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How many levels do "highlight kits" lift?
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    Posted: March 12 2007 at 4:36pm
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It depends on the color and how long you leave it on. If it is very dark,it can be brought to a blonde after like,60-90 minutes. Every hair is different though,so you are supposed to check the color by wiping a couple strands of hair off.
What is your current color? And what is the color of the highlights you'd like to go to?
The box usually has a time frame of how long to leave it on depending on what you want.
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i agree with julesyjul88 it would depend on lots of things

myn is quite easy to highlight

whereas friends cant get their naturall colour to shift or look right ???!!!???

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Here are photos:

Current color -

Desired color -


I don't want it to lift to a platinum, which I've had happen (but I wanted it to) in the past.  I want to keep warm, just move up __?  (1?) levels
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lol sorry the first one is so big - you can see my roots a bit though.  my hair is naturally warm but this copper color makes it look so ashy and dark.
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myn went that colour
and now its a light ginger
n then in a few weeks ill be bleaching it again
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Well,follow instructions on the box,definitely. Because your hair is already red,it shouldnt take THAT long to lift to a warm blonde. I would say between 10-20 minutes tops...but just do a strand test. If it isnt light enough leave on another 5-10 minutes and just keep checking until you reach the color you want.
My hair is a medium/light brown...and the highlight box said to leave on a max of 90 minutes! It only took 20 minutes for it to a blonde color,so it may be even less for you.Of course depending on hair type,how porous it is and stuff.
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ooh that is good news, thanks!
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