I bet you're right about that too. Our hair maybe fine, but it's
tough!!! haha Looks can be deceiving. ... I bet at the most it will
take 2 time's on my head. It may only take one, you know I only used a
test amount to do those strands anyway. The mixed stuff that im going
to do my highlight's with are going to be much stronger. And the heat
from my head!! that will definatly speed it up.
Right now Im looking to see if online they have any cap patterns to
use. I bought a cap, but I've always wondered if you could find
pictures..or patterns online of where to put your hair through..to do
cool effects..
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I bet when you do the real thing it wont take three bleachings either. I think its something about native american hair.It seems to be really resilient.Mine can take anything.The last thing I did was get highlights,then dyed over with horrible warm brown colour.Then I stripped my hair and bleached twice.Plus I toned with two different demi's(first one was a mistake).And my hair somehow doesnt look any worse.Plus I've done worse and my hair always came out looking fine. Of all the horrible things I inherited from my parents,at least I got strong hair.lol:)
Well, after I had done two 90 minute bleachings...I was like..oh well
I'll try the 3rd. Just to see if it would get that bright and if the
hair would still be in good condition. Soooo for the 3rd time ( i have
been using a plastic coffee lid as a mixer for the strand and bleach),
I was like..okay man I'm going to try something different and add heat
to it. So I put underneath the lid, a heating pad, and I put it on
medium. Let it go another 90 minutes..and viola!!! It was light pale
blonde, I was thrilled..but I had to make sure that the peice of hair
was in good condition. So i rinsed it out and looked at it...pulled it
, pinched it with my fingers..to make sure it wouldn't break off.. and
I was amazed. I could not believe that after 3 bleaching's with the
strongest stuff you could buy...for about 5 hours, that the hair didn't
melt...not only that, but it was just as healthy as the brown on the
other side of the strand that didn't get bleached...
My hair must be really freaking healthy...jeez lol..
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And here's another one..of it * i accidently got some bleach on the
other strand so some of that strand looks red..but you can see the
contrast on the end's of the hair better...
You could avoid bleaching 3 times altogether if you use colorfix.One option would be to dye it the brown now,and wait til you can get colorfix.You dont want fried streaks.Another option would be to wait completely until you can get some colorfix.Is it super expensive down there? That sucks,its only like $5 here where I live.If you think your hair can take it and really dont want to use the colorfix,Veronica's right a little heat goes a long way.Good luck on whatever you decide.
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Try the toner over it at this point just to see how it turns out. U wanna be careful of bleaching it a third time also try running the hair dryer over a strand that has bleach, it might just turn out lighter w/out u having to bleach it three times!
That's an alternativei can think of if u can't use colorfix before bleaching
alright...so far I've done two 90 min. session's of the 7th stage..on
the peice of hair i have cut off..and it's still not lifted past light
orange...I think I'm going to cry.. :(
2 oz of Clairol's 7th Stage
2 activator packs
16 oz of Clairol's pure white 40 volume developer.
that's for the bleaching
for the brown i bought
2oz of Miss Clairol level 3, Medium nuetral brown with a blue base.
20v developer to use with that...
and I bought a toner by clairol for a beige blonde..violet-blue ...
Im doing the strand test as we speak. I have died the strand brown * i
love the color btw*, and im bleaching half of the strand right now with
the 7th stage..30 minutes into it, it's a bright red!!
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The good thing about sally's is the prices are always usually cheaper than at a regular store.And I understand about money I'm waiting for some to magically come my way,lol,so I can finish up my hair.
nope...im going to pick my color up tommorow.. My check got here too
late. So I had to wait till after the weekend to get it..and then the
car broke down. And I've got surgery tommorow. We will see if I feel up
to it tommorow when I get home. I've been dieing to get this done
though..I can't wait to see what it's going to look like.
Btw...you know the one thing that annoys me??? Is that I have no idea
how much any of this stuff at Sally's is going to cost...they don't
tell you on the website :(...that really sucks.
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sound slike your ready to go.And as far as hghlights it really doesnt matter as long as you remember to leave them out from the rest of the hair.Maybe wrap those peices in foil while you do the rest of your head with brown.And I agree the OTC products iare not all bad.i havent used an OTC in a couple of years or more cause I was stupid and layered them and they eventually stopped covering as well and left patchy spots.But I guess thats the exact reason they make colorfix,lol.Good luck
I'm still looking at the options of products at Sally's right now. I'm
waiting for my check to go through the bank, and the car to get fixed
(within the next few days) so I can actually go out and purchase what I
need. I checked out 7th stage like you recommended, and I'm going to
try to find it. If not then I wIll use the born blonde bleach. I'm
suprised how much stronger the professional products are. Lifts to
7-10. That should get me to the palest yellow possible. I will use the
cap to pull them through then we are going to wrap them in foil.
I think for the brown, Im just going to use over the counter stuff.
Either Clairol or Loreal. Garnier makes some good stuff too. I like
their 100X color. I'm just going to get a basic nuetral dark or medium
brown. I may get a golden base, I'm not sure. I have my list right
here, and hopefully the Sally's Im going to will have all of this
stuff. I will use a creme developer,30 % like you said. I will
post the pictures of the process for you guys to see!! I'll show you
after I do the brown. And then the highlights.
One more question before I do this though...Should I wait to do the
highlights after the brown? Or should I do the brown, blow dry my hair
and immediatly do the hightlights?
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also try running the hair dryer over a strand that has bleach, it might just turn out lighter w/out u having to bleach it three times! 
