jazzzbaby
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SarahB said:Hi Fleur! I've been wanting to do exactly the same thing. I am so bored of the black and would like a lovely chocolate brown. I have been to a few salons and they have quoted me about £150-200 (!!) which would involve stripping the black (numerous times if need be), bleach and then a brown dye. It's a long process and pretty much fries your hair. Black permanent dye is just the worst thing to try and get rid of. However, my boyfriend's sister actually got rid of her black by using those pre-lightening kits which Boots etc sell. I've read the packets and they apparently remove even dark dye from hair so I'm very tempted to have a go!
So basically no, the brown dye will do nothing to the black. Also I have enquired about this process at trainee/model nights and they all wouldn't do it and advised a more senior hairdresser.
In the past I have dyed my roots the dark, deep brown....so it blended
a bit with the black. It took some time for the total growth of the new hair
with the dyed brown to grow out, but to me it was a much nicer process in getting out of the 'boxed in" black hair color. I would just continue touching up the roots and eventually I had a nice deep dark brown blending in with the black. It actually looked really good to my surprise.
AGAIN...this is coloring the roots brown, not the entire head of hair.
The bravest girl would have to probably do this process for some length of time until the brown was at ear or shoulder level and then eventually cut off the remaining length with the black in it.
Just another method ~ May not be for all, however it is another way.
Ohairas has a lot of great advice below, and I would indeed take in all that she has said
before taking any action.
Cheers xo