platinum

I used Clairol Herbal Essences XL-0 it made my hair platinum/white blonde. Actually, I'm trying to darken it know and it took so much pigment out I'm having trouble keeping med blonde color from fading.

I know most dont suggest OTC bleaching, but my hair always felt healthy after using it. I did my roots once a month for over a year and applied to the rest of my hair for only 5 minutes to 'refresh' it.

You can always get it and try a strand test. What color blonde is it now?

One of the reasons I started using the XL-0 was I wasn't getting enough 'lift' on my roots.

What I'd do is a strand test appying it on your roots only for the whole time minus 5 minutes. Then, apply to the already lightened hair for the remaining 5 minutes.

I just did my first strand tests less than a week ago....

Just mix a 1/2 tsp of color and 1/2 tsp of developer in a glass bowl for the strand test. Don't mix all of the color and developer together until you are ready to apply it to your head.

If you just have a little yellow in your hair that you wanna get rid of you should try purple shampoo, Shimmering lights is a purple shampoo from Clairol, it's good and cheap.

It'll make the hair look less yellow and more platinum blonde. But still if it's too dark now it won't make it look platinum/white blonde.

You might also need to bleach your roots, and tone the hair. You need a toner after bleaching to get platinum hair.

Bambilee wrote: Did the herbel essence xl-0 make your hair worse as you used it over time? And is this from a box?

Yes, it's from a box and no.....I used it for over a year and my hair was in great shape. Of course, I only applied it to the processed hair for 5 minutes every 4 weeks. It was mainly to lighten the roots.

I didn't use a toner. I just used the Herbal Essences XL-0....http://www.cvs.com/CVSApp/cvs/gateway/detail?prodid= 309986

I was already a very light ash blonde, but it wasn't lifting my med blonde roots and they were yellow.

Bambilee wrote: I was going to try that stuff but it involves a bag of bleach powder. Toooooo scared for that!

I would be too!!!  After my episode...that was the last time I colored my hair myself!! 

Bambilee you should try White Chocolate by Garnier Nutrisse. It works soo well. I could never get my root area to match the rest of my hair because it would always go too yellow or something, but I use this hair dye now and keep it on my roots for like an hour just to make sure it all turns light ash blonde and it really works. I love it.

I used Herbal Essences XL-0 once and it made my hair yellowy, like those lightening kits and you're supposed to tone when you're done. Or maybe I just didn't leave it in long enough