Dark Hair Color on Yellow Hair

by Jen

I naturally have dark brown hair. I wanted to be a blonde so I tried a box dye on all my hair and my hair turned out yellow-orange! I decided to just go back to brown so I bought a medium brown (box) and now my hair is a rusty red.

I want my hair back to the natural dark brown. I don't mind a dark red. What should I do? Can I get a dark brown and get the results I want? I am going to be doing this at home. Do you recommend getting the dye from Sally's?

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Unfortunately, you will need to remove the color from your hair so you're starting with a clean palette. Use a hair color remover first, then apply the dark brown color you want. Just remember.

Hair that's been chemically processed is very porous. You must deep condition your hair after you remove the color from it. If you were to use a dark brown color on hair that hadn't been deep conditioned after color removal, your hair would turn black. This is because porous hair quickly absorbs and holds hair colors, plus dark hair colors are extremely dense.