The ability to achieve your target brown color will depend on what level your bleach blonde hair color is. The lighter the hair you're applying the brown dye to, the more it will take on cool tones (including green, ash and blue).
Going from blond to light brown is a simple process as long as you seek professional help. Colouring techniques, top tips and upkeep…
Yes, but if you dying it more than 2 levels darker you may need to use a filler. Filler is a color that replaces the underlying pigment in the hair. It's different at each level, ranging from golden for light brown to red for dark hair colors. Thanks!
Do You Need a Filler Shade to Go From Blonde to Brown Hair? “If you are going more than two to three shades darker from a pale blonde, you always need to fill the hair first with yellow, orange [or] red tones,” says Lee. If you don't use a filler shade, your brown may end up looking green, ashy or too dark.
Unless it's a warm brown there is a good chance it'll go khaki and it'll grab on the bleach and won't wash out like it should on natural hair. I wouldn't risk it personally. If you are blonde you will need to fill your hair with a red tone first before dying it brown. Otherwise it might go green.
Misconception #1: Semi-permanent dye will damage your hair.
Because it just coats the strand and doesn't open the hair shaft, it doesn't change the composition of your hair or lift the hair's natural color pigments.
Without a filler, you risk the brown color turning muddy or even green. Also, you might end up with uneven spots, and some pieces will turn splotchy. To go blonde in the first place, you are removing the red, warm pigments, so when you go back to a brown color, a filler adds back the missing color molecules.
However, toner is a great option if you find yourself in this predicament. While it may not literally darken the color of your hair, it can neutralize or reduce the appearance of the brighter, brassier tones in your hair, making it appear a bit darker in the process.
Brown is made up of the three primary colors: red, blue, and yellow. Since blue and yellow discharge well, you can expect more red to be left over when discharging. Brown turns to pink when bleached.
Sadly, yes. While permanent hair dye won't wash out of your hair in the same way that temporary, or semi-permanent hair dye does, it will eventually start to fade and change shade over time.
It's important to note that bleach will always cause some damage, but your colorist will help to improve the look and feel of your hair before you leave the salon. If your strands are blonde or light brown, you may be able to go ash brown without bleach.
A Colour filler is like the cream centre of your Oreo; it's a Colour you use in between your current Colour and the Colour you want to be. Its job is to build your Hair Colour pigment back into your Hair that gets taken out when you've Bleached or Coloured your Hair Lighter.
When you dye bleached hair dark again, you need to fill your hair with a red or gold color to add some undertones (otherwise, your hair could turn out green or muddy colored). “Filling” your hair means dyeing it one color first, then adding your natural color back on top of it.
Your Current Bleached Hair Color
The lighter the hair you're applying the brown dye to, the more it will take on cool tones (including green, ash and blue). This is why a common occurrence when trying to dye your hair cool brown yourself is a greenish muddy effect.
Permanent hair dye typically lasts for between four to eight weeks before it grows out or fades (more on that below).
Your hair turns brassy/orange when you lighten it because the warm colour molecules are the last to be lifted during a lightening process. For a successful, balanced lighter colour outcome, you need to first lift out all the warm colour pigments.
When hair is lightened, all warmth is removed to achieve a pure Level 9/10. If a blondie wants to embrace the dark side again, the hair needs to be filled first to replace that lost warmth or one of two things could happen: The color will appear uneven.
What causes a greenish hair tint in brunette locks? This may happen if you dye too porous or damaged hair, and your base hair color is more on the cooler side or has ashy undertones. Most often a greenish undertone happens when you dye your hair from light blonde to dark.
And while it's not as much of an undertaking as going from chocolate to platinum, the transition from blonde to brunette is still quite the process. Luckily there's a new trend popping up that's a seamless way to go deeper: reverse balayage.
It won't necessarily ruin your natural hair color, but it may alter it for a bit longer than you hoped for.
Depending on you hair type and hair condition, toner can last between 2-to-6 weeks. Hair that has been coloured previously can sometimes hold toners for less time than hair that has only been coloured once, so may need more regular toning.