I have a question and am hoping that someone will be able to help
me. In December, for Christmas I bleached my hair (head and beard) (natural
color is black) several times and achieved white hair because I wanted to look
like Santa for SantaCon. I am aware that I could have bleached to a blond
orange and used a purple toner or a plain blue or red to mix, but none of the
local beauty supply stores had any; and none of the sales persons could agree
on how to get my hair white.
Bleached hair photo
http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/ag121/tacoishere/Santa_zps29fcf076.jpg
St Patrick ’s Day came along and I decided to be a
leprechaun so I did 1 session of bleach on my roots which I haven’t touched
since December. Of course the beauty supply store did not have temporary orange
color so I had to get the semi-permanent orange (Beyond the Zone Brand – I Think).
So it took several sessions of coloring (no developer was used) and I achieved a
lighter version of what I wanted but it got a seal of approval at all the bars
in the city that day. Later I found out about pre-pigmentation which I will
keep in mind before I color again.
Orange hair photo
http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/ag121/tacoishere/Leprechaun_zps4a0b90e9.jpg
So my actual question is - How do I get the orange color out
of my hair and achieve the white I had before? It is not naturally washing out
like the claim on the bottle.
I have read about
Lemon and baking soda paste – tried but didn’t notice any change
Hot oil treatment – yet to try
Mixing bleach in shampoo
Mixing peroxide in shampoo (if peroxide is only a catalyst I don’t know
if this will work)
I went to the local beauty supply store to get a semi-permanent hair
color remover and a professional’s opinion. The Professional, after insisting
that nothing in the store would work and I should just try to neutralize the
color, she ended up selling me Satin Color Revere. I have not used the Satin
Color Reverse yet because I have lost faith in the sales person at this particular
store. I don’t want to neutralize my color with more color because I want to be
able to color my hair again if needed from white without any unexpected side
effect from the orange and the neutralizing color.
Will the product Vanish help me even though the color I used was
without developer?
Any suggestions from hair professional will be appreciated.
Sorry about the long post but I figured having a better history of how I
got my hair to this point will affect which method is best to use. Thanks is
advance!!!
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