Deciding whether or not to color my hair.

Mar 22, 2016

Jamie L.

I have naturally dirty blonde hair and I've never dyed it or had highlights or anything in it before. I've always wanted to be blonder, but I've been afraid of further damaging my hair. Almost everyone I talk to tells me not to mess with it because of the upkeep. I honestly know next to nothing about hair, but I read something about doing a gloss to help keep it healthy? What are your opinions and experiences? Do you regret/recommend anything?

Mar 22, 2016

Shaye M.

If your hair is already super light and like you mentioned is Virginin hair, you could probably go quite a light blonde after just one session and I'm presuming a hair dresser would only use 20 or 30vol peroxide in the bleach to lift it. One bleaching isn't going to kill your hair but may leave it feeling a little drier than before you had it done but that's nothing a deep conditioner or hair treatment can't fix. :) I personally didn't find blonde that convenient to have because my hair grows super fast and I wasn't good at doing my regrowth by myself lol! So I gave up on it and gre my natural colour back out, took about a year and a half for almost all the blonde to be gone. But if you plan on keeping it blonde and don't mind having regrowth pretty regularly (most people get it touched up every 8-10) weeks then I'd say go for it. :)

Mar 23, 2016

Jamie L.

Thank you ladies. I guess a better question would be how damaging is it because that's my main concern. I've been trying to grow my hair out for years and it's finally getting long. I straighten/curl my hair regularly so I have a bit of damage and I don't want to do anything to slow down the growth

Mar 23, 2016

Madison W.

Don't do it! Coloring my hair has ruined my hair and my natural color is so much darker than it used to be. I would suggest using sun in or lemon juice on your hair or doing subtle highlights

Mar 23, 2016

Shaye M.

Bleach isn't going to be that damaging at all especially on virgin hair, because it will lift faster and easier then if you'd had lots of layers of dye underneath. An ombré is a good idea I think so you can get used to the blonde and won't have to worry about regrowth so much. :)

Mar 23, 2016

Shaye M.

If anything it'll make your hair feel a tiny bit more brittle/dry but I only found that happened when I was blonde cause I had bleached more than once and I don't think your hairdresser will have to bleach more than once.

Mar 23, 2016

Aimee K.

I dyed my hair cause I was going through a rough time and needed a change but I went darker