Right! Here's a little hairstory on how I got to electro mermaid.
* Have always dyed my hair bright box red over natural dark brown hair. Bleached, went odd orange. Threw some Fudge Purple over it and it was a deep purple for a while. It faded quite quickly and I was left with chunks of purple and odd orange/brown chunky highlights.
* I waited about 7 weeks from the initial bleach to bleach again - giving my hair a LOAD of loving in between - this time, coating my hair in coconut oil for half a day before bleaching - definitely made a HUGE difference from the previous bleach.
* I got all the purple out and went to this deliciously fugly yellow/orange you see.
* So I thought, what the heck and grabbed my 1 singular tub of Directions Turquoise (first time user) and realised that I would probably need at least 3-4 tubs if I was going to use it undiluted. As I'm from NZ, I have to order online to be able to get it and it's pricey. So I mixed my 1 tub in with at least 3 tubs worth of conditioner.
And this is what happened. It was a bit more blue in the beginning and this photo is at the 3 week mark. Now I'm at the 5 week mark and I've got a tinge of ginge showing through. But overall, was stoked with the result.
QUESTION - To get rid of this, after using a colour remover, should I bleach bath or do a full bleach, based on how coloured my hair currently is still and what it looked like after bleaching?
It looks lovely!
Regarding bleach bath vs full bleach, I'd say do a strand test on your hair--turquoise really stains quite a bit, and your hair has already been through a lot of processing from your previous permanent dyes and subsequent bleaches.
What colour are you aiming to go next?
I think it looks great! Especially for being so diluted over the base you have! I am impressed with Directions turquoise!
Before you bleach, I would try some fading treatments first to get as much of the color out as you can in the safest way. After that, I would try a color remover. I've heard a lot of people have success with Decolour Remover on directions turquoise. After trying all that, then I would resort to a bleach bath.
Here's some fading treatment techniques:
http://www.hairdyeforum.com/index.php?topic=1704.0
http://www.hairdyeforum.com/index.php?topic=12029.0
Thanks ladies! Goal is to go pastel purple at some stage but I feel like I'll just end up orange after the next fade/bleach so I might go turquoise again. I'm unsure. Any recommendations??
Nice colour π
It looks really good, I'm surprised it covered that base so well π