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AIBU?

To consider bleaching my hair myself?

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MumblingRagDoll · 27/05/2011 12:49

Well am I? It's naurally a pale brown colour but for years I have dyed it a darker shade of brown. I have been steadily going grey since I ws 17 and my roots when they appear are terrible...almost a solid white line. I am 34...I dont want to go grey....I just don't!

Surely if nature has decided that I can pull of white/grey hair then I can also pull off a cool blonde?

I have googled and found a v good website which gives instructions about DIY bleaching....pre-lightner is applied (first to a bi of hair which you snip off) then you wait and see how lon it takes to lighten....then once you have that time correct...you put the pre lightner on your hair....apparently this is where people go wrong...they often remove it too soon as they panic when they see the hair changing....also you need an assistant to make sure that it is not patchy...if there is a patchy area, you have to re-apply it...after all that then you apply a blonde dye...

I just cannot afford a salon job...they're SO expensive and the two which I cisied to enquire were unsure about the final cost....which I cannot risk a on a tight budget.

So AIBU? This dark hir just doesn't suit me anymore!

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MumblingRagDoll · 27/05/2011 12:56

WHy do people think that some areas go blonder? And how do hairdressers combt that?

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MumblingRagDoll · 27/05/2011 12:56

Highlights make you look stripey...tiger-ish....

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MumblingRagDoll · 27/05/2011 12:55

donnie I did most of the training to be a hairdresser myself...I should have said...from age 14 to 16 I worked part time in a good salon...didn't do colour though...but watched a LOT over the 2 years. I am just as good as any trainnee!

angryfeet do you mean she belached it ALL blonde?

I hate highlights.

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sharbie · 27/05/2011 12:55

i tried this myself years and years ago - it was awful and took ages to get put right again.
i had varying degrees of blondeness all through my hair from white to orange.eeeeek.

go to a salon.ask for the blondest highlights.

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discobeaver · 27/05/2011 12:54

Do it! I have done my dark brown hair exactly the way you describe. It's a bit worrying watching it go orange as the lightened works, but it looked fab In the end.
I loved it and will probably do it again this summer. Much easier to do on shorter hair than long.

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porcamiseria · 27/05/2011 12:53

dont do it

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AngryFeet · 27/05/2011 12:52

Well I wouldn't. I have just had a block bleach blonde on my hair (mistake by the hairdresser) and it looks awful! Highlights always look much better and bleach really fucks your hair up. I am having lowlights put through mine tomorrow as I can't live with it like this and it took me a while to find a salon that would do this as the hair is so porous from the bleach.

At the very least do a strand test first but if I were you I would do home highlights.

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donnie · 27/05/2011 12:52

I wouldn't....if it goes wrong you are well and truly buggered and will look like a freak.

Sorry but you did ask.

Go to a salon on trainee day or when they need models and get it cheap.

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TheVisitor · 27/05/2011 12:51

I would save up and get it done professionally the first time, then just keep on top of the roots yourself.