I stupidly dyed my hair too many times in april because i already had one color and my hair was normal, it felt fine and looked okay. It wasn’t damaged or anything. But then my grandmother offered 3 weeks after dying my hair that color that she’ll take me to a hair salon to dye my hair again because she’s didnt like that color blonde on me. I went to the salon and asked for a lighter shade of blonde. They bleached my hair and it LOOKED TERRIBLE. I thought it was gonna come out great because it’s a salon in manhattan. The blonde hair was yellow. I looked ridiculous. I had to take matters in to my own hands and i bought a box dye to fix the color. I bought two and two days after the hair salon i dyed my hair with the box dyes. After dying it, i noticed my hair falling out and my hair feeling dead. I knew it was bad because i was brushing my hair and a lot came out. I was so upset and it took a while to make my hair look normal again and feel normal again. I’ve been growing my hair out ever since April and that hair incident happened and my hair feels pretty normal now and ive been doing a lot of treatments lately in my hair, as an example i’ve been putting eggs in my hair for protein into my hair. I want to dye my hair in september before school starts bc roots are showing and i cant stand this color. I’m really worried though because what if the same thing happens and all my hair falls out? but i need to dye my hair. Would it be okay to? Is there anything i can do ?
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You should have used toner after you got it bleached. Box dye doesn't do much to fix brassy hair.
Stop with the eggs, they don't condition your hair. Coconut oil is much better for your hair, it actually moisturizes your hair.
Go to a salon, not to the first one you went to. Your hair was all ready bleached. They should have toned it instead of bleaching it again. Which if they used a 30 or 40 vol developer, made your hair fall out. Also use a comb on your hair and a leave in conditioner, brushing your hair specially when it's wet cab damage it.
Get a few consultations, tell them you need a root touch up but another salon messed up your hair. They can bleach the roots and try to match the colour to the rest of your hair the best they can. Or re dye it another colour so it looks more even. After this give your hair a break for a while. Give it lots of conditioning treatments too.
Don't let your grandmother tell you what to do with your hair. If you like it then tell her that, or tell her that you will find a way to fix it.
Make sure the dyed portions are COMPLETELY gone now, that your hair is fully grown out and virgin -- undyed -- and also healthy. Do NOT put new dye on top of already dye-damaged hair. Just be patient until the damaged portions grow out and you can cut them off.
Eggs do not put protein in your hair. Nothing does. Eggs will accomplish nothing, but products actually formulated for hair use will provide a coating on the hair cuticle so that your hair at least LOOKS smoother, shinier, and healthier.
Do not use any more dyes with ammonia and peroxide. Once hair is burnt by bleach it's gone and nothing can bring it back so he peroxide will cause further damage to your hair. Bleach for hair is a very strong peroxide. bleaches literally burn the hair. You need to save the eggs for an omelet, whatever protein the eggs add it's nothing more than a coating albumin that will wash away. Hair is made of Keratin, eggs are made of albumin -two very different proteins. Your hair is made of layers: a scaly outer cuticle, a middle cortex and the inner medulla. Bleach and colors strip away the outer cuticle, exposing the soft cortex. Once the cuticle scales are gone nothing will bring them back -not eggs, protien treatments or oils.
What you can do is use an ammonia nd peroxide free semi permanent color. These colors coat the hair, add a bit of shine and don't damage the hair. They are gentle enough to use every six to eight weeks. The trade off is that all this gentleness means that they do wash away so re-coloring and touching up is needed. Choose a color that blends with your natural color. This will allow you fresh, undyed hair to grow from the roots and you can have the dyed and fried ends gradually trimmed away.
DO NOT bleach it.
Pick a color that you can live with that will blend your root color and the other color without needing to be bleached first.
The day before you dye the hair, use a really good moisturizer on your hair.
After you dye your hair, then use shampoos and conditioners that are formulated for color treated hair.