So you’ve dyed your hair black for a while and now you’ve decided it’s time for a new color. Can you dye your hair black without shedding? Most of your friends and hair experts will probably say nothing or tell you that you need to go to the salon. The salon will charge you crazy amounts of money to “color correct” your hair, but with some forethought and common sense, you can lift the dark dye enough to recolor your hair.
The longer you dye your hair black, the harder it will be to strip the black color from your hair. It is important that you do not have unrealistic expectations of the withdrawal process. You won’t be able to remove hair from black to white in one treatment, but eventually it can be done if this is the goal. You may want to have a big hat or scarf wrap your head between treatments though because the hair fall looks a little wacky.
The best way to start is to choose the day you want to start the process. They collect at least one day a week. Make an appointment with your hair stylist and have the bottom 2-3 inches of your black hair cut off. Trimming the ends will help with the stripping process because the ends of your hair are notoriously difficult to lighten.
Once your hair is at the decorating stage, you can begin to lighten the hair color and dye your hair for the process. Wash your hair daily with a clarifying shampoo like Suave Daily clarifying shampoo and use hot oil treatments like V05 hot oil tubes. These will also begin to strip the color of the hair. Also make sure to use a high quality conditioner daily. I like to use the Aussie 3 Minute Miracle. Have a bottle on hand, you need to leave your hair behind.
The day you are ready to bleach, you need to stock up on a few items from your beauty supply. Go to a beauty supply store, like Sally Beauty Supply, they won’t have these at the drugstore. Here’s a shopping list to get the beauty supply:
Bleaching kit like manic Panic Flash Kit Ignite Kit Jerome Russell Bleach Kit – Make it infected You get a kit that uses a level 40 developer. You don’t work at 30, you need 40.
They are the most convenient kit because they usually come with gloves and a brush but if you need it you can buy a pack of bleach and a bottle of 40 degree cleaner if they don’t have a kit. If you have light or pastel hair, you need 2 white shades.
Latex or Rubber Gloves – You will only need more than one pair that comes with the kit so buy a package that has more pairs.
Small plastic bowls- These will have white and then head color.
Tunt brush- as a few
Process caps- come in a pack of 3 or 4 for about $1. You will go through the file to get two files.
Hair clips- You will need these to make sure you apply all the dye and bleach evenly.
Toner and new hair colors- If you want to change your hair color from black to a much lighter color, you will need to bleach your hair, then tone it, then recolor it. Horror Man makes a great white toner called Snow White that has a nice iridescent quality. to it. If you don’t want to dye your hair a much lighter color, you can skip the toner, but you should get at least one bottle of the new color.
You will also need an old tee shirt or Sweatshirt and some old towels that can get stained and stained and some get lost. white vinegar
Begin
Ready to get started? Great Put on an old coat or shirt, and wrap one of the old handkerchiefs around your neck, and pin or clip it so that it stays put. Using a section to cut the hair. Put on a pair of gloves and mix the bleach and bleach according to the instructions. With a brush, apply the density of bleach to the top and bottom of the hair in the section. Start at the ends and only apply bleach from the middle to the length of the hair. Don’t use any mixed dye, you’ll need your roots to do the rest.
Stop before you reach the roots! The roots will be much easier and lighter, and those last. Once you’ve moved the bleach around the mid-lengths of your hair, tie your hair into a processing cap and wait. Start with color every half hour or so, but take up to two hours before your hair starts to really show.
When the ends and middle of your hair have turned golden red, remove the cap and apply the rest of the bleaching mixture to your roots. Make sure you don’t get a stain on your hair! Wrap all your hair in a processing cap and wait. It takes another hour for your hair to be all red/orange.
Dying Your Hair Another Dark Color
When your hair is the same red/orange color you can bleach it. Shampoo with clarifying shampoo is after all white from your hair, but it is not a condition. A dry towel. Here if you are going to dye your hair another dark color, you can apply the new color according to the directions on the package. Leave the color for at least an hour to achieve a better result. When dip the water, in diluted white vinegar. Leave the vinegar on your hair for about a minute, and rinse again with cold water. This will help to keep the new color for longer.
Dying your hair to a light or pastel color
Once your hair was in the red/orange stage. Apply a conditioning pack or use some Aussie 3 Minute Miracle every day for at least 2-3 days to heal your hair. Go through the bleaching process again, but you need to heal the hair for a few days. Since you have to live with that red-orange color in your hair, while your hair is healing, you should think about doing this process when you don’t have to leave the house.
When your hair is healthy again, it will need to be bleached again. Follow the same process, starting from the ends and putting in the street work boundaries and then doing the roots. At this time, after washing and applying shampoo, wash your hair with a towel and dry it carefully. Let the toner sit on your hair for an hour or so, and then rinse, but don’t condition your hair unless absolutely necessary. A dry towel.
After the hair has been tamed, you can finally apply the new color. Follow the directions on the bottle but let the dye sit in your hair for at least an hour if you want really vivid, long-lasting color. After washing the color out of the hair, use white vinegar to wash the hair. That will help the color last longer. Turn on the light bulb and apply a good conditioner and let it sit on your hair for at least five minutes. Wash off the confectioner and voila! It will be your hair.