Hi! I just read your comment and I was wondering what products you picked at Sally's?? I to have been blonde my whole life. Born a toe head and platinum blonde for 27 yrs. I am now 48 and it washes me out and makes me look older and cheap ha ha!!! I am now a dark blonde level 6. But I have access to a Sally's and would like to check out the products you had success with. Thanks, Chrissy

Chrissy I will be happy to help you . Can I message you

@@chrissy1310 I am 49 and a lifelong blonde just like you, I am literally watching videos how to do this for the same reasons lol. I am definitely washed out looking and honestly don't think I look as good as I did when I was younger and loved my blonde life. I've seen so many people look less washed out in the after videos, plus I'd love to try it, I'm looking for any negatives, like the lights root grow out or if it really fades, or how hard to go back natural while waiting for it to grow out if I don't really like it after all. Did you stay brown?

@@TarynToday haha, I am 45 and a natural brunette who has been heavy highlighting for a couple years, but tired if the roots always showing... Would like to go back brunette but when I tried it I looked washed out, older and pastier with brown hair! So... I think we just have to change our perception of ourselves! Lol I a m trying to figure out now whether to try to go back brown again or get more highlights but it's really taken a toll on my hair.

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Jamie Elizabeth thanks for sharing!! Good to know. I’m going to the store to get my supplies now so I’ll definitely pick some up.

Hairspray and windex work also. 91% alcohol works for clothes and also white vinegar

I've used Micellar water to remove hair dye from skin, and it does work well!

Crystal Fowler thanks so much!!

jt rover I’m glad you found this helpful, thank you!

Jennifer Curran thanks for letting me know how it worked out! Xoxi

annie hobbs I’m so glad you found this helpful! Xoxo

Oh geez, I just realized my son was still logged in when I sent this, sorry ;/ My name is Denise. Logan is not covering his highlights, lol.

@@logancrank5896 did you do it? I just did it and it's processing right now!! I don't wanna look

I saw a different video where someone used the same protein filler. She rinsed it out before adding the dye.

Well, since bleached hair is so porous, rising the filler, out those ends won’t hold the protein, you’ll just be rinsing the majority of it out. The color of the filler might stay somewhat but the actual protein (which is why you’re using it) will be mostly gone. Your best bet for lasting color on those porous ends is to NOT rinse that filler out before dying it. I would bet my life that those who rinse the filler before coloring their hair to their desired brunette richness, their ends fade rather quickly. And then they’re left chasing that color they wanted, whether it be by having to dye it again and again (further damaging already damaged hair) or trying to give it a punch of color with continued toners or a glazes. So you shouldn’t ever rinse a protein filler out before applying the dye.

Brooke that’s EXACTLY what i was thinking

Red combats green... Choose a light copper brown or a reddish brown to cancel the ash which is green. The shade of brown you want, buy a shade one step lighter with a warm red undertone. Should work... You can use a semi permanent or Demi until you find the exact shades that work for you. It's fades and is easier to correct I think if you needed to. Good luck to you!

My hair just faded to a lighter neutral brown. My hair pulls a lot of red when I lift it with bleach so I don’t need to put red back into it when going dark or it goes Auburn. It depends on your own hair and the underlying pigments.

she left the filler on and added her dye on top :)

Clara Tiemroth Nielsen it’s like a level 7 ash

Anjel Lambert no!

You definitely can do that.

For sure use red or a bright copper if you are going a lighter brown. For protein you can make an egg mask, or a gelatin mask, or use.mayonaise or rice water at home. You can look on KZfaq for all these treatments.

@@mariannebaker can I use a red or orange semipermanent hair colour as filler?

@@teganeva yeah I don't see why not. You can always do a protein treatment separately if you need one. I'd love to hear how it went. Best of luck!

lexi webb yes

Same as you’d do if your dark roots start coming through ? Dye them, but much healthier !

she applied the dye on top of it

Indigo Dhajrnjc YES

+vancelisa1 Bleach removes a lot of protein from you hair which helps hold onto color so it depends on how damaged your hair is. If your hair is relatively healthy, you only should need the filler when you're going from light to dark. If you notice your color is fading quickly, use protein filler again before re-coloring. If you like the exact color my hair turned out at the beginning, depending on your starting base color, I would use a permanent level 4 Neutral color.

If your hair is not so damaged to begin with you should be fine... That is what i did and my hair did'nt suffer 😉

Green not blue

Casey Thompson I do stain my scalp - but you can avoid staining your hairline by applying a layer of Vaseline on the skin close to your hair line to act like a barrier

+Courtney Lynne No the filler is only for going darker. I would use a cool ash tone color to counteract your natural warm tones and get to the neutral base you want!

+Soul Beauty I do want to go darker! I'm blonde and want to be a medium brown but my hair has natural warmth, so I was wondering if filling is necessary.

Not if you have virgin dark blonde hair

Since black is darker than every other color, you'd need to pre-lighten prior to applying brown to achieve brown.

@@The_Real_HeatherMarie how to pre-lighten it? I'm sorry I'm dumb

Cops you have to bleach it, it’ll probably take 2 or 3 bleaches.