My salon bleaching experience. I am blond now!

Hi guys! It has been such a long time since I last dyed my hair and update this blog. This time, I am back with a very detailed entry about my salon experience. If you follow me on Facebook, you probably knew I dyed my hair in the beginning of the week. This is my first time going to a salon to get my hair bleached and I have learned so much from them. Therefore, I am writing this to share with you about my experience and new knowledge

Let me show you the before and after photo

You can see the change is drastic! It was a long process to achieve the final hair color. First, the hairdresser evaluated my hair condition and the color I had on. She asked question about my hair history, what i had done with it and when. As you could see, my original hair had at least 3 colors on it so she pulled out a bunch of shades (think pantone pallets!) to match with my hair condition. I had decided to chop off my hair so she didn’t have to match the tail color but the roots and the middle. After evaluation, I went to wash chair and got the green part chopped off. Afterwards, the bleaching started.

As you can see she put a lot of bleaching mix on my hair, this is where I learned that I have been using too little bleaching mixture. I think she used the strongest hydropeoxide on me, which means 40 vol. She put it on my hair evenly, 2 cm from root to tail and then the roots. I think that was the first time I ever have bleach that close to my roots. It was painful, felt like burning. She left it for about 20 mins and then washed off with cold water.

Here’s the result

I was frightened. Mostly how blonde I was but also how weird my hair color was. It had a dark spot on top of my head, some of the green was still there and even ginger shade near the tail. Bleaching with Asian hair is definitely tricky.

The supervisor of my hairdresser said that they would now need to dye my hair. The top would be dyed with a cool blonde tone and the bottom would be dye with a cooper blonde tone. The idea behind this is to even out the color pigments in my hair, as the top’s color wasn’t even and the bottom’s one was greenish (red neutral green. Color wheel). So there went, I had to endure another 20 mins of burning sensation. But it was definitely worth it!

What I have learned after the experience
1. When making bleacher, mix in a little bit of warm water. This will keep your hair from drying out through the process.
2. Use a lot of bleacher on your hair! Make sure it is soaked in bleacher and it should feel frothy on your head, not roughly.
3. Last but not least, it is very tricky to bleach dark hair, so I still suggest going to the salon for bleaching after all of my entries in this blog. It’s good to know what you should do to achieve the color you want! But if you are not sure, go to the professionals. Also plus point is they know how to put the chemical mixture evenly on your hair.

Even though I had intended to go red after the bleach, I felt in love with the color and all the effort to create it (it took 6 hours), so I decided to be a blondie for a while! Adventure of a blondie ahead!

Until next time!

Emily

Hairdye 5: How to remove your old hair color?

The process of changing my friend’s hair color is longer than I thought so while waiting for that practical entry, why don’t we learn something new! How to remove your old hair color.  I wrote this entry since it happened to me last month, the old yellow mix with the black ( blue undertone) and created a green/jade shade. Oh my :(

Dying is putting color pigment on your hair, whatever type of dye you use, it still fade away but if you let it naturally then it takes probably 6 months to go away completely. So what are you gonna do when you want to change your color? Remember to take away all the old color completely before putting on new color. Otherwise, it will mix together and create unwanted results. The method s listed below are also things that you SHOULDN’T do if you want to keep your beautifully color stay.

The order of the method is from slowest to the fastest (which also harm your hair)

1. These methods provide gradually fading which also what you should avoid to keep your hair color
   • Hot oil treatment
   • Alcohol based hair product like hair spray, mousse, gel…
   • Exposing to water and sun light
   • Swimming in a swimming pool (should wear a silicon swim cap)
   • Sprinkle a spoon of baking soda to your shampoo and knead into your hair
   • Washing hair with harsh shampoo like anti dandruff, clarifying, deep cleansing or all purpose ( the one that guys use for both hair and body Eww)
2. The result is vary from people so if you patient enough then I recommend using above methods. If all are fail then here is the tough one.

The number will indicate the ratio of the chemical

• 3 Developer
• 2 Bleach Powder
• 2 Clarifying shampoo
• 2 conditioner for dry hair

Mix all the chemical together and create a liquid mixture

Apply to your dry hair quickly then start kneading gently

Leave in for 5-10 minute, remember to check your hair frequently

Wash away with WARM water

Shampoo and deep conditioning.

The second method is quite similar to bleaching so it will harm your hair and you need to be careful with it!

Any question? You know where to ask!

Source: manicpanic.com