Need Help Hiding Ugly Bleached Streak
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Topic: Need Help Hiding Ugly Bleached Streak
Posted By: laurie_lu
Subject: Need Help Hiding Ugly Bleached Streak
Date Posted: September 25 2005 at 4:36pm
I have a large
wide bleached white streak in my hair that resulted from frosting
my hair through a cap. I think the hole in the cap tore and too
much hair got pulled through it. My hair is normally medium brown
and this white stripe is too obvious and looks ridiculous amoung the other frosted highlights. It's
the first thing someone notices when they look at my hair.
To correct this problem, I tried using a semipermanent formula which was Loreal Colorspa in
"Auburn". The color is described as the lightest warm
brown. I put it in all of my hair. When I was done, the
stripe was concealed nicely.
Five days later the bleached streak is very noticeable again and the
semipermanent coloring is almost gone. I want the huge bleached
streak gone for good. How can I do this? The frosting
caused alot of damage to my hair. I wasn't paying attention to
the time and left the stuff on for one hour. Any help would be
greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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Replies:
Posted By: swede
Date Posted: September 25 2005 at 4:43pm
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try to dye it with a permanent dye, then it'll probably stay dark.
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Posted By: laurie_lu
Date Posted: September 25 2005 at 4:47pm
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Thanks for the quick reply. Do you think I can just apply the
permanent dye to the streak only without getting it on the rest of my
hair? If so, how would I protect the surrounding hair? I've
heard horror stories of bleached white hair turning blue or green when
color is added. Is there a particular color I should avoid to
prevent that from happening? Sorry for all the questions.
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Posted By: KellyH
Date Posted: September 25 2005 at 5:19pm
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After applying the color, try wrapping the strip with saran wrap and the clipping (plastic clip) the end to the rest of your hair so it doesn't slide off. How long is your hair?
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Posted By: laurie_lu
Date Posted: September 25 2005 at 7:55pm
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Kelly, it's about one inch above the top of my shoulders but the stripe is on the bang/side where it is a bit shorter.
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Posted By: KellyH
Date Posted: September 25 2005 at 10:50pm
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Then it should be long enough to clip up so the wrap doesn't slip off.
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Posted By: Kalika
Date Posted: September 26 2005 at 3:21am
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It must also be noted that bleached hair does not hold color as well as non bleached hair, so eventually you may need to re color it again.
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Posted By: laurie_lu
Date Posted: September 26 2005 at 6:41pm
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Thanks. This horrible stripe might be with me for many years to come I guess.
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Posted By: LostForever
Date Posted: October 01 2005 at 4:58pm
If you use a protein filler on your hair it will significantly reduce the
porousness of your hair and therefor hold color much longer - it's
bleaching that causes hair to be porous.
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