[Sticky] Bleach Bath tutorial - with pictures!

thanks, though people will probably wonder more about me seemingly trying to go blonde, lol, seeing as I've always been dark, perhaps I'll stick to just undercolouring again first until I'm brave & comforatable enough with the results to go full head. got some intensive conditioning masque & hair supplements today to try & get my hair into better condition again first. hoping to try again in a month or so by which time with all your help I should be an expert.  🙂

Remember that hair supplements won't affect the overall health of all of your hair, only the hair the grows out your head whilst taking them.

I think my friend suggested them cos I was complaining how long my hair seems to take to grow these days, yet I always have roots, typical, lol.  ::)

What was your starting colour for this?

I'm really tempted to try this, but last time I tried to bleach my hair myself it was a disaster...

I've been dying my hair for over a year with XXL dyes... I had my hair lightened "professionally" *coughitwasterrible* recently to have it dyed purple, which didn't turn out as I wanted so another XXL dye went onto it.

If I do go for this I plan on fading the HELL out of my colour with H&S first... Just wondering if it will bring me to a light enough colour to put semis on my hair again? Or even blonde... Platinum blonde has always tempted me, although I'm not sure if I'd suit it xD

The lighter the base the more vibrant the colour but you can still get a vibrant result on a darker base. It depends on the base colour, whether or not bleach was used (even just a little can make a difference) and if the dye you used covers it well.

Can you use a bleach bath to do your roots?

Yeah that's no problem at all

I bought all the things I need for a bleach bath today, but I went with a 20 vol creme peroxide.
I have long hair (to my waist) so would the measurements in the tutorial be enough for my hair?

This is so useful - I wish I had the patience to do baths, it might get rid of some of the fear factor of full bleaching!

'kay i haven't read all the comment so appologies if someone's already asked this,
are the results the same as normal bleaching?
is this less harmful to the hair, or just the same?
is this easier in people's opinion?

'kay i haven't read all the comment so appologies if someone's already asked this,
are the results the same as normal bleaching?
is this less harmful to the hair, or just the same?
is this easier in people's opinion?

It doesn't take out as much colour as normal bleaching, only a shade or two at best.

It is less harmful because it's not stripping your hair colour as much as before.

It seems pretty easy to do, loads of people here do it and get great results.

If you do try it you still need to keep up the condition of your hair in between bleach baths but at least you can do this once a week, unlike regular bleaching where you have to wait a whole month.

so much easier than bleaching in my opinion, i found tht on roots it bleaches almost as much as normal bleaching so i always use it for root touch ups,
my hair atm isnt very healthy but it looks like the bleach bathing rather than bleaching is making it better slowly 🙂

well, i think i'm giving it a go either tomorrow or sunday and i was wondering if it's a good idea over my hair, see, i bleached over pink about 4 months ago and it was pinky white, then again to all white, and then i had pinkissimo over it. it's faded completely to a whitey-blonde colour (similar to my naturall colour but lighter) and my roots have come a mucky blonde, so i mainly just need to get the roots the same colour and get rid of the little bits of pink near my roots too, so should i maybe get a weak peroxide like 20 or 30 vol? because i got a little intimidated when my hairdresser said that once your hair is bleached white, the next time you bleach it just goes *poof* and breaks.. :< but i've only bleached all my haie twice really, and they were abour a month apart and the last time i bleached was like 2 months ago.. am i safe? i have quite a few split ends but i guess my hair is in a relatively okay condition, i do straighten my hair every day, but i use simple shampoo with no chemicals (ish) in it, and condition it almost every day, and now and again i use leave-in conditioner. so, isit safe? dear god i'd hate to cut all my hair off after waiting 3 years for it to grow to boobie length and it's only just past my shoulders :'<

hello! do you get a better result from doing this on dry hair?

So this bleach bath will top ya roots up too. I think I read on here. Cool I'm going to be doing this later.