Bleach

[Richie]

Hey,
I hope bleach today to dye my hair blond, my mates were saying if i just put the bleach in it would turn blond anyway. If it didn't would it be okay to add blond hair dye the next day (over the bleach) then when I want to go back to my normal colour put brown hair dye on my head?


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[matt$]

leave the bleach 4 too long and it'll turn white OO i rec u dye your hair blonde with like temp hair dye see if it looks good then bleach it like a mad man

[Shar]

leave the bleach 4 too long and it'll turn white OO i rec u dye your hair blonde with like temp hair dye see if it looks good then bleach it like a mad man

This (minus the bleach it like mad) If you bleach it for too long it will mess your hair up

[Special]

why use bleach? just use hair dye but you might need to do it a couple of times

[Richie]

why use bleach? just use hair dye but you might need to do it a couple of times

because most of the time it goes orange.

[Keri?!]

Have you tested it first? lmao

[,Lexiilu]

why use bleach? just use hair dye but you might need to do it a couple of times

yeah don't do that, it ***** up your hair majorly and 99% of the time it'll just go orange
anyways you should probably try a temp dye first to make sure you like it! (although it's way easier for guys to just cut their hair and it'll grow back in like a month if its short) however if you're sure you want to do this, then you can bleach and put the dye on (don't leave it on too long, its stripping your hair of all pigment so it'll turn white if it stays too long). HOWEVER you can't just put brown over it when you want to. here's a quote from a hairdying website:

Like I mentioned briefly before, the bleaching process has gotten rid of all the red tones in your hair. Simply applying a brown dye over the top may result is some seriously undesireable results. Ash Browns in particular have underlying greens and blue tones in them, very little red. So applying this to a hair colour which is yellow ? At worst Green, or at best a very flat ashy looking color which may look very strange in certain lights.

To go back from bleached blonde to brown, just like going bleached blonde FROM brown, is something best done in two stages.

You took all the red tones out, so now it's time to put them back in again. You should choose a very warm golden blonde, or really red shade and apply to you hair. This should be left on until you hair is completely red/ginger in color, probably a good 25 to 30 mins. This is called applying a 'filler' shade.

Once your hair is really red/ginger, it's time again to reapply a medium brown color over the top of this. Start with a brown shade that is not too dark in color, as it is always easier to go a shade or two darker later than it is to end up with hair thats far too dark and having to wait until it fades or grows out. Again, avoid shades which have lots of red tones in them. You don't need them now. The result (fingers crossed !) should be a nice even brown shade.

hope this helps!

if worse comes to worse, just go to the local hair stylist or wherever and ask what they recommend should it go wrong

[Apple]

I wouldn't bleach it lol... Hair dye would be much better, at least then you don't have to worry about your hair going white/orange.

[Richie]

I wouldn't bleach it lol... Hair dye would be much better, at least then you don't have to worry about your hair going white/orange.

too late lol


i did it and its like golden blond woop woop