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Salon Care Prism Lites Blue Lightener professional formula is a tonal lightener that forma a rich, creamy consistency that is easy to apply. Prism lites blue can be used on or off the scalp with max lightening of 5 levels of lift, while removing any orange from the hair.
Let's consider the following things before you take the plunge:. It's very highmaintenance. If you have naturally dark hair, you will have to bleachyour roots whenever they come in. Also, you need to moisturize yourhair from all the bleach!. If you have dark hair, you need to have realistic expectations.
Itwill most likely take more than one bleach sessions and you may need towait a week or two so your hair will have time to regain it's strength. If you don't want your hair to fall out, you will be ableto wait the week or two with an awkwardly colored orange-ish hue in yourhair. Don't listen to those Youtube videos that say 'Black to bleachblonde hair in a day!'
It's not healthy for your hair and don't thinkabout taking the risk!. I highly suggest if you're bleaching your hair for the first time,or have dark hair, go to a salon or professional to get it done. It may be more expensive but youdon't want to risk your hair falling out. There are a lot of things thatcan happen if you bleach your hair at home!
Professionals know whatthey are doing! It's their job! =. Be prepared for split-ends falling off and having to get a hair cutafterwards. No matter how you do it, whether you do it at home or go to asalon, there may be breakage. Your best bet is to get a trim after youget your hair bleached. Think about how you will look with bleach blonde hair.
Will it lookgood with your skin tone? Is bleached hair for you? Maybe try a white wig to see how it will look, or there are also plenty of websites where you can change your hairstyle/color online.
Most of what you will need to bleach your hair, Sally's will have it. The bleach that I have used lately is Salon Care's Prism Lites Bleach.
Tub will run you about $20. If you have a lot of hair, dark hair, or are planning on bleaching your roots yourself, this is your best bet. It will last you a longgggg time! If you are only bleaching once, or have short hair, you may want to consider buying the smaller packets. Depending on your current hair color, you will need either blue or violet. Color theory plays a very big part in hair color and bleaching.
This is the color wheel. You have your primary, secondary, and tertiary colors. The colors exactly opposite of each other are called complimentary colors.
So, when you apply this to bleaching, if you have a darker hair color, you may want to use a blue colored bleach because your hair color is more prone to orange tones, and if your hair color is lighter, you may want to use a violet colored bleach because your hair color is more prone to yellow tones. With the bleach powder, you will also need to buy the developer.
I use Salon Care 30 volume creme developer. There are various sizes, but if you do plan on bleaching multiple times or plan on doing your own roots, the bigger size is the way to go. DO NOT BUY 40 VOLUME!!!
It makes me cringe when someone uses 40 volume on their hair. It will get your blonder faster, but it will ruin your hair A LOT. Trust me, patience is the key for white hair! I use 30 volume because I feel like I have enough experience with bleaching so I know how to take care of my hair. BUT, if you are doing it for the first time, you may want to use a 20 volume to start off with because you don't know how well you will react to the developer/bleach. When bleaching, make sure you are wearing old clothes you don't mind ruining! For the bleach powder, it says to use 1:1 (equal amounts) bleach to developer.
For myself, I use the cup inside the tub to take out two scoops of powder and pour two scoops of developer into the bowl. Use the pointy end of the color brush to section off hair and the brush end to apply the bleach. I usually section my hair in three vertical sections first- right, back, and left side.
For your horizontal sections, you want to make sure your sections are thin, not thick, because you won't get an even application that way. Make sure to spread the bleach in both directions, on both sides of the hair. It's personal preference whether you want to start at the top or the bottom of your head.
Bleach is heat-activated, so naturally your roots will lighten faster than the rest of your hair. You want to do them them last. Optional: You can put on a clear plastic hair cap for more heat. Now, you are going to end up waiting about 30 minutes to an hour for the bleach.
For some people, the bleach may be a little uncomfortable (itchy, and a little bit stingy), I, however, do not get any of those. If it becomes painful and unbearable, please don't leave the bleach in your hair! Wash it out to avoid more scalp irritation. You should keep checking your hair periodically to see how much it is lifting.
Bleach will not make your hair white! You should check for lightness, not the color. Toning will take out the yellow, but we're not there yet! If your hair is not a pale yellow, then it may still be too dark to tone white. So, you can either go to a salon this time to get it bleached again, OR you can wait a week or two (I know, it sucks!!) and deep condition during that time, then try bleaching again. Don't bleach again right after or keep it on longer because it will ruin your hair!. Rinse the bleach out with cool water and shampoo.
Do not condition yet! The toner that I use is Wella Color Charm Permanent Liquid Hair Toner in T18 (also known as 'White Lady' toner).
You can find it at Sally's for only 5 or 6 dollars, not bad, huh? I would only suggest using this once a month because for this toner, you also need a developer. You can use the Salon Care developer as well, you don't need to use Wella's. You can use 10 or 20 developer, 10 will deposit less color than the 20, so it doesn't matter, whatever you want to use. Just a warning, the 20 may leave your hair a grayish tone for a couple days but it will wash out with a few shampoo's, but if you use the 10, it may not get white enough. Just experiment, that's what I did.
Follow the directions on the box for the correct mixture amounts of toner:developer. Only leave this on for 5-10 minutes, and keep checking your hair. Like I said before, it may leave a purple or gray tone, but it will fade with a few washes.
Purple shampoo /conditioner is your new best friend! You want to wash your hair with these about 2 times a week to keep theyellow/orange tones away to keep your hair as light as possible! Theymay dry your hair out, so you may want to use a moisturizing conditioneror deep conditioner afterwards. When you first bleach your hair, if you find that after toning, your hair STILL has yellow in it, you can add some purple shampoo equally mixed with a deep conditioner to tone it some more.
You can leave that on for as long as you please. It may leave a purple tone, but it will wash out. When you finally get the tone you want, you should leave these on for only 3-5 minutes and like I said, about 2 times a week. My favorite purple shampoos are AG Hair Cosmetics Sterling Silver Shampoo and Conditioner (Ulta) and Shimmer Lights Shampoo and Conditioner.
I feel like they both do the trick, but it's easier to get a purple tone with the Shimmer Lights so I use AG a lot. What I like about the AG one is that it comes in a huge bottle (which I bought when Ulta was having an amazing sale on them) with a pump on the top. It also smells AMAZING, like a coconut smell. The Shimmer Lights kind of has a flowery scent, which some people dislike. The AG line is more expensive than the Shimmer Lights, so if you're on a budget, then Shimmer Lights should be fine.
You can find it at Sally's. I have two favorites. It's a 10 Miracle Hair Mask and Aussie's 3 Minute Miracle. The It's a 10 mask runs about $30 and it comes in a jar.
It smells great, and makes my hair feel amazing. You can find it at a lot of drugstores. BUT, if you are on a budget, another favorite is the Aussie conditioner.
You can also find this at most drugstores and it's only about $4 for the same amount of product. It also smells really good (like that coconut smell.
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I have never bleached my own roots before and was scared about it. A girl at Sally gave me great advice and made me feel better about doing it so I got some Prism Lites violet lighter, plus 10v developer from Ion. Mixed around 1:1:1 with lightener:10v:shampoo (at the girl's suggestion) and let it sit on my roots for 50 minutes. I probably could have gone longer but I didn't want to overdo it.Dried it, then applied ion color brilliance brights Lavender dye at around a 2:1 ratio with their clear shade diluter. Applied it to my roots first then worked it through my hair really thoroughly.
Let that sit with a cap on for like two freaking hours. When I washed it out everything looked great except my roots which are like. Literally just the roots, not even the parts where the bleach overlapped. It looks okay for now, and I have leftover dye (and a darker shade of purple tube as well), so how do I fix it?
I was going to try re-dying it tomorrow, but maybe someone knows why the hell this happened.Edit: I guess the roots did tone since they don't have a yellow color to them anymore. I'm hoping the second dye will take. Since I have the darker color I will try to gradient it from dark to light, but for tonight I'm just going to leave it.