Over dyed hair.. almost grown out.. BUT i need help?

this is a long-hair story

my natural hair colour is light brown. in september last year i dyed my hair black with a semi-permament dye. then stupidly in october i decided to bleach my long hair and i totally fried it. i dyed over it with a dark semi dye a couple of times and it looked fine, apart from being in bad condition. i dyed it once more at christmas and it's a darkish brown now with unnoticable lighter roots. thankfully its almost grown out but it's still very dark. i was wondering if i used a lighter brown dye would it lighten it.. or darken it?

note that my hair is in pretty good condition now apart from the ends

i am not paying for salon treatment as im a poor student and i want to go blonde eventually (as i have done for ages) and im going to get THAT done professionally

sorry about the longness of this.

Over dyed hair.. almost grown out.. BUT i need help?

it would lighten it but it may have redish tones to it. You might want to use a highlighter kit and slowly lighten it and when you are ready to go totally blond it won't be such a drastic change.

Over dyed hair.. almost grown out.. BUT i need help?

I believe it would lighten it...I would suggest bleaching it first, but it sounds like you've had some bad experiences with that.

Over dyed hair.. almost grown out.. BUT i need help?

Cut the ends. Try a rinse for the next 6 months. No dyes.

Over dyed hair.. almost grown out.. BUT i need help?

what you need to do is go to the hairstudio or sallys and ask them what you should do because you died your hair to many different colors i did that and they told me to wait till it grows out. but i just got it died black. waited 3 months and then died it once a month to get it the color it is now.

Over dyed hair.. almost grown out.. BUT i need help?

I would trim the ends or however you much hair you can stand losing to help it grow out faster, I wouldn't dye it anymore and risk it since you are so close to having it grown out. It is hair, if you cut it, by the time your color is even farther along with growing out, your hair will be about the length it was before you got it cut. And, it's hair. It will always grow back. :)

Over dyed hair.. almost grown out.. BUT i need help?

go to a perfusionel get a special shampoo then don't touch it

Over dyed hair.. almost grown out.. BUT i need help?

Cough up the dough and go to the salon and get your ends chopped off, eatting beans on toast for the next few weeks will be worth it!

Over dyed hair.. almost grown out.. BUT i need help?

Don't dye it again! Unless you use a light brown dye which contains bleach, it will just add colour to your hair, making it darker... and when you try to go blonde it'll just go orange.

As people have said, get as much cut off as possible and avoid dying it at all if you really want to go blonde. If you want to cover any roots, use a non-permanent (not semi) with no red hues at all. Most brown dyes contain some red to make them warmer, and red is one of the hardest colours to remove, even for professionals!