Hair dye help no one answered last time :(

Jul 18, 2014

Anita E.

I never used this sorry!!
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Jul 18, 2014

Mia G.

I think the color would be nice :) but do a strand test first! I've never used the John Frieda colors before but I can tell you a few things about boxed dye. Unless they claim to be high lift or formulated for dark hair, most standard permanent colors have 30 volume developer, meaning that it can only lighten your hair with the strength of 30 volume, and then deposit the color that it also has. Your hair doesn't seem too dark, I'm guessing it's a lightish brown? Maybe a little sandy? So as long as your hair type isn't resistant, it should be easy enough to lighten. That being said however, I don't know if the boxes color will be able to get it light enough to look like the picture on the box. That's at least four levels of lift coming from a product that's primary purpose is to color, not lighten. So I would definitely do a strand test and see what it looks like, that way you don't end up with orange or yellow hair. If it's close to what you want, but not quite right, you could try pre-lightening your hair about one or two levels and then try a test again. If it's not very close to what you want, or turns a weird color, you can try pre-lightening it two or more levels and testing again, or you could decide to go for a color only one or two shades lighter than your natural. Just be aware that you may have to do a few strand tests before you figure out what you need to do. Also be aware that pre-lightening almost always means some form of bleaching, and that it's not a good idea to color your hair with permanent color right after bleaching (because they both have stronger levels of developer). So I'd recommend letting your hair rest and deep conditioning after any kind of lightening. Hope this helps! Sorry that nobody replied last time :/

Jul 18, 2014

Mia G.

Also, I forgot to mention- if you color your whole head with boxed dye and then decide to go lighter later you won't be able to get it lighter with another boxes color. Color can't lift color, permanent color (boxed or otherwise) can only lift natural pigment. So in that situation you'd have to use a color remover and then bleach if you need more lightness. Another thing to note is that if you decide to pre-lighten, 30 volume developer with bleach would be enough to lighten light sandy brown hair. The reason a color with 30 vol can't give you the same results is because it has the color in it.