I have dark brown hair and last Friday I used Herbal Essence Bleach Blonde on my hair.  I turned blonde and red...I don't think the color is ugly but its just not for me.  It makes me look funny(hard to explain)...anyways I bought new haircolor, Clairol Nice'neasy Natural Dark Auburn.  When will it be ok to use it?  I don't want my hair to fall out or look terrible.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!!!!

Dark brown hair virgin?--applied Bleach Blonde--got blonde and red.  (Gold blonde, yellow blonde, pale yellow blonde?) 

If you have red and blonde and you add some more red, it's possible you'll get pink and a darker red hair.  What do you want your hair to look like?  I'd strand test that color on each differently colored section prior to using it. 

Also decide what you want your hair to look like prior to dying it again. 

By the way you don't have to wait, once you dye or bleach the hair is damaged or dried and will never retain it's health until you grow it out. 

kjpark~

You've come to the right place!  We've all had our hair colour mishaps:)

I wish I could advise you on what the best route is for your hair colour ~and the technicalities regarding that, but there are more experienced people on here who can and have helped.

What I wanted to mention is this~ You lightened your hair on Friday with Bleach Blonde~ so I am assuming you wanted blonde hair. 

You explained that you were really unhappy with how the bleaching turned out~ totally understandable if you went blonde and red when you were wanting all over blonde.  I would want to correct it too if it wasn't the colour I was looking for :) 

You also mentioned that you had bought another hair colour in an 'Auburn' shade.  Another lovely hair colour.  What I wanted to get to is this~ If you wanted to be blonde~ AND still want to be... you can still get there.  You just need to get some help with recomendations for the correct products and techniques to get your hair to the all over blonde that you were initially aiming for. 

I know you are not happy with the blonde/red that you have now, but what I am trying to say is that you don't need to go straight to Auburn simply to cover up colour that you are unhappy with.

If you decided that blonde simply isn't for you and you would prefer Auburn~ I'm sure it will look great~ and there are others on here who will advise you so you can get the colour to look great.  Otherwise~ I just wanted to mention that if you colour your hair auburn simply to cover up the blonde/red that you are unhappy with ...and then still want to go all over blonde again in the near future~ it is going to be that much more difficult ~ and damaging to your hair~ than just correcting the red/blonde that you have now.  Does that make sense?

Please don't think I am trying to talk you out of the Auburn~ not at all~ its a gorgeous and flattering hair colour on many people.  What I wanted to make sure is that you know that you can still go all over blonde with just some good advice, products and technique ~ and that going to Auburn now and later trying to go blonde again after the auburn~ it will be that much harder.

Good luck to you!  Keep us posted!

Blondie1972 wrote: What I wanted to get to is this~ If you wanted to be blonde~ AND still want to be... you can still get there.  You just need to get some help with recomendations for the correct products and techniques to get your hair to the all over blonde that you were initially aiming for.  I know you are not happy with the blonde/red that you have now, but what I am trying to say is that you don't need to go straight to Auburn simply to cover up colour that you are unhappy with.

That's exactly what I was thinking/would have said! Doesn't it take a couple of bleachings anyway to get dark hair to light? I.e., this wasn't a mistake but is just unfinished business?

Thanks guys for all of the advice.  I didn't mind the blonde/red so much it just wasn't for my skin tone.  My husband had been after me to try blonde several times so I took a risk when I decided it was time to color.  The color wasn't that bad it just wasn't for me.

I colored it today to the auburn and I really like it.

Thanks!!!

So glad it worked for you!