so im going from black to platinum blonde....?

Question

anyone know the prossess???..im going to get it done professionally...

Answer 1

This will take a ton of work, and possibly more than one session to get it right.
First, they have to bleach your hair. This strips your own natural hair color down, leaving it more porous. It will help the hair to absorb the dye since you are starting off so dark. Then they add the coloring. Expect to see odd colors throughout the day. Greens, whites, yellows, purples, oranges, reds aren't uncommon when you are doing something this drastic to your hair. The chemicals in the dyes react to the chemicals previously in your hair from shampoo, conditioner, and even the water.
All of this badly damages your hair. Your hair may be very dry, brittle, and hard to manage after you get it done. You'll also have to keep up with root touch-ups. You are going so drastically different that your roots will stand out badly. 4-6 weeks is the norm for professional touch-ups, but you'll notice roots in between colorings.
Make sure that this is something you are ready to cope with. The time, money, and work that you will have to do to maintain your hair will be doubles or more from this compared to what you are doing now.

Answer 2

Black To Platinum Blonde

Answer 3

Its a double process, and will take quite some time. Make sure that vaseline or some protective gel is liberally applied to your hairline,ears and any parts of your scalp that might be open (like a scratch,pimple, insect bite, etc. ) otherwise the bleach may burn those areas. Also while the bleach is being applied, keep your eyes closed or at least make sure that if any of it gets even NEAR your eyes that you let your stylist know immediately so it can be rinsed away.

Some people experience severe pain on their scalp--there was one episode on America's Next Top Model where a woman with long black hair was made to go platinum and she was shaking with the pain. I don;t know what the actual formula that was used on her, but I've had good luck with the Goldwell brand, Redken and most recently a new formulation that's by Clairol. The main advantage of the Clairol formula is that its virtually dripfree--the others were effective, but the drips meant that you would either have to keep your head back the entire time its working or, even worse, it would drip to areas unprotected by vaseline, like the back of your neck.

Some people have already mentioned using a leave in conditioner like Infusium 23 and also bluing shampoos. I would suggest bringing both with you to the salon (Clairol makes a good one called Shimmer Bright or something like that) so it can be used immediately. The shampoo especially when applied right after the treatment when your hair is its most porous will be especially effective at getting your hair to that platinum tint.

After that, you will have to treat your hair as fragile--never use rubber bands on it--and never pull it back tightly. But all that will be worth it. Platinum hair is gorgeous!!!!

Answer 4

Good Luck!!! hope your hair survives! make sure you buy a PROFESSIONAL product from your stylist to help strenghten your hair. They will probably bleach first, unless the black is dyed on then they can strip it off. But still they will bleach and if its naturally black they will probably bleach 2x cuz bleach can only lift a certain amount of shades at one time. Then they will probably tone it with a light color to even out the color. If you want platinum they will have to neutralize the brassiness of the hair. The toner will slowly fade so you may have to return every so often to have it reapplied to keep the brassiness away or you can use a purple shampoo to cut the brassiness.Ask your stylist about it. Good Luck!!

Answer 5

Lots of color removers &/or bleach. which means LOTS of damage & fried hair. I honestly don't reccomend doing this all at once. what you should probably do is gradually go lighter, it might be a long process, but it will help keep your hair from becoming nothing but straw. Start off with some highlights, then go to a shade of brown, maybe more highlights after that & so on untill you get your desired color. Inbetween all of that you should deep condition at least twice a month, use a good leave in conditioner (like Infusium 23) & a shampoo designed to give your hair moisture.

If you need any more help just ask, or visit my forum:
http://mysticbeauty0.proboards74.com/index.cgi

Answer 6

Not easily you're not! I'm a stylist and I can tell you from years of experience there is no way you are gonna get platinum from black dyed hair. Black is THE hardest color to remove, If on the other hand you are naturally black haired it will be easier.

You will wreck your hair if you do this with dyed black hair. And if any stylist says she can do it ...I wanna meet her and see the results for myself. I'm telling you ...you will wind up with noodle hair that will fall out, break off or frizz to no end and you will not be a happy person.

If I were you I would slowly grow out the black by going lighter shade by shade and try to keep your hair in good condition. Get a weave to a caramel shade while growing it out to hide the shade differences as it grows. If your hair is past your shoulders then get it cut to about that length so it won't take your lifetime to progress to the platinum. And btw, do you even have the coloring for platinum? I have only known one client who I took from black to platinum and both ways looked great on her. This girls hair was pretty short so it didn't take long to do the change.

You want to have hair period ...so do it in a healthy way. Healthy platinum hair is gorgeous. But if it is straw it looks like chit! Trust me.

Answer 7

Why does everyone have to be blonde??? I'd kill to have black hair! Once you feel the intense pain of the bleach on your scalp, see the blood and blisters it can cause from the 4-step process, and how much maintenance it will need (not to mention how ugly and dry it will be), you may let it go back to black.

Answer 8

i wouldnt recommend that it is a lot of high lifting wich is really hard to do specially if you have almost black hair you will have to use bleach it may become orange or a very yellow color then you will have to put a color over it and it may not come out platium as you want just be very carefull. In most cases as ive seen it doesnt work

Answer 9

You will ruin your hair. I did the same thing. loved it at first but then it wouldn't curl at all. I had to get 12 inches cut off last month and some of it is still in . I dyed it back to black but it just doesn't feel the same! You might regret it but do what you like. Brunettes are sexier though.

Answer 10

seriously DONT itl defintly turn orange :S if use a packet die, and itl b a blondy orange coluor even if its done professionally :S. I tried to go from dark brown to blonde and it happend, it took about 3 times to get it blonde then still it was patchy. id opt and go 4 highlights with foils to gradually build up the blonde