So my at-home challenge is erm, challenging.
I'm now halfway to blonde ombre. Or well and truly in hair hell, depending on if you're a half full or half empty kind of girl.
Do I keep going? My hair feels good, in spite of 3 lightenings in 2 days. 1 x 45mins, 1 x 50mins and 1 x 70 mins.
Am I destined to never be 'nice Brad Pitt' blonde?
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Oooh erm well... it is entirely up to you but when I bleached my hair from dark (black) to blonde I went through several stages of bleh to get where I wanted to be.
I used bold colours to hide what was underneath, I had always had the intention of going bright but it really did help 'mask' the awkward inbetween 'oranges' etc.
Keep hydrating/nourishing your hair as best you can and after a few days go again... maybe switch the products you are using to a lightener that will get you closer to the results you are after.
I can't wait to see pics of the end result
Best of luck
I used bold colours to hide what was underneath, I had always had the intention of going bright but it really did help 'mask' the awkward inbetween 'oranges' etc.
Keep hydrating/nourishing your hair as best you can and after a few days go again... maybe switch the products you are using to a lightener that will get you closer to the results you are after.
I can't wait to see pics of the end result
Best of luck
When I redo the 'corn hair, I only do it once cos my hair goes gross and stringy - so I'm pretty amazed you've done it three times! What kind of magic are you using to have no damage!? Lol. Maybe a toner would help? I have never used one so I wouldn't know what you would even look for. You could try another lot but of bleach I guess to see if it would help but if you've already done 3 lots I don't know if it would.
Good luck! I hope someone who is more professhhh than I can help haha ;-)
Good luck! I hope someone who is more professhhh than I can help haha ;-)
I know, how is my hair not falling out?!!
I have a truck load of conditioner on, under some glad wrap. It's just so bright haha, like that horrible bleached hair of the 90s grunge. Ooo maybe I could go grunge.
See I was trying for a more natural (?!) look, but brights are sounding appealing. The burgandy looks nice, although surely that'll fade back to orange.
Needless to say, I am accessorising with hats!
I have a truck load of conditioner on, under some glad wrap. It's just so bright haha, like that horrible bleached hair of the 90s grunge. Ooo maybe I could go grunge.
See I was trying for a more natural (?!) look, but brights are sounding appealing. The burgandy looks nice, although surely that'll fade back to orange.
Needless to say, I am accessorising with hats!
Mmmm conditioner >:D You could always chuck the color you wanted through and see what would happen as well, theres no harm in trying, and who knows, maybe the dye would take! and if not, well, then you can go over it with brights and be all "... yes.... that is the look I was going for the whole time..." ;-) hahaha
depending on the severity of the orange you could do a bleach bath to get it another level lighter (: a bleach bath is 1 part bleach powder + 1-2 parts developer + equal amount of shampoo of your choice. Just apply it all over and cover with gladwrap, leave it on for about 15 mins or longer if you want.
If your hair is still really brassy I would just go for it and do another bleach, you said your hair feels fine so there should be no harm in doing it. After another bleach just use a toner and see what happens, if need be you can do a couple of bleach baths over the following days.
If your hair is still really brassy I would just go for it and do another bleach, you said your hair feels fine so there should be no harm in doing it. After another bleach just use a toner and see what happens, if need be you can do a couple of bleach baths over the following days.
idomakeup - I'm going to go for it again tomorrow! If it's not non-yellow/ginger within an hour, I'm going to accept the head of hair I was dealt...
I have my hair in cling film with some Aussie 3 min miracle (which will be 120 min miracle soon...) just in case it's secretly damaged haha.
My mum is coming over to do it so it's evenly applied (although if she gets carried away again, my ombre will essentially be regrowth...)
I don't know how people do their hair at home, the stress!
xx
I have my hair in cling film with some Aussie 3 min miracle (which will be 120 min miracle soon...) just in case it's secretly damaged haha.
My mum is coming over to do it so it's evenly applied (although if she gets carried away again, my ombre will essentially be regrowth...)
I don't know how people do their hair at home, the stress!
xx
When I had a bad balayage job done and my hair ended up fried and ginger , it was snapping off on my hands - I went to this posh as place to get it fixed as much as it could be. I had in the week before put every treatment possible in my hair to condition it and when I got to the hairdressers they used one of those striping shampoos first to remove any product buildup. They said to leave the treatments for after otherwise it can give an uneven, patchy result as well as chemical reactions. This was a salon that did all the major newsreaders hair in Melbourne and I paid over $600 for this bit of information (and my hair being fixed ) so just be careful what you put in before a dye job. Prior to being able to even pay that for a fixer up hair job, back in the diy days I'd use two packets of loreal preference in very light pearl blonde to give better coverage and who didn't love heather lockear's hair back then?
Haha trooper, or stubborn?! My at-home restyle challenge has now become 'I must go blonde at home'
I used the Schwarzkopf Nordic Blonde L1++, after an hour it was visibly less ginge, so I went another 10 minutes then washed it off (seriously, how do I have hair left on my head?!)
I have some toner in now, so fingers crossed it's toned down...I don't know if I'm brave enough to put my haggard but hilarious pic on the photowall. Seriously The Mummy really missed the point of ombre. I look like I have spaniel ears!
And my hair feels ok, I took Idomakeup's advice and slathered in some Argan oil last night, so maybe that help. Or I have hair that would survive nuclear fall out.
xox
I used the Schwarzkopf Nordic Blonde L1++, after an hour it was visibly less ginge, so I went another 10 minutes then washed it off (seriously, how do I have hair left on my head?!)
I have some toner in now, so fingers crossed it's toned down...I don't know if I'm brave enough to put my haggard but hilarious pic on the photowall. Seriously The Mummy really missed the point of ombre. I look like I have spaniel ears!
And my hair feels ok, I took Idomakeup's advice and slathered in some Argan oil last night, so maybe that help. Or I have hair that would survive nuclear fall out.
xox
Thanks MissQT and Ringy!
I'm so glad I'm not orange, it made me rather grumpy, and then I woke up this morning, all 'ooo look at ma hair'!
Yeah Ringy, after this challenge, I think I'll be maintaining this at the salon!
I didn't get to cut yesterday afterall, so I'm hoping for early next week...my mum has been watching YouTube tutorials and what started off as 'I'm only taking a cm off I'm too scared' has becoming 'wow you can do bobs at home'.
Once again. #prayfornat
I'm so glad I'm not orange, it made me rather grumpy, and then I woke up this morning, all 'ooo look at ma hair'!
Yeah Ringy, after this challenge, I think I'll be maintaining this at the salon!
I didn't get to cut yesterday afterall, so I'm hoping for early next week...my mum has been watching YouTube tutorials and what started off as 'I'm only taking a cm off I'm too scared' has becoming 'wow you can do bobs at home'.
Once again. #prayfornat
Haha when I set out to do it I figured, $40 for Colour B4, $50 for the Crea Clip combo and $15 for a lightener to ombre the ends.
So adding on another $65 for lightener and a colour similar to my natural colour to put over the top third (seriously my mummy ombred me to 3inches of my roots, I had to say...mother this is not ombre, this is regrowth)
My local hairdresser said it would have been at least 2 salon trips to get the blonde and they would have recommended a two week wait between sessions. (her face when I told her I'd bleached 3 times in two days was a picture!) So probably around $250-300 for the stripping, restyle and colour/lightening.
We're going to make a bit of a thing out of crew challenges, so if you have any ideas, or things you want us to try, let us know! I'm even going to be dabbling into the world of Moon Cups apparently!
xox
So adding on another $65 for lightener and a colour similar to my natural colour to put over the top third (seriously my mummy ombred me to 3inches of my roots, I had to say...mother this is not ombre, this is regrowth)
My local hairdresser said it would have been at least 2 salon trips to get the blonde and they would have recommended a two week wait between sessions. (her face when I told her I'd bleached 3 times in two days was a picture!) So probably around $250-300 for the stripping, restyle and colour/lightening.
We're going to make a bit of a thing out of crew challenges, so if you have any ideas, or things you want us to try, let us know! I'm even going to be dabbling into the world of Moon Cups apparently!
xox
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