Gwen Stefani (again)

Your hair looks so soft! Almost makes me want to go blonde!

Looks great. How long did it take? I'm glad it went well for you. Nice smile.

  

Well, I had it done... what do you think? I've had some breakage but overall I'm pleased. In a while I might get it done all over again to take it to Gwen-blonde. The top is lighter than the bottom btw.

Latest pics on WI.

Red! No way! Hey, I'll give you some info on this L'oreal thing... (by the way on the website it says highlights but I'm getting it all done)

http://uk.lorealprofessionnel.com/_en/_gb/products/feature/p latinium/index.aspx?tc=Navigation^Nav_Products^Nav_whats_new ^Nav_platinium&UsrMd=0

What do you think?

paradise wrote: Well, I've cheered up a little since then... (although my eyes still hurt from the crying) but I've booked an appointment at another hairdresser to have this special L'oreal Professionel service that makes your hair 7x lighter. Hopefully it'll do something to make it look nicer. It also doesn't damage your hair like bleaching but has the same effect. Hope it works! I'm having it done on Saturday and I'll post pics if all goes well.

Hi Paradise,

Keep in mind that to get hair white blonde like Gwen you have to use a major lift factor which is always bleach no matter what anyone tells you.  The problem for many people is that to get from even medium blonde to white it takes a very high volume of bleach which strips the hair of basically everything...thus the breakage and damage.  So I would be personally suspicious of the L'Oreal service that says it doesn't damage hair.  How can they take you super light without removing the existing color and thus when the color goes...so do the natural oils and the cuticle layers. 

I just want you to be prepared for the possibilities that your hair may be a lot lighter but most likely will be even more dry and damaged. 

When it comes to lightening hair to the Gwen Stefani levels, you have to take super drastic lifting chemicals.  That's it.  No other options unless you want to add extensions.

Ashlee Simpson recently went Gwen white-blonde and her haircolorist Rita Hazan said it took 4 hours to take her from honey blonde to white-white.  That 4 hours was spent with lots of heavy bleach on her head leeching out any speck of color.

So I just want you to keep all of this in mind as you go forward.  If I had a $1 for every email I received over the past 7 years from people with destroyed hair because of bleach I would be retired and living on a beach somewhere doing absolutely nothing.  :-)

 

Edited by Karen Shelton

Just pointing out the difference a big smile can make! I'm sure that is more important than the highlights.

Well, you seem a lot less happy in the second photo, Paradise. Actually, in some strange way, you look more like Gwen in the first photo!

I hate this !! I can't stop sobbing I feel awful. I don't know what to do, I just went to the salon and they said I could have it done and I got all ready and sat in the chair and then she came out with "would you like chunky highlights or thin?" and I was like "Aren't I getting it bleached all over?" And she said she couldN'T bleach it all over but would do highlights as it would have the same effect. I trusted her to do it and I waited forever while she foil-highlighted it with bleach and it just looks the same!! You can't tell at all that I've had anything done, nevermind bleached highlights. I didn't say anything when I was there because I'm pretty shy and don't talk much. I didn't want to say that it looked the same so I just left it and came out crying. I've wanted my hair platinum blonde for ages and I've been going back so many times, spending so much on conditioner, and all for nothing. It's the only thing I've been looking forward to as my life is so messed up I don't really have much to look forward to. I just feel so awful. I don't know what to do!! Help please!!

Edited by paradise

Do not bleach and perm if you want to keep a head of hair.