Dark blonde: learn how to achieve the tone from your hair color

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31/ Dark blonde: learn how to achieve the tone from your hair color

Learn how to achieve dark blonde from your hair tone! (Photo: Instagram @nonnymulholland)

Dark blonde is a shade between brown and blonde (Photo: Instagram @rachel.passarelli)

If black hair is the natural tone, you need to bleach the strands to achieve a dark blonde (Photo: Instagram @_edwardsandco)

On medium and light brown hair, dark blonde can be achieved without bleaching (Photo: Instagram @mikalahstyles)

If the hair is a very light blonde, the tip is to conquer the dark blonde in at least two sessions (Photo: Instagram @hollymayo_)

You can also bet on different shades of dark blonde, such as dark ash blonde (Photo: Instagram @_edwardsandco)

Before going for a dark blonde, it's essential to take care of your hair with treatments (Photo: Instagram @its_micaaah)

Dark blonde is one of the easiest shades of blonde to conquer! This shade is between brown and blonde, and does not always need discoloration to be achieved. However, hair that is naturally very dark or previously colored may need to undergo the procedure or even pickling, so as not to stain the hair with unwanted reflections. To help you with this task of changing your look, Fica Diva will explain how to achieve a dark blonde based on your hair color. Check out!

Colorimetry table: understand where the dark blonde is and your current hair tone

The first step to start the mission to achieve dark blonde is to understand how the colorimetry table works. In this hair color table - which goes from 1, the darkest, to 12, the lightest -, dark blonde is defined as number 6. You can also identify that dark blonde is represented by the number 6 in the boxes of coloring, with the nuance right after (it can be 0, which is neutral, or with other numbers that represent golden, grayish, coppery reflections, among others).

In the Niely Gold line, Louro Escuro 6.0 is a neutral blonde, which has no reflections. In addition to it, you can also bet on other shades of this tone, such as Dark Ash Blonde 6.1, dark golden blonde and dark coppery blonde. Now, see the distance from your tone to dark blonde and keep that in mind, as it will be important to define whether the hair needs to be bleached or not:

1.0 - Black

2 - Very dark brown

3.0 - Dark brown

4.0 - Medium brown

5.0 - Light brown

6.0 - Dark Blonde

7.0 - Medium blonde

8.0 - Light blonde

9.0 - Very light blonde

10.0 - Very light blonde

11.0 - Ultra light blonde

12.0 - Ultra light blonde

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From black hair to dark blonde: is it necessary to bleach the strands

As black hair is the darkest on the colorimetry chart and is five tones below dark blonde, you will need to bleach your hair, as box dyes only lighten three tones on natural hair.

If your hair is dyed black, it is necessary to strip the strands. This is a process similar to bleaching, but instead of removing the natural pigments from the hair, pickling removes the artificial pigments. After that, depending on what your natural tone is, it is possible to identify whether or not it will be necessary to discolor to reach the dark blonde.

How to go from brown hair to dark blonde: depending on the tone, there is no need to bleach

If your natural hair is medium to light brown, we have good news: you can achieve dark blonde with just coloring! Light brown and dark blonde have several differences, but they are close in color. As the dye has the power to lighten up to three tones and these shades of brown are just below dark blonde in the colorimetry chart, it is possible to lighten them without discoloring.

However, if you have dark brown hair, it is not recommended to lighten the tone without bleaching it, as it can cause orange stains on the strands. Therefore, it is very likely that your hair needs to be bleached to achieve a dark blonde. Don't forget to do a capillary schedule before and after coloring your hair so that it can withstand discoloration, okay, diva?

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From light blonde to dark blonde hair: bet on coloring

If your goal is to darken your hair, don't worry, diva! The process of darkening the strands is simpler than lightening, so if you have light blonde hair and want to achieve a dark blonde tone, be it neutral or dark ash blonde, it is possible with a coloring session.

But if you have platinum hair, for example, or other shades of very light blonde, the tip is to divide the process into at least two sessions so as not to darken it all at once. This big change in tones can stain the hair, so it is recommended to darken it little by little, first applying a medium blonde tone before dark blonde.

How to go from red hair to dark blonde: stripping is necessary

Removing the red pigments from the hair is very important to achieve a dark blonde. This is because in addition to running the risk of causing a chemical cut, the result can be an orange length instead of blonde. Therefore, it is necessary to do pickling, which removes artificial pigments. After that, depending on the natural tone of your hair, it may or may not be necessary to bleach the strands. If you need to, our tip is that you don't do the pickling, discoloration and coloring on the same day, since there are too many processes for the wires to endure without hydration and treatments in between. After taking care of the wires and discoloring, just apply the color and that's it!

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Want to know if dark blonde suits you? Then use the Your Color Test

How about finding out if dark blonde is the perfect color for you? It is possible to do this even before dyeing the strands, with the help of a virtual tester! Test Your Color is a Color&Ton platform that shows how the color would behave on your hair in just a few steps. To use it, you must send a photo of yourself with your locks showing and in a well-lit environment. Afterwards, just choose the dark blonde tones available (Dark Blonde 6.0 and Gray Dark Blonde 6.1) and the result will appear on the screen. In addition to these colors, the platform also has more than 40 shades of Color&Ton to experiment with!