Dying my hair at home?

Once more, since I don't think I've gotten the answers I wanted -

I'm naturally a reddish/golden light brunette, a level 6/7. I want to be either about a level 8 blonde, or completely different - red - not ginger, more cherry, like one of Feria's power reds.

I have blue eyes, fair skin. I don't know if I'm a 'warm' or a 'cool,' though photoshopping bright red hair onto myself looks good. I was blonde as a child, and thanks to my heritage I think I'd make a good blonde.

Anyways. If I go blonde at home, since I do want to change my colour and can't afford a salon, how would I go about doing this? To get a level 8 blonde, do I use a level 10 dye, since I'm about a level 6/7 anyways? I'm hesitant to bleach beforehand because not only am I afraid of damage, I'm afraid of bleaching my roots as well to get the desired colour every few weeks, the colour overlapping and damaging/looking bad.

So can I go blonde in one step, and with what?

Should I just go red instead?

Thanks!

Dying my hair at home?

Home kits for Blonde coloring is hard- orange is a usual result and never looks good :[

But as a girl who dyes her hair alot, I would advise buying, either, two level 8s, one for re-touching, or one level ten, and maybe a blonde highlighting kit?

And roots, well, thats just something you'll have to deal with as it comes. Theres no way to prevent it :/

Oh, ditto with damaging. It sucks. And without a salon coloring, its hard to prevent.

You might wanna try stripping your hair first, and then taking the blonde plunge.

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Dying my hair at home?

I would go red until you can afford to go blonde at salon blonde bleach can kill your hair... you dont want to look like a troll

Dying my hair at home?

i think you should go a deep, deep red. that'll look awesome with your skin and eyes.

the reason i didn't recommend blonde is because red pigments are incredibly hard to get rid of.. even if you dye it blonde now, the red will show up eventually.

Dying my hair at home?

I would honestly wait until you have the funds and allow a professional to do the job. Or at least before you do it could at least consult a salon for the tips.

Sorry I was not all that helpful, just going from your color to a blonde you might end up green or a lot of damage and paying a salon the money for the corrective coloring.

Dying my hair at home?

No matter what product you use, going lighter is bleaching ( taking out the color). When you go lighter with the hair you are taking out the color so it is hard on your hair no matter what. You need to prep your hair for it and be able to afford to use good products to take care of it after. I really can't tell you what level to use because all products work so differently on the hair. If you want to go 2 shades lighter make sure the color you choose has a 20 volume developer which will allow you to lift the hair 2-3 levels of lift. If you want no damage to the hair the best thing is to stay on your same level and just change the tone like to cherry red as you stated. When you change only the tone of the color or go darker you are actually adding pigment instead of pulling it out so it is not hard on the hair.

Dying my hair at home?

I went to Walmart and bought a hair color called "born to be blonde", I think. Anyway, it worked great! I had to leave it on for 45 minutes, which was the maximum time. I'll probably get another box to make even blonder. It's for brunette's who want to go blonde. It says it on the box that it's safe for brown hair.

I also love Feria's dark auburn!

Dying my hair at home?

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