Curly Dry Brown Hair to Ugly, Dry, Blonde
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Printed Date: November 23 2025 at 10:32am
Topic: Curly Dry Brown Hair to Ugly, Dry, Blonde
Posted By: rosebud4DE
Subject: Curly Dry Brown Hair to Ugly, Dry, Blonde
Date Posted: November 28 2005 at 11:19am
I hope someone out there can help me. I have very dry curly brown
hair. I've never been able to manage my hair so it always winds
up in a pony tail. I gave the blonde thing a try, but now the
blonde has turned an ugly dark yellow and my brown roots are making
everything look even worse. I'd like to go back to a brown, what
do you suggest?
I'd like to find a new salon, but I don't know how to determine if what
they are suggesting is what is goign to work. I'm terrible with
my hair, and I need help. If they say they'll dye it brown...is
that going to work, or will the blonde show through?
HELP!!!
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Posted By: FunnyGirl
Date Posted: November 28 2005 at 12:04pm
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If they dye your hair brown it should cover your highlights, but beware that they will fade with time, requiring you to tone them with a semi-permanent or even a permanent dye if you like, but semi-perminent should be enough to just cover them.
You could try covering them now with a semi-permanent, but it really won't hold the color for too long, so I say go with the permanent first. If your hair is really dry and unmanageable I suggest you deep condition it once a week. For daily care, try the Smooth Down line from Redken, or for more curl definition you could try the Fresh Curls line, also from Redken.
Good luck and let us know how it all turned out. ^^
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Posted By: rosebud4DE
Date Posted: November 28 2005 at 12:22pm
Thanks for the recommendation, I need all the help I can get. I
will let you know how it goes. Also I will try that Smooth Down
line, that is the first I've heard of it.
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Posted By: hannebash
Date Posted: November 28 2005 at 6:39pm
Actually, I would not use a permanent color. You need to read some
threads on here about going darker, they got me to brown from
dyed-blonde hair, and permanent color probably won't hold. You need to
fill your hair before you color it,a nd you need a SEMI permanent
color, as this is deposit-only color. Permanent color lightens before
depositing, and on your porous, lightened hair, this will cause more
damage and fading. You can either buy a protein filler, or fill with
hair dye that has no developer added (this is what I did).
Also, when you dye back to brown, pick a color lighter than what you
want. The colors turn out alot darker than you would think. I had black
hair for a month or so, and it finally faded to a more natural looking
brown. By the way, It has been many months, and the color is staying,
so this really worked for me. Good luck, and don't forget to research
this a bit. IT is a drastic change, but can be done successfully.
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Posted By: FunnyGirl
Date Posted: November 29 2005 at 11:07am
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If your goal is to only cover your highlights then go for the semi permanent dye. However, if you want a different shade of brown to your hair, then you should try the permanent hair dye. I personally haven't had problems using permanent hair dye to cover my highlights, but really if all you want is to cover them then do use the semi permanent.
Nice catch on the filler hannebash, I had completely forgot about that. I think just the pre tone thing though (using only the dye without oxidizer on the highlights first) works well, and it's usually what the professionals do.
Do look into Redken's Smooth Down, it's what they recommed for chemically treated hair, so it'll really hidrate your hair and should get rid of the frizzies.
Keep us posted so we can know how it all turned out. ^^
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Posted By: rosebud4DE
Date Posted: November 29 2005 at 11:44am
I'm set up for an appointment on Tuesday! In my consultation the
lady recommended using a semi-permanent dye. Her reasoning was
that permanent dyes really open the pores of the hair and don't fully
close up. Since I'll probably need 2-3 treatments over the next
3-6 months she didn't want to use permanent dye and risk my hair being
permanently damaged. I'm goign to begin with a lighter brown and
slowly work myself back to the natural color.
What makes everything worse is the opions people have on my
looks. Some of my friends absolutly love the blonde, and others
miss the brown...I guess what matters is my opinion and that is I like
the brown, and secretly just wish I had someone elses nice flowing
locks.
Thanks for the advice!
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