What happens if i dye blonde hair brown

So which should you choose for your hair? Think of filling as being the reverse of the bleach and tone process that strips pigment out of your hair and then corrects the remaining color as a secondary step. Filling adds the correct pigment to your hair that is needed to dye it darker, allowing for the tone to apply correctly. Doing both steps separately gives the maximum level of control and precision while the use of neutral dye is quicker and more convenient but less precise.

Both methods work. If you're making an extreme jump from pale to very dark hair, or you're less experienced and worried about the process in any way, fill and then dye to eliminate any chance for surprise. Otherwise, choose whichever method you find easiest and most convenient. Golden brown hair like this will turn out more orange if this exact shade is dyed over light hair, making it important to dye it properly.

If you have blonde hair, depending on what shade of blonde you have and how light your blonde hair is you may need to fill it with gold or red tones for the best result before you dye it brown. This can easily be achieved by applying a warm shade before using the desired brown shade and should be the method used if you intend to go 5 levels darker or even more as it will give the most consistent and reliable results.

You can fill your hair with a colored protein filler or a demi-permanent dye and both have individual benefits that need to be understood. Colored protein fillers are especially great for porous hair because the protein helps normalize the porosity of your hair and prevents hair dye from coloring unevenly.

If you bleached your hair when you dyed it blonde, it is likely porous, and a protein filler is a preferable way to fill it. If your hair is naturally blonde, it doesn't matter too much which option you choose.

This kind of filler is quicker and easier but can lead to some warmth lingering into the new color in some cases and it's also more prone to fading. You can avoid these issues with the other filling technique. If you decide to use a demi-permanent dye to fill your hair, use a shade that's at least one level lighter than your desired brown hair—preferably two if your hair is porous or very light. You can dye your hair with ash, neutral, or warm brown after filling it using a copper or red shade.

If you want an intense ash brown hair color, however, be sure to use a dye that is at least two levels lighter than your desired brown shade. The reason for this is that you need some red tone in your hair so that your ash dye doesn't turn out green, but you don't want so much red that it turns out too warm even after applying an ash brown dye.

One last thing to note is that technically any kind of dye can be used as a filler but that doesn't necessarily mean you should use whatever is available to dye blonde hair brown. Demi-permanent dyes offer a good mix of longevity and minimal damage making them particularly well-suited to the process. A permanent dye can be used, just keep in mind that it has the potential for slightly more damage as a result. Never use temporary dyes or semi-permanent dyes, however, as they're designed to only stain the surface of your hair and won't work properly for the process.

Going from blonde to brunette can be tricky, but filling your hair first can make all the difference. Demi-permanent dyes differ from permanent hair dyes in that part of the color in the tube is oxidative like a permanent dye, but part of it is also direct.

Oxidative dye is permanent and requires oxygen from the developer to react and become the final color, whereas direct color is pre-formed and also used in semi-permanent dye. In this sense, a demi-permanent dye is a kind of middle-ground between the two.

The low volume of developer used—which is usually between 5—7 vol—is necessary to oxidize the dye but causes almost no damage because it is so diluted and gentle.

You likely won't find demi-permanent hair dye in supermarkets or pharmacies, so you're better off checking specialty beauty stores or buying online. You will also need to know exactly what you're looking for to buy it because the fact that it is a demi-permanent dye isn't always labeled on the tube. A few great demi-permanent dyes include Igora Viviance, I.

Color I. If you can't get a demi-permanent dye, you can use permanent dye mixed with a 10 vol developer for the filler instead. It is slightly more damaging but still a very mild choice. If you're having trouble working out which shade to fill your hair, you can use the table below to quickly identify the shade you need. The number that precedes the shade is the hair level, which tells you how dark the shade is.

The name of the shade corresponds to this level and also tells you the primary tone. For example, if you wanted a dark neutral-brown color, this is a level 3, and you should apply a level 4 medium red-brown to fill it first so that the color turns out exactly.

To dye blonde hair brown, you should either fill it first or use a warmer shade of brown. Instead of filling blonde hair with red before dyeing it brown, another option is to dye it with a warmer brown shade than your desired color.

In this case, a natural or soft ash brown would turn out more like an ash brown, while a golden brown would turn out closer to a natural brown. For cooler shades of brown, you'll notice that shades that are one tone warmer than your desired shade will give you the color you want but this rule breaks down and stops working for much warmer shades like caramel or auburn which will require an additional step to work with.

The main exception to this rule is with mahogany and burgundy hair colors. These shades contain red and violet tones to give more of a purple color. In this case, the yellow tones present in your blonde hair can counteract the violet tones in these colors, leading to shades that are redder or pinker than they should be.

If this is a problem for you, add a violet intensifier to your mahogany or burgundy shades to boost the purple color. You can use the table below to decide what dye to use when dyeing your blonde hair brown without filling it first. Keep in mind that you should only do this when the change in darkness is up to three levels.

For a more extreme change, fill first or use a mix that is half your desired shade and half the equivalent natural shade. Either method will prevent mistakes from occurring. While mixing shades may feel difficult it's ultimately the better choice in any situation because it ensures that the right tones are present. If you have a lot of grey hair or want a more exact color result but prefer to use only one step like with the previous technique, there's a similar method you can use, but be aware that it does involve mixing two different shades of dye together so it's a little more complicated.

This method allows you to dye your blonde hair darker regardless of the presence of grey hair too and doesn't require you to fill your hair separately first. The dyes used for the process will act to do this while the color develops. Use this method if you want to go up to 4—5 levels darker but keep in mind that pre-filling your hair as a separate step is the single-most reliable process for any amount of darkening and especially for extreme color changes.

To do this method, you'll use a natural shade mixed with a portion of the shade you actually want. A natural shade is a shade that is formulated to contain all three primary colors in the right mix for the level it is used at. They're also called neutral shades. As this shade is balanced, it can dye grey hair darker very effectively and is often used for this purpose because the result is more precise.

It has the same benefit when darkening blonde hair to a brown shade though as it will re-introduce most of the missing base tone. Brands do vary regarding what ratio they recommend for mixing in situations involving grey or pale hair so check your own product for more exact guidelines if in doubt. This ratio means that if you need to mix 4 oz of dye to be able to cover all your hair completely, you would need to use 3 oz of natural shade and 1 oz of your other shade, then add developer based on the total amount of dye.

However, only mix dyes within the same brand they're designed and intended to be inter-mixable in the same range. Apply and develop the dye as normal and that's it.

The color result won't be exactly the same as the way your intended shade looks, but it will be close and the difference will be especially insignificant later on.

This is because when you need to touch up your roots and dealing with fading, you'll be able to use the exact shade alone for the retouch without any added natural shade. Like with the other single-step method to dye your blonde hair brown, it's important that you don't try to make a drastic jump from a very light to a very dark color with this method because it's less reliable for that. Instead, always pre-fill your hair if you need this kind of change to eliminate the risk of mistakes entirely.

One of the most important factors in how well your dye takes to your hair is the development time you allow it. As the change that needs to occur in dyeing your hair darker involves a lot of pigment, you need that color to really set into your hair properly. Always use the maximum development time of the product you've chosen. Washing the dye out sooner than this increases how quickly it will fade and can also lead to your shade not looking as vibrant as it otherwise would so patience is very important to the overall result too.

Dyeing your hair can make you feel like a whole new person! Photo by Cristobal Baeza on Unsplash. If you dye blonde hair brown and take these rules into account, you'll end up with the brown shade you actually want instead of making a mistake that will require a color correction. Hair color is all about the interaction of tones and depth.

As you start to grasp how these different tones interact with each other, you'll be able to dye your hair any color without ending up with unexpected results.

Once you've achieved the perfect hair color, there are a few things you need to do to take care of your dyed hair. Here are a few key tips to maintain your new brunette hair and keep it healthy after dyeing. You will likely need to retouch your hair in 4—6 weeks to deal with any fading and regrowth. However, more fading will occur the first time you dye your hair dark compared to after a retouch since more pigment will build up within your hair with each dye.

Do you have a question about dyeing blonde hair brown, or want to know more about how the different tones in your hair contribute to its color? Leave a comment for tailored advice and share your insight with other readers.

I used a mahogany brown that turned my hair bright ornage then put a choclate brown on top its now got lighter but my roots look terrible but cant do roots as they will be a completly different colour you really need to think hard about colouring your hair brown from blonde as i now regret it.

TY for this article. Im preparing myself for when I ditch the first time ever blonde for when I get too sorry to keep it up lmao.

Probably less than two months. Love your site. I have never colored my own hair before and wish I had done some research before I did! I had salon colored and highlighted blonde hair. With my gray taking over, I decided to grab a box of light brown hair dye. As you discussed, my hair turned a really dark murky brown green color! So I freaked out and bought Color Oops. I used as directed, but it just lightened the color. I have brown eyes and warm tones.

What can i do to get back to warm blonde or warm light brown. My hair is normally dark brown with caramel and blonde streaks if i put a chocolate brown on all over until salons open as brown gone light would it turn strange colour. Hi, i use preference, extreme platinum blonde box dye but I'm really fed up because I'm on a lot of medication and find since its been increased now my roots are yellow, my friend is a hairdresser and puts the colour on for me so she now adds a bit of her bleach to my colour, i leave it on for 90 minutes because it takes that long to change but is still tint of yellow.

So I've decided to bite the bullet and go brown but my friend said it will go green. I've just read your full write up about what colours to use but reading the part that says best using professional colours to mix up We haven't done it yet due to the coronavirus.

But myself and the hairdresser is nervous if it goes wrong. I've just watched on the This Morning show if go from blonde to brown use semi permanent dye. My heads baffled haha, please help. I have light highlighted blonde hair would like to go to light or medium brown. I bought a new wig but some of the highlights are too blonde for me. Is it possible to just dye the super blonde bits?

Or if I dye all of the ends super blonde and darker blonde will it still have some dimention? If I want to take them down to like an ashy light brown should I fill with a warm brown and then dye it an ashy brown? Well i made this mistake before reading the article. I was advised to get the wrong color to do my hair. I used a neutral filler and an ashy brown and all of my blonde is now a steely grey-brown.

How can i fix this to make it more of a natural brown? But I had to bleach my hair twice, and of course, I did it at a salon, even though if you are brave and careful enough, you can do that yourself too. So, on my bleached hair for a second time, my stylist applied ashy blonde, which go rid of the disastrous yellows. Well, my roots never head about my decision to go blonde. And the finicky Little things grew two or three centimeters per month, leaving horrible dark roots, which made my blonde hair look unkempt.

In most cases, you will have to bleach at least two times. And, if possible, use professional bleaching powder, because it has conditioning agents and nourishing ingredients that can help keep your hair in the best conditions while the bleaching mixture takes effect. To prepare the bleaching mixture, you should mix one part bleaching powder with two parts volume hydrogen peroxide in a plastic bowl, never metal.

I spent hundreds on purple shampoos and treatments to avoid a brassy tone and keep my hair somewhat soft. View on Instagram. My hair was dehydrated, limp, and not quite blonde. So I made a second appointment, this time to set my hair back to a natural brown matching my roots. As they say, you live and you learn. Whether your current blonde is artificial or au naturel, you should be taking extra care to moisturize your hair prior to dyeing it a darker shade.

Landing on the right brunette shade is more than bringing in an inspiration photo from Instagram. I had entered my appointment envisioning a dark brown verging on black. Hearing that going dark would require extra upkeep after this first appointment, and thus more money, I opted for a milk chocolate brown that matched my roots. Your hair texture can also affect how the color holds and what shade you can expect to walk home with.

So if your hair is curly or dry, you can expect extra time at the salon to make the color hold, as well as more-frequent return trips for touch-ups.

My bare-bones research from bleaching my hair prepared me for a time-consuming salon trip. That appointment lasted four hours. Adding pigment back in is also an hours-long process.

Typically, blonde-to-brunette transitions can last between two and five hours at the salon, including several rounds of color and gloss. It can take a few trips to the bowl to make the color stick. Get comfortable in that chair. Only after filling the hair can you reach the desired shade, which is often created with a semi-permanent or demi-permanent dye.

Some colorists, like Lee, recommend a semi-permanent dye for the first appointment , while others, like Casanova, opt for demi-permanent formulas. What's the difference? Semi-permanent can only hold up to about six shampoos, but tends to fade without any harsh lines. Demi-permanent dye , on the other hand, can maintain its shiny color for over 20 washes. In short, these two options let you feel out your new color with minimal commitment. You can always go back into the salon and request permanent dye later, but few colorists will start you with it.

Although going natural means less worry about discoloration down the road, you're not out of the woods until all that processed hair grows out and gets chopped off. In fact, now you have to worry about your hair turning green. This usually happens if you go too cool in tone, as opposed to a shade with warmer undertones on the first go around.

Keep in mind that your hair can always change color. The solution: Popping into the salon for a toner retouch is quick, easy, and makes a huge difference in keeping your color rich.

Getting Lowlights Is Helpful. Going from a bleach blonde to a solid brunette is a drastic change that sometimes feels too shocking, so Lee reminds us that blonde highlights are always an option. It'll take a few appointments to nail, but it'll also help you blur any lines of demarcation.

For Tardo, it includes leaving out some of the existing blonde hair, dyeing the rest brunette, and toning the remaining blonde pieces with a color a touch lighter than the brunette base.