Bagginslover
September 5th, 2012, 07:30 AM
I know, I can't stop bleach damaging my hair, bleach = bad, but its the only way I'm ever going to get the colour I desperatly crave, so I'm caving!!
I want to bleach sections of hair underneath my canopy, then henna them to get a proper orange-ginger colour (I WILL be stand testing first!!).
I KNOW this will damage my hair, please no lectures on that. I have thought about this all summer (far more than the 2 weeks recommended ;) ) and decided this is the way to go for me. I won't be truely happy with my hair if I can't have the ginger I've wanted ever since I can remember.
I plan to leave my canopy unbleached, as my hair is pretty dark, and I get awful roots very quickly, leaving the canopy, and my hairline along will mean I don't need to bleach so often, and so mimimise damage. I forsee bleaching once every 6 months to touch up my roots, at most. I will only be bleaching sections too, not my whole head outside of the areas already mentioned, and I have sucessfully bleached at home many times before (lifting to proper blonde doesn't matter so much either, as I only need it light enough for the henna to show properly ;) so I won't be leaving it on as long as I would if I were wanting blonde.)
I read here some time ago that coconut oil applied prior to bleaching lessens the damamged caused, without stopping the colour lift, can anyone give me more details on this?
Do I apply it the wash out before bleaching, or do I apply the bleach right on top of the oil?
Will the oil mean I have to leave the bleach on longer, or does it still develop in the same time?
Is there anything I should do differently when mixing up my bleach? Add oil to the mix?
Any other pointers?
many thanks in advance :)
I want to bleach sections of hair underneath my canopy, then henna them to get a proper orange-ginger colour (I WILL be stand testing first!!).
I KNOW this will damage my hair, please no lectures on that. I have thought about this all summer (far more than the 2 weeks recommended ;) ) and decided this is the way to go for me. I won't be truely happy with my hair if I can't have the ginger I've wanted ever since I can remember.
I plan to leave my canopy unbleached, as my hair is pretty dark, and I get awful roots very quickly, leaving the canopy, and my hairline along will mean I don't need to bleach so often, and so mimimise damage. I forsee bleaching once every 6 months to touch up my roots, at most. I will only be bleaching sections too, not my whole head outside of the areas already mentioned, and I have sucessfully bleached at home many times before (lifting to proper blonde doesn't matter so much either, as I only need it light enough for the henna to show properly ;) so I won't be leaving it on as long as I would if I were wanting blonde.)
I read here some time ago that coconut oil applied prior to bleaching lessens the damamged caused, without stopping the colour lift, can anyone give me more details on this?
Do I apply it the wash out before bleaching, or do I apply the bleach right on top of the oil?
Will the oil mean I have to leave the bleach on longer, or does it still develop in the same time?
Is there anything I should do differently when mixing up my bleach? Add oil to the mix?
Any other pointers?
many thanks in advance :)