here is a great remedy! Go buy John frieda's sheer blonde shampoo for platnium to champagne blonde hair.you can get it at any cvs or walmart. It has "highlight activators" that seriously lighten hair. No need to color. My hair was a dark blonde that looked kinda muddy,when it was usually a sunny blonde. I used the shampoo,and in a day it was lighter.Two weeks,and it looked as if I never colored it darker at all! It has like,lemon juice and stuff in it,so it really does work. It will fade the brown in no time!