Well... I recently (about a month or a little less ago) went and had my hair colored dark brown. They used fillers and everything to keep it from fading but GUESS! It still faded! Within 3 - 5 washes with even color protectant shampoo my hair faded. I don't think any of it really protects your color and keeps it from fading unless you buy Pureology for like $30 a bottle. What type of shampoo do you use? It should fade within a few days, just deal with it until then instead of spending more money on stuff when it'll fade on it's own.
Oh and I don't like color strippers either... like using Dawn or anything that's supposed to strip color. Anyone I've ever seen that used that in beauty school always ended up with a head full of rust colored hair - EW!
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I look ew in those but it's ok but that's how my hair was before when I first had it colored and how much lighter it is NOW - 2nd picture was taken last night. That was also with using a filler so.