Dark Brown - Pure White?

Heya, I`ve been thinking about dying my hair a paper white (pretty much as white as it`ll get) for a long time now.

The thing is I`ve talked it over with a few people and it`s pretty much turned out to seem impossible. My hair is dark brown, near black. I`ve herd putting peroxide in my hair for 10 hours, which I`m not going to do. Bleeching my hair over and over `till it turns white. That`ll also probably end up ruining it.

I`m not experienced with hair dying at all. Never done it before; except in grade school where I gave myself blond highlights.

Any ideas? Is it possible for it to turn pure white without making my hair paper thin? Thanks =)

E-mail is xenofire@rogers.com is anyone needs to know it for whatever reason.

It sounds like you would have a hard time getting it that light a color because your natural is so dark to begin with, and bleaching definitely fries your hair.
Given how dark your hair is already, it would be tough to get it that white.

Have you considered trying a white wig?

Erin

Hi... I`m in hair school and we`re learning about this stuff right now.

From what I`ve learned, if your hair is as dark as you describe you will probably really really damage your hair if you attempt to take it white... or beyone "pale yellow" as we call the lightest blond.

What about if you take your hair to a nice warm blond, then pull a lot of it through a cap and bleach THAT part blonder? That would give you the appearance of more pale blond, without totally frying your entire head of hair. That`s what my friend at hair school does, and her hair is very dark (she`s Cuban) She gets a really pretty result that way.

If you are still considering going pale blond, I saw some pretty amazing results using Tressa` "Blond Ambition" at a hair show last week. They took some medium browns to platinum.

~~Kate

I`ll have to check out that product! I hope we can get it up here!

I also prefer cool blond shades, but as you said, sometimes a warm blond is the only achievable shade with naturally dark hair. I was only proposing a "livable alternative". Sometimes warm blond is better than no blond for some ladies.

On a personal note, I am passionate about dark hair! I`m a natural level 2, almost 1 -- and I have always loved it. Got my black hair from my Irish ancestors. I put vivid plum hi-lites in it and it looks terrific! Oh dear... I`m wandering. LOL!

Good luck with the blonding! Let me know how it goes.

...off to check out my beauty supply.

~~Kate

Not meaning to put down any colorists who work hard doing their best with variety of clients, but I have a few friends who have proved themselves over and over again.

I understand the dire situation of doing radical changes and the damages that can be caused, but it`s possible. Some colorists prefer not to be sued, that`s why they choose the most safest way and make compromises with the client. Of course, they`re the ones who went to school, not the rest of general population.

My friends, both Asians, have long, soft platinum blonde hair. It amazed me so much `cause they did it themselves with each other`s help. They did it `cause they were told what they wanted (platinum blonde) is virutally impossible and no colorist`s willing to do it without severe damage. They were told often they can`t do it. So they just decided to do their research for a few months and then they took the plunge.

They did it gradually in steps within few days. Then they achieved pale yellow hair on their virgin, black hair. They used a toner to make the hair platinum. Their hair looked smooth and sleek after using some styling products to tame them a bit.

I saw them and I nearly had an heart attack. People asked them how they did it. They were shocked. Their hair didn`t looked too damaged, just a bit, but styling products helped them look smoother and with good moisturizing products.

The point of the story here is that if you do your own homework and do in depth research on best products available on the market, then it can be done if no other colorist is willing to do it. Of course, it doesn`t happen often (people going blonde) anyway. I`m just commenting what I see and learned about people who achieved the "impossible" without severe damage.

BTW, Kateincanada, I think dark hair on pale-skinned folks and have blue or green eyes are GORGEOUS! Like Jennifer Connelly and Courteney Cox, they have black hair and blue eyes. Wow! VERY striking. Those who have beautiful blue, green or amber eyes they should go darker instead of blonde depending on their skintone (not washed out). People with rich, warm chocolate brown eyes look great with chocolate brown hair and golden skin, like Penelope Cruz. I like dark hair as well, it`s either black, chocolate brown or platinum blonde. Just my preference lol.