Black to blonde, Advice PLEASE.

I also went black to blonde. I had long black hair, dyed blue black for years. Went to an apprehensive colorist the first time, which was a mistake. Left there with tricolored hair after he bleached it twice. Got it fixed a week later. it was a medium/light brown. Still no blonde, and I decided after two months of that to no longer wait. So last week I got a short cut and another bleach and am finally blonde. Took four bleachings and a short cut, and I love it.

Edited by zaxwrit - September 24 2007 at 12:12pm

I went BLACK to Blonde. It was a long, long step but I'm almost PLATINUM now. Take slow steps, slowly lift and lift till you can't lift anymore.

My hair has been bleached so many times I can no longer count. It's def. possible and even more possible but more expensive if you go to a SALON and that's if they'll do it.

So far, any Salon I've gone to, they have refuse dto lift my hair anymore.

Recently I tried MANIC PANICS Bleach kit. Works REALLY good and it leaves hair in good condition. Better than a OTC at the drug store bleaching kit. And you can get VIRGIN SNOW dye, which is really a toner.

I use EXTRA LIGHT ASH to tone, it works a bit better than the toner....So far my hair is fine. I blow dry it and straighten it all the time, it could DEF be in better condtion, but hair grows back and I am nto too worried.

 

Good luck!!! :)

Jojoswr wrote: You might be smart to start with colorfix which is designed to remove permenant dye. You will then need to bleach after, but it is easier on your hair.

I agree, there's no way you're getting all that black dye out to a light blonde without using color fix. that would be much better on your hair than doing it gradually

it sounds like your hair is almost fried. I think if it were me, and I was sick of black, I'd do color fix, then dye it my natural color & wait until I chop off all the previously dyed hair to go blonde.  If you are able to achieve the light color you want, your hair will probably look fried too, so I think it's best to wait


Edited by worldsaver - September 17 2007 at 11:45am

Yep thats what I was thinking,

Okay, I have dyed black hair currently and would really like to go platinum, and I'm totally aware it would ruin my hair so I'm fine with going in steps, I just need some advice as to what steps to take and how long in between etc. Naturally my hair is dark blonde/ light brownish.