Perry_Althair
Well-Known Member
Hey Geeks
Going to be a long one so sorry in advance!
Yesterday i had one of my regulars for a colour and a cut...ive done her hair probably about 8 times now, probably 6 times in the colour it is now.
I do a scalp bleach, and a blue black halo at the front.
I have used the same products in exactly the same way ever since her hair has been this colour, but as we all know, bleach dulls and i have in the past bleach bathed the ends with bleach powder, shampoo and water - equal parts, but it never seemed to make much difference.
She really looks after her hair so even though it is platinum blonde, it was in great condition, also we were doing a restyle and taking on average 3 inches off her hair all over, but it's asymmetrical so one side had a lot more off than the other....because of the restyle, i thought id bleach the roots with 20 vol, as i normally do, and half way through processing, mix up a bleach bath with 3% to cleanse to ends so the toner would be as even as possible.
however the first thing we noticed was that the bleach was 'itchy' for her and it had never been in the past, my first reaction to this was she may have washed her hair very recently but she told me she hadn't washed it in about 3 days, and you could definately tell!
The second peculiar thing was that the roots were lifting, but you could see they were going very brassy, almost bright orange after about 10 minutes. Using 20 vol and this product, this never ever happens, its hard to see any change when it's processing as its such a gentle product.
About 5 minutes before we were due to wash it of and apply the toner, she said she had under exaggerated the itching, and it had actually been burning since 5 minutes after i started to apply it to her roots. sure enough, i looked at the back of her neck and it was red raw and so were her ears!
The bleach bath was also on at this point so we went straight to rinse, and i said as her scalp was sensitive today, i may not be able to tone, but i may try some oil on her scalp before i apply the toner, and i never shampoo prior to a toner anyway as this makes it even more uncomfortable.
Whilst rinsing, i found it quite strange that the bleached hair felt softer than the black hair...but this just proves, what is feels like, proves nothing!
After the bleach had been thoroughly rinsed, i began to blot dry her hair with a towel, and....clumps of her hair just broke off! i literally thought i was going to throw up, cry, then faint!
luckily shes also a friend so i am still alive to ask for advice here, but it was terrible, the roots were yellow, and they always lift to a clean white and the rest of it was just dead....as soon as i seen it, i covered it in masque and started cutting as i didn't want the damage to spread to the root.
I can safely say, the majority isn't now breaking, but some still is.
i have never seen hair look and feel like that before so all i can think is a chemical reaction, or the bleach i used was a bad batch or something as it brand new.
Someone shed some light on this please lol and how would i go about getting my bleach tested...i know it sounds funny but i dont trust the company to actually test it and tell me the truth, if there is something wrong with it!
Cheers Geeks!
She also just text me saying her scalp still really itches and stings and you can see burns all over!
Going to be a long one so sorry in advance!
Yesterday i had one of my regulars for a colour and a cut...ive done her hair probably about 8 times now, probably 6 times in the colour it is now.
I do a scalp bleach, and a blue black halo at the front.
I have used the same products in exactly the same way ever since her hair has been this colour, but as we all know, bleach dulls and i have in the past bleach bathed the ends with bleach powder, shampoo and water - equal parts, but it never seemed to make much difference.
She really looks after her hair so even though it is platinum blonde, it was in great condition, also we were doing a restyle and taking on average 3 inches off her hair all over, but it's asymmetrical so one side had a lot more off than the other....because of the restyle, i thought id bleach the roots with 20 vol, as i normally do, and half way through processing, mix up a bleach bath with 3% to cleanse to ends so the toner would be as even as possible.
however the first thing we noticed was that the bleach was 'itchy' for her and it had never been in the past, my first reaction to this was she may have washed her hair very recently but she told me she hadn't washed it in about 3 days, and you could definately tell!
The second peculiar thing was that the roots were lifting, but you could see they were going very brassy, almost bright orange after about 10 minutes. Using 20 vol and this product, this never ever happens, its hard to see any change when it's processing as its such a gentle product.
About 5 minutes before we were due to wash it of and apply the toner, she said she had under exaggerated the itching, and it had actually been burning since 5 minutes after i started to apply it to her roots. sure enough, i looked at the back of her neck and it was red raw and so were her ears!
The bleach bath was also on at this point so we went straight to rinse, and i said as her scalp was sensitive today, i may not be able to tone, but i may try some oil on her scalp before i apply the toner, and i never shampoo prior to a toner anyway as this makes it even more uncomfortable.
Whilst rinsing, i found it quite strange that the bleached hair felt softer than the black hair...but this just proves, what is feels like, proves nothing!
After the bleach had been thoroughly rinsed, i began to blot dry her hair with a towel, and....clumps of her hair just broke off! i literally thought i was going to throw up, cry, then faint!
luckily shes also a friend so i am still alive to ask for advice here, but it was terrible, the roots were yellow, and they always lift to a clean white and the rest of it was just dead....as soon as i seen it, i covered it in masque and started cutting as i didn't want the damage to spread to the root.
I can safely say, the majority isn't now breaking, but some still is.
i have never seen hair look and feel like that before so all i can think is a chemical reaction, or the bleach i used was a bad batch or something as it brand new.
Someone shed some light on this please lol and how would i go about getting my bleach tested...i know it sounds funny but i dont trust the company to actually test it and tell me the truth, if there is something wrong with it!
Cheers Geeks!
She also just text me saying her scalp still really itches and stings and you can see burns all over!
