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Going Blonde in 1 Week Without Damaging Hair

 

Going Blonde in 1 Week Without Damaging Hair

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Going Blonde in 1 Week Without Damaging Hair


If you've been here before you already know that I have a tendency to change my hair... a lot! Well, I decided I wanted to be blonde again.

Last year I went from black to blonde but made so many mistakes and fried my hair. So much hair broke off. Lucky I have a LOT of hair. 

I didn't want to make the same mistakes again and so did things differently this time round.

First I tried to go blonde without bleaching. I'd seen some posts on Pinterest and Youtube where it had worked for some people and so figured I'd give it a go. using the Schwarzkopf Natural and Easy Hair Dye 522. I made progress as it did lighten my hair... it just didn't make it blonde.

I wasn't surprised by the results but it confirm that my hair would need bleaching to get it blonde. I have to be honest with you, I was a little nervous about bleaching my hair again as it was still recovering in places from last years onslaught. I was therefore very careful to do it right this time.

I should point out at this point that my starting colour was a light-brown this time round and not black which makes a huge difference as there was less colour to lift.

Before bleaching my hair I used conditioning masks on it which I left in overnight and then reapplied the following day. I left these in for a few days before finally washing my hair. These really helped improve the condition of my hair pre-bleaching. 

I then didn't wash my hair for a week so that my natural hair oils could build up. 

Bleaching Hair Blonde


Bleaching Hair Blonde

It was time to bleach my hair. 

I made sure I had a good coverage of all my hair and left it on for just 25 minutes. I could have (and probably should have) left it on for a bit longer but I was scared of the damage it might do to my hair. 

The end result was fire hair as my sons call it. Areas of my hair still had some red pigment and so had a yellow/orange tint. My roots also lifted much more than I thought they would and so got what is known as hot roots despite applying the bleach to my roots last.

I was happy that it didn't cause any breakage to my hair.

I then had to make a choice. Do another round of bleach or dye it and hope it had lifted enough to get a decent blonde.

I didn't want to do anything else to the colour for a few days to give my hair time to recover a bit so I used the next few days to apply conditioning treatments to try and improve the general health of my hair. 


Dying Hair Blonde


Having treated my hair for 4 days I finally made up my mind and decided to skip another bleaching and go straight for the dye. 

The condition of my hair was looking good and I just didn't want to risk damaging it by bleaching it further. The colour was light enough that it was on the blonde spectrum and the orangey bits had actually calmed down a bit too.

I decided to opt for L'oreal Excellence Cream level 9. Based on the box it showed that my current hair colour should turn blonde. 

I'm happy with the result as not only did I turn my hair blonde but it is also super soft and healthy looking. I kid you not, it actually looks in better condition than it did before I started the process of going blonde. 

Is it the shade of blonde I want to be? No, not yet. Am I happy to keep it like this until my roots mean I need to dye it again? Yes. 

My plan is to buy some purple shampoo to use in the meantime to make sure the warmer tones stay under control. 


Going Blonde in 1 Week Without Damaging Hair






Going Blonde in 1 Week Without Damaging Hair


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