Lighting my hair. I need expert advice.
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Oct 24, 2013
Yely J.
I have black hair. I have dyed my hair in the past... And always end up going back to black cause I'm never happy with the turn out color. I REALLY want to change my hair and go with a light brown hair with maybe some caramel colored highlights. I need advice on what to buy since I don't want no box dye. I prefer using hair dye from beauty stores! Help :(
Oct 24, 2013
Carolyn H.
You have to bleach your hair... For black I guess a 30/40 developer. Try a bleach that's safe on scalp- they're usually less harsh.
And definitely pick up a blue shampoo and conditioner. Some deep conditioning treatment.
Bleaching will leave your hair orange- you'll want to go over that with the brown but I'd wait a couple of days.
Oct 24, 2013
Kalyn S.
In stead of using straight lighter all over your hair which would leave you with a lot if damage you should instead do a soap cap which is mixing lighter and developer in with shampoo to make it more gentle.
Oct 24, 2013
Tasha B.
Make sure you get ashy blonde so your hair doesn't get orange tinted
Oct 24, 2013
Shaye M.
Don't use a 40 vol bleach, it'll just fry your hair. Try thirty the first time you bleach and if you need to lighten again afterwards, I usually lean towards shwartzopft (spelt wrong lol) L++ lightening Box dyes as they're a lot less harsh than bleach but still do the same thing. Wait between bleaches and you'll be fine going caramel brown.
Oct 24, 2013
Carolyn H.
I tried 2 different box dyes and they did nothing to my hair at all- and I was only going from dark brown to platinum.
I used 40 for half the time then did an Olive oil mask and my hair is fine.
Oct 25, 2013
Shaye M.
Every bodies hair is different, I've tried 40 vol. a few times and have had only bad experiences with breakage. Etc. The second time going blonde I found better products for what I wanted to achieve and that's just what I used and found worked.
Oct 25, 2013
Shaye M.
Also, the box blonde dyes I used are a form of bleach, not just a blonde dye but they're less harsh than bleach is.
Oct 25, 2013
Megan S.
First off you'll have to bleach your hair, I like the quick blue bleach at sallys and use a 20 or 30 volume developer and let it process until your hair is orangey then wash and dry then color over with an ash based light brown to cancel out the Orange. and deep condition a lot! I recommend getting your base color right first then go ahead and add highlights.
Oct 25, 2013
Jade A.
First off if you have black hair you have to use 30/40 to get some of it out it wilk be orange you can wait a couple of days an do it again then dye it the color brown you want.
Oct 25, 2013
Elizabeth R.
Go to a salon. I know it's pricy but coming from some one who has personally fried the shit out of their hair with bleach it is most deffinetly worth it to have a professional handle bleach.