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I had my hair professionally highlighted about a month ago.

The stylist did exactly what I wanted her to do, but I just don’t happen to like it like I thought I would. I want to dye my hair all one color to get rid of the highlights, but can I do that myself? Specifically, will my light blond highlights turn out a different shade than the rest of my medium brown hair? I want to dye the whole thing something close to my natural color, maybe a little darker, and I would say the difference between the highlights and my natural color is more than three or four shades. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

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ashleyy offline Verified User (1 year, 10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 4 Add Friend #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 5 months ago (32 minutes after post)

well, from my experience if you dye your hair all one color it might be all the same for a while but then the highlights will fade to a lighter color than the rest of you hair.

id go to the stylist and let them use a more powerful dye than you can buy at stores.

but that is just me, and whenever i dye my hair a darker color (whether if i do it myself or a stylist) it always fades quickly. (i even use color treated products :|)

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An Unknown Location | 1 year, 4 months ago (1 week, 3 days after post)

Do not use ash on highlighted or blonde hair-your hair will turn gray or green! Also, if you use anything golden, sometimes your blonde will go red. I have naturally dark brown hair with caramel highlights. I am currently pregnant and dye my hair myself. I went back to brown because I just can’t get my highlights as close to the roots as I’d like doing it at home, plus my hair just grows out too fast and my roots show within 4 weeks. Try using a natural/neutral brown. Also, highlighted hair is very porous. Always go a shade lighter than you want, i.e. medium instead of dark or light instead of medium. I used dark brown one time and my hair was so porous it turned BLACK. Just do the strand test to make sure and use a semi-permanent, just in case. Sometimes you will only need to leave it on half the time because your hair absorbs color so fast. Hope this helps!

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