How can I get black dye out of my hair?

I dyed my hair black and I'm a natural blonde. I have had black hair for three months and I want it gone. What is your advice? What's a good way to get it out ASAP? thanks

Hey there! I'm a hairstylist and have been coloring my hair black on and off for years. Don't be discouraged, lightening artificially dark hair is not the obstacle everyone thinks it is. Here is my advice based off of 10 years of experience and doing it to my own head.

1. Clear two days from your schedule. It takes one day to get the color lifted to begin working with it. It can take 2-3 processes of lightening and stripping, depending on how long you've been coloring it black. It took me three processes once after I'd been coloring it black for a couple of years. Then you'll want to sleep on it and come back the next day to begin adding the color you want to tone it. Get a hat, you will probably need one after that first day--you can look rather leopard spotted.

2. Do not screw around. Do this with a professional. It can cost between $150.00-$200.00 (I'm accounting for the tip you WILL leave her, right? hee hee). You need to do it with a stylist because he/she will know how to watch for breakage if your hair begins to get damaged. Last time, I did it on an impulse and just went to a chain salon in the mall and had the girl do it. I does take HOURS, if not all day especially if you have longer hair.

3. Do not go into the salon with a picture in your mind (or in your hand) of exactly what you want. Keep an open mind and know that this is a process and that your best goal to shoot for is to leave the salon with the black gone, a nice color, and with your hair still intact. Do not force the hair, work with what it gives you.

4. If your hair came out in decent condition but you want it a bit lighter, give your hair a week to get back to it's normal ph balance and then go back in to have it lightened more. Give it a rest, then go again. Do this until you reach your goal.

Let me say to everyone that my hair isn't the healthiest--it runs on the dry side and I really have to keep up with my trims because of the chemicals I put in it. But it holds up to bleaching processes when I do it about once every 2 or 3 years. I also have hair down to my lower shoulder blades. The ends get very dry and sometimes cracked, but if you are a person who basically keeps up with your trims and split ends and you don't have baby fine delicate hair, OR if you recently cut off ALL of your split or damaged ends, (I mean all of them, not just a half inch worth of them), then your hair should hold up to this fairly well.

THe other reason I think my hair holds up is because I don't use store bought hair products. Buy your shampoos and styling aids in salons. Store bought hair products are full of alcohol and wax fillers and bad stuff for your hair that perpetuate dryness and moisture problems. Salon products are not full of junk, only good stuff. And most salon products are not tested on animals, either! After you've done something horrible to your hair (such as bleach black out of it), condition it deeply and be kind to it for a couple of weeks. It will restore itself.

Personally, I bleach it 2-3 times (usually 3), then add a nice light brown color all over and then foil in blonde highlights to cover unevenness. I find that works the best!

THere is a chance of irreversible damage where the only fix is to chop it off. It's never happened to me,but I hear it has happened to others. Usually those who do it themselves or who did it with a student stylist or out of a salon. If this happens, you must prepare for the possibility. Chances are you'll end up with a short do and it's all how you are mentally prepared for it. Open mindedness and WORK IT no matter how it comes out--that's the key, giving youself a good mental safety net. Taking black out is time consuming and damaging, but the results can be beautiful and if you give the hair extra TLC afterwards, it will be fine!

Good luck!

So what I do and have done numerous times on all hair types is bleach the black out. You must wait until about a week after you have freshly colored your roots black (to help with a more even lightenint.

Hi there,

There is no best way to get rid of it unfortunately. Some of your options are (and I'm serious ):
- cut it short to the roots
- dye it daily, but it will eventually be so burned you'll have to cut it very short
- let it grow and suffer the blonde roots until it's out.

I would strongly suggest gradually lighting it up, by using a 1 tone lighter color each time you dye it. Black hair is really a permanent solution. Next time if you want to test something, I'd suggest using coloring shampoo or something that runs out after a few washes.

But I have to tell you that from your picture, the color fits you well.

Good luck!

Try Just dying it back to blonde.

And maybe, next time you want to dye your hair, don't dye all of it. Just put in some streaks. I'm a brunette, and I gave myself blonde streaks. Trust me: you'll have a smaller chance of hating it.

Hey girl don't worry I dye my hair on and off black, I just dyed it black again. The first time I dyed it black I thought I was going to stay with it forever. People kept on telling me that ill have to bleach it and that it could ruin my hair. Not true! You don't have to bleach it, what I did the first time was go to a salon and requested to get Honey highlights, and guess what it wasnt black anymore it was like a dark brownish color with the honey highlights. Then a few months later, I went and did the same thing but this time I requested blonde highlights so with the combination I had before it made my hair brownish withblonde highlights. It looked hot, but I decided to go back to black (Hee Hee) And I'll probably do the highlights again after I get tired of the black hair again. LOL. But hey I'm serious don't be upset just go to the right hairstylest and you'll be good. Hope it works

To fully get the black out, it may take stripping all the color out.
Go see a stylist, if you have the cash.
If not, bleaching is an option. This can result in orange hair. Consider a minimal bleach, then a brown/red dye. After that gradually lighten.
And the most important, deep condition!!! This is hard on your hair.

I just dyed my hair black thinking it would be brown. I seriously wanted to kill myself and I didnt even go to school for it. I called the salon and they said theres NOTHING you can do about the color. You caint bleach it, strip it, and salons caint even do antyhing about it. My mothers friend used to be a salonist and she told me mom to...

.Theres a speacil conditioner out in all stores where it gets some of the color out. First go and get that to atleast atempt to get some color out.
.Get the color you want it to go back to [some of your hair will fall out]
.Dye it and use DEEP conditioning.

If you ever wanted to dye it to black to blond.. yea it will trun greenish/greyish.

I just dyed my hair black and I regret it as soon as I saw it dry and super black. I called the salon and was advised to do highlights because stripping which can be done would damage your hair.

I always dye my hair light to dark and back again, I found this product at walgreens called Color Oops, it worked very well for me, it has no bleach or ammonia which really helps to save the condition of your hair. I would recomend this first and only pay $12..00 for it befor spending $200.00 for the stripping and bleaching of your hair.