I have been dyeing my hair this reddish brown for the past year and when I went to visit my mother we decided to dye our hair together. Just to have a change I decided to go back to blonde. It was a big mistake and now my roots are blonder then the rest of my hair.
I went to the hair dresser thinking if I got streaks it would hide my roots, but I had a very inexperienced hairdresser and after spending 100 bucks to get highlights my roots are now a bleach blonde and the rest of my hair is more of a cool blonde. Any at home remedies for this problem or am I to go back and spend more money on my hair?
By Anita from Toronto, Ontario
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Stop messing with your hair as now it's damaged and it will only get worse. Go to a qualified beautician and go to her more than once as you're dealing with chemicals and sometimes the outcome isn't to your liking the first time. With all the crazy hair styles and colors I wouldn't worry too much, it really doesn't sound that bad.
I would go into a place like CVS and get one of the root touch up kits. It isn't going to cost more than $8 or $9 and you might even pick up two of them if you have thick hair since they don't put a lot of the color in for just a root touch up. I recently totally crapped out my hair by having the desire for blond hair. I bought one of the bleach colors and it just mutilated my hair. It was half dark growing in and the ends were horribly dry and totally platinum blond.
I decided to go to find only one person to do my hair until it got better. I am happy to say that it has worked and I stayed with one hair stylist for a year and now I have nice soft non dry hair and it is a really pretty lighter sandy blond color with highlights that are even a prettier golden blond.
If I were you I would first try to get the root touch up and go and get a good haircut and have them cut off as much as they can. I mean it will grow back and yeah it sucks and you may have shorter hair than you would like but it will start to get better around the 6 month period. You have to remember that even the hair stylists out there just get taught certain things and good luck finding someone who can totally fix what was done!
So try it out and see what happens, in the mean time call different places and see if they have experienced hair color specialists in house (only people who have experience with color 20-25 years) that way you can hopefully find someone cool who would be able to help you out! And be sure to stay away from any of the places who have spa in their titles. I find going to a Super Cuts or Fantastic Sam's you can really get lucky! That is just what I did. Good luck and I wish for you to have a quick hair recovery period!
Im no professional but i have been doing my own hair for a very long time and have made several mistakes. My advice...use a semi permanent hair rinse on your roots only in a darker shade...process that for a majority of the time then apply to the rest of your hair and process for the rest like a 75 to 25 ratio. Until it grows out. And yes ypu nees to condition every week and keep it moisturized just using distilled water. The minerals and cholrine in tap water may make matters worse.
I am a retired hair stylist. I would suggest you buy a bottle of temporary hair colour from your hair salon and apply it to your roots only, every few shampoos. It washes out gradually and is gentler than the permanent hair colours. Keep using this until your bad colour has grown out.
I HAVE HAD MY HAIR BLOND FOR SOMETIME--I HAD 2 INCHES OF DARK GROWTH. i HAVEN'T BEEN TO A SOLON IN YEARS! I KNOW MY HAIR & EXPLAINED, IT IS FINE, THIN, AND SUCKS UP COLOR..WHY DON'T HAIRDRESSERS DO TEST STRANDS? I HAVE FOUND THAT DR. TEALS (BODY WASH) WILL TAKE ALL OF THE COLOR OUT! IT IS ALSO GOOD FOR YOUR HAIR. TEST STRAND..I ALWAYS DO 1..I PAID $55.00 FOR A HORRIBLE 5 DIFFERENT COLOR. HOWEVER I WILL BE REIMBURSED-TEST STRAND PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!
Cut it really short and then let it grow out.
Check with Miss Clairol. There is an 800 number and a website. My sister use to dye her hair all the time and made a few horrible mistakes and this was the only way it got fixed.
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