How To Get Your Brown Back
Establish your beard’s color goals.
- Establish Your Beard’s Color Goals
Before you do anything else, you need to decide what color of beard you’re going for. If you’re happy with the blonde look but want to return it back to its original state, then great! This will be easier than if you’re trying to lighten a black or dark brown beard—in that case, there’s no way around investing some time in getting your current color levels down before the final dyeing process.
- What Do You Want To Achieve?
If your goal is simply returning your hair back to its original state (i.e., undoing the damage caused by bleaching), then read on! You’ll need one bottle each of developer cream developer cream conditioner and activator cream activator moisturizer shampoo
Consult a professional.
I strongly recommend you consult with a professional. It’s hard to get the color you want from dyeing yourself, because it’s hard to figure out what color is going to look good on you (especially if it’s your first time trying this). A professional can give you tips on how to maintain the color and how to keep it looking good in the long term. You can find a professional at a hair salon, barber shop or beauty school.
The only downside is that this will cost money—but that’s not necessarily true! If there isn’t any way for me to afford going somewhere else then I’ll just have to try my best with whatever resources I have available here at home…
Review the ways you can achieve your color goals.
As you can see, there are a few options. First, you could try using a different color to achieve your goal. You might want to choose a darker brown or even black. It’s also an option to use the same brand of dye that you used before but in a lighter shade like Medium Brown or Dark Auburn. Another way is to use something completely different than hair dye—like a permanent color remover, which will remove all of your already-existing hair color from your beard and leave it with just its natural shade (whatever that may be).
Finally, if none of these options seem appealing enough to help you reach your desired end result then there are two other things that might help: lightening any remaining blonde shine in the beard by using some Olaplex Shampoo and Conditioner or going with another brand’s product altogether like L’Oréal Feria Semi-Permanent Hair Color for Blondes Blackberry Wine (#11) or Garnier Nutrisse Ultra Coverage – Deep Dark Brown (#13).
Choose a dye that will cover grey hairs and darken everything up again.
The first step to getting your brown back is choosing a dye that will cover grey hairs and darken everything up again. This is the most important part of this process because if you choose a color that doesn’t work well with your hair’s natural tone, then the whole thing can be ruined. You want to choose something that isn’t too dark, but also won’t look foolish when it fades away in a few weeks (and trust me, they do).
- Choose a temporary dye so that if you don’t like it after washing it out once or twice, there won’t be any harm done beyond having wasted money on some hair products.*
Consider any maintenance needs once you reach your goal.
Once you reach your goal, it’s important to consider any maintenance needs.
- How often should you dye it?
- How much time will it take?
- How much money will it cost? What are the alternatives if this is too expensive for you or doesn’t work out?
If you feel like this process is going to be difficult or time-consuming, perhaps it would be better for your situation to just let your beard grow out naturally and see how dark the roots get in their natural state before trying anything drastic. However, if this doesn’t seem like an option at all and you want a darker brown color ASAP then go ahead and give one of these methods a try!
Do a strand test before applying the product to all of your hair.
It’s important to do a strand test before applying the product to all of your hair. If you don’t, you could end up with some pretty bad results. A strand test is a way to see how the dye will look on your beard before actually doing it.
- The best place to do a strand test is on a part of your beard that will not be visible after you are done dyeing it—for example, the back of your neck or under where the mustache grows in near the chin area (see photo below).
- Take some strands from different places around the top of your head and apply them to these areas on either side where there are few hairs growing out so they are not noticeable at all (see photo below).
If you’ve always had a dark brown beard, it may be time to consider restoring it to its original color if you have dyed it blonde or gray for Spring or Summer.
If you’ve always had a dark brown beard, it may be time to consider restoring it to its original color if you have dyed it blonde or gray for Spring or Summer. However, if you’re unsure about going back to your roots, this blog is mainly aimed at those who colored their beard in the past and now want to go back.
The first step is choosing the right dye for your skin tone and type of beard hair. If you have black hair on your head, but have blonde facial hair (or vice versa), then use a dye that matches the color of your head hair. Likewise, if your beard is reddish-brown like mine was before I dyed it blonde last year (and then grew out my facial hair) then find a dye that matches well with reddish-browns too.
I recommend Manic Panic Semi-Permanent Cream Color because they come in many different shades of browns and blacks so there’s bound t o be one that fits well with whatever shade of brown/black/blonde etc…