Last week I went and had my hair coloured. I wanted to basically go back to my natural colour, dark brown but it has turned out nearly black. I know I'm stupid but I didn't say anything to the hairdresser when I left as I was embarrassed (I should get over that sometime in the next 10 years )

Can I colour it lighter without totally burning my hair in the next week or is that too soon?

Also, if there are any GREAT hair dressers that specialise in colour in Sydney, please please pm me.

Thank u

What area in Sydney are you in?

jodilee, in sydney south but will travel ANYWHERE..

I beleive that washing your hair in Anti-dandruff shampoo will remove some of the colour.

I have a fantastic hairdresser at Padstow Heights. She works from home and is very reasonable.

I too have a fantastic hairdresser who works from home (Ex Art of Hair) and is great with colour. She is in Rouse Hill. PM me if you want her detaisl.

Hi there, hairdresser here - LOL!!

Now, firstly I need to ask are you sure that your hair is nearly black?? The only reason I ask this is often when clients ask to go back to their natural colour, it is a LOT darker than they remember it being - and even in saying this your hairdresser should have discussed this with you and shown you a swatch of a colour very similar to what yours is against your face and with all your other hair pulled back so you could get a 'feel' for it first.

Also, how light was your hair before going darker? Was your hair so light that it needed to be filled first - as if this was the case your hair would have been more likely to 'grab' the colour and will also be more likely to fade off faster (again, this should all have been discussed with you).

Short answer - yes, you can have it coloured lighter, but your hair will certainly feel the effects of this as it will essentially need to be stripped to some degree... so I would be inclined to contact the hairdresser who originally coloured it first to find out exactly what has been done and if it will fade off quickly etc...

I do think the inital problem stemmed from lack of consultation with you in the beginning though, so there is no need to feel embarassed or insecure to tell your hairdresser how you are feeling.

PM me if you need any other help - I am a trained specialised colourist, but unfortunately not in Sydney so cannot help you out in that regard

Good luck!

Hi there RallyGirl

If you are still looking for a hairdresser in Sydney South I could recommend mine, I have my colour done regularly and she great with colour.

Let me know if you would like her details, she is in Kirrawee.

Soni

Hi ladies,

Thank you for all the replies.

- Glad you asked...well, it's not black but very very dark brown. Having said that, I've had comments that it suits me and I've become use to it now. It's taken a while but I didn't really want to go and ruin my hair with more chemicals.

My natural hair colour is medium - dark brown. I will wait for a couple of months before I do anything drastic again but as I said, it is growing on me...

I'll pm you girls when I need to colour it again...

Thanks again