it that icky yellow-blonde as you see above.. We tried to put just a simple wave in my hair with the perm, and that didn't work. But leave it to my hair. I can't get a curl in it EVER. No curl will stay in my hair.. lol

ahh ok.  Ive seen something similer on a girl before but that was because she permed about 2 days after coloring *ack*. 

oh no, I wouldn't have done that. But I completly forgot that perms can remove colour.. so its kinda my own fault.. lol

Oh well, im hoping that I can find a hair dresser who can restore my hair and get it back to a normal colour so I can just leave it alone.

thanks for the help!

Hmmm well depending on your hair's condition (elasticity, texture, etc) which is hard to tell by pictures but have a styist do a strand test at a salon to see if it can withstand a chemical process such as color. Just a quick glance at the picture and your hair looks overprocessed but pictures can be hard to see that.

I wouldn't recommend permanent hair-color at all. Probably best to go in with a demi-permanent similar to the blonde currently in your hair and then go over it with a clear coat such as Goldwell Colorance Clear to seal up that cuticle, add shine and preserve that color as long as possible for you.

You said you had a perm? Who did it? How long as was it? Did they know what they we're doing? I see no signs of a perm in your hair.

G'luck