I have dyed my hair with bleach and it's gone white! Help! How can i tone it down? It looks awful!?

Answer 1

Don't do anything else with it yourself - scoot off to a hairdresser's!

Answer 2

Unfortunately there isn't a lot you can do in this situation! When I was younger (although I am naturally blonde) there was a phase when everyone was going through a 'bleach your hair blonde is cool' belief and I decided to somewhat stupidly join the club! You may be a little lucky (although you probably think not at the moment!) as I think I experimented with brown prior and ended up with orange hair! I attempted to dye it back myself with various other dye packs but in the end both for efficiency and economy purposes the hairdressers was the best and only recovery! Otherwise you may end up spending a fortune on hair dye packs with no sucess- and the more you dye it especially after using bleach which severely dries your hair anyway the worse it will get and you'll end up with awful dry and split ends.

If you reguarly colour your hair yourself and begrudge paying for a hairdresser you may need to accept that this one time you need to get their help and learn not to use bleach again! I take my hat of to you and my many friends who are DIY types (and they colour their own hair very sucessfully and save ALOT of money!) but I have always been a hairdresser girl- I had a phase where I choose to join my friends but have realised I will never master the art of self-colouring so have been back with the professionals for years- and will never go back!!

Just a note for the future though- I'd research which hair colourants are the best for you within the market. I know that DIY hair colours have a lot more potentially drying chemicals in and if you reguarly use all over colour for your hair it can increase risk of damage as often my friends who go solo don't use foil as they don't know how to but this means that not only do you get more visible roots but you are using more colour and over a larger area.

Hope this helps!! :o))

PS- Ask the hairdressers which supermarket colour kits are the best on the market for your hair- they usually know which ones are best as some even use them themselves.

Answer 3

I take it you bleached you hair as you wanted to be blonde. If this is the case one of the best options for you is to use a toner which will bring your hair back to a more natural colour. There are several toners on the market which produce very good results - Clairol have a range called Born Blonde which is specifically for this purpose which will bring your hair back to a more natural blonde colour.It is is a translusent hair colour system so hair colours available will be champaigne blonde, platinum blonde, beige blonde etc However if you want a darker shade of blonde I would advise using a permanent hair colour obviously missing out the pre-lightening step that is usualy involved with most store bought kits. Hope this helps.

Answer 4

to be honest your lucky its gone white...this means you can go in to boots and buy any shade of permanent blonde you want and it will go that shade!!
so get to boots and pick a colour...trust me i used to have white hair for years then toned it down with loads of shades i liked in boots!!!
xx

ps...little weed is right..you just put a colour on top..most people are talking to you as though you are stupid cause you uses bleach but if you used just a colour without bleach it would not have shown up...you need to bleach the hair first to lift the colour up before applying a colour on top!!x

Answer 5

You bleached your hair, not dyed it, and bleach turns white so what were you expecting? (you dye darker and bleach lighter) Call the nearest salon and hopefully they can fix it by putting some low lights in it or by using a toner to take some of the brassiness out.

Answer 6

i wish i could do that, bleach does nothing to my hair... call a salon or check with the local high school cosmetology class they may offer a reduced price and it would be a good lesson for some of the students ...

Answer 7

please go to the salon if you try to put something else over it most likely its going to not turn out right again and then when you go get it fixed this cheeper tone job they would do at the salon just turned into a corrective which can run $50-$120 an hour so think about that

Answer 8

first put conditioner on your hair rap it in cling film and leave it for 2 hours and then rinse it off then put sunflower oil on it rub it in and leave it for another hour.
after around 3 days your hair should be in better condition and go to the hairdressers to get the colour sorted out.
hope this helps.

Answer 9

What were you trying to do? Bleach usually turns things white, it is what it was meant to do. Why bleach your hair if you didn't want it white?

Answer 10

I had the same problem happen to me before. My advice is do what i did and go to an hairdresser and let them sort it out for you, otherwise it can be a big problem if you try and sort it out yourself.