Lesson
1 – don't do it my way ;-)
If you recently have found my
blog or my Instagram maybe you think that I am a real redhead. No,
I'm not! I have dark hair. And dark hair, turned red meant a lot of
bleach. And too succeed with dark hair turning red turning violet
meant that I had to bleach, bleach, bleach and bleach it (and I lost
a lot of hair because of it). So if you have money (I don't) it's
better to go to a professional. Most saloons today can colour
pastels.
Lesson 2 – use a lightener with silver blonde
At
my last attempt on trying to get canary yellow hair to white I tried
a silver blonde lightener. OMG! Why didn't I try that from the start
instead of a regular bleach?!? Schwartzkopf
have a brilliant series where you also got a bag with conditioner
with blue pigments that take away more of the yellow. Weather you are
a brunette, redhead or a blonde you are after the white
effect!
Lesson 3 – choose the right shade
Ever since I saw
Kelly Osbourne with her lavender hair I have dreamed about it. It
took me like two years to be brave enough to do it and feeling brave
enough to pull it off! Manic Panic has a lot of cool semi-permanent
colours (and they are vegan!). I choose "Electric Amethyst". What is your signature colour?
Lesson
4 - have conditioner, a plastic bowl and plastic gloves at home
If
you have long hair like me you gonna need almost a bottle of
conditioner. Don't have to be a fancy brand, a cheap one in white
colour will do. Then you mix it with Manic Panic so you get the exact
colour that you want. I feels a bit weird colouring your hair with
conditioner but it really works. And you get a result that is true 2
colour from bowl to hair. So better do too much than having to do it
all over again and not achieving the exact colour.
Lesson 5 –
don't miss a spot
Over
the years I have learnt how to colour my hair myself and have a
bathroom mirror so I can see the back of my head. But it is tricky.
Maybe you can ask a friend for help? But... as violet / lavender /
purple comes in all different colours it looks pretty cool anyway
even if you doesn't get the same colour all over the hair.
Lesson
6 – you choose the time
You settle the time yourself. I
had it in for half an hour. But then I did it THREE times! Because I
missed spots and my bleached hair was un even.
Lesson
7 – have a lot of time!
This process took me two days and
meant that I had to go to work with a hat on (looking like an idiot)
to cover up my canary yellow hair tone!
Your
mum probably gonna hate it (I haven’t told my yet) but who can
resist cotton candy / my little ponys / mermaids / unicorns /
care-bears?
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