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??? Your first posting indicated you were wondering if you could use it on your hair....
Yes, I was wondering if I could use clorox bleach on my hair, I didn't say that I was planning on using it. I didn't know the difference between the two (which was what I was asking about) but now I do thanks to the responses.
Yes, I was wondering if I could use clorox bleach on my hair, I didn't say that I was planning on using it. I didn't know the difference between the two (which was what I was asking about) but now I do thanks to the responses.
I'm with Katie on this one. At any rate, glad we could help and clean this one up (pun intended)
All the regular "blonde" hair dye products over the counter nowadays DO contain the beauticians form of "hair bleach". You can smell it, the amonia, the peroxide, so whatever color you want to go for, shoot for with the box. You don't have to "bleach it" THEN color it nowadays, like you used to. That's like primer on wall before you paint it, naw, it's just hair now
I am considering dying my hair lighter, so I would need to bleach it first? Anywho, I am wondering can I just use the bleach that I currently use for washing white clothing or do I need bleach made specifically for hair?
Noooooo you do not want to even go there - two totally different animals. Hair = peroxide, clothes = bleach
No, NO, NO! I am a hairstylist, You will burn your hair and your scalp. Go to a professional so you dont get orange hair either. Unless you want orange or gold! I know someone who did this and the hair melted to the scalp like cotton. Bad Idea! You can get quality hair color at a reasonable price just ask around.
If you get the stuff off the shelf in the box usually the side of the box will show you a 'before and after' picture of how much it will lighten your hair, depending on how dark it is to start off with.
The boxes off the shelf have limiting lightening power.
I have patches of grey hair.
Neither treatments by hairstylists nor the stuff in the box will cover my grey properly. After about a month of shampooings I end up with dark roots, with the remainder of my hair a faded (fades into a ghastly reddish tone) and then the dye will have faded off my greys, so they will then be back to almost their normal grey color.
Colorists usually use a stronger hydrogen peroxide, and can lighten your hair more than the stuff you buy in the box.
A lot of people have resistant grey which cannot maintain a dye.
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So, I have been getting it frosted, which is old fashioned(very labor intensive), but it bleaches out strands of my own hair to approximate the grey. It does not look so bad growing in and does not have to be touched up as often as dyed hair.
I think, to get a color much lighter than yours, unless your natural hair is very light, you still have to pre-bleach and then add the color.
The salons, I think, get peroxide (20 or 20 or 40 percent, depending on how much lighter you need it) and mix that with the 'activator' which is the powdered amonia. This makes a thick, creamy texture that you can control better - it does not run in your eyes. I think they just add enough to make it just a bit more fluid than cake frosting. There are also 'boosters' that can be added. I am not sure what that is, but it intensifies the reaction.
I ordered a frosting cap on the net and got a crochet hook and did the job myself once, not because I did not want to pay the local salon, but because every time I made an appointment at the place they had a backlog of customers waiting.
If you are really intent on doing it yourself, you can look in the phone book for your nearest beauty supply shop, and call and ask if they handle peroxide and activators and maybe the booster. If they do, I think the packaging gives instructions.
Maybe you can order it all online.
I had long hair once, and used fabric softener on my hair instead of creme rinse - no weird effects. Years back people used sugar and water to add body to the hair. I think that might encourage bacteria, but I have used small amounts of cheap mouthwash mixed with water in a spray bottle. It is very effective and envigorating to the scalp. It dulls the hair though.
I have heard of conditioning the hair with mayonnaise and putting a plastic cap over it overnight and washing out the next day.
So there are relatively harmless and inexpensive substitutes.
Clorox would scare me, though.
The idea of one slip and you're blind for life would really deter me from trying that. It is a too large a payment for for the sake of looking good.
If anyone has any grey hair remedies, I would be interested in knowing.
Please be careful with doing it yourself. If your hair is dark brown you can't get blonde from a box. It will lift up to 4 shades lighter clue is up to. So 4 shades will be that pretty orange-yellow color we all want. I will see a hair stylist to do this. I would highlight your hair to get a get blonde color
Amy
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