How I corrected overbleached highlights

Hello everyone

I Just thought I'd let you know how I just averted what could have been a hair disaster.

I usually get my mousy, dark blonde hair highlighted at a salon but it costs a fortune and I could'nt afford to get it done this time.

I thought I'd do it myself.  I have shoulder length hair, so first I trimmed a good 1" off the ends all over.  Then I bought Clairol XLO Fearless Bleach Blonding.  I used a good quality highlighting cap and pulled strands through very evenly all over.  I then applied the XLO Bleach.

What was supposed to be a light pale blonde colour turned out a buttery rather brassy yellow and I'd also overdone it with pulling the strands through. It looked more like an all over job. I'd pulled strands through about every second hole - it took my ages.

It was the weekend, so from Friday to Monday morning I conditioned like mad.  One tip for super conditioned hair is to soak your hair with a bottle of milk and cover with a towel for a few hours - this really works.  It makes hair super soft and can tone down brassy blonde hair too sometimes. 

Today (Monday) I started again.  I pulled hair through the highlighting cap again, being extra gentle as the hair is now bleached.  This time I pulled through about every 3 hole spacing.  I then applied Clairol Dark Blonde Permanent Hair Colour. 

What have I got?  - Lovely natural looking dark golden highlighted hair. Phew! What a relief.