Question about going all blonde...
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Topic: Question about going all blonde...
Posted By: Mark1
Subject: Question about going all blonde...
Date Posted: November 26 2006 at 1:47pm
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Hiya
I am male and have dark brown hair. I have decided to go blonde all over and would like a bit of advice!
I have seen the kits from Boots that allow you to do it yourself. I would rather do it this way as the hairdressers cost a bit more. My main question is, if I use this and it goes a little yellow (because I have had highlights done before and they were a bit on the yellow side!), then can I simply apply another box to make it go lighter?
Thanks,
Mark.
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Posted By: Rebekah
Date Posted: November 27 2006 at 2:35pm
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yes, the longer you leave the bleach on the lighter the hair gets. Bleach is good for about 90 min as long as it doesn't dry. Also, make sure you are using an on the scalp bleach. Start with the ends first then do the roots to avoid hot roots. Once you have bleached then you will need to tone the hair. Depending on what color you want is the level you need to bleach to. Pale yellow will get you very light soft blonde colors--if that is what you are going for.
Good luck!
Rebekah
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Posted By: Mark1
Date Posted: November 27 2006 at 3:40pm
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Hi Rebekah,
Thanks for the info. Could you recommend an 'on the scalp' bleach or know of any good ones. When I was in Boots I saw so many brands: 100% Colour, Nice n Easy and so on, and I wasn't sure which one I should buy. Also one last question, are the blonde kits actually dyes aswell? Because I heard that you cannot put dyes on more than once!
Thanks.
Mark.
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Posted By: Rebekah
Date Posted: November 27 2006 at 5:29pm
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http://www.sallybeauty.com/shop/1461/800410 -
http://www.sallybeauty.com/shop/1461/800410
http://www.sallybeauty.com/shop/1461/500516 - http://www.sallybeauty.com/shop/1461/500516
http://www.sallybeauty.com/shop/1461/320816 - http://www.sallybeauty.com/shop/1461/320816
Bleach is different than regular hair color. See above links for bleach brands that I have heard work well.
These brands cannot be found in a regular drug store however. What is Boots?
Rebekah
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Posted By: Mark1
Date Posted: November 28 2006 at 1:48pm
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Hi,
Thanks for the info. I havn't heard of Sally Beauty before. Boots ( http://www.boots.co.uk - www.boots.co.uk ) is a shop in the UK that sells a wide range of products such as Perfumes/Health/Beauty/Hair stuff.
Mark.
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Posted By: Rebekah
Date Posted: November 28 2006 at 7:21pm
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I don't see hair bleach at Boots you may want to try elsewhere... since your hair is dark brown (virgin hair, I assume) you will need to bleach to get to a nice shade of blonde rather than orange.
Rebekah
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Posted By: karen s
Date Posted: November 29 2006 at 10:13am
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Hi Mark,
Here in the uk, we do have sallys beauty stores they do not however do an online service for hair products, only for hair equipment like hairdryers, etc. They have stores all over, just search on line. Blonde kits are bleach, the one's from boots like nice&easy are ok, if you are going for this type of bleach, try and get one that has an ash tone, this will stop it going brassy yellow. You can also buy a violet toner, maybe from boots (not expensive) this will cancel out any yellow, orange (warm tones) which you can get with using any bleach products.
Hope this helps a little  ------------- karen sanderson |