I recently dyed and highlighted my hair, however the highlights aren't as light as I want them to be. They were suppose to be a nice golden blonde, yet the somehow have some orange in them. I was going to bleach my highlights again, but I don't want to fry my hair. Also if I do do them over, How much longer should I leave the bleach in for?
2007-03-14 08:23:12 · 8 answers · asked by wondering 1 in Beauty & Style ➔ Hair
Most colorists will tell you NOT to lighten bleached hair again because of the potential damage, but as someone who has bleached hair professionally for decades, I can tell you that one more bleaching session is not going to kill your hair instantly. The truth of the matter is... your hair is ALREADY fried after one application of bleach. Rather than limiting the degree of lightness that you can achieve, you should focus on a more intense maintenance regiment to keep your chemically treated hair in decent shape.
With that said, you need to know what your hair has gone through before you go ahead with more bleach. If your hair has permanent color (a dye, and not just bleach) in it, you might not be able to bleach it lighter than an orange or yellow. When you colored your hair this last time, did you dye it first and then bleach out the highlights? Sometimes this accounts for the brassiness of the highlighted strands.
If you decide to go ahead with another application of bleach, my advice is the following:
(1) Use foil, and small packets of foil if possible, when bleaching. This will produce lighter results.
(2) Use off-the-scalp bleach with a high volume peroxide (30 or 40 vol). This will also produce quicker and lighter results. (Critics of this technique will tell you that using a high volume peroxide will damage your hair more, but if you leave a milder bleach on for longer, you are still damaging your hair to comparable degrees.)
(3) Don't leave the bleach in for longer than 40 minutes. 30 minutes is ideal. If you are using foil and a fast, strong bleach, you shouldn't need to keep the bleach on for any longer than that.
(4) Finally, please remember to deep condition your hair and use products to maintain your hair. Even after one application of bleach, hair is not hair anymore. People with bleached hair HAVE TO use products to keep the hair looking like hair. Try anti-frizz products, leave-in conditioner, and finishing cream that do not have denat. alcohol in them (this is a drying agent). Anything that has silicone and glyercine compounds tend to work well for bleached hair.
Best of luck!
2007-03-15 20:15:32 · answer #1 · answered by HairAngel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i bleached my hair that grow to be dyed dark blue-black, it grew to become variety of an orange shade and after death it brown it had to be redyed each and each month using fact it saved fading to the orangy gruesome shade, my hair didnt get too broken cuz i had fairly healthful oily hair, if u have dry hair before everything the wear could be plenty worse.... ohhh and that i went to a reasonably extreme end salon, only using fact u choose somebody who fairly is familiar with what theyre doing to try this for u using fact it desires to be performed suitable so as that u dont harm the hair too undesirable... yet ordinary dont hassle ur hair wont fall out or something, i regulate my hair shade from dark to mild to highlighted each and every couple of months and it nevertheless doesnt look as though straw
2016-09-30 22:18:18 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
getting your hair constantly, higlighted is not a good, idea, it really damages your hair, use a semi-perm hair dye, normally they last for about 24 washed. keep bleach in for as long as it says on the packet NO MORE it could damage your hair really badly. kelly osbournes hair fell out after constantly dying it
2007-03-14 08:57:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spend the extra money and have it done professionally. Your hair dries out more each time and will lose its shine and health if you keep bleaching it.
2007-03-14 08:27:48 · answer #4 · answered by VW 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your damaging your hair when you bleach it, but if you have to just make sure you get a good moisturizing conditioner.
always follow directions if your going to do it again.
2007-03-14 08:33:53 · answer #5 · answered by tinkerbellgrl114 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Your hair will fry and fall out constantly
2007-03-14 08:26:29 · answer #6 · answered by frankiethunders 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont do it again if you want to have hair, wait about 6 weeks nad deep condition your hair in between those weeks to rebuil dmoisture
2007-03-14 08:41:21 · answer #7 · answered by redbone001 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2007-03-14 08:50:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋