Lighten Dark Brown Hair to Caramel color - Beauty & Cosmetics Message Board

Jazzmine1212 · 01-15-2009, 02:52 PM

I have been bleach highliting my dark brown hair for a while at a salon and now I don't want highlights anymore...I want to use a hair coloring product at home without bleach to just lighten it to a caramel brown (solid hair color no highlites)...I'm just afraid it will turn orange. What color name and product should I use for my hair to turn lighter without that orange color? I've heard it's possible to lighten hair without using bleach.

21_cnp · 01-17-2009, 10:18 AM

I have dark brown hair, and on Thursday I went to the salon and had caramel highlights put in my hair. I love it, and it stands out put not in a bad way. I am not sure what it would look like with all over caramel color, but I think you would love caramel highlights.

tUrRrRa · 01-17-2009, 09:37 PM

I've always been able to lighten my hair to a lighter brown at home without any problems. It's usually when you try to go blonde at home that you would end up with the orange. I try to stick with a shade not way too far from my natural color. Try going from dark brown to medium, and then try going to light brown after a couple weeks or so (as long as your hair is in good condition). Also, I usually try to stick with a "neutral" light brown rather than a warm brown, so I avoid the red tones. My hair always seems to come out with a slight warm tint to it when lightening, so even the ash colors come out fine. Also, do a test strip first on the underside of your hair to make sure it comes out right! I like the Perfect 10 hair colors. I actually used "Dark Blonde" to get my hair a lighter shade of brown and it came out great. It kind of was a caramel color like you said you were looking to get. Make sure to also leave the color on for the max. amount of time. Leaving it on for too short can make it reddish.

Jazzmine1212 · 01-17-2009, 10:29 PM

How often do you have to use the Perfect 10 hair color? What do you do when your roots grow out? Do you reapply it to your whole head again or just the roots? Doesn't the Peroxide and Ammonia turn your hair orange/brass after a while? I thought it's better to use ones without Ammonia.

imtuppence · 01-18-2009, 05:11 AM

For optimal results,knowing your natural haircolor is the best place to start, when determining which color to select.

FYI...color only lifts so far, at which point bleach is required. It is when you use a color that is far too light, in hopes of getting your desired result, you end up messing with the underlying pigment hence causing the brassiness and less than desirable results.

Personally i would go for the caramal highlites as opposed to the overall color, especially if you are doing a home job. You have so much more room for error with the highlited effect as the natural hair left in it will most likely balance out any brassiness that may still occur.

There are other things you need know before you get started so I'll check back to see if you are still looking for opinions or help, or if you've already jumped in and did it.

tup