Blonde/Light brown or red?! and bleach help again hehe.

Right basically....

I am BORED of my hair.
I can't colour over it atm cos i have so much dark hair dye in it.
I was wondering if any of you guys could give me recommendations on a good bleach (that would be available in the UK) to use, and approx developing time. I used B Blonde (the one for darker hair) last time and I only used it for small chunks in my hair, I had to leave that in for 2- 2 1/2 hours just to get it to a blondey/ slightly ginger colour... I'm worried that if I used that all over my hair would just give up and die...correct me if I'm wrong or give me tips on this. I would do it in steps but I don't much fancy going to school with orange hair!

Also I need to decide if I am gonna go red (or maybe a Hayley- Paramore combo) or a light brown/ blonde.


Any help would be appreciated and I will change my av. so that you can better see what my hair and skin tone is like (you can't see it much but my hair is more of a brown/red colour and is quite dark)

xx

I don't know much about the actual dye process, but I think a caramel brownish blonde would look good on you.

You're probably best to go to a salon for bleaching.

hmmm yeh i was thinking that but i heard that they will pretty much refuse to do it in one go cos it is such a bad idea...


how much do you reckon it would be?

and i really cba with orangey hair like my friend had when she had hers done gradually at a salon. lol.

lol, well if you have a Sallys near you, go there and buy bleach but buy toner to because that stops it going orange/yellow. I dunno which brands though cos Im a salon chick, not a D-I-Y chick.

lol as a salon chick do you have any idea whether they would do it in one go and how much it would cos on average, cos most salons have around the same prices where ever you go xx

well...I have full head highlights and it took 3 times to get it bleach blonde from like black. And that costs £80 each time. I dont really know how much it would cost for all bleach. You'd probably have to go in for a consulation. And they tell you if they;d do it and how much it would be. Find a salon that you know is reputable or if you like a firends hair find out where they have it done!

gosh that's loaaads lol but i guess it's better than having crap hair, i'm gonna talk to my mate who bleaches her own hair and see what she does etc etc cos she has done the dark to bleach blonde thing herself in one weekend, anyone know a quick way to fade hair dye so that i can get it to a more bleach friendly colour? i've tried head and shoulders and baby shampoo and had no luck...

Isn't shampoo with tar or something in it supposed to be good? I think it's tar..

yeh i heard that too. the thing that annoys me is that i was silly enough to dye it dark brown and it really isn't budging and it's permanent...every other permanent dye ive used has faded, this however won't know matter what i try!

you may have to get it done professionally.

Just go into superdrug and get pre lightener. test it on a strip so you know how long to leave it in for. if you're dying straight over it in red then you don't really have to worry about it going ginger. if your wanting it to be blonde then try not bleaching it but going gradually and using permanent dark blonde dyes because they will have a certain ammount of peroxide in and so will gradually lighten.

thank youuu you lot yeah i've decided that it def isn't worth the risk right now so i will just save some moneys and then get it done professionally cos i like my hair and i know someone that is qualified in colouring so i may ask how long she reckons it will take and see if it is worth investing loads in lol! thank youuuu xx

but whilst i'm here i might aswell ask, if i were to get my hair cut what do you think i should do to it? i usually have it straight but it's wavy in my av.

just get some layers done, especially around your face - it'll still look nice, be it wavy or straight, so you dont have to worry with styling too much!

Yehh.
I'm finding it reaallly hard to resist... can't... resist...

A-LINES ARE FAB, I DID IT, THEN RHIANNA DID IT, THEY MUST BE AWESOME.

I think you'd look really cute with a graduated sidey-fringe. and lots of layers!

lol yeh a-lines are smexymaful! and thankies for the advice i like the graduated side fringe suggestion, my fringe grew out a while ago so that's be pretty easy to do! and layers are my love! so thankies atleast now i have an idea of what will suit me! xx

A good thing to do before getting it lightened is wash your hair with dish soap. This helps get the dark colour out of it, and makes the bleaching easier.

whats dish soap? is that like fairy liquid?

I think that dishsoap ... is the soap you use for foing the dishes? ... At least that's what I think it is ...

Lamia wrote:

I think that dishsoap ... is the soap you use for foing the dishes? ... At least that's what I think it is ...

yep, dish soap is for dishes....kind of like hand soap is for hands....LOL!

lol awesome i will try that, i may have to do it for a few weeks before it lightens tho cos this hair colour seems to be really stubborn!

Aelwyndaeira wrote:

Lamia wrote:

I think that dishsoap ... is the soap you use for foing the dishes? ... At least that's what I think it is ...

yep, dish soap is for dishes....kind of like hand soap is for hands....LOL!

lol fanx, im such a retard lol x

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lol awesome i will try that, i may have to do it for a few weeks before it lightens tho cos this hair colour seems to be really stubborn!

Yep, that's what a hair dresser told me after I bleached my hair and it got fucked up. I had dyed my hair black over and over again for about 5 years....so there was A LOT of dye in there. If you wash it every other day for a few weeks, it'll help with the bleaching product. Just make sure to condition!