Stripey hair
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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: October 05 2025 at 1:55am
Topic: Stripey hair
Posted By: susu
Subject: Stripey hair
Date Posted: October 01 2006 at 6:47am
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Hello everyone, I've been tossing my hair between two hair colours for the longest time, my natural dark brown colour and a lighter brown colour. When I previously lightened my hair I did the roots first and then the ends last and it looked stripey  so I dyed it a brown colour to try and even it out. Unfortunately it now looks like my natural dark brown colour. How long should I wait in between dye jobs? |
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Posted By: KarenNJ
Date Posted: October 01 2006 at 9:24am
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As long as your hair feels healthy, you can do something with it right away. Otherwise, keep using good conditioning treatments and wait until it feels healthy. But you can't use a lighter dye on previously colored hair. You have to remove the dye first, or your hair will just get darker. Be sure to read Claude's sticky at the top of this forum. It's an excellent introduction to hair coloring. Honestly, your best bet is to live with the dark color until it grows out. You could also brighten it up with a few foil highlights. I'd suggest you try to live with it for a week and see if you can stand it the way it is and also to see if it fades a little. If you fell you absolutely must get to a lighter brown, here's what you need to do: If you can afford to go to a salon, find a master colorist and have it done professionally. Be sure to explain everything you did to your hair. If you cannot afford to go to a salon or you are unable to find a master colorist, find a Beauty Supply store like Sally's. Purchase a color remover product like Colorfix & follow the directions to remove the dye. Your hair will likely be a pumpkin-like color. (Make sure the color is even throughout.) Ideally, you should use a porosity treatment. Then color your hair to the desired color. Be sure to do a strand test first. Unless you have very short hair, the ends will soak up the color very fast and look muddy, if processed too long. So apply the color from the roots to mid-shaft and do not pull it all the way through to the ends until the last 10 minutes or so. If your strand test doesn't give you the desired color, you will need to pre-pigment. This is the "gentler" method, but it is still damaging to the hair. Color removal can also be done with bleach. Again, my suggestion is not to remove the color. I'd leave it as it is or add a few foil highlights. Good luck! ------------- Strand test, strand test, strand test! |
Posted By: susu
Date Posted: October 02 2006 at 7:41am
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Hey Karen, Thanks for your reply, I've had a day to get used to having dark hair again and it's not so bad. I'm going to wait a while and then go and get a proffessional to do the job for me. Thanks again for the reply! |
Posted By: julesyjul88
Date Posted: October 04 2006 at 12:36am
| It may also lighten up on it's own with alot of washings. My hair was dyed a light reddish brown but at first looked almost jet black,and It looked pretty drastic.But after only a week of washings,it lightened up almost to the color I wanted. |