My hair has a chestnut/redish semi permanent on it. Can I put blonde dye on top, or will it go orange?

i did it the other way round, i had bits of my hair bleached, then dyed it red...it went orange...you should probably just try to wash out the dye first...i'd recommend using anti-dandruff shampoo's and also the likes of soap to remove the colour, then get it bleached.

My hair has a chestnut/redish semi permanent on it. Can I put blonde dye on top, or will it go orange?
It is really hard to strip out any kind of colour in order to go lighter, and even us "Professionals" struggle as the end result can be really unpredictable.


At best your hair might go orange, it could go green, at worst it could break off leaving you with unsightly tufts!


My advice is to go and see a good hairdresser, one that has a specialist colour technician, and see what they think. A lot depends on your natural hair colour, depth of tone etc and of course the overall condition of your hair.


Please, please, do not try to do this yourself at home unless you are absolutly 100% sure of the outcome!
Reply:It will go orange! Try to do a more brunette color.
Reply:It will almost DEFINITELY go orange! Go to a salon and ask for the color you want. They will strip the old dye out and bleach your hair (safely!) and tone it for you to get it the correct shade of blond. You can buy color stripper and bleach at beauty supply stores like sally's but I wouldn't recommend it. Leave this one up to the professionals!
Reply:my best friend is a red head. she dyed her hair bonde and it worked out for a while then it turned white after the second time
Reply:You can't just put a blonde dye on top of what you have - that will turn the hair orange because it won't be strong enough to lift the color.





The only way to go blonde is to bleach it completely - it might even take a couple processes, and then re-dye with the right blonde color.





Get it professionally done if you are going blonde - at home blonde colorings, just always turn out bad !