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I'm getting really impatiant and dont want to wait so long so my hair colour to fade out. Its black at the mo butI want it brown.
I was thinking, if I bleach it do a over night condisioning treatment then dye it brown, will my hair be ok?
I'm really worried cos the last time I bleached my hair was when i was 13 and it made my hair feel like straw.
Also can someone recomend a good bleach that wont kill my hair.
Oooh one more thing, would it be a good idea not to use my striaghteners for a while because of the bleach??
I was thinking, if I bleach it do a over night condisioning treatment then dye it brown, will my hair be ok?
I'm really worried cos the last time I bleached my hair was when i was 13 and it made my hair feel like straw.
Also can someone recomend a good bleach that wont kill my hair.
Oooh one more thing, would it be a good idea not to use my striaghteners for a while because of the bleach??
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You should be fine if you bleach it just once, leave the bleach on for maybe just over an hour, and use lots of conditioning treatment then use a brown hair dye. Only thing is it might turn a little reddy toned because it was black before.
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if you just want to lift it from black to brown, you'll probably get the right shade from the bleach after 20 mins or so, if not 15. if you leave it on for over an hour, your hair might melt. if you want it a nice chocolate brown or darker, it doesn't need to be bleached that much. just enough to get rid of the black tones, the dye permanent brown over the top.
the bleach i got on best with was the l'oreal one. i think it's called super blonde. you can choose from the 3 strengths. boots own is also quite good, but you will need to condition the tits off your hair after.
and yeah, i'd probably avoid avid straightening for a while. once a week would be ok, as long as you invest in a good heat protecting product. and again with the conditioning the tits off it.
Yeah i've found this too, i once forgot about it in my hair and over an hour had past and i was like oh shite, but when i washed it out and whatever my roots were exactly the same colour as the rest of my hair, so now i leave it on for about 50 minutes-hour just to make sure there are no ginger tinges!
I'm going to the shop to get some more in about an hour, so which one should I pick up?
I used boots own this time but it really hasnt worked:(
just a thought
eta: when i did blonde bits in my hair i used this B blonde
Normal blonde hair dye won't do a thing, you need a high peroxide content. When I've bleached at home I've always used the Jerome Russell (I think?) bleach which is in a kind of gold and purple pack, at least it was when I last bought it. It's pretty good and should lift the black. But really, yas I said before, you do need to leave it on longer than the pack says.
Edited to add: The B blonde stuff is made by Jerome Russell, just use the bleaching kit one instead of the highlighting kit. You could also buy a pre-lightener and use that before the bleaching.
I'm off to morrisions in half an hour so quick quick quick with the replys please!!!
Well now I have blonde/yellow roots and ginger length, and ya know what...it looks pretty good!!!
I'm not really gonna leave it like this i'll dye it brown tomorrow morning. If only I didnt have to ever leave the house my hair would look this cool!!
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i remember my (accidental) yellow/orange hair. i thought it was kinda cool. everyone i knew thought i looked like big bird though.
when you're dying brown, use permanent brown, not semi. i made that mistake the first time, and i turned out as a very natural looking ginger. larvely.
again, can't recommend superdrug's own enough. I'm currently sporting their permanent light golden brown, and have to say, it's a lovely colour.
ahh my hair feels rank! ahwell, by next week (after condisioning like theres no tomorrow) it will be super soft and lushus!
I've got another brown packet now so will be doing that tomorrow evening but my lovely hair will feel horrid for weeks:crying:
Remind me never to dye my hair black ever ever again!!