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Well good luck with the frost and tip.  Bleach lasts for 90 min, as long as it doesn't dry out, after that, rinse it out and reapply a new batch. 

A true highlift is when one uses two parts 40 vol. peroxide to one part color--Both L'Oreal and Clairol make highlift dyes.  I think the HL's at the drug store are only 30 vol though. 

I hope this helps and good luck with the bleaching!  By the way, as I said before I like your hair, it's pretty!



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Originally posted by Bambilee Bambilee wrote:

I've had breakage, mostly at the back of my head, which is fine, cause I hot iron them and create volume with them.

This just totally cracks me up! I love how you take lemons and make lemonade. You've got a great attitude! It looks like you've crimped your hair in the pictures? I love that. Not many can pull it off! Good luck with what you're trying to achieve. It seems like once you go blonde you're forever trying to get it "just right" (at least I am)! My mom and her sister and my cousin have always colored their hair and NEVER seemed happy. I used to think they were nuts ... til I started doing mine! LOL! And I know how it is when everybody ELSE thinks it looks great but it's just not right in your eyes ... I'm living it every day. Ha, ha.
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sorry to hear about the dilema but yes i also agree with the person that says your going to have to use bleach. i have almost white blonde hair and im naturally dark brown, personally i bleach my roots once till they end up yellow (they end up yellow cause the hair is virgin and i guess it doesnt turn orange lol cause it hasnt on me) then i use a toner on the whole head and it evens me out. good luck tho i know u have really nice hair.
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Here it is. I bleached for about 20 minutes, maybe less. I didn't exactly time it. I merely watched it lift.
Then I rinsed. Didn't like the color, bleached a little more. Rinsed.
Was rather afraid my hair was goign to be yellow. Applied an extra light ash color to the bleached parts. Waited and voila. It masked them.
I lifed them almost the color of the lightest part of my hair.
it blends rather nicely.
In natural light it looks good, in atrifical light, still looks good. I think.
It worked well so I think I'm going to do that from now on.
Till I find somethign else wrong! :)
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Originally posted by Alayney Alayney wrote:

Originally posted by Bambilee Bambilee wrote:

I've had breakage, mostly at the back of my head, which is fine, cause I hot iron them and create volume with them.

This just totally cracks me up! I love how you take lemons and make lemonade. You've got a great attitude! It looks like you've crimped your hair in the pictures? I love that. Not many can pull it off! Good luck with what you're trying to achieve. It seems like once you go blonde you're forever trying to get it "just right" (at least I am)! My mom and her sister and my cousin have always colored their hair and NEVER seemed happy. I used to think they were nuts ... til I started doing mine! LOL! And I know how it is when everybody ELSE thinks it looks great but it's just not right in your eyes ... I'm living it every day. Ha, ha.


Exactly! Yes I crimp it to add volume. If you can believe that. I don't have the skills to create volume with a blow drier and hair straightener so I cheat and do it with a crimper. It looks cool and it makes your hair look shiny.
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Looks great girl! You did an awesome job!
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Thank you. I gave my hair a rest. I'm going to bleach a little more later on. *when i can afford it* and lift a little more, but not from my roots, cause those already  are light enough. I think I'm going to need to put a few lowlights or something along the side, because the color I'm trying to achieve all around the top layer of my hair is mostly situated on my sides. I don't know why those two chunks of hair got so light over the few years but they did. I think I've stripped all color possible from them. LOL Somehow. LOL.
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Okay here is a few dayz of washing, some of the gre/ash color has faded out of the hair. In most light it looks yellow/golden blonde. I still have two chunks of hair that is white andI tend to change my part to mask it. Purple shampoo... sent by god. It works wonderfully. When I had my blonde hair before it would just turn brassy icky colors. This stuff is working...
those are the roots...
that's what it looks like... I wish I could walk around with a light over my head ALL the time if my hair and skin looks that good! lol

No one will ever know I'm not a natural blonde. *evil laughter*
Though I am so tempted to go dark.... soooo tempted.

Maybe after my holiday. I'm planning on going to have fun in the sun and you def. have top be a beach blonde to do that. ;)

You guys rock and Miss Kelly. I love the new color! It's like strawberry.... it makes your skin look darker. I think. :)
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P.S

Does anybody know how to use a straightener properly?
I can't get my hair VERY straight and I don't know what I'm doing wrong...
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Originally posted by Bambilee Bambilee wrote:


You guys rock and Miss Kelly. I love the new color! It's like strawberry.... it makes your skin look darker. I think. :)

Awwww.....thanks! You look awesome! I'm sure you're tempted with the dark, but think on it for awhile. Your hair looks so great right now.
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Your hair is looking great bambilee! I love the crimped look.As far as the straightener goes,it looks like your using it just fine.Just make sure you use something first to protect your hair.Straighteners are really hard on hair.I say stick with your current shade,its so great on you.I get wild hairs too where I'm like I think I want a shade completely different than what I have,lol.Right now I'm trying to talk myself out of dying my hair like Jennifer anistons in along came polly. That would knock off one new years resolution for the year(to stay away from hairdye).I'm hopeless
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I am so addicted to hair dye. I think I need help... lol. I'm just sticking to this blonde.  I like it, it looks pretty good. Not exactly my 'fake' look but it looks good on me so... I can't wait till my hair get's longer. I want to grow it as long as I can without it going too limp and keep it blonde, I may be blonde forever! Who knows.
As to the straightner. I have an ion/steam one and I don't use products in my hair so I just use it that way. It works well and my hair isn't drying out or anythign due to it. What should I use on my hair?
Most products I find either dont' work, or they make my hair sticky, oily, or limp....

Jen's color? I don't like her new color, the one she wears in that new movie. I seen pics. I just hate her hair. I think it's limp and a funny color.
Don't you have long dark hair? I actually don't really know...lol I do know you had a baby... but that's it. :) Goes to show how much I pay attention doesn't it?
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