Dying real dark brown hair to a lighter shade?

Ok so i had dyed my hair about a year ago and i decided that i was sick of the light brown/blonde highlights since my hair was looking brittle and dry. I went ahead in a desperate motion and bought a garnier color (cant remember what color) and dyed it darker. at first it looked good but the it began to wash out and i was back in square one. Last night in another desperate motion i went ahead and dyed my hair Loreal #4 .

and now my hair is SUPER dark.. the tips look BLACK almost and the color is all UNEVEN...i look like im wearing a wig!!!! i have no idea what to do and for sure cant afford going to the hair stylist. Any idea what i can do to try and lighten the color atleast a few shades so that i can look normal?

Dying real dark brown hair to a lighter shade?

you did a rather silly thing by colouring over and over your hair, it has now become porous and it will "grab" onto any colour you put onto it making it turn out uneven and much darker than you were hoping for (as you have found out) what you need to do is to use a colour remover to remove all the artificial build-up, try a salon professional product like Goldwell: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GOLDWELL-colour-ti... you must then use a colour 2 shades lighter than you are hoping for (it will turn out 2 shades darker- hence you will get your perfect colour) at this point stay within the Goldwell range and opt for a colour with a neutral base- it will have an N in the title- for example 6N

Dying real dark brown hair to a lighter shade?

It will go lighter with time .. just like what happened in the first time

Dying real dark brown hair to a lighter shade?

I've had that same problem. It's much easier for your hair to adapt to darker shades from lighter then lighter to darker. I had to learn this the hard way when my hair was light on top and dark on bottom. The problem is you need to wait until the hair dye fades enough on your hair in order to dye it back to a lighter shade. If you can't wait that long you might want to go to the salon and get it professionally dyed. If you don't mind being stuck with a medium shade, medium/ash brown then that will do the trick too.

Dying real dark brown hair to a lighter shade?

The only way to save your hair is to go to a professional, sorry. Otherwise all you could have done was let it grow and and then cut it. Your hair sounds like it's quite damaged and in need of professional help - your just going to keep destroying your hair if you keep torturing it like you've been doing.