Hair dye, dry ends?

i used to have platinum blonde hair and just recently dyed it brown with 10 developer just to deposit color. of course since my ends are the driest, they sucked up all the color and turned nearly black. i don't really mind it as of right now, but i want to dye it a lighter brown 20 with i suppose developer.

so should i apply it on the ends first b/c they need the most lightening?

or should i put it on last if it decides to soak up all the color again?

or should i use a higher developer on the ends? how does this work, haha.

Hair dye, dry ends?

It sounds like you are using permanent color so I am going to answer your questions as if. The ends of your hair are more porous than the rest of your hair. That is why they went darker. You can get something from sally's or some other beauty supply that is made to remove hair color. You will probably have to do that before you can go to a lighter color. Be sure to read and follow directions. Some of these can be mixed with either water or developer depending on how dark the color is that you need to remove. I like these best because you can do it using water first and then again with developer if it didn't get enough the first time. After applying this you should be able to recolor. By the way, you will most likely have to recolor immediately after using the color remover product because it usually leaves the hair an unnatural tone. oh, and you should also get something called porosity control. you apply this right before hair color and it will help the ends not to grab the color so dark.