Best way to cover permanent hair dye accident?

Question

A while ago I was stupid enough to try to dye my hair blonde. My natural colour is dark brown. Needless to say, it went horribly wrong and i ended up a weird shade of gingery/blonde. My hair's also in a pretty bad state, very dry.

Now I need to cover up the gingerness, which is best for my hair? A permanent brown on top or semi-permanent every few months?

Any advice appreciated!

Answer 1

Oh a semi permanent please... semi's are so gentle... they are deposit only color formulas... you can do them weekly if you wanted... get the one that says it's ammonia free... loreal, clairol, garnier are all good brands... first time round if you have a lot of hair get 2 boxes... you want to have ample product to be sure to not miss a spot... ASH or NATURAL in the colors name (medium ash brown/example) will clue you in to which color you will need to get tone down the gingery tone... I am assuming you mean really goldenish... one other thing is get one shade light than your natural... sometimes over processed hair will grab a color and go way darker than it is meant to go... get a medium brown... trust mme on this one.

hope this helped;-)))

Answer 2

Make it grow out, or if you cant wait then die it the same shade you had it , so when your hair grows it will just blend in

Answer 3

I did this about 5 months ago, and i got dragged to the supermarket and my mum put a chocolate brown over the top, it didnt compleatly cover it but it wasnt so noticalble

Answer 4

cough up the money and get it professionally fixed at a salon.  If there is a beauty school in your area, it will be cheaper and you will have the benefit of the instructor and the stylist consulting with you and helping.

Answer 5

Just go to a salon and ask the to die it your natural hair color because they wont mess it up!they you just wait for it to grow out.that's what i did when i colored my hair black and it came out really bad cuz i missed a bunch of spots but i went to a salon and a lady fixed it for me and I'm letting all the dry hair grow out.

Answer 6

Why don't you just cut it all off. Go Bald Dipshit. It'll grow back anyway, don't worry!

Answer 7

a hat. xD

It helps.  

Answer 8

I would go for semi permanent, the chemicals are a little less harsh on your hair. I have jet black hair and tried to do the same thing for highlights. I colored over it with red. Also a color scrape would work too.