paging bambilee!

doing in your roots yourself DOES result in diffrent shades, going blonde and doing it yourself is always a gamble... but like i say, hair grow back. :)

Ah that's why they say to do that! It's a good thing your here!

My bleach got dry and crusty, but it still worked. If I left it in longer I would have lifted my hair more...
the instuctions on these hair dyes.. the garnier bleach kits, says NOT TO APPLY HEAT, so I wouldnt' so that if you want to try to get your hair lighter. They probably say that for a reason.

Hey! My hair isn't virgin, it's been processed and processed so it would most likely be easier for you to get your hair blonde.

You can see your hair changing color when you apply the bleach, if you don't want it too light then watch it carefully. I only left mine in for about 20 mins or so....

I used Granier 100% Super Brillant Blonding, is what it's called. It is probably just a shade Lighter than the kit you got, which would work just as well I would assume.


Do your ends FIRST. I finally learned this... and then do your roots. For some reason (cause I'm no hairdresser) they lighten faster than yoru ends.
Do what it says on the instructions... it mentions this.

If you get a reddy/orangy tone (which you may, because these kits don't come with toner.) use a PURPLE shampoo for blondes (you can get it at your local hairdresser) and or use an ASH color over top of the bleach. This will help a little...

Bleaching merely strips the color free. ASH helps tone because it has purple tones in the dye. Same with the shampoo... I use So Silver.

My hair still has a yellow/orangy tone, but not as bad as it used it. I always have this trouble, my roots always turn out reddy...

I will say, you most likely will not get the same results as you would if you went to a salon. If you do plan on bleaching, I warn you of that.
It may be redder than you want it to be. My hair is not virgin hair so I do have some places that are lighter and darker, but you don't notice unless I actually point it out.

And also once you do this you can dye your hair back to brown, try to find something in the ashy color... like an ash brown or something... Also once you do this, a hairdresser if you go to afterwards will be VERY upset you did it, so don't be too shocked if they treat you like an idiot...

You can also go in to a hairdresser and get a toner shampoo put in.. it cost like 20-30 dollars, and again they may look, down on you a little, but don't let that get to you...

I'm just warning you. I'm not too scared of ruining my hair so if you are and you can't bare to live with a mistake I wouldn't risk it...

other than that, try it and see what happens. if all else fails dye it back to brown...

I hope this helps a little.