My natural hair color is very dark brown. Since August, I've been bleaching my bangs to platinum blonde with no problems. Today, I decided I wanted to do something different so I went for blonde all over.
I did two rounds of bleach and used an ash blonde toner afterwards, which is what I usually do with my bangs. The color I got is totally fine and I'd be really happy with it, EXCEPT my bangs are still basically white and I didn't realize the color difference would be quite so obvious. My bangs weren't that light the first time I did them, but they've gotten lighter over time with subsequent rounds of bleach and toner, so it makes sense that the rest of my hair wouldn't quite match, but the two colors are drastically different. I'm attaching a picture; the difference is a bit more noticeable in real life, especially when looking at my hair straight-on.
So my question is, what would be my best bet to get all my hair to be the same color? I'm definitely not going to touch it for a few days at least to give it a rest, but I feel really silly with two different hair colors when that wasn't what I intended. I'd rather not have all of my hair be as light as my bangs since I don't think it would look good with my skin tone - so should I maybe get a different toner just to put on my bangs? Or is there a better option?
Thanks in advance!
Posted : July 3, 2014 9:19 am
Your hair needs some serious TLC now. I'd recommend using a reconstructor like Joico K-pak and a deep moisturising conditioning treatment before you do anything else.
You also really shouldn't, and I can't stress that too much, really shouldn't use bleach or any kind of peroxide for at least a month otherwise you run the risk of seriously damaging your hair if you haven't already done so (that reads to me like you've done two or maybe three peroxide applications in a very short time: for future reference you should only do one at a time and let you hair rest and recover for a month before doing another).
BUT if you like the colour of the darker part then you could dye the white bits with a true semi-permanent - one that doesn't need mixing with a developer - to bring them in line with the rest of your hair. I'm not entirely sure what you could use because I don't tend to use more natural colours on my hair, but I think a diluted orange or peachy colour would do the trick?
Posted : July 3, 2014 12:27 pm
Thank you! I'm not planning on using more bleach, as I said I'm okay with the color I got so I don't need it to be lighter. I did deep condition it after bleaching and I plan on doing that again tomorrow. My hair seems to take bleach pretty well and it still feels relatively healthy, but thanks for the warnings! I'm definitely going to leave the newly bleached part alone for a while.
If anyone has any suggestions as to specific shades from certain brands that might help, they would be appreciated! At this point I don't even need the colors to match up perfectly, I just want the difference to be less noticeable.
Posted : July 3, 2014 12:53 pm
What country are you in? If in the UK you could try Superdrugs Colour Effects or Colour Episode mousse. Or you could dilute one of the Adore auburn reds.
Posted : July 3, 2014 1:30 pm
Thanks so much for the suggestions, but I'm in the US unfortunately 🙁
Posted : July 3, 2014 1:43 pm
Can you get Stargazer there? Stargazer Dawn looks like it might work, diluted down a bit.
Posted : July 3, 2014 1:49 pm
Adore is available in the US
Posted : July 3, 2014 1:58 pm
Thanks, guys! I only have a Sally's near me so I don't think I can get either of those brands but now I know what sort of color to look for so I think I should be able to find something that will work. Thanks again for all the help!
Posted : July 3, 2014 3:17 pm
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