So many people complain why they can’t get the exact color like on the package of the dye. So first of all you should take a look at these factors.
III. Bleach
Bleach is the process of eliminate original color pigment out of your hair. It works the same with permanent hair dye do, however, it doesn’t contain any new color pigment to replace. It just wash color our of your hair. This is the first step of having a “rainbow” hair. But we will go back to this step in a careful way later.
Another common known, many people misunderstand that after bleaching you will have white hair and that why they keep bleaching their hair few times (since they can’t get the white color) which totally ruin your hair. So, how to get white hair? Moving on to the next section
IV.Color wheel
So here it is. As you can see we have 3 primary color as red, blue and yellow. These are the 3 strongest color, it can be use on natural black/brown hair but still give you quite visible results (of course it can’t last long).
Have you ever wonder why you bleach your hair 3-4 time but still your hair can’t turn white? Bleach suppose to wash out all of the color pigment and you have to have white hair? The answer is not. Bleach your hair more than 2 times in a row only damage, ruin your hair. It can’t turn white unless you understand how’s the color wheel works.
Look at the wheel, the opposite color of yellow is purple, right? When you mix these two color together as ratio 1:1, voila, you will have white color, white as snow, I promise!
The wheel color works exactly the same on your hair. After bleaching, you will get a yellow/orange tone on your hair (Trust me! It looks gross). To avoid color mixing that will change your dye you need to bring your hair to a transparent/white tone using a toner mix (semi-permanent) that have the lilac/purple tone as it’s the opposite color with yellow on the wheel. The wheel works only on bleached hair! After using toner your hair will turn white and then you can apply any color you want to have the best result.
Mmmh, in the next entry, we will talk about bleaching your hair. The first step to a rainbow hair!
xoxo
Emily