QuoteReplyTopic: Blonder OTC YET! PIC INCLUDED! Posted: May 07 2007 at 3:01pm
Here is my hair now. SOme of you have read my other forum on OTC bleaching. I started with dyed black, lifted to a dark blonde and now here is what I have now.
I use Loreal' EXTRA LIGHT ASH BLONDE to lift and tone. It lifts my roots to a dark blonde and keeps my dyed length toned and light.
This is my son and I, it was a good pic of my hair color and new bangs so I used it.
I was tempted to go PLATINUM WHITE but I haven't jumped into that yet, I have yet to find someone who has used Flash Lightning from Manic Panic, yet so until I do, I'm not going that far.
My hair looks healthy and shiny, the hairdresser who cut it said she was amazed that I even did it myself and my hair was in such good shape. I guess I'm just lucky.
I'm going lighter too - but I have gray roots to disguise. My hair is normally dark brown but now I have tons of gray and tired of the root upkeep. You have a pretty complexion similar to Heather Locklear's. She has even more of an ash-color to her hair. I think if you go toward that it would look even better yet. You have a cute little baby too!
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Thank you. I always use Ash toned dye to tone down my hair. It works good, it takes a few dye jobs to get it ashier. Its a long process... but that's what fun about it. :)
I am hoping later on I can get a true toner from a hair store. In my area you can't get them because you have to be a licenced hairdresser to buy it.
Good luck on your hair. I know how hard it can to get ligther. I have no idea how you would work with grey. I don't have any yet. I think I'm going o dread the day, cause I always do my hair myself! :)
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I don't know about the flash lightening kit, but I used manic panic virgin snow to get my friends hair white once, its basically just a purple tone to remove yellow and orange tones. I'm guessing the kit is just a bleach that specializes in blue/purple tones. Your hair looks great, but if you wanted platinum you could probably just use a purple shampoo like shimmer lights or a tones to make it "whiter"
The manic panic on its own won't lighten your hair to make it extreme white so if you want, to use it to just tone it will work. (on my friends hair we hadn't bleached it enough so we discovered this)
Edited by oats42 - May 28 2007 at 10:16am
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Penniesix... I don't know of any OTC boards. I was on going blonde board and all the people (well MOST) were snobs to be when I wanted to go blonde... I gave up talking to them.
and Oats... Flash Lightning is a bleaching kit, I don't know if it has a toner in it. I use purple shampoo. MATRIX Pure Silver. I am going to try some of the ones you suggested. But the Purse Silver stuff doesn't do much for my hair. It kinda tones but not like it want it to.
In about a month my hair starts to get a bit yellow-orange and I just tone it again with OTC Extra Light Ash and it goes back to it's orginal color.
I can't get a toner here... I do have a friend who can get me Toner. If I wanted to use a toner, what would you sugget to help get my hair whiter???
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Very Pretty! Looks like you have a pretty light golden blonde to me. I like as a toner, Igora toning mousse in Cashmere 9-5, gentle, conditioning, and very pretty. I use it once a week in between colorings to keep my hair color looking fresh. Scroll down on this page to see the swatches.
I guess my hair is just tough. I can no longer count how many time's i've bleached it... it breaks easier now, but it's not fried. Like frizzy or not shiny or anything like that. I am a conditioner holic too, maybe that explains it?
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yes, that explains it...i have had quite a few adventures with my hair too. i put some conditioner in this bleach by loreal....it is called oreal blanc. the gal at sallys said that a colorist comes in there to buy it and says that is what they use on the celebrities....so i bought some...wanted to fix mistake so mixed it up and put on hair...i have hair break and all that fun stuff....anyway, put conditioner (kerastase) in bleach and it didn't really hurt my hair...now i can use shades eq color gems that people rave about...my friend is a stylist so got the good stuff from professional supply place.....THEY LET ME IN!!! my gosh, i was in heaven...i like your hair and if you know someone maybe you could go to a place like that for your toner desires....doesn't sallys carry those shampoos?
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I live in Canada and we don't have a Sallys. I have a friend who found a beuty supply store that will sell to the general public. Most won't... I have to ask her to get a Toner for me. :)
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i just put some Shades EQ by Redken and it is the most beautiful color!! i have a friend who gets me in the professional place....is that fun? oh, man....will one day tell you of how i got in there....it is just funny what amber (my friend) to get me in there,,,,well, not that long of story....she told them that i never liked the color of my hair...which was true.....and could she bring me in so i can pick out colors.....amber said "she is my most difficult client but she pays well"....oh, i was in heaven in there....got some strange looks from the ladies working there like, she will be bringing stuff back, which is exactly what i did...i tried matrix and it was just not rightl.....Redken Shades EQ is it....i love it and now can quit complusively coloring my hair...my husband says he is going to get me one of those doll heads so my own hair won't fall out....i am goign to school in oct to be a colorist....i truly cannot wait!!!! what do you do? do you live in the beautiful part of canada? Montreal.....can't say anymore. fill me in. hey, you can get things off the internet or maybe i could send you some stuff.....can sallys contraband make it across the border?
Edited by lovetocolor - June 04 2007 at 11:56pm
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I live in Alberta, it's one of the nicest place in Canada I think. Anyways if you live in the states it's kidna hard to get chemicals across the border I think.... I was going to order Manic Panic, but it said I couldn't have it shipped across the boarder. I dunno... My g.f can get stuff at a shop so I'm going to get her to get me some toner and send it to me.
I just did my roots and color again. I do it every month or so. I tried a NATURAL EXTRA LIGHT BLONDE from Nice and Easy to see if that would work. I left it in for 45 minutes. Didn't do much not like I thought it would....
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can you get things shipped to you from like, ebay? they really have every color (Professional and all that) on the internet.....i understand about the shipping because we aren't as safe as we once were....what a shame....what about that internet thing though...i heard they ship all over the world....trust me, you can find anything on there having to do with haircolor....and my father has been in your area...it is beautiful....we lived in washington st for awhile and i liked it. good luck on the hunt for your hair stuff.
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