mockingbird12
August 24th, 2011, 07:17 AM
Hi :D I'll cut a long story short and make this as brief as possible .... about 6 months ago I asked a hairdresser to put some blonde in my dark purple-brown hair. I said 'some' but he basically gave me a full colour. He left bleach on my hair for about 3 hours and my hair was pretty stringy after :( . It wasn't even blonde! I went on holiday and used John Frieda lightening Spray which lightened it a bit, then went over the darker patches with a bleaching kit.
My ends were snapping off a bit, so i went to a different hairdresser and stressed that i only wanted about an inch off. so i went home with 3 inches of hair missing and my trust in hairdressers gone :( (I've since learnt to trim my hair myself!)
Anyway, I've now decided to just grow my natural colour out. I've been dying my hair since I was about 15, so for the first time in 5 years I've seen my natural colour.
I've also decided to grow my hair out really long and was mainly making this post to ask if my bleached hair will affect it's length in any way? I've read about how damaged hair just snaps off/needs trimming so your hair length doesn't seem to increase?!
After 6 months I've gained about 3-4 inches of roots and i've been trying to compare the quality of it to the bleached hair. My ends are fine, I haven't seen any 'white spots' that people have mentioned on here. My hair is naturally quite straight so i've never really used heat styling tools, I use a wide comb to detangle and i'm trying to wash my hair as less as possible. My sister said it looked thinner but I think that might be because the hairdresser put thicker layers in and my longer layers look thinner .. but is it possible my hair has got thinner? :confused:
I use Kerastase Age-recharge Masque about once a month or whenever i can be bothered, and usually leave it on over night, it's a protein injecting thing so thats meant to help it right?? I read about a conditioner someone made on here that involves honey but does anyone know if this will affect the colour of my hair?
And before i bleached my hair i used to have it up all the time, now i've read that it's bad to have your hair up ... but on here i've read it's better for it :confused:
I'd really appreciate any replies or advice! Sorry i made this so long.... I've attached some pictures so you can see what i'm describing better
http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s126/j_c2/DSCF3226.jpg
http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s126/j_c2/300028_10150267307274211_520714210_8013237_2857662 _n.jpg
http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s126/j_c2/281285_2242187059629_1396673748_32585553_5802900_n .jpg
My ends were snapping off a bit, so i went to a different hairdresser and stressed that i only wanted about an inch off. so i went home with 3 inches of hair missing and my trust in hairdressers gone :( (I've since learnt to trim my hair myself!)
Anyway, I've now decided to just grow my natural colour out. I've been dying my hair since I was about 15, so for the first time in 5 years I've seen my natural colour.
I've also decided to grow my hair out really long and was mainly making this post to ask if my bleached hair will affect it's length in any way? I've read about how damaged hair just snaps off/needs trimming so your hair length doesn't seem to increase?!
After 6 months I've gained about 3-4 inches of roots and i've been trying to compare the quality of it to the bleached hair. My ends are fine, I haven't seen any 'white spots' that people have mentioned on here. My hair is naturally quite straight so i've never really used heat styling tools, I use a wide comb to detangle and i'm trying to wash my hair as less as possible. My sister said it looked thinner but I think that might be because the hairdresser put thicker layers in and my longer layers look thinner .. but is it possible my hair has got thinner? :confused:
I use Kerastase Age-recharge Masque about once a month or whenever i can be bothered, and usually leave it on over night, it's a protein injecting thing so thats meant to help it right?? I read about a conditioner someone made on here that involves honey but does anyone know if this will affect the colour of my hair?
And before i bleached my hair i used to have it up all the time, now i've read that it's bad to have your hair up ... but on here i've read it's better for it :confused:
I'd really appreciate any replies or advice! Sorry i made this so long.... I've attached some pictures so you can see what i'm describing better
http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s126/j_c2/DSCF3226.jpg
http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s126/j_c2/300028_10150267307274211_520714210_8013237_2857662 _n.jpg
http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s126/j_c2/281285_2242187059629_1396673748_32585553_5802900_n .jpg