Its white! (rather long minitimeline to white hair)

[talecon]

finally got my hair the color I wanted it - White!

Now for the hair timeline of what it took me to get here.

First my hair was this color
http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/33470_1388763478822_1224147355_30841623_4784244_n. jpghttp://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/60331_1388763278817_1224147355_30841622_8055337_n. jpg

I had stopped hennaing my hair and just decided to let it grow

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then I shaved the side as part of a truth or dare (sorry for the profanity there)

then I started bleaching, these next few are bleaching sessions after bleaching sessions with a few weeks in between each bleach

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/154501_546977886835_206402677_31859925_4785633_n.j pg

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/155118_1453673021520_1224147355_30956186_2718142_n .jpg

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/155081_1453715622585_1224147355_30956259_4938299_n .jpg

http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/148298_1453715742588_1224147355_30956260_7149671_n .jpg

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/155302_1461737063116_1224147355_30972661_4095553_n .jpg

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/65793_1465695282069_1224147355_30981895_5796036_n. jpg

eventually ended up with this

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/163642_1471285181813_1224147355_30992092_3663079_n .jpg

unhappy fried hair

[talecon]

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/36281_1476860161184_1224147355_30999276_3723405_n. jpg

had to start cutting the ends

http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/157075_1476861041206_1224147355_30999280_1793838_n .jpg

then decided to take it up to just a little past my shoulders


http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/165540_1485989469411_1224147355_31012010_3691219_n .jpg


did a toner, stupid sallys chick gave me a beige toner instead of a purple one like I asked. I was sitting there freaking out thinking it was gonna dye my hair back to brown but it didnt come out bad, it was a bit beige and matched my skin tone more but wasnt what I wanted


http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/180057_1556489551869_1224147355_31148125_3583696_n .jpg

so I waited for the toner to wash out

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/189641_1580402789685_1224147355_31187721_6037494_n .jpg

got it bleach blonde again

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/198155_1581968028815_1224147355_31190278_2558447_n .jpg

trimmed zee bangs

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/190152_1581969588854_1224147355_31190281_5532506_n .jpg

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/195946_1600730537866_1224147355_31215485_7185775_n .jpg

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/196673_1600731897900_1224147355_31215488_730118_n. jpg

in the sun it looked white

[selderon]

Nice gesture. :rolleyes: The crop tool is a wonderful thing.

I was surprised though... white looks awesome on you!

[talecon]

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/199146_1600734857974_1224147355_31215490_6007036_n .jpg

but there was still some yellow in it that irritated me

http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/189415_1604669076327_1224147355_31220168_8254678_n .jpg

so I used a toner

http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/188764_1605043205680_1224147355_31220883_4703568_n .jpg

but now I had to start bleaching my roots to match which were 2-3 inches by that time

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/197556_1606791289381_1224147355_31223901_4991354_n .jpg

my hair after most of the purplish tint washed out and my enormously large cigarette (I'm getting eciggies now - cant wait)

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/205068_1625788484299_1224147355_31246553_2988581_n .jpg

my white hair tada!

more pics of my white hair..


http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/218118_1627181039112_1224147355_31248511_5254166_n .jpg

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/215926_1627181719129_1224147355_31248512_5142239_n .jpg

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/216915_1643397884523_1224147355_31271912_3222333_n .jpg

http://i986.photobucket.com/albums/ae346/bronxbeauty8/Picture11.jpg?t=1304304478

http://i986.photobucket.com/albums/ae346/bronxbeauty8/Picture34.jpg?t=1304304513

[ratgirldjh]

wow! It looks in a lot better shape now! The white really makes your eyes look pretty!

[talecon]

http://i986.photobucket.com/albums/ae346/bronxbeauty8/Picture35.jpg?t=1304304591

http://i986.photobucket.com/albums/ae346/bronxbeauty8/Picture36.jpg?t=1304304638

and today

http://i986.photobucket.com/albums/ae346/bronxbeauty8/Picture43.jpg?t=1304352073

I have my hair the color I wanted now I just have to maintain it and let it grow. Im pretty satisfied with how my hair held up throughout the whole process - I have pretty thin hair and its damaged but atleast its still on my head lol

(oh and my hair looks rather unshapely right now because I just took it out of a bun and poofed it out :P)

end.

x-posted to my journal

[talecon]

Nice gesture. :rolleyes: The crop tool is a wonderful thing.

I was surprised though... white looks awesome on you!

sorry bout that I was kinda just copy pasting from my journal and forgot to remove that picture - its removed now tho :P

[bellawave]

Absolutely Gorgeous! and I have to say you have some enviably strong hair to stand up to that! :D

[Nae]

Okay, this is going to show what a geek I am but you remind me of Storm from the X-men. So pretty! I am glad that you hair was able to handle that!! How awesome.

[talecon]

lol thats actually what I was going for - I love storm :D

[Quahatundightu]

Awesome! Love the white hair XD

[spidermom]

Interesting. I'm glad you got the result you wanted.

[vanillabones]

I had white hair like this too until winter 2010. I love white hair! My hair is thin but I didn't lose any hair either. Yay for strong hair!

I love your white hair. :) The root touch ups are extremely difficult to match to the same tone of white as your ends though. And I pray for your ability in keeping your hair happy! Beware of the splits :(! Protein Ion treatments really helped me restore texture.

Anyway, I love that you had the bravery to go white and hope you enjoy your hair :D I pray my hair will one day go white again with old age (hehe)

[leslissocool]

white looks great with your skin tone! I LOVE IT!!! :cheese:

[Kristamommyx3]

Pretty! I have very dark eyes and blonde hair naturally. So does my oldest son. It's kind of cool to be different.

[nastasska]

Your hair looks great:cheese: You remind me of Wendy James who was big in the late 8os

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UH1Rs6LSvBs&feature=related

[dragonchickx]

It turned out great!!! I can't wait to see more progress :D

[celebriangel]

I really like the colour on you!

Er. I don't want to be, um, all party-pooper and all, but I doubt you're going to be able to grow it much. Um. Most times, bleaching your hair this much will just make it break off if you try to grow it past APL...I wish you luck, anyway!

[kwaniesiam]

Aphogee two step protein treatment. Get it and use it, Sally's has it. It saved my hair.

I bleached my hair white a while back, it was much shorter than yours. It seemed fine for about a month but then started breaking off in clumps. Be careful and don't be too surprised if your length can't hold up long term this color. It does look nice though, I miss my white hair.

You'll likely have to battle yellowing over time as you wash. Manic Panic Virgin Snow toner worked really well for me, I added a bit to my shampoo.

[growingpains]

That is some intense bravery! I don't think I've ever quite colored my hair that much!

I am happy you got what you wanted. I am curious to see how long you keep it for and how maintenance works out.

Luckily you'd look great short, so if you loose length it won't be too bad!

[Growin' It]

Would a different option to get white hair be to use a colour strip/ complete removal, then dye it white? Just a thought.

[Mesmerise]

Would a different option to get white hair be to use a colour strip/ complete removal, then dye it white? Just a thought.

I don't see how you can dye your hair white without just removing all the colour from it (so by bleaching it a LOT). I don't think it's possible to put a white colour over another colour!

[jojo]

I dont want to sound rude but I am going to be truthful, you hair looks like cotton candy but its your hair and you like it, so thats OK!

[spidermom]

P.S. - my hair is becoming more white every day! (well, it was before the red-violet)

Someone at my fitness club has white hair at the ends, with various shades of yellow up to the darkest shade at the scalp. It doesn't look like she ever trims it, and it's been just short of APL for at least 4 years now. I didn't see a goal length, so maybe this will be all right for you. Oh; just saw that you have "butt" as your goal length. I don't think that's going to happen with the bleached white hair. Maybe APL.

[HintOfMint]

Very cool. By the way, you are the spitting image of Rashida Jones.

[kwaniesiam]

Would a different option to get white hair be to use a colour strip/ complete removal, then dye it white? Just a thought.

Nope, a color stripper is designed to lighten a permanent color from your hair. It will not remove the natural pigment, for that bleach is required. There is no such thing as a white hair dye, to get white you must first bleach it to a very pale yellow and then apply a violet toner to neutralize the yellow tones.

[ange1ito]

I have to give you credit for having the courage to bleach it so many times. I did it twice a couple of years in between and my ends really suffered, i had to cut so much length when i was almost tailbone which is why I came to terms my dark brown hair, and wear a wig if i ever want to go too light.
Just my opinion, no offence intended but I think you looked really pretty with your longer darker hair, although the white is nice, the condition is not as good.
I think if my hair had endured all that abuse it would have fallen off at the roots by about the 4th sitting.

[Arya]

Love it! White hair is awesome. Don't think butt length is in your future, but I personally think it looks great.

[Sunshineliz]

Wow that is some process you went through! The white looks nice with your skin though and someday you can have it without all that work! Now I'm feeling amazed and grateful that someone not much younger than me would go through all that to get something I seem to be on the fast-track to getting! (Not as fast as some others, but still):D

[christine1989]

Very few people can pull off pure white hair but you do it beautifully!

[Charlotte]

I dont want to sound rude but I am going to be truthful, you hair looks like cotton candy but its your hair and you like it, so thats OK!

I agree with Jojo.

[christine1989]

I agree with Jojo.

People, people, sure it looks a little fried (understandable with so many bleachings) and we all know that bleach is not good for hair but the bottom line is that she is happy with it. Isn't that what LHC is about? Growing long hair and most of all, loving the way it looks. :)

[talecon]

I really like the colour on you!

Er. I don't want to be, um, all party-pooper and all, but I doubt you're going to be able to grow it much. Um. Most times, bleaching your hair this much will just make it break off if you try to grow it past APL...I wish you luck, anyway!

my hair has already grown 3 inches since I started bleaching it - I had a helluva time trying to get my roots to match the rest of my hair. the roots are still a teeny bit off but its good enough for me (for now) I know my hair must be super damaged by now but its holding off nicely, not too much breakage, not like when I first started and was using strong bleaches. My hair doesnt feel much different in texture at all. Before it felt like rubber when wet and when it dried if felt like I put a whole bottle of hair spray in my hair. It was fried crispy. Now its much drier and less curlier but im conditioning it often to see if the texture improves

[talecon]

Aphogee two step protein treatment. Get it and use it, Sally's has it. It saved my hair.

I bleached my hair white a while back, it was much shorter than yours. It seemed fine for about a month but then started breaking off in clumps. Be careful and don't be too surprised if your length can't hold up long term this color. It does look nice though, I miss my white hair.

You'll likely have to battle yellowing over time as you wash. Manic Panic Virgin Snow toner worked really well for me, I added a bit to my shampoo.

I liked the manic panic virgin snow but it didnt last long at all in my hair. Wellas white lady toner lasts longer and I use shimmer lights conditioner to keep my hair white. I like how white my hair is after its been freshly toned but after a while the white color starts getting duller and duller and eventually I just tone it again

[talecon]

my hair may look like cotton candy and its true I dont mind - I like cotton candy but I should say I'm not very good at brushing my hair every day, most of the time I keep it in a bun and when I feel like taking pictures I just poof it out

my hair is very wavy like in this picture (a little hard to see because the sun is beaming on my hair) if I let it air dry

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/217577_1625788804307_1224147355_31246556_6247760_n .jpg

this was my hair prior the bleachings poofed out

http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/66317_1409195629613_1224147355_30879140_2834936_n. jpg

(disregard the blue raccoon makeup - it was halloween time :P )

this after

http://i986.photobucket.com/albums/ae346/bronxbeauty8/Picture43-1.jpg?t=1304394590

I dont see much difference in the poofiness other than the change in color

[Charlotte]

People, people, sure it looks a little fried (understandable with so many bleachings) and we all know that bleach is not good for hair but the bottom line is that she is happy with it. Isn't that what LHC is about? Growing long hair and most of all, loving the way it looks. :)


Christine1989 you have just said pretty much the same thing that Jojo stated in her post and I agree with her (and you too). ;) Just our honest opinion, that's all. If the OP is happy with white hair then that is the only thing that matters. I do think that her original hair is very pretty and much less maintenance. I don't know if she will be able to grow her hair as long as she wants though with all that processing...

The great thing about hair is that you can experiment; have as many changes as you want, colour it, perm it, grow it out, chop it, and grow it back again! :D :blossom:

[talecon]

and heres my hair in its natural air dried mess last year

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/34765_1319735513166_1224147355_30687088_4032532_n. jpg

I dont really see much change but then again i might be used to having unruly messy hair

[kwaniesiam]

Oh...small world! I thought you looked familiar. I recognized you from your posts on Get Up Dread Up :p

[talecon]

and yes I agree that my hair may not grow as long as my goal was when I first joined the lhc - I read about a girl that used to bleach her hair blonde and her hair never grew past her shoulders in 3 years. My hair is growing, it has already grown since I started bleaching it and cut it to my shoulders, I wouldn't be surprised if it started breaking off either so I'll just continue to condition it and I'll try some protein fillers I've heard about - I dont really think it'll do much difference though

[talecon]

Oh...small world! I thought you looked familiar. I recognized you from your posts on Get Up Dread Up :p

ya! I took out all my dreads from last summer but I put one in - I may put more again as time goes by but for now one is enough for me :)

[leslissocool]

Honestly looking at what you posted later on, your hair texture barely changed at all with all the bleaching. Some hair is definitively stronger than others, so you might be surprised how long you can get... Just remember Protein treatments will be your best friends!

It's not the first time people have said chemically treated hair cannot reach certain lengths and be wrong, just make sure you keep the breakage at bay and I'd suggest regular micro trims...I honestly like the color and I really hope you get to your desired length.

[Maria_L]

You look awsome! I also think you look like Storm.

There doesn't look to be much of a change in the texture of your hair. If you had super-straight shiny hair before I would have been concerned about damage. But your hair seems very resistant to the damage bleach causes. As long as you are aware of the fact that your hair probably is a lot more fragile no than it was before, and if you try to compensate for that by being extra careful, I think you still can grow your hair a lot longer if you want to.

[Othala]

Wow! Very pretty indeed.

[julliams]

I really like it. I liked the one of you with the beige toner on it too - that colour really did suit you as well. You are very lucky to be able to pull off so many colours so beautifully.

[MonaMayfair]

It looks really cool, it's so pretty with your lovely dark eyes!

[jojo]

People, people, sure it looks a little fried (understandable with so many bleachings) and we all know that bleach is not good for hair but the bottom line is that she is happy with it. Isn't that what LHC is about? Growing long hair and most of all, loving the way it looks. :) you said the exact same??? what makes my comment different to yours??/ i dont get it??

[Avital88]

i really love the color but i have to admit that it really fried your hair.
It does looks awesome on you and the picture with the cigarette is really cool(even though i'm a non smoker lol.)
On some pictures its kinda Lady gaga'ish and i love her! Take care and pamper you hair!

[x0h_bother]

I like the white but I do so love your natural or original color!!! So pretty!!! You're gorgeous!

[spidermom]

True; you may get more length than I was predicting. I was behind a woman in line once. Her hair was bleached to a very light blonde (not white though), and it was hip length. I was really amazed by the condition of it, which wasn't too bad, considering how processed it was. Of course, she may have grown it long before she bleached it.

[ibleedlipstick]

I think it looks awesome! I am death white/blue, but if I thought it could be remotely flattering I would have white hair in a heartbeat. It looks pretty healthy too!

[jackie75]

Very cool!! My natural hair is very porous & poofy too...so it can stand a little bit of processing without too much damage.

A few years back, my hair was past BSL & I bleached it three times! It was still in good shape and growing too.

Anyway, it looks lovely on you!

[Venefica]

I love white hair and it looks amazing on you, it really gives you a dramatic look.

[ghilliegirl_an]

WOW I'm jealous of both your hair color and hair strength, if I tried to do that to my hair it would probably melt off. Very few people can pull off that color with dark skin so I'm surprised how good it looks on you. I hope you enjoy your awesome white hair :)

-Ashley