Hair dye turned out too dark!?

I have naturally brown hair but had been getting blonde highlights put in. My roots were coming in again and I decided to have a change and dye it a brown colour at home. I bought a permanent dye which was called "dark golden brown" but my hair's gone a kind of chesnut brown with a reddish tint. It's not really the colour I wanted and has probably gone like that because of the blonde highlights. Does anyone have any suggestions how I could change it? I wanted to go a medium brown colour.

Thanks

Lindsay

Hair dye turned out too dark!?

Don't do anything more to it.

The color you just put in should fade pretty soon.

Let it go at least 2 weeks and if you are still not happy then just buy a lighter color and color on top of what you already have.

DO NOT BLEACH

Wait AT LEAST 10 days before applying any more color

Hair dye turned out too dark!?

First, use the hair dye remover. Then go to the store and buy a lighter hair color dyer. Hope this helps. =]

Hair dye turned out too dark!?

i think it's best to let your hair grow naturally and let it take its own colour.

Hair dye turned out too dark!?

Well either dye all your hair that color or dye it again and C if it works out! Or you could keep it redish highlights with a medium brown color sound ok!

Hope this helped!

Hair dye turned out too dark!?

dye it back to black and then your hair would be a little darker and then mix it with medium brown color and then you hair won't be that fugly chest nut color no more!! anyways..hope that help!! it help for me!! :)

Hair dye turned out too dark!?

You can buy a dye remover to remove the hair colour, then choose another colour, or go to your hairdresser and get it done professionally......... good luck..................

Hair dye turned out too dark!?

that sounds like a pretty color....when the stylist tells you dont wash it for a couple of days...its because it will lighten it up....

take an ordinary dish soap...for dishes...and wash it in 1 day...it will lighten it up, and blend it a little better....

hopefully enough to satisfy you...

good luck

Hair dye turned out too dark!?

I think you can wait untill your natural hair color grows back or color your hair again. I really suggest to not color your hair again it will burn your hair and it will be hard to make it soft and silky again so i would wait.

Hair dye turned out too dark!?

go to a salon and get them to strip your hair, that's when they pull all of the unnatural color out of your hair and then start from sratch

Hair dye turned out too dark!?

This sounds crazy but what I was told to do when my hair turned out too dark was combine conditioner and baking soda, I believe 2 tbs to your hair and leave it on for 30 mins twice a day, it took out some of the dye and lightened it a little. I woulda just redyed it but they told me you have to wait 2 weeks before redying.

Hair dye turned out too dark!?

You should have went to a hair dresser or stylist and had them touch up your hair, now you should either commit to the new color or go to the salon and have it fixed.

Hair dye turned out too dark!?

Get it professionally corrected. Adding more color your self can possibly damage your hair or get even worse as far as color goes. Take the box from the dye you used so the color stylest knows what you have on your hair. Good Luck

Hair dye turned out too dark!?

heres what happened to you, your blonde highlights turned red, which is something you should have anticipated. Your highlights are lighter then you natural hair color so obviously they were gonna catch a different color then the rest of your head. Also the more you wash you hair the lighter it will get. It wont stay this dark forever. Re-dying it will just make it worse , just wait it out and see how it looks once it lightens up. If you really hate it then i think you should go to a hairdresser, they will be able to fix it.

Hair dye turned out too dark!?

Hello Lindsay,

What happened to your hair is very common. Because your hair was blond, it tends to pull the colors that make up the color you applied. The dark golden brown color has a red base, this is why your hair has a red tone.

A few suggestions:

If you can afford it, visit a salon and have them "color correct" your hair. Show them the color you want to be and they will try to get you there.

If you plan to do this on your own, wash your hair will a harsh shampoo or dish soap. This will take out a little bit of this color. Then re-color with a box color that is brown with little or no red tone. AND condition, condition, condition! All this processing will dry out your tresses.

Also, don't worry if your hair seems to fade quickly. Your hair was stripped of all its pigment when you lifted it to blond. Adding color takes a little bit of time.

Hair dye turned out too dark!?

YOUR MISTAKE WAS THE WORD "GOLDEN" THAT IS ANOTHER WORD FOR RED IN THE HAIR COLOR DEPARTMENT AND THE BLONDE HIGHLIGHTS WILL GRAB HOLD OF THE MAIN INGREDIENT AND THATS Y THEY LOOK DIFFERENT THAN THE REST. YOU NEED TO USE AN ASH COLOR TO GET RID OF THE RED TINT PLEASE LISTEN TO ME THESE OTHERS HAVEN'T EVER BEEN TO BEAUTY SCHOOL LIKE MYSELF

Hair dye turned out too dark!?

It will lighten up some on its own because color covering highlights fades. If you get a perm -that will lighten it. The only other thing is to have bleach on it for just a minute to take out a little color --then color it to the color you want. If you want a medium brown use a light brown tint.--Hey I have been a hair stylist for 30 years.