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Okay this is a long story but I will cut it short 
Last summer I went to a hair salon for my birthday to get my hair dyed and styled. I was really looking forward to it, but they completely mucked it up. I'm naturally a medium to dark brunette with very fair skin. I wanted to go a very light brown colour, but instead the hairdresser obviously didn't have a clue and it ended up as a light reddy-brown which wasn't very nice.
I waited for a couple of months until late september, when the roots were starting to come through, and decided to dye over this. Yes, I was stupid. I got a home kit and decided to dye my hair a medium brown. I read somewhere that you can cover a dye with a darker one. Obviously this shade wasn't dark enough and my hair came out patchy red and brown, and looked awful.
So after an agonising weekend, I put my hair up in a scarf (lol) and bought a semi-permanent dark brown/black colour and actually was very pleased with the results.
By now the semi permanent is obvously long gone, and my hair now has quite long (about 2 inches) of dark brunette roots and then reddy-brunette colour. Thankfully it isn't too bad and the difference isn't really noticable unless I'm in the sun, but its obviously not what I want.
So finally my question
I want to dye my hair a different colour with a home kit. I don't waxnt to go permanent because a.) I wont be able to go lighter than the dye at the moment and that was what I wanted in the first place last summer. b.) It's taking a long time to grow my roots out andd I don't want to have to start from scratch again. c.) I don't want it to react to the dye allready on my hair and turn catostrophic like last time.
Therefore I guess it will have to be semi-permanent. My question is, will this work properly in covering up both the dye and my roots? And how dark will I have to go to cover the light reddy brown dye on my hair? Is a rich medium brown dark enough or should I go dark brown/black again?
Or should I just not bother...though to be honest I'm not really happy with the way it is now.
Any advise would be really appreciated and thanks in advance, I know this is a long one
Fee x
Last summer I went to a hair salon for my birthday to get my hair dyed and styled. I was really looking forward to it, but they completely mucked it up. I'm naturally a medium to dark brunette with very fair skin. I wanted to go a very light brown colour, but instead the hairdresser obviously didn't have a clue and it ended up as a light reddy-brown which wasn't very nice.
I waited for a couple of months until late september, when the roots were starting to come through, and decided to dye over this. Yes, I was stupid. I got a home kit and decided to dye my hair a medium brown. I read somewhere that you can cover a dye with a darker one. Obviously this shade wasn't dark enough and my hair came out patchy red and brown, and looked awful.
So after an agonising weekend, I put my hair up in a scarf (lol) and bought a semi-permanent dark brown/black colour and actually was very pleased with the results.
By now the semi permanent is obvously long gone, and my hair now has quite long (about 2 inches) of dark brunette roots and then reddy-brunette colour. Thankfully it isn't too bad and the difference isn't really noticable unless I'm in the sun, but its obviously not what I want.
So finally my question
I want to dye my hair a different colour with a home kit. I don't waxnt to go permanent because a.) I wont be able to go lighter than the dye at the moment and that was what I wanted in the first place last summer. b.) It's taking a long time to grow my roots out andd I don't want to have to start from scratch again. c.) I don't want it to react to the dye allready on my hair and turn catostrophic like last time.
Therefore I guess it will have to be semi-permanent. My question is, will this work properly in covering up both the dye and my roots? And how dark will I have to go to cover the light reddy brown dye on my hair? Is a rich medium brown dark enough or should I go dark brown/black again?
Or should I just not bother...though to be honest I'm not really happy with the way it is now.
Any advise would be really appreciated and thanks in advance, I know this is a long one
Fee x