advice please!*pics*

[tatambabyy]

Hello ladies. My hair is practically blonde now and it was nice for the summer, but now I'm just tired of it. It's getting cold and I prefer a dark color during the fall/winter. Now, I've heard some stories of girls with blonde hair trying to dye their hair to a darker color and they end up with green hair. I know I should go to the hair salon to get it professionally done, but I don't think it's worth it. What do you think I should do? Any brand suggestions? Should I just get it professionally done so I won't end up with green hair? BTW, I'm trying to get my hair dark brown. TIA!
I've attached some pics of my hair color now.

 

[lexielex]

I would seek out a professional especially someone that specializes in color to go to the color you want. HTH

 

[BostonMaria]

My friend tried to dye her hair black and it turned green. I say pay for the service because it'll be cheaper than getting a corrective color.

 

[Esq.2B]

I wouldn't dye it, I would rinse it instead.

First rinse it red or something in the reddish-brown family. Then do a jet black over the red or a dark brown over it.

If you try to go straight from blonde to the dark color without the color in between, it might turn green.

I was once Honey Blonde and this is what my stylist did to avoid the green.

 

[Love Always]

It's your hair and IMO it's worth it every now and then to dish out the money to see a professional. Especially when it comes to such a bold color as blonde.

 

[angenoir]

Go to a professional. A good professional.
Dye jobs can be tricky

 

[MsBoinglicious]

yes i too was a blond girl (when relaxed) you can go from blonde to black without the green. But you must tone the blonde down first. If you are going to a perfessional then you shouldn't have any problems. But if your a DIY like i am...this is how i did it.

I was blond in the summer and black in the winter. When going from blond to black i would first go down to brown or red. Then wait a while then do a black. But thats how i did myself and never had a problem. But if you want instant results vs gradual then go to a professional.

 

[ladylibra_30]

I wouldn't dye it, I would rinse it instead.

First rinse it red or something in the reddish-brown family. Then do a jet black over the red or a dark brown over it.

If you try to go straight from blonde to the dark color without the color in between, it might turn green.

I was once Honey Blonde and this is what my stylist did to avoid the green.

This advice is very accurate.


I had brown hair with blonde streaks/hi-lites when I decided I wanted to go Blue-Black. After 3 or 4 washing people were noticing green & blue streaks (where the blonde streaks used to be) in my hair...especially when I was outside in the sun/daylight.
I had to go to my hair dresser to fix it and she did so by mixing red w/black.

 

[Sounique]

I use to rock blonde every summer for about 10 years straight. I would just tone it down by using a dark brown rinse. It would give me a beautiful medium brown tone. Never had any problems with my hair turning green.