Hair stripping

[Pink Flowers]

So I have red hair and I am sick of it, the lady who does it won't let me tone it down and go back to my natural colour. So my friend next door who is a hair dresser has said I should strip it using a kit from boots and then dye it brown a few times to get rid of the red. I want to go my natural colour with blonde high lights... is it realistic?

 

[lauralou25]

Im not sure on red but i had black hair and 2 weeks ago i stripped it and now have blonde highlights with a lightbrown and by the way if you have a shop called homebargains near you they have a hairstripper for 4.50 and it does exactly the same thing as the one in boots which is 12 quid

 

[Ceejay123]

I really want to strip my hair.. It's black and I want my natural brown back x

 

[Mummy Bean]

I did the opposite and had dark brown/black and stripped it to go red.

I would be worried stripping red hair as it might go pink/orange which might show through any colour you put over the top. esp if you then go highlight it...again bringing through the red.

but dont quote me i am no hairdresser...just know that red is a bitch to keep and a bigger bitch to get rid off.

Sure you dont wanna go black lol.

 

[Pink Flowers]

black would be easier lol! My friend who is a hair dresser said she will be able to get rid of the red even if it takes too turns of stripping lol.

 

[xlouloux]

Ash brown hair dyes got rid of the red out of my hair, I had to do it a few times but it's lovely now and looks like my natural colour x

 

[HayleyZahra]

I stripped out black a few weeks ago, i did have to bleach it all over, watch it go that brassy yellow orange colour than chuck on a nice brown! IT WORKED!
Also if u want to make some highlights, before chucking the brown on put a highlight cap or grab some tin foil and leave out a few orange pieces! that way u can either re bleach them which should take them blonde, or if u do leave them, they do mix in with brown and it wont look so orange and brassy, it tends to fade a golden colour against the brown!

thats my hair now in my display pic <<<<<<
and that was me with black hair before down below!

As for red hair, i dont really have much advise, i know when i did have red hair many years ago, i did want to go blonde and they did say to me they wouldnt touch it! I was so upset and left with red faded orange for a few months!

In the end i did put a brown on top i made sure a used a colour which was just one whole number for example - 05, 06, 07 depending on what colour u want to achieve, if u use something with 2 numbers for example 5.4, 5.8 than it may still have a red tint to your hair afterwards!

Good Luck

Best idea is to strip it out, or dye it a darker colour, like Burgundy, dark brown, black!

You will be able to cover up the orange colour if u do strip it out!

xxxx