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Shall I bleach bath now?

 
(@Lilybet29993)
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Hello,

I asked the other day about going from turquoise to grey. I've faded my hair to as much as it'll fade. No colour is washing out anymore with shampoo/washing up liquid/vitamin C treatments. I'll add a photo of the colour. Do you still think it's too bright to do a bleach bath or not?

I want it to go light enough to go dark grey...

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Posted : September 26, 2016 10:27 pm
(@janineb)
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I just went back to your old thread, I hadn't seen your last message in there about the dye you had used or I would have answered there before, sorry. You've been using directions turquoise or alpine I guess (you didn't say which colour) both can be pretty permanent on most people and it's next impossible to get past the stage you're at. Trust me, I know, been there several times just using it once and you've been using it for 1.5 years! There's definitely buildup even with trims etc.

You might have luck with the oils shampoo and bleach powder that I mentioned before. That would be better than a bleach bath. As I said before, they are the last resort after you've tried everything else. They can drive the colour further into the hair and make them even harder to remove.

As I said before though, if it's a dark grey you want, it'll be fine over what you have a long as you dint mind a cool blue tone to the grey.

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Posted : September 27, 2016 6:48 am
(@Lilybet29993)
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I just went back to your old thread, I hadn't seen your last message in there about the dye you had used or I would have answered there before, sorry. You've been using directions turquoise or alpine I guess (you didn't say which colour) both can be pretty permanent on most people and it's next impossible to get past the stage you're at. Trust me, I know, been there several times just using it once and you've been using it for 1.5 years! There's definitely buildup even with trims etc.

You might have luck with the oils shampoo and bleach powder that I mentioned before. That would be better than a bleach bath. As I said before, they are the last resort after you've tried everything else. They can drive the colour further into the hair and make them even harder to remove.

As I said before though, if it's a dark grey you want, it'll be fine over what you have a long as you dint mind a cool blue tone to the grey.

I was trying to post a picture of how light I've got it but it won't let me post a picture that large  ::)

I've done 2 x vitamin C treatments and an oil treatment and its faded considerably but I've seen people bleach bath it from darker than mine with the same dye as me as it's lightened it loads.

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Posted : September 27, 2016 8:39 am
(@janineb)
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I've seen people bleach bath it from darker than mine with the same dye as me as it's lightened it loads.

I'm not saying it never works, but it's risky and not worth the amount of damage it causes normally. At the risk of sounding overly dramatic, if you don't mind possibly losing most of the length of your hair, then go ahead.

Dark grey will go over that with no little problem other than being a bit more cool toned on the bottom.

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Posted : September 27, 2016 8:52 am
(@Lilybet29993)
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I've seen people bleach bath it from darker than mine with the same dye as me as it's lightened it loads.

I'm not saying it never works, but it's risky and not worth the amount of damage it causes normally. At the risk of sounding overly dramatic, if you don't mind possibly losing most of the length of your hair, then go ahead.

Dark grey will go over that with no little problem other than being a bit more cool toned on the bottom.

Thank you for all your help. I might do a very diluted bleach bath for short time and I have left my hair to grow before doing this so that I can cut an inch or so off afterwards.

This is the grey that I'm wanting.

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Posted : September 27, 2016 9:01 am
(@janineb)
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There really is no need to do a bleach bath.

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Posted : September 27, 2016 9:09 am
(@Lilybet29993)
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There really is no need to do a bleach bath.

Really? You think that that picture is achievable from the colour I have now?

That'd be great if it is. Thank you so much for all of your help

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Posted : September 27, 2016 12:51 pm
(@Lilybet29993)
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There really is no need to do a bleach bath.

Just letting you know, I dyed it grey with a grey hair dye and it's gone a navy blue/grey colour. I do love it but I'm hoping it'll fade to a slightly more grey tone. I love it either way.

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Posted : September 27, 2016 10:34 pm
(@lauralei13)
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It's really nice, I like it when grey pulls more towards blue than the ones that pull towards a dingy browny grey.

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Posted : September 28, 2016 12:54 pm