Advice: Going from Blonde to Brunette.

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Advice: Going from Blonde to Brunette.

by Lexi
(Wisconsin)

Never ever dye your hair brown using box chemicals and such after you've dyed your hair blonde. It will turn out green.

If you want to go brown after blonde, then I suggest going to a salon and getting it done.
Your hair will look alot more professional and blend together better. (:

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Advice: Going from Blonde to Brunette.

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help, it's too late!
by: Anonymous

I found this thread after doing a panicked google search on green hair. i tried to take my bleached blonde hair brown and i now resemble queen ursula from the little mermaid. what can i do?
someone please help me, i cannot afford to go to the salon, so i need advice for an at -home fix.

(and btw, my hair was platinum, so i used a med. honey brown thinking it would not be grey or green.)

follow this advise
by: Anonymous

GOOD ADVISE.. wish i read this before i dyed my (dyed)blonde hair to brown with a box. It's green and now i have to face my stylist and show her how cheap i was... :-(

Bleach blonde straight to dark brown
by: Anonymous

I went from bleach blonde straight to dark brown using a box dye and it was a complete success :) I used 2 boxes of Loreal Extreme Excellence Creme colour Natural Dark Brown

blonde to brown
by: Anonymous

Always put a red on before brown then your hair does not go green ,but it will have a chestnut tint on it x

Blond to Brown
by: Anonymous

If you have been using blond shades for years over brown, your hair condition won't be as good as it could be so if you use box colours for cheapness you usually end up buying at least one or two more shades to get the colour right over the blonde. And it really takes it out of your hair so save money and effort by going to the hairdresser for the first colour change back. At least it's less expensive in the end and your hair condition will not suffer any where near as much.

I have had to wear my hair short and keep cutting it short to get rid of dry hair I ended up with trying to use home colouring over blonde.

Best tip ever
by: m.Elen

I cant count how many times I have gone Black to Blonde to Brunette to Blonde. In salons and with packet mixes and I have had plenty of disasters.

So if you dye your hair brunette from blonde and it turns green or like a mud colour or is way too dark, go to the chemist and buy a pharmacy strength anti dandruff shampoo and repeat washing for around 10 minutes... it works, like wonders.

To ensure your hair doesn't go green though to begin with, get a light red colour and use that first before putting the brown over the top second. It acts as a filler because blonde hair has no pigment, worse if you have poor quality or damaged hair. Whatever you do don't go for a colour that is copper based or too dark, because you can always go darker but hard to go lighter. But yes it will go green if u do it wrong and its a horrible experience. I HAD GREEN HAIR!

Going from brunette to blonde should only ever be done at a salon, so much risk involved and I had my hair snap at one point. It can be done in one shot, but you have to get a hairdresser that is willing to do it, most of them like to take it slowly to make sure the hair wont break. Only be prepared to go blonde if you have the money, time and patience.

No amount of treatments will help with hair breakage, seriously your hair needs to be in good condition before you put any chemicals on it.

Best advice, get a hairdresser to do it, takes the nerves out of the whole process

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I cant count how many times I have gone Black to Blonde to Brunette to Blonde. In salons and with packet mixes and I have had plenty of disasters. So if you dye your hair brunette from blonde and it turns green or like a mud colour or is way too dark, go to the chemist and buy a pharmacy strength anti dandruff shampoo and repeat washing for around 10 minutes... it works, like wonders. To ensure your hair doesn't go green though to begin with, get a light red colour and use that first before putting the brown over the top second. It acts as a filler because blonde hair has no pigment, worse if you have poor quality or damaged hair. Whatever you do don't go for a colour that is copper based or too dark, because you can always go darker but hard to go lighter. But yes it will go green if u do it wrong and its a horrible experience. I HAD GREEN HAIR! Going from brunette to blonde should only ever be done at a salon, so much risk involved and I had my hair snap at one point. It can be done in one shot, but you have to get a hairdresser that is willing to do it, most of them like to take it slowly to make sure the hair wont break. Only be prepared to go blonde if you have the money, time and patience. No amount of treatments will help with hair breakage, seriously your hair needs to be in good condition before you put any chemicals on it. Best advice, get a hairdresser to do it, takes the nerves out of the whole process

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blonde to bruntte
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A note to consider. Use an ash brown. You can successfully dye your hair, at home, from blonde to brunette with any shade of brown labeled as 'ash'. (ex. dark ash brown, medium ash brown, etc) you do NOT have to spend 80+ bucks for color correction at your stylist, especially since most girls who make this mistake are under age 16 and probably cant afford it since they dont have a job. just look at the boxes, use an ash shade, and no worries about green hair.:D

Its not Hard
by: Anonymous

To go from dark brunette to platinum blonde it took me one day....I used manic panic bleach and my hair never broke off....[I have curly hair] Then to go back i just mix a light redish color with a medium brown and now I am light brown. NO GREEN

I just made sure to go all natural with out adding heat for a few days maybe two weeks so that i could wash my hair alot more to help it get back into shape....

bleach blond to first time brunette
by: Anonymous

I have been blond all my life, and been bleach blond for years now , I really want a change and a want to go brown but i dont want it going horribly wrong i am going to do it myself cause not got the money to go to salon.. so will i buy a red hair dye? Then once my hair is red then die it brown? cause i don't understand how to do it exactly?
Be grateful for reply

blonde to brunette
by: Anonymous

Took the advice to use loreal excellence dark and it worked for me too in 10 minutes and my hair was bleach blonde, and brassy too! thanks for that x