STOP! If you’re thinking of bleaching your hair at home, you absolutely must read this article first! These tips are all taken from Hair guru and YouTube sensation, Brad Mondo and is the only way you should be bleaching your hair at home – which, you probably shouldn’t be doing anyway. But, if you are in the need for a change and your impulsivity is just getting the best of you, follow this list of steps as you do. Keep reading and follow along as you get bleachin’!
30 volume Developer
No, the developer is NOT bleach – but to get the right bleach to developer ratio (1:2), use 20 Vol for the regrowth area, and when you need to lift by 1-2 levels, use 30 Vol for the lengths. It is recommended – by Brad Mondo – to use 30 Vol in general, but if you want to do it in steps, you can use both for the different sections of your hair.
Start from the bottom up
When bleaching your hair, it is so important to start from the bottom up! Why? So you don’t get patchy orange spots that no one wants. Doing this will help the bleach near your scalp work at a much faster pace than the bleach on the rest of your head. Therefore, to bleach all parts of your hair to the same shade, you should start with the hair farthest from your scalp.
Wait 10-15 mins then do roots
Your roots are the most sensitive area on your head – the longer you leave the bleach there, the more irritation you will get from the bleach itself. Also, your roots lift way quicker than the rest of the hair on your head. To avoid these things, start with the rest of your hair by working from the bottom up, wait 10-15 minutes, then apply the bleach to your roots.
Don’t comb/brush/lather
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Your bleached hair is extra vulnerable! If you’re not careful, you’ll experience a lot of breakages, so try to avoid rubbing your hair, brushing it, or combing through it as it could cause a lot of unwanted damage. Also, ditch your regular hairbrush and opt to use a wide-tooth comb or a special brush designed for wet hair once you’ve washed out the bleach – but, we aren’t quite there yet.
Put a bag on it
This is because the heat helps open the cuticle so that the bleach can penetrate better. It can take many trials and errors to find out what works best when bleaching hair, but the plastic bag is known to do the trick on the first try! Doing this will also keep it moist and prevent drying out your hair.
Leave it for 45mins-1 hour
You want to let the bleach really sit in your hair and do the trick! Keep it in with the bag wrapped around your head till you really start to see it lighten. The color you want to go for is a pale blonde or till it looks pale yellow – don’t worry if it looks a little crazy – you’re going to tone it!
Wash it with lukewarm water
Unlike standard hair dye, which deposits color onto the hair strands, bleach disperses the color molecules in the hair shaft, which is what lightens the hair. After you have left the bleach on your hair for the desired amount of time, get into the shower and rinse the bleach out of your hair using lukewarm water. By using hot water instead of lukewarm water to create a solution, you can render the active ingredients in bleach ineffective, making it totally useless.
Don’t scrub the scalp
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Just don’t! Again, it’s bad for your roots and can cause unwanted damage to your hair.
2 washes
Wash it again, trust us.
Use toner NOT box dye
Any time you apply bleach to your delicate strands, you‘ll need an excellent toner to neutralize unwanted undertones. Toners can take bright yellow or golden hair to a more natural-looking dusty, ashy, or platinum blonde. Brad Mondo recommends a level 10 with a toning developer to get that desired look!
Purple shampoo!
Purple shampoo is purple-colored shampoo that distributes purple pigment to neutralize brassy, yellow tones. Purple is used because, if you take a look at the color wheel, it is the direct opposite color of yellow. This means purple and yellow cancels one another out.
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