Clip in weave advice and hair dye advice? (lighten, color, blonde)

[Lilyrue21]

My hair is thick and what many would call black. My mom's hair is the same color she dyed it auburn and came out a lighter brown without bleaching I dyed my hair a lighter brown it turned out black like true black. We have the same hair color how can I due my hair without bleach how do I know if I need bleach maybe a different product?

Also I am wondering cheap are hair weaves with clips I want to to cover my whole head hair in the front doesn't have a bang my hair is right above chin length and thick I just want weaves clip ins because it seems easiest to manage to make at least right above shoulder length. How much would it cost?

[Lilyrue21]

Anyone?

[Cav Scout wife]

Originally Posted by Lilyrue21

My hair is thick and what many would call black. My mom's hair is the same color she dyed it auburn and came out a lighter brown without bleaching I dyed my hair a lighter brown it turned out black like true black. We have the same hair color how can I due my hair without bleach how do I know if I need bleach maybe a different product?

Also I am wondering cheap are hair weaves with clips I want to to cover my whole head hair in the front doesn't have a bang my hair is right above chin length and thick I just want weaves clip ins because it seems easiest to manage to make at least right above shoulder length. How much would it cost?

First part: There is NO WAY to "color" your hair to make it lighter. Color DOES NOT remove color.

You will need to either use lightener to get the shade/tone you want, or use a product like Backtraxx by Paul Mitchell to remove hair color.

Secondly, if you are going to use clip in extensions, buy at LEAST a blended human hair and kankalon mix, if not 100% human hair. With the mix, you can use LOW heat and curl, dry, and flat iron the extensions.

With human hair, you can color, perm, iron, curl, etc... just like attached hair.

I know Sally Beauty Supply currently has wefts of blended hair for $20-25 a weft, and that will make quite a few clip in's. It's cheaper to buy the wefts and sew your own clips into them, as opposed to buying them pre-made.

Personally, I prefer linked in I-tip extensions, for almost anyone; but that's just me.

[Lilyrue21]

Then how come my mom was able to dye her hair without removing her hair color?

I'm just curious? If you know why that may be?

[ElleTea]

Originally Posted by Lilyrue21

Then how come my mom was able to dye her hair without removing her hair color?

I'm just curious? If you know why that may be?

It depends on what she did. Color/dye is one thing, lighteners are another.

What the previous poster was referring to was lightening hair. If you color your hair black, you cannot color it a blonde (or even a lighter shade of brown) with color alone. It simply does not work. To go lighter from a darker shade, you must use either a lightening product (bleach, etc) or a color remover to strip that pigment out first.

Color does not lift color.