bleaching my hair

bleacheblonde

I have been gradually lightening mine from a deep burgundy-ish auburn in January to almost-white like it is now (with the exception of the cotton-candy pink I put in it last week). I would only recommend doing it at home if you are comfortable with taking risks and if you've done home hair color before.

Here's how I got my white-blonde: Manic Panic Flash Lightning kit, which is basically just a packet of bleach and a bottle of 30-volume developer. IMPORTANT: added a packet of Ardell Red & Gold Banisher. This stuff cancelled out the yellow and made my hair as close to white as you can get, it was great! Although I was starting from a medium blonde, so maybe that's why it worked so well. You just mix in the envelope of purple liquid and then apply bleach as normal. I put a plastic cap on it, leave it in for about 30 minutes, and wash out. I have very fine hair and my hair has never fallen out or done any of the other horrific things that home color nay-sayers say that your hair absolutely WILL do if you color it at home. If you're careful, it won't.

Just make sure not to exceed the "maximum time" in the directions, and I would get the stuff from a beauty supply store. If you follow the directions, use a toner, and use high-quality shampoo and conditioner, you can get good results at home.

Ocarina

I truely recommend going to a salon. A cheapo chain salon can do it for like 40 - 50 bucks. And if they mess up then they'll fix it for free. I had that done... a $100 perm which didn't hold well the first time. They redid it for free the second time.

I used to bleach my hair myself. I had to go to a beauty supply store to get the good stuff. HOLY CRAP it destroyed my hair.... I actually didn't have to go get it trimmed because it was so damaged it would fall out on its own.

And if you decided to do all your roots remember to keep it up because the whole head being the same color shows roots a lot more then highlights.

I get a partial bleach highlight done to the top of my hair and it grows back very kindly since it's mixed in with the rest of my hair.

Good luck!

Erica_Rae

I decided I'm going to have my friend put more highlights over the whole top... she said she will only charge 25 and that we should be able to bleach the whole top of it next time

_Elemenopee_

I would like to know the logistics of bleaching by bum. I read about this and want to know about it. I would be much more likely to show photos of my naked booty if I knew that it was as pale and lovely as the rest of my alabaster flesh. So what's the deal with *kitten* bleaching? Anybody?

becoming_a_new_me

I decided I'm going to have my friend put more highlights over the whole top... she said she will only charge 25 and that we should be able to bleach the whole top of it next time

That's a really good price, and now both of you are happy!! Win-win!

_Elemenopee_

OMG how embarrassing! I just realized this was about hair and not buttholes. I feel like a reall *kitten* now. D'oh!

DelilahCat0212

See my pic? My mom pulled my hair through the cap and we bleached it with stuff from Sally's. I actually didn't leave the bleach on long enough, I saw orange and panicked and rinsed it out. If I would have left it on longer, I would have gone even blonder. And I had a gazillion shades of red and brown under that. Let it go from orange to banana before you rinse. Then use a toner to tone down the banana. I've covered up many bleaching disasters with toner and was fine. Slight damage, yes, but all bleach is damaging.

I've always done my own hair at home. It's fun and I'm not scared of disasters anymore. If you're a perfectionist and want the perfect shade, yes, go to a salon. I'm a broke single parent, I don't have the money for even a cheap salon. That money goes in my gas tank and feeds my kid.

olivia_sweeetie13

Ohhh lordy. I know you're tight on money, but you REALLY need to go to a salon. Everytime someone does their hair in my family, it turns out purple, green, or some other ungodly hair color