Which route to take to strip black hair dye?

Juniperone,

I am new here and came across your advise when looking for some myself about how to strip my hair. I have been doing my own hair for years and I have been really successful at it, only dealing with beauty supplies for my hair supplies. My hair is naturally medium to light blonde, and has been blonde, red, brown and now Black, looks great on my but I am tired of it and summer is coming and I am already feeling how hot it can be with my hair this colour. I saw that you recommend getting it done at a hair salon which I am currently looking into in the morning, I don't think I can strip it on my own this time. I know that it won't happen overnight and I'm not expecting it too, but eventually I would like to go back to blonde, which root would be the best to take in terms of colouring? Should I let the salon get it to some sort of brown? My hair is pretty healthy right now, and I know that it won't be afterwards but I can say my hair bounces back farely quickly, in terms of moisture and dryness. Any advice would be GREATLY appreciated. I will say this, next time I will only add Black streaks if I really want black hair...hahahaha.

Hello!

Good for you for checking into the professional to do this with you. When you make the appointment, tell them your situation so the the stylist is aware. Then on appointment day, go with about $200.00 (usually costs about $180.00 or so, but get an estimate). Pack a lunch and have books with you, it usually takes a whole business day. Bleaching and/or stripping dark colors from hair requires someone who apply it evenly, rinse effectively and quickly, have toners and other things on hand to apply to correct unevenness. Not to mention that bleach and strippers are thick and pasty and almost impossible to apply evenly by yourself.

As far as what color you should go for--that all depends on what your hair will give you to work with. So just keep an open mind. Some girls, it comes right out, others, it takes more treatments spaced out delicately over a week or two. They will bleach or strip it (it is up to the stylist, both work fairly well and similar) and maybe repeat the process. I REALLY don't recommend more than two, but I';ve done three in a row to my hair and it held up well. But last week, I bleached it out and only did two processes and started getting breakage. So your stylist will watch for this and will know when it's time to give your hair a break. If your hair is holding up very well to the process, your stylist can try it a third time if you're not at your desired level of lightness. It will most likely come out a 'burnt' light brown color with blonde splotches at the roots. Then your stylist will apply a toner or color to even it all out and make it one uniform color. Then you can add blonde highlights and the stylist should keep checking your hair integrity. Do not force the hair after two stripping processes, unless your stylist is confident your hair will hold up to it. Otherwise, just work with what your hair gives you.

The highlights bring your hair up to a light level and then after that if it's not quite something you are satisfied with, wait a week or two while oyu deep condition it at night and on days off and then add a medium blonde to it with a red base to cut any khaki or greenish colors you may experience. Sometimes it is reddish brown, sometimes greenish blonde. It's a lot for a non stylist to deal with. Just get on board with your stylist and get through it together. MOst importantly, keep an open mind with the goal of just getting the black out, then over the weeks you can perfect the color. Make sense?

Good luck!

It is cheap and gets the job done..go to a local store and strip it yourself..I dyed some parts of my hair black once and I couldnt get them out for the life of me and then I went to walmart and got a kit and took it out just like that. You just have to know the stages of it going back, it will lighter and lighter then orange and then blonde, then you can do whatever you want to it!

Go get it done at a salon ... NO BOXES trust me I did the exact same thing as you did but I kept redying my hair with boxes which is not smart. This is what I did I went to the salon and they first have to either strip the color out with bleach depending on how well your hair strips or they suggest you can go for a dark brown. If you get your hair striped it will be a brass yellow when it comes out usually but they do die over it so don't be shocked depending on the damage done to your hair is how light you can go. The lightest you probably can go speaking in general terms is a strawberry blonde. They will then put highlights in your hair and maybe break it up with different colors of blondes they may be dark though depending if your hair can handle the stripping process. It took me 8 hours to fix my black hair and it cost me about $400 at a Cheap salon so my advice is go for a brown becaues it may only end up costing you $100

these are a mob of idiots.. they are spending WAY too much on there hair.. my hair is black with white patches and streaks.. I got mine stripped of colour and my patches colored to the same colour with highlights (natural) for under $90

If you spend over 100 dollars for this your going to the wrong place!!

hey, I've been in your shoes not so long ago in terms with the black hair dye. Hair salon is the best way to go I found. I tried stripping it myself which was the worse thing to do as it leaves your hair dry and brittle which is not a good look. You should ask for advice from a hair professional. But what I did is I put blonde foils through my hair and I went back every six weeks to get more put through my hair and eventually it went back to blonde it is a slow process though mind you.
Another way is that you get your hair dresser to bleach your hair and put your natural hair colour through.
But rememeber dying your hair can be harsh on your hair so it might pay to put product through such as leave in conditoiners or deep nouirshering shampoos and conditoners. Hot oil is good too!
hope this helps
good luck!!

I just did the same thing two days ago. I had platnum hair before this..usually always do, but my husband asked me to dye it black, and I was kinda thinking of going darker, just not this dark! I hate it!!
So, im trying to figure out how to do this the right way. I dont want to spend a butt load either! I am going to my salon tonight and asking questions before making an appointment. I would like to have a 'natural' blonde or light brown color. We'll see how long that takes!
Amanda