My weekend bleaching project, starting now!

Good luck!

The Orange would look awesome! I dont get on with Jerome russell either, i find it dries my hair out too much :/

Good luck with the dyeing!

I don't get on so well with Jerome Russel either, same thing it goes all gloopy and patchy and weird. Now that I have dreads it doesn't actually matter coz they go weird anyway lol! But yeah I tent to go for wella or my beloved XXL Ice Blonde. ;D

have had the bleach on 20 mins...currently have peach lengths (quite a nice colour actually) with yellow roots...hate this stage!

Ok first bleach for now done, here's what I got up to!

I DO NOT ADVISE anyone to do what I did unless you are super confident with bleaching. I've been bleaching for years, I know my hair's tolerance and checked regularly for any weakening or gummy-type effects.

I covered my whole hair with the bleach, put a carrier bag on my head and a towel on top of that to keep heat in. It took 1 and a quarter bottles to do my thick bob.

After 20 minutes I checked to make sure there was no breaking.
Replaced bag and towel and heated a little with hairdryer.
Checked after another 20 for breaking and lifting. I needed a little more lift so I added most of the rest of my second bottle and replaced hat and towel.
I checked every further 10 minutes until I'd had the bleach on for about an hour and twenty minutes, then I washed it out. (you're not meant to leave it on that long!!)
After rinsing, I used two wella toners in ash blonde and finished with L'oreal recostructing mask and a vinegar rinse, followed by a small amount of frizz ease.

My hair didn't suffer any breaking and still feels strong. I wouldn't say healthy because mine never is - I love to backbomb, make beehives, curl etc and I like the tousled messy look so sleek shiny hair isn't something I have anyway!

Wet after bleaching.

Dry with flash - you can see different areas lifted differently.

Here it is in daylight. A really pale peach, but with yellowy roots and slightly darker patches here and there.

And here's a little strand test hair, using Directions turquoise and an old lilac dye I made out of a few directions dyes and conditioner.

So what now?
Well I don't know what colour to dye it now at all! Not orange probably; that was just a backup plan if my hair wouldn't lift much. Before I decide, I'm going to even out my bleach job with a diluted bleach (bleach bath) with the help of a friend - I need to lift the dark parts near my roots, and some VERY slight lifting of the light peach. This will require lots of checking and swift application.

If I can't lift the streak where my semi permanent black streak was, I'm just going to re-dye it black; thats currently just slightly darker than the rest though so fingers crossed I can get it sorted!

Will keep updating as I go. x

That's a really good lift!  Keep us updated : 3

oooo im so excited to see the end result! 😀 will be keeping an eye on this thread as im doing some bleach bathing this week 😮

Oooh good results so far! Excited to see the result 😀 I prefer the lilac personally (which is strange because I have turquoise in my own hair :S)

i think your hair looks great lilac, also can't wait for the result 😀

A few day later I did a bleach bath with help of my friend, I targeted the darkest areas first and left that on a while before giving the whole thing an application for an hour.

It's lifted one shade further on it all which is great - if you have the patience bleach bathing is perfect to lighten your hair gradually!

However it's still  a little patchy and too yellow, and after more bleach the very ends of my hair (which have already been bleached twice previously) are starting to get frazzled. I did a strand test BEFORE toning and the turqouise was too green on my dark patches - I haven't rules it out, but now I have a light base I don't want to put something on which will take forever to wash out!

I've put a mix of conditioner and directions flamingo pink/blue (not sure which one, was in the wrong tub oops), to hopefully get a lavenderish colour going while I rest my hair for a few weeks and think about what to do next!

The part that is being stubbornest to lift is where I had my black 'cruella' stripe at the front - I'm debating whether to just put this back, and then I wouldn't have many brassy patches left and could hopefully correct them next time I do my roots.

Will post a pic of the lavender attempt when I've dried it!

Not bad seeing as I mixed it out of old dye and conditioner and left it on 5 minutes! Anything was better than that yellow!

You can see the darker bits in the front that I can't shift - damn black hairdye!

Oooh it's pretty : )

You can see the darker bits, but to be honest they don't look bad at all--they add a bit of dimension, I think.

Or you could go with a stronger color over the darker areas to make it pop, eitherway it looks pretty 🙂