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    Default Hair color - tweaking my brown

    Hey, everybody, especially you hair color experts-

    I have dark brown hair I dye to cover 7% grey. And I added some dark blonde highlights that are growingway out. I ditched the salon to save money and started doing it myself with 2.0 developer. I combine medium brown, with a squirt each of medium golden brown, dark blonde and medium ash blonde.

    I'm thinking of dying it all light brown and redoing my highlights myself. My theory is that I can use creme bleach (the kind that lightens hair on the face + body) and just tone to dark blonde with semi-permanent color.

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    Is it a bad idea to re-dye already dyed hair? Esp cuz I keep it long, i.e. to my elbows?

    Am I crazy to do my highlights this way? Seems like I read Kirstie Alley does hers herself this way?

    Hmmm...

    pls lemme know whachu think?

    -C.

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    Default Re: Hair color - tweaking my brown

    A scalp to ends bleach never goes well... You'll end up with yellow roots and patchy, orangey hues everywhere else. However, applying a demi permanent to freshly bleached hair will not hurt it- you just have to keep in mind that the yellow parts of your hair will not be the same color and/or hold on to the pigment like the orange parts.

    I highly reccomend you go to a professional... I think you could acheive the look you want with a heavy highlight- toning to a light brown.

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