You can try honey lightening, http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/...postcount=3341.
Rosieex3 , your post was so much help, thanks for the photo's too! I think I may try that. I've bleached my hair to death in the past, to the point where it has been snapping off and stretching.... eugh. I'm too scared to even touch it now!
Thanks for all the suggestions everyone
You can try honey lightening, http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/...postcount=3341.
For what it's worth, stretching hair indicates you need protein treatments. My hair doesn't tend to like them, but I've heard Joico makes a good one.
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haha... Ktani beat me. I was going to direct you to her honey lightening thread. No damage!
ETA: Saw the link she had only really had the result pics. Here is the thread with ALL the details!
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/...read.php?t=148
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I dyed my blonde hair red once, colour oops and lots of honey lightening may work. You may get patchy hair though as damaged dyed hair is more pourous and will hold onto that dye.
You will have to put up with many months of faded hair but it will be worth it in the end!
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color oops worked on a friends hair and my hair but i suggest you heavily condition both before and after as it made my hair feel horrible for a week after; i was removing red and my friend was removing black, so it works on lots of colors.
olive oil soaks may help or the honey suggestion. black is unfortunately one of the worst colours to get rid of.
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Hey, I had the exact same problem and I have found a miracle product called 'colour B4' it lifts hair dye off of the cuticles without damaging it.It brings your hair back to its lightest natural shade in ten mins. If you live in Ireland or the UK you can pick it up in boots. I bought two boxes as I have long hair and was shocked when I was washing it out of my hair and seen my natural colour after all those years of putting permanent black into it :O seriously amazing. I bought the extra strength as there was a huge build up of permanent black! http://www.boots.com/en/Colour-B4.-Hair-colour-remover-extra-strength-by-Scott-Cornwall-hair-expert._1000976/
Well, this is where the stylist comes in with info that may be inconsistent with what others have said. In my experience, and with all the chemistry I had to learn specifically for this job, I can tell you that there is a huge chance the "Colour Oops", "colorB4" and similar brands will not remove as much colour as you would like. These products are designed to remove colour within 72 hours of a colour job, before the cortex has had a chance to settle from the chemical process.
Yes these products will remove some colour, but it will likely leave your hair with a strong red tint, and leave it much darker than you're going for. That said, they are less damaging than bleach, so you could give it a try, but honestly, I wouldn't expect the results you're looking for.
If you really want your natural medium brown back, you'll have to resort to a long, and rather expensive, salon process that will achieve the result you're looking for. In a salon, if they're doing right, they will bleach out the colour over a period of time to ensure the least damage to the hair. This will require several salon visits. Then, as it is very likely that your hair will go through the orange stage, they will have to re-colour, and tone, your hair for the desired result.
I am not one for pushing salon service, and even refuse to work for others because of that business side, but this is the most likely outcome in this case. You can negotiate a set price for this whole treatment, and of course if you're going to go this route, shop around for someone who is going to give the best price, and the recommended treatment.
I am not trying to disprove anyone else's claims of success, but I think, in those cases, hair type, the specific colour, and brand used, and previous hair history, as well as how long the person was colouring their hair factors in. In your case with the previous history you've given I don't recommend trying any colour removing products. You could try things such as lemon or honey lightening, but they will leave a red tint for sure. You will get some lift over time though.
Nothing is going to get your hair back to its natural colour, especially in light of the fact that you stated you've bleached previously. The ONLY way, and this is fact, to get you natural colour back will be to grow it out. That said if you really want to give it a go, my professional opinion would be to do the salon process, then have them re-colour your hair as close to your natural shade as possible so that root regrowth will be little issue.
Good luck in your journey.
(much of this post was copied from another post of mine, on a similar question, and edited to suit this particular case.)
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