Q&A for How to Fade Hair Dye

You can follow the steps that are outlined above in the article to fade your black hair to brown. #3 under "Using a Color Remover," should definitely work for you in achieving dark brown hair.

Is your natural color brown? If so, you can attempt to return to brown hair by making a homemade color stripper. If that doesn't work, try to use clarifying shampoo or purchase a dye remover.

If you hang out in the sun, use a little bit of shampoo and lots of conditioner, that could work, but you have to repeat these steps multiple times. You could also swim in chlorinated water.

You could either wait until your natural hair color grows out or you could use a color remover and dye it the closest shade to your natural color. However, nothing will be exactly the same as your natural color; growing it out and getting it cut regularly is the best, non-damaging way to get natural color back.

It depends on what kind of shampoo/conditioner you have. As the article said, a clarifying shampoo is best for fading color, but keep in mind, it is quite drying.

If you died your hair lighter than your natural color, then it will not fade back to a darker color. You either have to wait for it to grow out or have a professional dye it back to your natural color.

The process for fading hair dye will usually work better for lighter colored dyes, because they are less pigmented and intense. It will also depend on how your hair naturally responds to repeated washings. But for the most part, fading a light color, like a dyed ash blonde color, will fade easier than, say, black.

You should fade the color a bit and get a brown dye, preferably from a hair supply store as opposed to box dye.

Black hair dye is incredibly hard to fade. If it does fade, and your natural color is brown, it'll fade into that. However, it may just stay black.

Since your hair is black, removing color will be easier. If the color had a bit of lift to it and made your hair lighter, dye it back to a natural black color.

The natural color underneath must have been darker than that exemplified on the box. Most dye examples are done on bleached hair.

Use a color protecting shampoo and conditioner while washing your hair. Also, before you enter the swimming pool, be sure to tuck all of your hair under a swim cap.

Over the counter shampoo as suggested above will work and give it time. Purple is an extremely hard color to keep in hair as it will fade quickly.

Vinegar may not remove hair dye, but it can help fade it. Soak your hair with vinegar, then wait 2 to 3 minutes. Rinse the vinegar out with warm water afterwards. Since vinegar is cleansing, you don't need to shampoo.

You can buy semi-permanent colors or what we call toners at a beauty supply store. They are made especially for what you’re wanting to achieve. I always suggest getting a shade lighter than what’s on the Box because they can tend to “grab” onto the newly lighted hair and look darker.

If your hair was bleached, you can't, as bleach is not a dye, but something that strips your hair's natural color. It is a permanent chemical process, so your hair will be lightened forever until it grows out. If you want to cover up the highlights in the meantime, you will need to dye your hair.

Try using Dawn dish soap and baking soda. Mix equal amounts of both and let it sit in your hair for about 5-10 minutes. That's what I did when I wanted to get my blue/purple out.

Using the color wheel, the opposite of blue is orange, so you could try get an orange toner shampoo or add in a different color to mask the blue tones. However, you're best bet is going to a salon to try to correct this.

Use a color remover to remove the lowlights instead of bleaching your hair, which can lead to damage and dryness. With a good color remover, the color will come off in about two or three uses. Be sure to follow the instructions carefully to avoid causing damage to your hair.

When color is lifted from hair (aka when it is bleached), it won't appear again. When you add color (aka dye it), it will fade. Either you dye your highlighted hair a color similar to your natural or you wait until it grows out.

Use a purple toner. There's one at Sally's Beauty Supply called "cooling violet".

Semi-permanent hair color fades gradually over time from the moment you apply it. It will generally last about 6 weeks, however.

Try the shampoo method mentioned above for fading. Then place purple shampoo {like you used to keep your blonde its blondest} on your hair to cool down the red. Place it on dry hair, wait ten minutes and then wash your hair as normal. It will not be bright blonde but it will not be ginger anymore.

Bleached hair soaks up more color than non-bleached hair. The easiest way would be the bleach bath method mentioned above since you can control how light it gets. Depp conditioning and even a reconstructor are going to be your friends for the damage. Bed Head makes an easy to access one called "dumb blonde."

You can buy a color remover from Rite Aid or Sally's. I would recommend Color Oops if you can find it, because it is great at stripping out unwanted tones, especially from darker colors that accidentally occurred.

Wash your hair very frequently.

Try a purple shampoo and let it sit for a few minutes, then rinse it off. Follow the package instructions.

I would recommend waiting at least five months and using clarifying shampoo to fade it well before bleaching. Also, use deep conditioning treatments to keep it healthy.

It should if you use a clarifying shampoo or dandruff shampoo. Also use hot water to help fade it out quicker too. Make sure to deep condition after for it could be quite drying.

You can’t get rid of a colour lighter than your natural hair colour, especially if bleach was used to lighten it. You’ll have to dye a brown closest to your natural colour over the blonde.