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How to fry your hair & get away with it
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items I'm a former bottle blonde getting ready to bleach my entire head again, so it's only fitting that I think back on the days I fried my hair and the products that got me through those trying times. Not a professional, and I'm pretty sure I still take ...
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Before the storm..
Bleach, please!
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Color Theory
Before the storm..
BEFORE you even think about lightening your hair or coloring it whatsoever, you really need to make sure your hair has some integrity, that it's healthy (ish!). These are some products you can incorporate into your regular hair care and maintenance r...
Listen, if you ever give yourself a trim at home or cut your own hair or somebody else's, you NEED a good pair of shears! This is the kind of item you buy once for life, because regular scissors will not cut it, no pun intended. Your hair will be gra...
Shears & Hair Shapers
Bleach, please!
Nothing and no one is stopping you from grabbing a box dye from Walmart or a box of Splat!, except me of course! If you're gonna mess with your hair and cheap out, at least go about it with the forethought to bug a worker at Sally's or something! In ...
A solid start! This was the first bleach I tried out (after wrecking my hair with baking soda & peroxide). I was absolutely clueless but I managed to get my hair down to maybe a level 8. It's a blue bleach so it's perfect for lifting darker hair ...
Quick Blue High Performance Powder Lightener Packette
I tried this bleach out hoping it would help with toning (I was clueless about toners, tbh) and it worked out fine. Probably not as strong as other brands, but it will suffice! It's a purple bleach, so it's suited more towards lifting medium brown/bl...
Prism Lites Violet Lightener 1 oz by Salon Care
I loved this bleach! Very strong, beautiful lift, I was blown away by how bright my hair came out after one session. It's a white bleach so it has no toning agents, but it will get you right!
Color Charm Powder Lightener Tub by Wella
I saw a video from Hair Buddha talking about this specific lightener, apparently it's his favorite. I figured there would be no harm in testing it out!
BLONDME® COLOR Premium Lightener 9+
Most of the time when you bleach your hair, you need to follow up with a toner to get rid of whatever yellow or orange tone is left. All i've seen is people recommend the T18 toner, and it works well! But feel free to use another depending on your ha...
Wella T18 Toner
Developer
Developers are used to activate bleach, toners and permanent hair dye as well. You will surely need a bottle of some at some point during your DIY hair coloring journey. Remember, I'm not a hair stylist! My only advice at the moment is to pair your b...
When I first started bleaching my hair, I went with 20 volume developer and I mixed the bleach with shampoo to make a bleach bath, which I was told was more gentle. I was recently informed that it's better to bleach twice with 20 vol versus use a hig...
20 Volume Creme Developer - Salon Care
Because my hair is naturally dark brown, most of the time I bleached my hair, I would use 30 vol developer. Personally I would stick to this or 20 vol, never 40 vol... It's just excessive! I think I've mixed and matched different brand lighteners wit...
30 Volume Creme Developer - Salon Care
I will be using this developer the next time I bleach my hair
BlondMe 6%/20 Volume Premium Developer - Schwarzkopf Professional
Color Theory
Just some hair dyes I've tried out for anyone that wants to throw some color on their blonde heads. I have more recs in another list, Hair-dye for the Recently Bleached
Azure...This was the very FIRST color I ever tried out.. I wanted to jump on the pastel blue hair trend and thought this shade of blue would work out great! I mixed up some of the dye with a bowl of conditioner thinking I'd come out with cotton candy...
ion Color Brilliance Permanent Brights Creme Hair Color Azure
Lavender....This was such a pretty purple that I combined with another dye from the same line, Rose, to give myself a magenta-ish color, very experimental. The consistency of the ion brights line is so thick that it helps to throw in some white condi...
Lavender - Color Brilliance Brights Semi-Permanent Hair Color by Ion
Rose... This is one of those colors that if your hair isn't super light or properly toned, it probably won't deposit well. In my case, I just mixed it up with Lavender from the same line and got a pretty magenta! Such a pretty pink and definitely wor...
Rose - Color Brilliance Brights Semi-Permanent Hair Color by Ion
Shark Blue...THIS COLOR! I knew I had to give this shade a go the moment I saw it had just dropped, and it did not disappoint. It is the prettiest denim jean blue and no matter the lighting condition, it catches eyes. I love a good moody blue and I w...
Shark Blue Semi Permanent Hair Color
Just a regular degular purple that gets the job done! I think I more so used this to mix a bit in with other dyes or maybe to help tone my hair (instead of buying shimmer lights conditioner tbh!).
Purple - Color Brilliance Brights Semi-Permanent Hair Color by Ion
Silver... For a good minute, this dye had me in a chokehold. I was ordering it off eBay and applying it all over my head undiluted! It's the perfect consistency and it looked so good! My only regret is not ever mixing it with another color to get a s...
ChromaSilk VIVIDS Original Silver
I remember seeing someone with hair in a similar shade and told myself I needed it for myself. At some point I came across the Arctic Fox brand and figured I'd test some colors out and see if I could pull off a Sully from Monsters Inc inspired look. ...
Arctic Fox - Phantom Green
When I tested out Artic Fox, I grabbed this as well. You could fill up a bowl with the diluter, squirt a bit of some other color and easily have a nice pastel shade that would show up on some very light level 9-10 hair. Thick consistency, which I per...
Arctic Mist Diluter
Okay let me start off by saying orange hair is pretty cool.. very hayley williams / vitamin c depending on how old you are. I'm obsessed with this specific shade! Bleach London some beautiful dyes, but I bought Curious Orange to try and add a orange ...
Curious Orange Super Cool Colour