Yellow and Blue Make Green! (Hair Issue)

[Nephythys]

Jumping on the coat tails-

CAN I bleach the red out of my hair? or would I be desperately sorry?

I loathe this color- its fading out to a weird red brown- ugly ugly.

[bewitched]

Originally Posted by Nephythys

Jumping on the coat tails-

CAN I bleach the red out of my hair? or would I be desperately sorry?

I loathe this color- its fading out to a weird red brown- ugly ugly.

In my experience, trying to bleach out red turns your hair baby pink. Which can then be covered up by dark brown. (This was all done by a professional, BTW)

I am a natural medium/dark brunette. I had blond hair for a while, decided to dye it red, got sick of it and wanted to go blond again. My hair was so porous from going blond that the red "stuck". I ended up having my hair cut super short (ala Isabella Rossellini) and dyed back to my original color.

Maybe it comes out better if you start with naturally blond hair.

[Nephythys]

Originally Posted by bewitched

In my experience, trying to bleach out red turns your hair baby pink. Which can then be covered up by dark brown. (This was all done by a professional, BTW)

I am a natural medium/dark brunette. I had blond hair for a while, decided to dye it red, got sick of it and wanted to go blond again. My hair was so porous from going blond that the red "stuck". I ended up having my hair cut super short (ala Isabella Rossellini) and dyed back to my original color.

Maybe it comes out better if you start with naturally blond hair.

I am naturally blonde- was going to grow this out but I hate hate hate it

[wendybeth]

Originally Posted by Nephythys

Jumping on the coat tails-

CAN I bleach the red out of my hair? or would I be desperately sorry?

I loathe this color- its fading out to a weird red brown- ugly ugly.

BW is right- it will likely turn a funky shade of pink, mauve or orange, depending on the base of the red. Red is a tricky color in that it doesn't like to stay in (red color molecules are notorious for fading out) unless you don't want it anymore. You could try to pull it up to a light enough shade that could be covered with a color you like better, but going back to your natural blond is going to be a challenge.