How do I get my blonde hair back?

courtney

So I have naturally dark blonde hair but I've been bleaching it and dying it a very light blonde for about five years but I got bored with it so I decided to have my hair dresser dye it brown. I liked it at first but now I absolutely hate it. Parts are still blonde and other parts are very light compared to the majority of my hair because apparently the color didn't take very well to my hair due to lack of pigment the hair dresser said. Its been about a month, is there anything I can do? I'm scared to damage my hair really badly

Answer
Fading colour is easiest when a temporary or semi-permanent colour is used vs. permanent. Which did she use on your hair..?

-Shampooing hair with very hot water will fade colour.
(if one was interested in maintaining the colour, they would opt for the cool-side of warm only)

-Shampooing with clarifying shampoo's will fade unwanted colour.
One of the best is Paul Mitchell's Clarifying shampoo #3
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PM #3 is manufactured for swimmers who have a green tint to the hair due to chlorinated pools. It removes unwanted colour very well and moisturises the hair.

-Dandruff shampoo (as in T-Gel) fades unwanted colour well and is recommended by stylists. Not the white, Head&Shoulders kind.. but the pine tar, T-Gel kind. Adding baking soda to the shampoo and making a shampoo paste will fade the colour even more so.

-In a pinch, using dishwashing detergent along with baking soda will also fade unwanted colour.

-Applying hot oil treatments to hair will fade colour, too. You can use easily found product's-
like VO5 hot oil treatment:
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..or use olive oil, canola oil, macadamia nut oil, coconut oil, peanut oil, jojoba oil, TeaTree oil, argon oil.. (whatever you have on hand). Be careful (obviously) heating the oil. Don't use the microwave or you'll burn your scalp. Use hot tap water in a cup, and place the oil in a zip-lock baggy inside of the hot water. That's hot enough. Apply to the hair and wrap the head with cling-wrap. Sleeping with the oil on will help to remove the unwanted colour as well as smooth and condition the hair but even leaving it on for an hour or so will help.

Another option is pulverising vitamin C tablets (about 20), adding to shampoo- apply to wet hair, wrap the head/ hair in cling-wrap and allow it to stay for at least 1 - 2 hours (sleeping with it on it ok) and it will remove/ fade unwanted hair colour:

You Tube -How to fade hair colour with Vitamin C + shampoo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGizU84Ca6U

If your hair has been high-lift lightened for a long while, it's likely quite porous and porous hair will generally take to colour.. absorbing it like a sponge. If portions of your hair didn't take the colour at all, you may have had a leave-in treatment or oil on the hair prior to colouring. Hard to say why it didn't take but I suppose at this point that's a good thing.

If you continue to shampoo with baking soda and one of the suggestions above ^ (even shampooing a few times in a row) and/ or sleeping with the shampoo + baking soda on the hair (or using hot/ warm oil on the hair), it will fade quite a bit (if not completely).

Lastly, the OOPS line of unwanted permanent colour removers work very well (a little more harsh than just shampoo and baking soda) but it will get the job done:
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Below are some of the other hair colour removers available at any beauty supply, large mart or drug store, etc.

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For paleo, and whole foods advocates, use olive oil over canola oil even though it is not Extra virgin?

PcTran

So my family doesnt have the most money and my mom will support pure olive oil from costco but not the EVOO because it is expensive. Would it be better to use Pure olive oil vs canola oil or would the negative effects be pretty even for both?

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Olive oil is better than canola depending on how hot you get it.

Have you tried coconut oil?

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Have you tried coconut oil in your hair?

b-boys#1fa

If so, how long did it take for you to see a difference?
Thanks!

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My grandma made her own coconut oil, but her hair was thin and the only reason why she used coconut oil was to prevent lice going in her head. In Asia, many people have lice, due to the humidity.

"You find people oiling hair every single day, the hair sweats and it doesnât get washed. What do you think happens? It goes limp and becomes thin because it is not breathing,â Shamillah Mohammed, a hairstylist at SUQA, says.

I eat a lot of fresh young tender coconut slices, and I also drink the coconut juice, right out of the fresh coconuts. You get 100% more benefits from them, than putting them on your hair, since you have to wash them off again!

Beauty products don't make hair grow. Eating is for growing, how does hair products GROW HAIR, lashes, and make them thicker?

There are more hair oil on the shelf now, than 30-40 years ago, and it's because it is a billion dollar business! There are more hair loss now, too, than 30-40 years ago!

There are many hair oil brand out there, man-made oil, none is better than the other. It can very well even harm your hair, even causes hair loss, since you don't know exactly what kind of oil they say it is. In the lab, they add other ingredients that can prevent from spoiling.

It does NOT make hair grow, it does not make hair thicker, it does help keep the hair moisturized, until you wash them again, that's about all it does, they're not glue to fix split ends, prevent, or reverse the damaged hair. Anything else they say on the label, it is to attract your attention. It is a billion dollar business and they do not give money back guarantee for damaged hair or hair loss due to 'abuse'.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of Maharashtra is ready to go on record saying that most manufacturers in the Rs 3,000-crore Indian cosmetics industry are rampantly misleading consumers with tall claims. This affliction goes beyond hair oils. FDA has found that from face creams to soaps and other items of personal care, cosmetics companies are taking the general public for a ride. The industry, of course, sees the whole issue differently.

If you've straightened your hair in the past, it may grow slowly or none at all.
Google: "Foods for Healthy Hair" - Your hair may be the fastest-growing tissue in the body but, unlike the skin, it cannot repair itself. That is why getting the right balance of vitamins and proteins is imperative. Don't expect to look like you've stepped out of a hair commercial the day after you've changed your diet. It is likely to take at least three months before you actually see tangible results.

Growing healthy hair doesn't come from a bottle or pills and hair products do not speed hair growth. Any hair oil, is another form to keep hair moisturized, nothing more. If you're in HS, your hair & nails should be growing normally, and as healthily as possible, since you're eating healthy foods. But when hair isn't growing as fast, it's because they've been tampered with: chemicals, hair straightening, etc. .

Another way to find the secret to beautiful hair? Find someone with beautiful healthy curls or silky, shiny (not greasy) straight hair and ask him or her to share secrets, preferably someone who is 40-60 years older than YOU. I have 5 decades, so you're getting the answers you need, right here! I won't charge you a penny!

Where could I find coconut oil?

brianna

Would I be able to find it at a grocery store like smiths? I heard it helps for your hair & the closes store to me is smiths

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You can also make your own.
"You find people oiling hair every single day, the hair sweats and it doesnât get washed. What do you think happens? It goes limp and becomes thin because it is not breathing,â Shamillah Mohammed, a hairstylist at SUQA, says.

Beauty products don't make hair grow. Eating is for growing, how does hair products GROW HAIR, lashes, and make them thicker?

You really are what you eat. If you're eating all the healthy foods from Mother Nature - not made by man or woman or supplements from GNC, your hair, nails, teeth, and the rest of your body will benefit too. You get all your vitamins & minerals from your diet.

There are more hair oil on the shelf now, than 30-40 years ago, and it's because it is a billion dollar business! There are more hair loss now, too, than 30-40 years ago!

There are many hair oil brand out there, man-made oil, none is better than the other. It can very well even harm your hair, even causes hair loss, since you don't know exactly what kind of oil they say it is. In the lab, they add other ingredients that can prevent from spoiling.

It does NOT make hair grow, it does not make hair thicker, it does help keep the hair moisturized, until you wash them again, that's about all it does, they're not glue to fix split ends, prevent, or reverse the damaged hair. Anything else they say on the label, it is to attract your attention. It is a billion dollar business and they do not give money back guarantee for damaged hair or hair loss due to 'abuse'.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of Maharashtra is ready to go on record saying that most manufacturers in the Rs 3,000-crore Indian cosmetics industry are rampantly misleading consumers with tall claims. This affliction goes beyond hair oils. FDA has found that from face creams to soaps and other items of personal care, cosmetics companies are taking the general public for a ride. The industry, of course, sees the whole issue differently.

Google: "Foods for Healthy Hair" - Your hair may be the fastest-growing tissue in the body but, unlike the skin, it cannot repair itself. That is why getting the right balance of vitamins and proteins is imperative. Don't expect to look like you've stepped out of a hair commercial the day after you've changed your diet. It is likely to take at least three months before you actually see tangible results.

Growing healthy hair doesn't come from a bottle or pills and hair products do not speed hair growth. Any hair oil, is another form to keep hair moisturized, nothing more. If you're in HS, your hair & nails should be growing normally, and as healthily as possible, since you're eating healthy foods. But when hair isn't growing as fast, it's because they've been tampered with: chemicals, hair straightening, etc. .

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