Bleach home hair dye

[Nagasaki]

I'm thinking of using the "Bleach" brand of home hair dye to bleach and colour my hair a lilac shade.

Has anyone got any experience of this brand? I think it originated from a hairdressers in Shoreditch, and it's sold in Boots. Don't ask me to link, I'm on the iPhone app!

Thanks

Well here goes nothing [http://shop.bleachlondon.co.uk]

Ah shite shop.bleachlondon.co.uk

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I've not used that specific one but have bleached my hair many times over the years. You need to follow the instructions to the letter. Don't make the mistake of just slapping it on and hoping for the best, follow the instructions about doing length of hair before roots or you'll end up with white roots and the rest of it a fetching shade of ginger. if that happens though, the lilac will still take but perhaps not to the exact shade it looks like it will. Best results depend on the colour and condition of your hair before you start tbh

Thanks for the tips OneLittleLady, I have medium brown, short hair which is down to the base colour after years of dying (bit of a shock to see the greys coming in!).

I actually might try and convince my barber to do it for me when I go in for my monthly trim (and clipper shave!).

If you go ahead with the bleaching, make sure you have some deep conditioning treatments to hand as bleach can make your hair very very dry. Be very careful you don't leave the bleach on any longer than the instructions say to as you can end up with very damaged, stretchy rubbery hair. It doesn't exactly snap when it happens but as you comb/brush through it, it stretches out like a rubber band and is almost impossible to get back into good condition once it's reached that point

Just so you know, London Bleach isn't actually bleach. It's semi permanent colour, a bit like chalk, that you apply to damp hair and then rinse off. It works best on very light hair and a lot of people who have done reviews have found that the lilacs are the weakest shades.

So, if you want a full head of lilac hair with LB, you'll need to get a hairdresser to completely strip and bleach your hair and then apply LB as and when you need to.

When I had lilac hair I used the loreal platinum to bleach it, then directions hair dye. The hair dye has powder and developer and a shine shot thing. Don't just buy a normal hair dye.

Bleaching not only drys your hair but also makes it porous- it will be in bad condition. Not the first time, but it will take it's toll. Be gentle when it is wet (don't comb, towel dry vigorously or anything.
You need protein as well as moisture. I used redken extreme products.