How can I gently get my hair to medium golden brown from black hair?

So my horror story. I go to a top notch Salon, celebrities go there. I told my hair dresser I wanted my hair to be from light to medium golden brown, to get back to my natural color.

For some reason, he made it black. I've had black hair before and I hate it, I have Irish skin and blue eyes, it just looks weird on me. I don't want to go to school with my hair this dark... Heck I'm fine with dark brown hair, just not black! It's so harsh looking on me!

I've tried using the Hi-Lift for brunettes, softened it up a bit. I've shampooed my hair eight times today with Pert. I really don't want to bleach it or damage it, the WHOLE point of this was to make my hair healthy and natural again.

I've been crying all day and I'm really frustrated. Someone, please help.

How can I gently get my hair to medium golden brown from black hair?

do not keep washing your hair it will dry it out!!! you can get L"Oreals Color Zapper from walgreens or target mostly any convience store! i have the same problem my hair color is way 2 dark. i used that and it came out!

How can I gently get my hair to medium golden brown from black hair?

go back and have him fix it, its not what you wanted! i had similar thing happen to me, blond hair wanted it dark blonde, idiots dyed it greenish brown, then black to cover it up! got charged for the whole thing! if you wait to long they wont fix it for free. if its already too late, like me, wash it with laundry det. that is bleach free and condition it alot with deep conditioner. it will fade over time.

How can I gently get my hair to medium golden brown from black hair?

hate to tell u but black, if he actually used a level 1 on your hair, isn't going to be pretty to lift. About a year and a half ago black underneath was HUGE around here and girls were doing it, well summer came and they wanted it out, well u don't get to pick what color u are when u remove black. The only way to pull color is with a lightening agent (bleach) thei pulls ALL pigment out of your hair, including your natural pigment, which means, depending on how light u want to go, your hair will go through hideous stages of reds, oranges, and then yellows (if you go that light) you will look tie dyed until they final filler and color are applied. Hopefully though this black you are seeing is only a level 3 or maybe even lighter which u may be able to just highlight an get a MUCH better look, but please please don't try doing it yourself, nothing that you buy over the counter is going to change the color of your hair, and if it does, i PROMISE you are NOT going to like what you se (refer back to my red nad orange comment)