elliexforrest
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Okay so I am naturally dark brunette. I have box dyed my hair sometimes in my life but only to a purple-y brown or black. I had dyed it black with blue undertones about 2 months ago. I then wanted it bright blue instead, waited a month after dying it and used a colour stripper. My hair went back to brown but it did have red through it. After stripping it this is what I've done:
Cant remember what brand but bleached my whole head with 40 vol - came out orange and patchy as I didn't have any help or think it through and did it myself
I then used a keratin hair mask along with coconut oil to repair whatever damage was caused.
1 week later: Bleached again with Loreal Colorista Bleach 40 vol - I got my mums help this time, she sectioned my hair and made sure all of it was well covered - she also got my roots. The results of this were not great - the orange was still in my lengths but my roots had lightened to a 9. Some of my hair is a 7, some is a 8 and roots are a 9. But still a lot of orange.
I dont know why it didn't lighten very well the second time. I then bought a bleach kit online from Bleach London - Plex bleach and toner as well as a repair mask. This will be the 3rd time bleaching to get to the lightest I can. I opened the Plex bleach and read the directions, first thing it said was 'DO NOT USE ON HAIR THAT HAS BEEN BLEACHED, PRE COLORED OR COLOUR RESTORED'
Is that something that comes on the directions of all bleach? From all my understanding of going from dark to blonde, its necessary to bleach the hair multiple times, as long as your hair is in the right condition to take it. I dont understand how I'm meant to bleach again if this bleach says not to use on already bleached hair. I dont know if it's just a disclaimer thing maybe, but I'm looking to get more advice from anyone who knows more about bleach or has some more experience.
I know I probably sound like a total idiot. But any advice would be greatly appreciated as I'm afraid to use this bleach if it's not going to lighten the orange parts!
Cant remember what brand but bleached my whole head with 40 vol - came out orange and patchy as I didn't have any help or think it through and did it myself
I then used a keratin hair mask along with coconut oil to repair whatever damage was caused.
1 week later: Bleached again with Loreal Colorista Bleach 40 vol - I got my mums help this time, she sectioned my hair and made sure all of it was well covered - she also got my roots. The results of this were not great - the orange was still in my lengths but my roots had lightened to a 9. Some of my hair is a 7, some is a 8 and roots are a 9. But still a lot of orange.
I dont know why it didn't lighten very well the second time. I then bought a bleach kit online from Bleach London - Plex bleach and toner as well as a repair mask. This will be the 3rd time bleaching to get to the lightest I can. I opened the Plex bleach and read the directions, first thing it said was 'DO NOT USE ON HAIR THAT HAS BEEN BLEACHED, PRE COLORED OR COLOUR RESTORED'
Is that something that comes on the directions of all bleach? From all my understanding of going from dark to blonde, its necessary to bleach the hair multiple times, as long as your hair is in the right condition to take it. I dont understand how I'm meant to bleach again if this bleach says not to use on already bleached hair. I dont know if it's just a disclaimer thing maybe, but I'm looking to get more advice from anyone who knows more about bleach or has some more experience.
I know I probably sound like a total idiot. But any advice would be greatly appreciated as I'm afraid to use this bleach if it's not going to lighten the orange parts!