I apologize for not being able to post for two months. I didn't realize that it already had been that long! As you may have noticed the title of my blog, my sassiness is seasonal. It was on hibernation from june to early august.
So I have decided to bleach my hair and dye it blue again on my own.
I've decided to do so because for me it is more cost-effective. Having my hair bleached in the salon will just cost me more money and an awful lot of waiting because my dark black hair reacts poorly to bleach. It will need to be bleached for a couple of times before it turns blonde.
You really need to bleach your hair if it is black, no questions about it (Unless you're using dye that already has bleach in it). If your hair is dark brown to light brown, bleach it until you have achieved the lightness you want. If your hair is blonde, just go ahead and color it right away. You have it so easy.
Just a precaution
- It is recommended that you go to a professional salon to bleach your hair. If you think you can do it on your own, go do so at your own risk.
- Bleaching will make your hair very dry and elastic. It is possible that your hair will be prone to hair fall.
- Bleaching to the roots will sting. It will feel like your scalp is burning, well just a little bit.
- Leaving bleach on the hair for more than the recommended time may cause the hair to be burned off and just fall.
- Based on my online research, you cannot bleach and perm your hair at the same time. Well, not the exact same time of course. You cannot bleach your permed hair and you cannot perm your bleached (and dyed) hair because it will be too much to handle. Ask a professional if you want both.
- According to my online research again, you have to have some kind of conditioning treatment days before you bleach your hair.
Yeah I'm sorry for scaring you a wee bit there. Just be careful and consult a professional before doing all of these.
BLEACHING YOUR HAIR
What You Will Need
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| bleaching equipment |
- Foil & scissors
- Gloves
- Mixing bowl & brush
- Bleaching powder
- Volume Developer
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| bleaching & dyeing set-up |
1. First off, wash your hair and towel dry it.
2. Wear your gloves (and mask).
You should wear your gloves because the mix of bleach & developer irritates the skin. The mixture is also hard on the nose so you would want to cover it.
3. Mix your bleaching powder and volume developer (correct ratio) in your mixing bowl.
Ask the store attendant for the ratio (as long as the consistency is creamy, I think you're good to go). I bought mine from Landmark Makati City. Just remember to buy a huge amount of these two especially if you are going to bleach thick long hair that is stubborn to bleach. I ended up buying again and again because I bleached my hair a couple of times.
According to Yahoo answers, there are different types of developers. These are the:
- 10 Volume (3%) is for deposit only - this is great for going darker
- 20 Volume (6%) is great for gray coverage and lightening up to 2 levels
- 30 Volume (9%) lightens up to 3 levels
- 40 Volume (12%) lightens up to 4 levels
I used the 40 volume because I had really dark hair.
4. Prepare the foils.
Cut the foils in the length of your hair. The foil should be able to cover the length of your hair and twice the width so that you will be able envelop it.
5. Put the foil under your hair and brush in the bleach mixture.
This is hard to do on your own especially when you need to bleach the hair on the back of your head. Make sure to put a fair amount of the bleach mixture onto your hair. See to it that even the back side of the hair is completely covered with the mixture. Close the foil. Repeat until you have covered every strand that you want bleached.
Only apply the mixture onto the part of your hair you want bleached. If you only want to bleach and color the tips, apply the mixture onto the tips.
If you want your whole hair to be bleached, bleach it a little bit far from the scalp. Only put bleach near the scalp on your last lightening session or put it 15 minutes before you rinse your hair. The roots of the hair will bleach much more easily.
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| applying bleach |
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| bleaching hair |
I only bleached half of my hair because I only wanted the color blue to start at that point. One wrong thing I had done is to just apply the bleach as is because the blue had a harsh line. My hair did not have an ombre feel. It is recommended to tease your hair at the starting point (if you're not bleaching from your roots to the tip) so that you can have a smooth transition from the old color to the new color.
6. Wait for 20-50 minutes.
You can check your hair every so often. Do not leave the bleach on for too long or your hair might just break off from the part where you bleached it or from your head if you did the roots.
You can also blow-dry your hair to kick start the bleaching process.
7. Rinse your hair with cold water and condition.
You should put in the conditioner for quite a longer time than usual because you've damaged your hair. Oh things we do for beauty.
8. What to do if you haven't achieved the lightness you want after one bleaching.
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| The result after 1 session of bleaching |
You have many options.
- If it really is super dark brown, you can bleach it again. From my web surfing skills (lol) some said you can bleach after a minimum of 2 days, 1 week, blah blah. Just make sure your hair can handle it because you will notice that when you pull your hair, it will stretch like an elastic band. Bleach until you have achieved the lightness you want. That is what I did.
- If your hair is orange/yellow in color, you can use a toner. I have never used one before but I currently have the Manic Panic Virgin Snow.
I don't have a decent picture of my bleached hair so here is a sample of it.
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| Here is the "Eew it looks awful but whatever because I'm just bleaching it so I can dye it a different color" face |
I bleached my hair not for bleaching purposes per se but to be able to apply a different color to it. So yeah, my bleaching sucks. It sucks only because I didn't mind if it was even and it was painstakingly hard to do the hair at the back.
If you wanna see my colored hair, check these out Blue Hair and Red/Violet Hair.
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