JellyBene
February 16th, 2015, 10:35 AM
Many of us have been there, we had lovely hennaed hair but found ourselves itching to be blonde and asked ourselves the question, can it be done? Well, 2 years ago in cosmetology school I decided to take the plunge and bleach out my henna. I did a test strand with a 20vol and it turned to an interesting marigold color that I've never seen before when lifting haircolor. I figured it would be fine and I could tone it out. I then proceeded to apply bleach to my entire head (40vol). I was left with a horrible pale highlighter orange. In order to break up the color a full foil highlight had to be applied (again with 40vol). After that it definitely was an improvement from the highlighter orange but it was the worst condition my hair has ever been in. It snapped off during brushing and stretched like a spaghetti noodle while wet. Even after 2 rounds of 40vol bleach and every toner/purple shampoo under the sun the henna was very much still there. It wasn't a nice strawberry blonde but rather a very brassy blonde. It looked almost metallic and not in a good way. No amount of deep treatments ever improved the texture/condition and I eventually shaved it off, that's right, half an inch of hair left. I've been growing out ever since and now have a chin length bob :) Just thought I would share what happens for those who may be wondering!
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