need help

Are you sure you want this? it does a lot of damage.

***DISCLAIMER *** These instructions are taken off the internet. I post them against my will and am not responsible for anything unkind you may do to your hair. I hope you'll reconsider and change your mind to NOT bleach. Natural is beautiful.

Here are instructions from Bryant Net:

"Think it through. Bleaching your hair is a big thing. It is messy, time consuming, and unpredictable. It also lasts until your hair grows out. It requires a lot of maintenance especially if your hair is going to grow in black. It means your hair will be dry and you will have to take care of it with mudpacks, hot oil, special froo froo shampoos and sitting in the shower for five extra minutes every day with a deep conditioner on your head.

"Prepare for disaster. Be sure to prepare for the unknown; buy a bottle of brown or black hair dye while you are at the store just in case it comes out awful. You can wait 24 hours and do another bleaching to correct any spots you missed, or if it didn't come out light enough the first time, but if you don't have that long and you can't stand being seen in public with funky hair, get the dye just in case.

"Don't do it on a weekday. This is really not an activity to undertake when you have to be somewhere in the morning. If you have school, work, a hot date, or a job interview tomorrow, then tonight is not the time to pursue this. Do it on a weekend or a time when you have at least 48 hours to spare. If you mess up the first time, you can try again in 24 hours; if you mess it up again you can wait 24 hours and try again. That gives you at least three shots to get it looking decent before *anyone else sees it* - providing you got enough supplies to prevent more trips to the store.

"Get someone to help you do it if you have NEVER bleached your hair before. Remember you can't see behind you and if you want it even, you'll need help - even if you have used plain old hair dye before, bleach is weird and if you don't get it even, you will have orange splotches, or worse, brown spots, if you don't do it evenly all over.

"No bleaching your hair more than once a day. This needs no explaining. I'll just say this. My hair was past my shoulders (this was when I was about 17). Then I decided to bleach my hair into submission. I was going to be blonde or die trying! Well, after 3 bleachings in one day, my hair began to melt off about an inch from the scalp. If you like the buzz cut look, feel free to do this.

"No applying permanent color five minutes after rinsing off the bleach. Wait at least a day before applying any product which has ammonia or peroxide in it after you bleach your hair. Don't even wash it. Just leave it alone. The only possible exception would be conditioner. You can apply some conditioner after you rinse your hair if you want."


To bleach your hair you will need to following supplies:

-- 8 oz. PLASTIC APPLICATOR BOTTLE, marked in oz. or a plastic bowl and a hair color brush. I prefer the brush method, but use whatever's easiest for you.
-- A pair (at least one or two pairs) of LATEX GLOVES. Usually you can scrounge up a pair for free, but if not, they usually sell them at beauty supply stores.
-- One box (blue packaging) of WELLA WELLITE CREAM BLEACH, containing 4 packets of WELLITE CREAM BLEACH APPLICATOR and a 4 oz. bottle of WELLITE CREAM OIL.
-- 16 fl. oz. of 30 VOLUME PURE WHITE CREAM DEVELOPER is the standard volume. I personally use the 40 VOLUME because it is stronger, but it is up to you.
-- A grubby t-shirt (you can also try doing it naked with a towel around your neck instead).
-- A nice person to help you out

If you don't have a beauty supply store around, using Clairol's Maxi Blonde or Ultra Blue are usually available at major drugstores. They run about $10 each and include everything you'll need for one application; however I have used both products and the results are never blonde enough on dark brown hair.

Now, time to mix the soup.

--Put on the latex gloves
--Unscrew the cap of the plastic applicator bottle and pour 2 ounces of the 30-volume developer into it
--Dump two packets of Wellite Cream Bleach Activator into the plastic applicator bottle
Screw the cap back on, and putting your finger over the hole, shake the bottle until you see one uniform liquid
--Unscrew the cap of the applicator bottle and pour in two ounces of the Wellite Cream Oil
Screw the cap back on and shake until contents are an even pastel blue color
--If you choose to use the bowl and brush method, measure out your ingredients and then mix them in the bowl, you can use the brush to stir and mix the brew.

--Now you take the brush (or bottle) and apply the hair evenly all around, starting about 1/2 inch from the roots. Let it sit until it is a lemon blonde color, then apply to your roots. This will make your hair even all around. You may have to bleach your hair more than once. I recommend waiting *at least* 24 hours between bleachings with a good conditioning in between.


***DISCLAIMER *** These instructions are taken off the internet. I post them against my will and am not responsible for anything unkind you may do to your hair. I hope you'll reconsider and change your mind to NOT bleach. Natural is beautiful.

Hugs,
Anais