I have naturally dark brown hair. I had never dyed my hair before, but last year decided to try it once. So I bought some shade of red and dyed it. It looked great, and when the red started to fade out, I thought I'd try black. So I dyed my hair black and that was about 4-5 months ago. The black has faded away at the top of my head but the rest of the hair is still jet black. I'd really like to try a lighter hair color (light brown-dark blonde), but it's obviously going to be impossible since my hair is so black. We actually bought a box of the dye yesterday and it was a shade of medium brown... slightly lighter than my natural color... we put it in last night. I left it in for 30 minutes (5 minutes longer than the recommended time). The top part looks GREAT, and I love the color, but the rest of my hair is still jet black. Does anyone have any suggestions for me to try, or do I just need to wait until all the black goes away eventually?