Okay, I need to tell you all about my current hair emergency.
My hair was bleached to platinum. I LOVED it. BUT my roots were coming in so I decided "what the hell? I just dye it back to my old natural color (medium red)." God! HUGE mistake. Red dye+bleached hair=BRIGHT UGLY RED FAKE LOOKING HAIR. OMG, it was terrible! I had to fix it. I called everywhere and used what knowledge I have to fix it.
Step one: I stripped the dye (it was a permanent dye so washing it would strip it enough) with a color stripper. This got it up to a pumpkin orange color. It stunk so bad that my hair still smells like rotten eggs
Step two: I bleached it according to what they told me at clairol. 40 minutes TOPS. No more since my hair was already bleached to high heaven white.
Step three: toning. I used Loreal Natural Match in Extra light ash blond to cut down on the yellow. I left it on for only 5 minutes and I am glad I did. My hair is quite medium ash blond, no where near extra light. That was from how porous my hair became through this process.
The results: I have medium ash blond hair now. I made a mistake, I get it
NEVER DYE A BRIGHT COLOR OVER BLEACHED HAIR! I want my white platinum hair back soooo bad but I am waiting till all the hair on my head is grown out and virgin hair before coloring again in any form. My hair is literally cooked to a crisp now.