diy highlights kit-are tehy any good?

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had a panic after looking in the mirror and seeing my mother ,so hot footed it to Boots for dye and am now regretting it.

now resemble Bella Lasagna instead of nice choc brown

It is also permanent -oh joy

so thought highlights would break it up a bit

You can buy dye remover in boots. I am a hairdresser and was very sceptical, but found it good. Buy the colour you intended to go at the same time, do colour remover, then wash, dry and put on the correct colour. It's a good idea to choose a shade or two lighter than you want as it's easier to go darker if you want to afterwards. Also, in hairdressing terms, 'dark blonde' is what most people think is light brown, and so on, hence people often ending up darker than they'd like.

Re: hoem highlighting kits. The are OK, but cap highlights (which home kits are) tend to be quite uneven, plus if you don't leave the bleach on long enough, or your hair is very dark now, you risk ending up very brassy.

HTH

oh thanks!

have never seen dye remover before

so glad i posted now , won't bother doing the highlights and will pop into boots tomorrow

have you used it yourself?

Ohhh which dye did you use? I've been considering home dyeing my hair in a brown shade. I need to avoid the one you used do i?

loreal 5.3

Yes, I have used it on myself, I was pleased with the results.

It might leave your hair a bit lighter but reddish/brassy looking, hence me suggesting you buy a lighter shade of brown to put on afterwards. I would suggest you go for '6' or '6.1' or even '6.0'. (I would choose the first two over the last, but all will be OK)

This is the colour remover:

www.boots.com/en/Colour-B4.-Hair-Colour-Remover-by-Scott-Cornwall-hair-expert.1000978/?exploreAttributes=--------Beauty%20%3E%20Hair%20%3E%20Colourants%20%3E%20Colour%20Remover----List--------Left%20Nav--

midori thanks so much you're a life saver.

Off to boots first thing tomorrow

midori-I could kiss you!!

Have reversed the colour and fab results. Don't need to put on another dye as I'm left with a auburn/brown which suits me...love it.

30odd minutes under the shower but well worth it.
Thanks