Right now you may be a person with dark brown/black hair like a crow's feather, but you want to be a beautiful blonde just born. There are so many products available in the market to help you get the blonde color you want. Following the manufacturer's directions for each product you choose is always a good idea, but it's the general steps for the entire process that will also help you.
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Method 1 of 4: Preparing for Hair Bleaching
Step 1. Get your equipment
If you buy the equipment separately rather than in a box, the price is cheap. You can bleach your hair, then mix a little chemical to color your hair roots.
Step 2. Do a hair bleaching test first
You can take a few strands of hair out of your comb and go through the bleaching process to test how the process works. It is better to do a test first; Thus, there will be no surprises for you to grow!
Step 3. Wash your hair a few days before bleaching
Do not use styling products that can cause build-up. Leaving your hair's natural oils on your head helps protect your scalp and hair.
Step 4. Grease your hair with oil
One night before bleaching, wet your hair with coconut oil and leave it overnight. It also helps protect your hair and scalp from damage.
Step 5. Gather your utensils, some old towels, and circulate the air in the area
Once you get started, you'll need to work quickly to avoid burns, so having all your equipment in one place will help.
Step 6. Get ready:
Brush your hair. Put on your goggles and gloves! Add tape around the goggles to protect your eyes.
Note: You must wear a shirt with buttons down or a loose top so you can take off your shirt to rinse your hair without getting bleach stains on your shirt
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Step 1. Divide your hair into 4 sections
Brush your hairline, ears and neck with Vaseline to create a barrier between the whitening cream and your skin.
Step 2. Pour 2-3 ounces (60-90 ml) of developer cream into a plastic bowl
Add 2 ounces (60 ml) of bleach powder (or 1 tablespoon developer and 1 tablespoon bleach), in a windowed room. You will get a higher color lift if you use 30 or 40 volumes. That dose also has a higher risk of burning your scalp.
Step 3. Use a timer so you know when you start using the whitening cream
Then start mixing the whitening cream and developer mixture. Be prepared to use the mixture.
Step 4. Start applying the whitening cream using the brush on the back
DO NOT start at your roots unless you want lighter hair roots and darker ends.
You can put foil under one section of hair, apply bleach, then wrap the section in foil if you wish. Make sure the foil you are using is hair styling foil and not tinfoil from the grocery store or you will damage your hair
Step 5. Add whitening cream all over your head
Give the initial distance of 1.5 cm from the roots of your hair. Once you are done with the rest of your hair, apply the bleach cream mixture to the roots of your hair, being careful not to massage too much into your scalp.
Do not apply the whitening cream to your scalp directly. If you do, you will feel a slight sting or burn, and it will hurt a little. If it burns a lot, it's a chemical burn. Rinse immediately
Step 6. Adjust your process for darker dots, if desired
You can use more whitening cream, on the darker parts of your hair. So if your roots are dark and the rest of your hair has already been bleached, bleach your roots for 15 or 30 minutes longer than the rest of your hair. If your roots are light or blonde and the rest of your hair is darker, color the darker sections first.
Method 2 of 4: Waiting and Rinsing
Step 1. Cover your hair
Put a shower cap, foil, or a clear/white plastic bag over your hair. Make sure not to cover your face, but cover your entire hair. Then tie it at the nape of your neck, making sure all your hair is tied under a plastic bag.
- If you want a higher lift, it's better to use aluminum foil instead of plastic bags.
- If you're using a grocery store bag, make sure the side with the print is NOT facing your head, or you'll end up with a bit of the print's color working in your hair.
Step 2. Leave it for 40 minutes from when you start applying the whitening cream
Check your timer. If you leave it on longer, your hair color will not become lighter, it will only damage your hair more.
- Check the color every time. When it is pale yellow, you should rinse off the whitening cream. Do not leave the whitening cream for more than an hour. Don't bleach immediately when it's pale yellow or you'll damage your hair.
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If it doesn't turn pale yellow, rinse, color your hair and wait a month to bleach your hair again. (See Following Up For Bleaching Back.)
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Step 3. Rinse off the whitening cream when your hair color is light enough
Rinse with a PH neutralizing shampoo. This will stop any further acidic or basic chemical reactions going on in your head. This will formally end the bleaching process.
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You “have to” rinse off the entire whitening cream mixture, or you will damage your hair. After some time, the developer and powder will stop reacting and your hair won't be bleached anymore, just more damaged. If you bleach too much, your hair will feel a bit like straw and brittle. If in doubt, rinse.
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Be sure to use a shampoo and conditioner designed for bleached blonde hair to get rid of the yellow and make your hair bright platinum and white. Any purple shampoo can be used. Remember that purple goes against yellow, makes it white, and removes the change in hair from orange.
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Method 3 of 4: Finishing the Process
Step 1. Add toner/dyes if desired
When the hair is pale yellow, this is the time to adjust the color or dye, if desired. Toner is a semi-permanent hair dye that can fight off some of the unwanted colors from bleaching.
- For a natural platinum look, color it with a mix of natural blonde with 20 developer, as the hair has already been bleached. Leave it for 25 minutes.
- For a pale silver platinum color, use platinum paint with 20 developer, and leave for 25 minutes.
- For yellowish white, leave the color as it was after removing all hair color with bleaching cream. Use plenty of purple shampoo to remove and dry the yellow or paint using a level 12 color. Leave it on for 25 minutes.
- For white or white blonde use white blonde toner, and leave it on for 25 minutes. Most of these toners are semi-permanent, so the color will fade and you can reuse the toner the following week.
Step 2. Nurture, maintain, nurture
Make sure your hair gets repairing treatments, protein, keratin, and hair softening treatments. Do a deep maintenance at least once a week.
Step 3. Use protein treatments to strengthen your hair
Bleaching really weakens your hair, so adding protein will make it stronger and less prone to breakage. This treatment takes a few hours to set and about half an hour to rinse off, so you should take the time to do it properly if you choose.
Method 4 of 4: Follow Up With More Bleaching
Step 1. Do not immediately do the whitening process again
If you do bleach, and your hair color is orange, you should wait a month to avoid damaging your hair and skin then bleach it again.
Step 2. Repeat the bleaching process after one month to get an even lighter hair color
Apply once a month, until your hair is bright yellow. Use the same process as mentioned above: PH balancing shampoo, apply toner if desired, and apply hair conditioning treatment.
Step 3. After about 40 minutes (depending on your toner), rinse, cool and dry as before
Step 4. Be careful with the whole process
Don't bleach or dye your hair for more than an hour at a time, and always give your hair and scalp a month to heal. Otherwise, your hair will be damaged, dry, frizzy. Hair will become brittle and prone to breakage and there is a chance that your head will be covered with scabs, which will become bald spots. Always chill at intervals! Be patient.
Step 5. Show off your new blonde hair color
Make sure you continue to give good care to your hair, because bleaching is a harsh process. Treat your hair often and use protein treatments to strengthen your hair and prevent breakage.
Tips
- Keep, keep, keep, keep.
- Also buy another hair dye that is darker in color, or the same color as your previous hair color. By doing so, if the result is not good, you can go back to the same color. However, you should not process your hair with more chemicals, including dyes, for at least 24 hours after bleaching.
- Purchase a hair serum/scourer to apply to dry blonde hair.
- You can NOT dye your hair orange or yellow after bleaching, unless you use a semi-permanent hair color with blue pigment. Or you can re-bleach and dye your now yellow hair with a violet-based toner.
Warning
- Never use metal tongs or metal mixing bowls!
- Do not use chlorine bleach to color your hair. The term “bleach” refers to hair bleach that can be purchased at beauty supply stores.
- Do not leave the bleach mixture for more than an hour! Your hair will get chemical burns and your hair will be ruined!
- Chemical burns can give you bald spots!
- Bleaching too often will damage your hair.
- Bleach massaged into your scalp will result in chemical burns, which are tiny scabs that are not only disgusting, but also painful! Chemical burns are very easy to get if you keep processing them without giving your scalp a chance to breathe and heal!
- Bleaching hair with a reddish tint will turn it orange.
- Do not allow bleach to get on your skin or clothes.
- If you inhale too much of the scent of bleach while applying it to your hair, and start to feel nauseous, call your doctor immediately.
- If you do the wrong bleaching process, your hair may turn orange. You can remove the orange color using a toner that can be purchased from a beauty supply store. (Toner reduces the orange or yellow color so it will look more natural).
- Use gloves!
- Avoid contact with eyes.
- Virgin hair (hair that has never been touched by chemicals) is so much easier to work with!! If you don't have virgin hair use a red or blue bleach which will act as both a bleach and a toner to reduce the redness we really don't like.
- Wear protective glasses or you risk going blind!
