How can i dye brown hair blonde?

I really, really want to get extensions and dye my hair blonde, is there any ways to keep my hair at least somewhat healthy???please help

Ok for anyone who has brown hair and wants to be blonde:

I have naturally dark brown hair and have always wanted to go blonde. I decided to take the plunge this past weekend and went to the salon to have it done. I told the girl exactly what I wanted...just a really dirty blonde with some bright highlights. She told me she would have to strip my hair, bleach it, put toner in it, and then highlights. So I believe her and say ok lets do it. BIG MISTAKE. This so called professional wet my hair, mixed the stripper and bleach with shampoo and put it in my hair, then set me under the dryer for 4 hours. She then FINALLY rinsed it out after it was burning the hell out of my head. My hair turned out to be light blonde in some spots and red in others. She then put the toner in for an hour. After she rinsed and styled my hair she turned me around to let me see. I was shocked at what I saw, and of course teared up. My hair was a red/orange color and just plain out UGLY. I guess she saw me tearing up and she was like oh I cant get your hair any lighter, so your going to have to come back a few times and get highlights. After ALL that and $270 later she tells me I need highlights to be blonde?? Why didnt she do that to begin with? I was so upset I just paid and left. I got to my car to look at my now extremley ugly and damaged hair and then noticed this BIATCH left hair dye all along my hair line (she covered that up with a side part) all on my ears, on the front of my neck, back of my neck, and even on my arms. WOW what a horrible experience. I went home and immediatley called the salon to talk to the manager, she was just as bad. Was not willing to help me in any way, so I called the corporate office. They are now taking care of it.
Well I went today to a different salon to get highlights all over. Thank god I actually got a professional. She told me my hair was so fried that if she put highlights all over my hair would fall off. She did what highlights she could, deep conditioned my hair, told me how to get my hair in better shape, and told me what products to use. Im really upset with my hair now because it is still really red ( and it doesnt go at ALL with my brown eyes and tanned skin) and EXTREMLEY damaged. I cant even brush it without seeing a ton of hair fall off. It gets it knots really easy, and is just a mess. Im going to be deep conditioning my hair EVERYDAY so I can get this nightmare over with as soon as possible.

To you girls that want to do the same, please, please, please, go to a stylist you trust. And you should start out with very fine highlights all over your head. Go about once a month and keep adding the highlights and you will get to where you want to be without this nightmare.

I've been doing the deep conditioning she told me too...but does anyone know anything else that I can do to help heal my hair super fast so I can get this mess fixed? Im a bartender and its extremley embarassing to go out in public like this.

Make sure blonde is what you really want. I honestly would go back to brown but I've spent so much money so far I might as well wait to see the end result of the blonde.

Good luck!!

Wash your a hair and bleach it the day before you dye. The next day use a blonde hair dye. Leave it in for half the time and use the conditioner. DONT USE SHAMPOO! The conditioner is supposed to do two things. One-make your hair shinier and Two-keep it from drying out. The next day when you take a shower use a little bit of shampoo and the same conditioner. Not a whole lot, though. That's all the advice I've got. Good Luck with that.

When I dyed my hair blonde ( I am naturally a very dark brunette). I asked my stylist what I should do and she said to make sure not to use store bought hair bleach, it could dry out my hair horribley. I had to go to her to dye it. It could just be that I have super natural curly hair (which makes it naturally drier) or it is for all hair types.

Years ago when I was taking training to become a beutician, I let one of the students bleach my hair (what a mess). Then years later I kept my hair blonde, I was also a light brown hair color, but I went to an experience beautician. Problem, I had to have it done often because of the roots, and I could not get a permanent only have it cut and bleached. Years later I decided to let it grow off and to my surprise I was grey. The funny part was when my second oldest son told me that if I would let my hair go back to it;s natural color, I would look better. I said sorry son, my hair has not been bleached in years, this is mine natural color now (GREY). ANYWAY IT'S YOUR CHOICE. TAKES A LONG TIME TO GROW OFF.

i am not an expert but you will never get brown hair to go a natural blonde colour without damaging it permanently. it also depends what natural tones you have in your hair, if you have a reddy brown colour expect your hair to turn orange! NOT A GOOD IDEA
have you concidered highlights, they can be done to compliment your own hair colour. good luck!

i av blonde hair wiv brown underneath, will my hair be ok to dye al blonde or will it badly damage it??

ive been thinking about dyeing my hair blonde 4 a while now....but i have naturally very dark brown hair....i recently had some blonde hightlights put through my hair but they came out bright orange!!! as u can imagine this wasnt quite the look i was going for!can anyone tell me how i can get my hair blonde without it going orange?? thanx. x x

being a red head,I HATE IT! if you are in a similar situation and don't like your own hair colour and don't want a hole big dramatic change. On a very sunny day try putting lemon juice in your hair. go outside for a while! its great, becuase i have naturally curly hair and the lemon acts as a moose. It will lighten up your hair! trust me!Try doing this everyday for 1 week. U will see the difference. i promise

getting blonde highlights will look way better! or chunks...

3 words of advice if you decide to go blonde- condition, condition, condition! Because it won't go light in just one application.

I went from black, dyed hair to platinum blonde- but not without consequences. Heavy, daily conditioning followed. And yes, it is possible! It was a gradual change. Patience is important. The first time I bleached my hair using Feria, my hair lightened up to a brown, then I deep-conditioned my tresses and waited for about another week. I bleached my hair again, conditioned it, and it would get lighter. You have to do it in stages. You will see your hair go from red to orange, but dont worry it's part of the process. It will turn into a high-yellow and then eventually that pale yellow you're looking for. It took about 2mts in order to complete the transformation to platinum with minimum damage. And to avoid that brassy look, I would apply a toner (L'oreal has an awesome one) after each bleaching.

Dont forget to atleast cut about an inch at your salon to avoid frizzy ends...and get atleast one professional deep conditioning treatment.

If you have straight or fine hair, I'd recommend going to a salon. Since my hair is thick and wavy, it was able to withstand the abuse I put it through.

I would try to hold off on getting extentions until the color has settled in and your happy with it. Because extentions are glued or sewn unto your head, it can damage your hair further. But if you're really ambitious, I would suggest purchasing ones that are in 1/3 caps or clip ons.

Hope that was helpful and good luck!

Well, as long as you use a deep-conditioner regularly and avoid heatstyling, dying your hair isn't all THAT bad, but I'd skip the extensions, because I've seen people who've lost like 6 inched of already-beautiful hair from extentions. Just be patient and wait for your natural hair to grow out, thats what I'm doing.

going blonde isn't what is going to hurt your hair...the extentions will i had then for 5 months and i have to cut out a lot of my own hair after. they do look awesome but just to you know you might have to deal with it. if your anything like me you'll just go get them anyway and even with my hair fizzing, dreading, and drying out the $700 was worth it

Try it one at a time.If you don't like it then change it back

if you want it healthy, dont get hair extenions, trust me.

I am a natural bright platinum blonde and I thought it would be fun to dye my hair dark brown. Well it did look cute and then it started to fade a little so I wanted my hair back blonde because it is 4 months until my wedding. Well It's been 3 dye jobs later and my hair is a redish blonde color. Just be carefulMy hair is thin and fine and now it's about shot and it's right to the time of my wedding I just hope it all works out.

I get bored very easily with everything. I have always been blonde but i think i got too blonde once and looked liked a barbie doll, so i went dark and some people said they liked it, and some didnt. Most people said i could get away with both .I loved it at first because i changed my makeup and clothes and felt great but then a few weeks later i felt really pale and felt like i had to put loads of make up on all the time to look half decent. So i went back blonde . This is my advice never never never buy a dye from a shop go to a salon because they know what they are doing and after about 3 times of going to the hairdressers i was back blonde but 3 weeks ago i went back dark cus i got bored again (c still a blonde at heart) and im booked back in next week to get it back blonde. i am paying £200 at my hairdressers to get it back blonde and i know i will have to have it cut but i know i will never go back dark again

If you have naturally dark hair you really can't ever have natural looking blonde hair. The only exception is if you go to a really great salon and pay loads of money. My advice is to be happy with what you have. Brown hair is beautiful! It brings out your eyes better than any other hair color. If you start dying your hair, you'll never get your natural color back- believe me I know!

I'm a natural blonde but started having high lights at the age of 15, then i decided to have brown streaks put in and becuase i was a student and couldn't afford the hair dressing bills to have two colours and a cut every six weeks i started dying my hair brown myself, slowly getting darker and darker and eventually going right to black and having long black extensions... so then i got bored, decided black was too dark, (although many people thought that it was natural and wouldn't believe i was a natuarl blonde!!) So i went to the hairdressers an had the colour stripped, god it was painful to watch, my hair was bright orange and patchy, i had different light browns (Semi perms) put in with 'copper' strakes (Orange/ peachy colour-Yuk!) so i cried and cried, they never told me i wouldnt be blonde, so i started putting more semi's on (light brown) and have now decided to let it grow out naturally because it has taken 3 months to get my hair back into shape and lots of cuts, ive now had my long hair bobbed off so i can get the colour out quicker but am still really paranoid about roots, anyone got any ideas at all? Should i risk having it sripped again?maybe my brown will go blonde now? It really guts me when mu ash blonde comes through cause its a really nice colour! x

ok.....i am a naturally mousey colour, which is quite boring at times. so then dyed the top half bleach blonde and the bottom dark with a inverted bob style, it looked lovely. then silly me wanted to be different again, and dyed it brown, with red streaks going through it.....then a few months later....i dyed it all brown......and a few weeks later again........i dyed it plumy!!! not the plumy coulour has faded and looking at my hair now you can slightly see the red streaks again....but i really miss the bleach blonde...do you think i can go blond again?? even if it is not bleach?? someone has said that if you wash your hair with washing up liquid before shampooin it, it breaks the colour up very gradually....im wondering if that would work....then possibly get it stripped?? any ideas anyone??

If you have had your hair coloured with red streaks and they are now coming through I would think twice about trying to go back to bleach blonde again unless you are willing to shell out alot of money on the hairdressers. Speaking from experience the look you desire will end up looking like lots of bright orange and pale orange streaks unless you go to a pro unless they strip it off and then add colour but your hair will be wrecked. I am one who lik eyou gets fed up and changes more often then I know is good for me, or at least my hair. I have to say I know a few people on here have said how awful extensions are but I find them alot better then having to bleach my hair every six weeks to cover the big dark roots. And the bonus with the extensions is if you buy the weaves you can cut them to however thin or thick you like, put as little or as much colour in and change it every two weeks if you wanted to. The only thing I would say about them is make sure if you do use them buy the rubber glue and not the gold one as that is a nightmare to get out, hope that helps! '-)

My hair has been through so much over the past few years. It's not even funny! I'm naturally a brunette. I've bleached my hair from black to blonde about 4 times, and have dyed my hair every color of the rainbow! Red, pink, orange [not by purpose], blonde, black, brown, caramel, burgangy...And I'm sure more that I can't remember. I slowly started to notice my hair frying off each time I dyed my hair. So yes, My hair is damaged and can barely make it through another change! But, me...being impatient and always yearning for a change...I fiddle around with it in every way! Recently I got extensions...[Biggest mistake ever!] Totally messed my hair up..and created numerous tangles which I had to chop off! So now, I have fryed hair..that's short! haha. Shoulder length, not the length I desire. And now that I have grown to be a mature..more natural looking female...I decided to go blonde..but I have brown hair. So the salon I go to told me that I have to work my way up to it. Right now Im at a pretty healthy light brown with caramel high-lights, and i'll just have to go back in a month to get blonde high-lights then gradually work my up to be a full blonde! So just be patient and dont use extensions!!