Can you dye (not natural) black hair any lighter colours effectively at home without bleeching it?

I have been dying my hair black around 10 months now, but it has not been dyed in the past 4 months and the colour doesn't seem to fade at all. I was thinking along the lines of dark auburn or a lighter shade of brown, for eg. espresso. My hair would naturally be dark brown.Can you dye (not natural) black hair any lighter colours effectively at home without bleeching it?
Black is probably the worst color to put in your hair ever!! Because any time you try to bleach it out it either turns your hair orange or pink. depending on your undertones in your natural hair.


Then if you go to a professional to bleach it out it is still going to be two different colors becuase of your roots and your black color are going to life to different levels.


What you need to do is either go to a salon and let them put a soap cap on your hair and life it maybe a level or two and then let them tone it to the color it lifted too.


Or put baking soda in your shampoo and and try to lighten it up that way. Either way its kinda a lose lose situation.


SorryCan you dye (not natural) black hair any lighter colours effectively at home without bleeching it?
no, color will not take on another color. you'll have to strip it first.
The only way you'll be able to lighten your hair from black is to have it stripped.


Go to a hairdressers and have it done though! They put the highest % of peroxide on your hair and it takes all the colour out so you can go a lighter colour. I had that done when I wanted to go from black to brown.


For the first few times dying it after you've had it stripped it may look a bit blended, as though you have more than one colour in your hair. But over time the black will fade.





If you have your hair stripped go to a hairdressers! So many people I know who have stripped their black hair at home have turned out bright orange!
Absolutely not. Black is the hardest color to strip off your hair. I don't want to count the number of times people have came to my cousins salon with their hair totally ******. Even if you bleach it, the color that is applied after the bleaching may not be true, if it even takes evenly at all. Go to a professional.
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Bleach is such a harsh word. You said your hair is not naturally black, that it's colored. Well, color does not lift color. You will need to lighten your hair with bleach but I do not recommend doing your entire head. I would start with highlights all over and lighten up two or three levels. That's safer and you will notice a change. You can do this every 8-12 weeks meaning that if you lighten your hair every two months in 6 months you will be a dark blond, light brown. And I would definitely suggest taking a trip to the salon, it will save you money in the long run.
no, its too dark, You cant go from black to light brown. You have to bleach it first
no you can't, i had the same situation as you as i dyed my hair black for about a year then decided for a change, so i didn't dye it for months.


you can get it back to a medium brown at the most, by using vosene and tea tree shampoos etc... that will help to lift the black off somewhat, however, this takes alot of time so i would recommend getting it stripped and not bleached, i did this and mine went ginger and then i was able to dye it brown ontop of the ginger.


it is highly damaging to the hair this way but just use hair masks often to get it back to normal


in a word, no.
i had the same problem. if you have used a permanent dye im afraid you will have to have it stripped, however if you used a semi permanent then it should start to fade soon and other dyes may be able to cover it. However getting advice from your local hairdresser would be advised.