Hairdressers Guide To Coloring Your Own Hair And Not Ruining It
- Posted on 02 April, 2020
- Hair Knowledge
- By Anonymous
Hi Beautiful! Here is my professional guide to coloring your hair at home and not ruining it.
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Hi beautiful, I know a lot of us out here are well at our breaking points, which means a lot of at-home haircuts at home, hair color, a lot of hair disasters, everybody who wants to do something drastic to their hair right now, in order to just feel Something - and I get it over the years I've watched so many color bleach fail videos. I'Ve learned a lot actually on what people are doing at home, that is making their hair look so bad, so that knowledge is gon na help me today bring you guys. The basic knowledge of how to properly color your hair yourself at home, I'm gon na debunk all this sort of myths, I'm gon na tell you what things people are doing right, what things people are doing wrong and make sure it doesn't fall off we'll go over Everything from bleaching toning to aftercare and so much more. However, I will be going over the basics if I have hairdressers watching. If I have anybody who's sort of advanced in the world of hair color, this may be a bit too basic for you, but for the average person, you've come to the right place and just a little reminder. This does not replace a professional hairdresser. Somebody who has studied color theory for years is gon na know a lot more than this, but it is a guide during these tough times on how you can color your hair yourself and do it well, maybe not amazing, but well. I hope, and with that all steady guys, let's learn some color theory. Let'S do it. Are you ready get out your notepad or your phone and a pen or your finger and start taking notes? Alright, because we're gon na go over a lot here, and it is important that you listen, listen to me, it'll, be like a fun class and, like a cool teacher, you know I'm like not like the rest of them. First, we're gon na go over how to prepare your hair for hair coloring, otherwise known as the category prepare. Don'T wash your hair before coloring it? What you do when you wash your hair? Is you make tiny little abrasions on your scalp? This is going to make coloring your hair very painful if using bleach, that bleach is going to seep into those little tiny cracks in your scalp and it is going to sizzle and burn. So please don't wash your hair before coloring it. It is okay, if there's product in your hair, it's honestly fine, it's really not a big deal. The bleach will seep through everything. Okay bleach is super duper heavy-duty and it'll. Go through a little bit of you know: hair spray and it'll get to the cortex of your hair. It'S not a big deal. Please don't wash your hair and also maybe, if you're gon na bleach it don't wash it for several days. That way, you have a good amount of oil secretion on your scalp, but to protect your scalp, don't wash your damn hair. This is pretty basic, but make sure you cover your space cover your floor cover your counters cover yourself. Wear some old clothes brush out your hair. Please don't try and color your hair with a bunch of tangles in it get all those tangles out before going in with that color or else you're gon na have weird spotting from the tangles. If your hairs like matted or anything in the back you're gon na end up coloring those matted pieces and they're gon na be all spotting everywhere, it's not good brush. Your damn heads you're gon na also want to separate your hair into four sections here. I'Ll show you on this many go in and just how you do that this is super basic sectioning method that every hair sauce uses on the daily super easy part, your hair, in the middle all the way back down to the nape of your neck. That'S your first section, those are your two and then go to the apex. You can find the apex by laying the comb on your head and finding the highest point of your head guys. What you call the apex, then make a section from the apex to behind the ears, and those are your forest sections there. It is voila you're gon na want to make sure your hair is dry, don't apply color on wet hair unless you're trying to do like a bleach bath. But that's another advanced thing. Okay, we don't need to know about that today apply color to dry hair. Please don't put bleach on wet hair; it doesn't really make any sense. It'S just gon na dilute your formula. There'S really no point all right make sure your hair is dry. I also see a lot of people soaking their hair in excessive amounts of, say, coconut oil. There'S really no point of soaking your hair in coconut oil, so bleach is just gon na eat through it all, and it's not gon na matter that you have that oil on your hair strands. It'S not get rid of the oil, it's not necessary and just make some mass in your hair just feels nasty and like really gross and greasy after welcome. Alright, let's move on to category 2, how to mix mixing your bleach or your color! You can do that properly. All right. This is a big big factor. Guess what you guys different developers actually do different things. It'S not a one size fits all. I know a lot of people think that there's 10 20 30 and 40 volume for literally no reason and they just kind of take their guess on what they should use. But actually there is a method to the madness I promise. So let me just go over the very, very basics of what each different developer does differently. So we're gon na talk mostly today about two different categories. You can either be doing a permanent color, which is not bleach and bleach, is bleach right. So anything that doesn't have that white powder involved. That'S just color, that's permanent color with the white powder, that's bleach and then we'll also talk about toners later, but just for now just know the differences between color and bleach. Let'S go over a color first. So if your coloring, your hair, that means you're not using any of that white powder stuff, you have an option to use 10, 20, 30 or 40 volume, if you're using 10 volume, you're, probably somebody who has any hair, color and they're trying to go darker, because When you're using 10 volume, you're not gon na get any lightning effects, so it's just gon na deposit tone onto your hair permanently, but it's not gon na cover any Gray's. Now, if you have Gray's - and you have any hair, color and you're trying to go darker and you're trying to also cover your Gray's, I'm gon na use 20 volume. It lifts it gets into the cortex of those Gray's and actually changes the color of your gray, hair and all of your hair on your head, and it lays there permanently so 20 volume is great for you now 30 and 40 volume with permanent color. Not bleach is typically used for high lift color, which means, maybe you are a natural. This is important. If you have color on your hair, you cannot lift your hair color with more color. So that means, if you have dark brown hair and it's boxed - I like that. You can't then use a blonde box dye to lighten your hair. You must use bleach just want to get that very clear. You must use bleach to get your hair lighter if it's already colored, but if your hair is natural, if it is naturally brown and you've never colored it, you can use a blond dye to make your hair blond now might come out a little bit orange. You can also use bleach, but you can also use a high lift color, which is the color that lifts many levels, so you're gon na want to use a 30 or 40 volume with that and orange get maximum lift with your blond color. Another thing that I would use 30 or 40 volume for is Red's. You can use 30 volume if you're trying to get a very maxed out like bright right, red or 40 volume. If you really want to push it to the max max max and get like fuchsia going on in your head, you can do that with permanent color without bleach if your hair has never been colored before now, for those of you who are gon na use bleach. So people who have already colored hair want to go lighter or people who have never colored their hair before and one against them max max right, platinum, blonde you're, gon na want to use Lightner aka bleach that powder white stuff that you mix with developer. Okay. Now we don't use ten volume with bleach because it has no lifting capabilities again 10 volume just deposits and doesn't lift. When I say lift I mean like the hair, cuticle doesn't actually open, that's what's lifting and then the color molecules actually go inside and volume. It doesn't do that it lays pretty much on top slightly inside now. 20 volume is for those of you looking for about one to two levels of lift. If your highlighting your hair, this is often a great developer to use for highlights. Otherwise, 30 volume is pretty much my standard. I pretty much use 30 volume on everybody in any lightening scenario. It'S pretty much. My go-to and I highly recommend if you're gon na lighten your hair at any capacity use a 30 volume unless your hair is already like. Pretty light and you're only trying to go a little bit lighter 20 volume will work just fine, now, 40 volume, I just say: don't I don't feel like it does that much more than 30 volume. To be honest with you, I feel like it lightens very fast and then dies out very fast, so I don't really recommend it to anybody. I don't ever use it for pretty much anything, I'm not a huge fan of 40 volume and if you're using 40 volume on your scalp, it's probably gon na burn a lot and I would not recommend it. You actually shouldn't really be using 30 volume on your scalp either, but I never really found any problem with it and it's always been fine, so 30 volume is pretty much the standard. I highly recommend that with Lightner, if you're, trying to lighten your hair, especially those of you with virgin hair, who are trying to lighten your hair for the first time, 30 volume will work great and if you're asking a little bribe. What kind of bleach should I be using? I mean it's all quite similar. Look for a nice one, wherever your shopping or online there. I don't know where ever you can get lighter at this point, I'm sure it'll be fine. I haven't found a gigantic difference between the different Leitner's I've used over the past. If you have the right technique, you can use any kind of later and you'll get a great result and also one last thing. Please read the directions. Every Lightner has a different mixing ratio, they're very similar across the board, but please mix your Lightner correctly to what the directions say. It is important to mix correctly that way you get the maximum results from the lightener you're, using let's go over our next category, which is where to start with mixer color. We prepared for at-home salon and our hair and now we're ready to actually apply the color. So let's go over a permanent color first, this is the stuff: that's not bleached! If you have virgin hair and you're trying to do an all-over color, please start at the mid sections and ends and then later after you're done with that apply the root color, because you have heat from your scalp. I say this all the time you will get. What'S called hot roots, which is when your root area develops more than your mids and ends, and you end up with a sort of orange you warm color up there because of the heat from your scalp. So please, if you don't want orange fruits, don't start with your roots, so it's very similar with Lightner. Don'T start your roots! If you have virgin hair, please don't or else your roots will end up white and your ends will end up like a yellow orange. I would recommend probably just doing the mid links and ends first and then wait about 10 to 15 minutes until your hair is starting to develop and your hair has started to lighten and then go and hit your roots with the lightener. At the end, if you have pre-existing color - and this is not your first time coloring your hair say you have very dark box dye color on your hair or just any dark, color start off with the parts that are the darkest. So if you have spots all around start off in those spots that are the darkest, then move your way up still don't do your roots first, unless you're doing like a retouch on existing hair, don't starting a roots. Next, we have application method. This is where your work either turns into a masterpiece or a disaster. This is actually one of the most important parts, if not the most important part. Now listen, I understand that none of you are going to use a brush. Probably none of you, which is fine. Honestly, it's fine as long as you're, using these things correctly you'll be fine. I swear you'll be all good to go. First of all, make sure you have gloves on it's really not good for your hands to put color all over them or real it'll dry them out forever. Permanent color is pretty simple mix. It up put it on your head, you can comb or brush it through. I highly recommend that, as you work through comb, it make sure every single hair strand is applied to and now with bleach. I'M gon na show you on Miss Maddie Quinn, how much bleach you should be using okay. I see this happen all the time where people do not use enough Lightner on their heads 90 % of the time nobody uses enough. You need a lot of Lightner in order to get the maximum results possible and less Lightner doesn't mean that your hair is going to light unless it just means that you're probably get spotting all over your hair. If you don't want as much lightning power, maybe you drop down the developer or maybe don't let it set in your hair as long if you don't why your hair to lighten as much don't go and put less liner. That doesn't make any sense now, as shown here on Miss many quinn. My amazing client. Today, we are gon na apply that light. Nur we're gon na start in the back. If using permanent, color or bleach start in the back, it doesn't matter what you're using we're gon na want to do. Those first back, two quadrants first start at the bottom and work your way up to that way, all the color lays on top of itself as you work up and it doesn't become a total mess. Now this is how much lighter you should be using really coat. It you can use your hands, as I'm doing here, really get it in there move the hair around and your palms really get it in and avoid that root area at all costs. Until you can go back around and do it all after and then once you're done with the entire back section, you can work on the front section. So once you're done applying the color on the entire head and set your timer for, however long you're supposed to set it for now for Bleach, I definitely recommend putting a bag over your hair spray. A little water inside of it put it on your head and tie it really tight that way. The water kind of gets a little bit steamy inside the bag. You just don't want the lightener to dry out. Okay, doesn't like dryness: it likes moistness, so make sure it's always moist. Another thing that I see a lot. People try to lather. The bleach like Shampoo bleach, does not lather lather, so stop trying to make that happen. It'S never gon na happen and also don't comb or brush through bolete. Your hair is in a very fragile state right now that tension is gon na, be very bad and detrimental to the health of your hair. Don'T do that, so, let's go over. How long to leave the color on for for a permanent color you can leave on or whatever in the directions say. Every manufacturer has a different timeframe. You leave the color on for it's usually 30 or 35 minutes and for bleach it's much more complicated. It'S gon na vary person-to-person. If you have virgin hair, though, and you're trying to go really light leave on 45 to an hour. Okay, nothing beyond an hour is gon na. Do anything else, because the bleach ends up drying out after an hour. Basically, don't leave it on for more than an hour. Nothing'S gon na happen. Nothing. I promise, if you're, trying to get platinum blonde hair, leave it on your hair until it's kind of like white looking, because usually once you rinse the lightener off and that kind of white cast comes off, it ends up looking a lot more orange and yellowish. When you rinse it off so Kaley, yellow is what we're going for in order to get that very platinum, blonde look, and you can also wash out the back before the front because they started in the back. We can wash that out so that it as an over process and the front and back end up as the same color. So what's your timer is up, maybe wash out the back. First, wait: another 10 minutes and then rinse out the front and just overall make sure you monitor this process, keep it a close eye on your hair, make sure nothing's falling out if you're worried about anything falling out, take a piece in the back kind of stretch. It out a little bit, pull on it if it's not breaking or not stretching ridiculous amount. Your hair is probably fine and you can leave it on a little bit longer and next we have cleansing, and this is a dull category. I see a lot of things gone wrong in the cleansing category and these videos. I'Ve seen one use: lukewarm, water, okay, don't use cold water to rinse off Lightner. I know it's tempting it feels kind of good because your heads very hot, but you don't want to do that because what's gon na happen is it's gon na shock, your hair, your hair, was just expanded really wide in order to get all that artificial pigment out Of your hair or natural pigment out of your hair, when you shock it back, it can cause breakage so make sure you rinse your hair with lukewarm water, nothing too hot! Nothing! Do you call spray in the middle? Okay. Do not scrub your scalp! It'S very fragile! This skin was just basically ripped off of it. Be gentle yet thorough. Don'T use your nails, you just like this. Just the tops your fingers. Okay, be gentle, be loving to your scalp. It'S doing a lot for you right now and just say thank you to it by just giving a little massage and most of the time it takes about two washes to get all the lightener out of your hair if you're using a lot of it. Sometimes your hair can be left that gritty feeling, that's just because you didn't wash all the lightener out so wash it at least twice condition it very nicely and maybe do a little hair mask show it a little love. You'Ll feel good up. Next evaluate the situation. Can your hair handle more bleach if an easy bleached again is it stringy? Is it falling out? Is your hair white white? Does it look like it can handle more light nerve? The answer is, no, then don't do it. If the answer is yes, then do it? Okay, it'll be fine, and now is when you proceed with another round of light nur. If you need to, and now those that are doing, permanent color and not using bleach you'll want to stop here you're at the end of your journey. Congratulations! You'Ve, colored your hair! Properly people that are bleaching that there's more stuff to it. Okay, it's a long process. So next up we have owner toner is a tricky situation for a lot of you have noticed. A lot of you are using permanent color as a toner. No, that's not a toner. Okay see permanent color like we went over before lifts and deposits. It goes into the cortex of your hair. Toner lays on top. You don't want to use permanent color when you're toning, your hair. Again, it's a very confusing thing to go over we're going over the basics. Just listen to me: don't try to fight it. Okay, just use a toner, not a permanent copy. Don'T use box side tone your hair, okay, don't go grab the icy blonde box dye and put her over your already blonde hair, there's so much ammonia, there's so much lifting in that box. You don't need any lift at this point. You'Ve already lifted your hair to what it needs to be. It'S like pale, yellow right now. You don't need to then lift it further. You'Re, just gon na create so much damage for no reason, Toder lays on top of the hair cuticle. It'S often mixed with anything below a 10 volume developer. Typically, there is a toning developer that goes with the toners okay, so look out for that t18 is not a toner. It'S a permanent color. Okay, don't be using 20 volume with t18. In order to tone your blond hair, no, it's not good use a level 10 toner, maybe an ash neutral one combined with a toning developer. In order to turn your hair, this will leave your hair feeling, amazingly healthy. It won't cause any damage. It'Ll actually help some that damaged feel better and that's why we use a toner and not a permanent color when you're toning, your hair, opt for something that is at the same level as what your hair is right now or for something darker. Okay, you can't go lighter with a toner, you can only go darker or the same level. So these are the levels right here: the basics of it all a little one to ten one being the darkest ten being the lightest see what you are and then, when you know what your level is say, your level eight right now and you're trying to be More ash tone. Okay, so you know you want to go with level eight. Then you about your color wheel. Okay, it's not that complicated! I swear just listen. I know it sounds scary grab a color wheel if your hair is kind of looking a little orange. You know go from that orange across the other side and you'll see across some orange is blue. You'Re gon na want a blue based toner at a level eight in order to cancel out that orange you're. Seeing so you can use something like an eight na in order to cancel out that orange and get a beautiful level. Eight tone that looks sort of natural and almost salon quality purple shampoo is not a toner purple. Shampoo is to keep up with what you've done at the salon or at home. It'S not a toner. Don'T use it to tone your hair. It'S not gon na work! Well, you're gon na get spotting everywhere. That'S not what it's for and make sure you're leaving the toner on for the recommended amount of time and not longer and not shorter, so using a level-10 toner on a level 8 head of hair see this is level 10. As level 8, it's not gon na work because there is no lifting agents. There'S nothing! That'S gon na hear her higher there's! Nothing! That'S gon na make your hair, lighter toner doesn't make your hair lighter. It just brings you to the right tone of that lightness that you have achieved with bleach, consider doing a root, end glaze! You can look up pictures of that. This is basically what it is. It'S when you do a darker toner on the top and a later one of the bottom hair naturally has darker tones at the top and later tons at the bottom. Typically, we often do that in the salon to make a bit of a more natural look or to make a little root shadow, so you can use like a level 8 on the roots and a level 10 on the ends and blend it all together. It'Ll look amazing, but that is definitely more of an advanced skill. Try. It might not come out that good, but don't blame me our next category finish and style at this point, you're pretty much done. Okay, you've, rinsed off you blow dry it! You have the most amazing, beautiful, hair ever evaluate. Okay, is this where you want to be, do you want to be lighter? Maybe you should wait a day. Maybe you should wait a week. Maybe you should wait six months to do it again? Maybe try to get her hair lighter, or maybe it looks great how it is just to evaluate a situation and don't make any impulse decisions make sure you are gentle with your hair and using the proper products to take care and maintain your new color. We have forcefield heat shield here and a Viper's smoothing oil he's gon na be great for maintaining color and keeping the integrity of your hair heat shield, protects your hair up to five hundred degrees Fahrenheit and adds Pro vitamin b5 to strengthen and restore your hair. This is great for people with colored hair or not colored, hair people with any hair type or texture perfect for protecting against heat damage and the elements the oil it's gon na rehydrate, your hair. It'S not gon na sit on top of your hair cuticle. It'S actually in a seep and deep into your cortex and rehydrate, and restore your hair from the inside out great for after color. Please make sure you take care of your hair after color. That'S so important that way when you go back with color again the next time your hair is in pristine, shape to then take more color and not become damaged. That, oh said, you guys happy coloring and good luck. Please follow my directions took a while for me to put together, and I hope you could pulley is learn a thing or two as much like. I think it's fun seeing people do bad their hair. I do really like how people and making them feel beautiful and learn, and I love educating. So this is a lot of fun for me. I can't wait to see what you guys do. Hopefully, some good stuff, I'm sure there'll, be some bad, but hopefully some good do. That is all for today guys. Thank you so much freakin watching me today. Follow me on all the damn social media is. We have snapchat Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, tic toc at brand mondo NYC follow my hair care brand X amount of hair for new products coming out, and that's all for today guys. Thank you so much for watching, don't forget to live your extra life I'll, see you next time guys hi beautiful! This is Project X. Our everyday conditioner Project X is gon na. Give you that basic hydration, your hair needs with all the necessary nutrients. 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Brad Mondo: Are you planning on coloring your hair??
anshika prasad: he knows he can’t stop us so he decides to help us. what a legend
Danimals Clark: “Don’t make any impulse decisions” , well I wanted one strip of blonde and now I’m currently bleaching my whole head. Brad, you and I both know your audience is 96% of people making impulse decisions.
zhea: “everybody wants to do something drastic to their hair rn, in order to just...FEEL SOMETHING“ Brad gets it
Mikyle Mahabir: I followed this video and my hair turned out the perfect and exact color I wanted with keeping my hair very healthy ... love this guy
Crystal: I’m messing up my hair in lockdown so I can go to a professional after and give them a reason to charge me $500 to fix it. ✨helping the economy✨
Jenise: 01:58 - Prepare 04:28 - Mixing Bleach/Colour 09:45 - Where To Start 11:12 - Application Method 13:58 - How Long To Leave On 15:14 - Cleansing 16:20 - Evaluation 16:52 - Toner 18:23 - Hair Colour Levels 20:09 - Finish and Style i just put these timestamps to remind myself but im happy to help others haha :)
Sasha Degenhardt: I have to say that I truly appreciate that Brad doesn't talk to us like we're idiots. He's honest and straight forward with his information. I, for one, thank you. This video was so helpful when I was looking in to coloring my hair. I do have a couple questions. Does using shampoos and conditioners like John Frieda's "Go Blonder" constitute having colored or treated hair? Or does using a product like "Sun In"? - My sister asked me to color her hair and she uses these products so randomly her hair looks like natural leopard print...
Lara Phillips: I did a part time hairdressing course, they focused on students that knew everything already. It was so quick and confusing I got left behind. Thank you for this. I learned more in this and understood you more than my tutors. Thank you I don't feel so stupid now ❤️
Julie Frith: Thank you. This is my first time watching you, just came across you by accident, so pleased that I did. I love what you teach, love your voice and your teaching technique. I'm a bit too scared to try this myself so will get a hairdresser to do it. Thank you so much. xxx
Fallon: Everyone’s out here desperately avoiding orange tones… Me: Slathers hair in orange semi permanent dye twice a week to look as carrot like as possible
hasnae: prepare: - don’t wash ur hair (for several days) - cover ur space - brush ur hair - seperate in 4 sections( if ur doing ur whole head) - dry hair mixing ur bleach or color: - color; - 10; any color, for going darker - 20; also goes darker - 30; high lift colors, brown > blonde is not going work with only developer. - 40; - - bleach; - 10; doesnt work with bleach - 20; 1-2 levels to lift. - 30; recommended! w/ lightner - 40; is not recommended. is gonna burn. - READ UR DIRECTION. where to start: - permanent color; virgin hair; - start with the mid section, then ends. - wait 10-15mins end with the roots. - permanent color, already colored hair; - the same as above. - bleach, any hair; - the same as above. application work: - permanent color; - gloves!! - u can camb ur hair. - bleach; - use enough beach - avoid ur roots!!! - hairbag with bit water over ur head. - dont camb!! how long to leave it on: - permanent color; - 20/30 mins - bleach; - 30mins/ 1hour cleansing: - use luke water - dont crub ur scalp!! - massage, be gentle - 2 washes - condition toner: - permanent color is not a toner! - dont use box dye. - u cant go lighter, only darker. - purple shampoo is not a toner! finish and style: - value the situation. - be gentle! - use good products to protect ur hair. I MADE THIS JUST SO I CAN GO BACK FOR MYSELF! IF ITS EASY FOR U, UR WELCOME :))) I SEE ALOT OF COMMENTS BOUT THANKING ME, YOURE SOOO WELCOME HAVE FUN DYING UR HAIR GUYS
Regina De Silva: Needed this video!!! I tried to bleach my grandma’s hair yesterday with 20 volume. It worked great for her greys but her hair was still dark after 50 mins. I was so confused!! Thanks so much
Cheryl Goodman: I am 73 years old. My hair was dark when I was younger but when gray started setting in, I began getting highlights, which were very pretty. During the pandemic, I gave up on trying to keep up with highlights. My gray in front is really white, so I thought I would go for a light golden blonde that would blend in with the regrowth more easily. My daughter, who is half way through hair school, told me that my hair needed to be bleached and then toned to the appropriate shade. She did a great job, but I have tried two toners and two light golden blonde permanent colors (Ion) and the result always looks like white old lady hair! Now the gray roots are growing out in the back. I wanted to combine a high lift light golden blonde (9) for gray coverage with a 8g golden blonde to try to come up with a golden blonde shade, not the whitish color that I have now. Can a high lift color and a regular color be mixed together? I wish that I liked the white, but I don’t and my friends keep telling me to go more golden blond. So, Super Man, can I mix the two colors and get a good result? Sorry for the lengthyyyy question?
Maggie Matt: I wish there were more teachers in the whole entire world like you ! You're so easy to pay attention and LISTEN to. Wish me luck, going to do this dye for the very first time so I know NO-THING. Good luck Mondo ! x
Alice: Thank you thank you thank you!!!! Even if you are not doing it at home, it’s still great to understand this process when you are asking a hairdresser for what you want, and making hair colour decisions. If you hairdresser gets any of this wrong, they are not proper hairdressers!
Licht: This screams "if you're gonna drink then you better drink in my house, under my surveillance" mom energy
weirdoneontheblock: Great video! The only other thing I'd add when it comes to bleach is know that you can always go lighter, but it is impossible to reattach fallen out hair. If you need to wait like one to two weeks to give your hair a break and then you can go lighter. Plus, toner is your friend for if you pull warm (from what I've seen most people do). >Just have to say it I am not a pro. This advice is from personal experience and from what I've seen from friends and what has happened with them.
Wendy Jones: That was a great video, thank you! As someone who has experimented over the years, this really filled a few gaps I still had... thank heaps!
Julie Joseph: I love how you explained how toners don’t lighten the hair! Bravo.
Celeste LaRue: Dear Brad, Many thanks for your time and hard work in producing this teaching film. I learned so much! I’ve been using professional colour for years; but I sure as hell didn’t know it all. So far, NOBODY has made a BASIC film like yours. You’re a terrific presenter, you look fantastic and you made this FUN! Best Success to you, Be Well. Ahem..could you maybe give an in-depth on RED hair; how to drab with Neutrals so it’s not so hot/neon? Cheers! ☀️CLE
Madeline Montalvo: Hairdresser’s Guide to Coloring Your Hair Prepare 1. Don’t wash your hair before coloring 2. Don’t wash it for several days before bleaching 3. Cover your space, floor, counters 4. Brush out your hair, completely detangle 5. Separate hair into four sections. Part your hair in the middle down to the nape of your neck, then make a section from the apex to behind the ears. 6. Make sure your hair is dry. 7. Don’t soak your hair in oil Mixing Your Bleach or Your Color There are two different developers Permanent color is NOT bleach. 1. 10 volume is best for any color and goes darker 2. 20 volume helps with grays 3. 30& 40 volume with permanent color is for high lift color. If you have color on your hair you can’t lift your hair color with more color. You can’t use blonde box dye to lift brown hair color. But if your hair is natural brown you can use the blonde dye to make your hair blonde. High lift colors lift many levels. Bleach 1. 10 volume sits on top, slightly inside 2. 20 volume is better for highlights 3. 30 volume is best for most hair types 4. 40 volume is a no go, it just lightens very fast. 5. READ THE DIRECTIONS, mix the lightener to the ratio that it says Where to Start * Permanent color * Start at the midsections and ends and then apply root color last. This is to avoid orange roots * Wait about 10-15 minutes and then go into roots with lightener * Start off with parts that are darkest * Application method * Make sure you have gloves * Comb through as color is applied * Bleach * You need a lot of lightener to get maximum results possible * Start from the back, at the bottom and work your way up. * Move the hair around in your palms and avoid the roots * Spray water inside a bag and put it over your head * Bleach doesn’t lather * Don’t comb through bleach How Long to Leave On? * Permanent Color: whatever the box says * Bleach: 45 mins-1 hr * For platinum: leave on until white looking * Wash out the back before the front, wait ten minutes, then wash out the front Cleansing 1. Use Luke warm water, not cold water. 2. Do not scrub your scalp 3. It takes 2 washes, if it feels gritty it isn’t clean Toner Permanent color isn’t a toner. Apply toner very fast Use the color wheel to pick which toner to use. Purple shampoo is not a toner Root and end glaze Aftercare Forcefield heat shield to protect against heat damage Viper Smoothing Oil to rehydrate hair
Jessie Rose: So I've got a question. Googling this was next to impossible because apparently it's the exact opposite of what most people want. If you have grey hairs growing, is there any formula/way to dye the underlying hair color WITHOUT covering the greys? Like if you like your silver hair and want to keep it flowing throughout, but want to change the base natural color? I know covering grey hair is hard for some reason, so I was hoping there was some way to do this, like maybe a weaker formula or something. But the only results that came up when I tried to Google it was "the best way to cover gray hair" and such.
Gloria Caron: Thank you for this Brad I stripped the color out of my hair last week and I’m continuing the lightening process this week after years of dark brown /black dye
Ohthats Eboni: Definitely taking notes can’t wait to color my hair with the help of your tips my hair will come out better than usual ✨ Thank you
MissyMagoo87: I'm absolutely going to bleach my own hair. I've gone platinum blonde a lot in the past. I'm lucky that my level 4 loves to lift! My stylist has always talked me through her process and now I feel more comfortable to do an at home lightening to go funky lol
Madhulika Guha: Since we're all too lazy and forgetful, I've tried to cover most of what he says in my notes and I'm sharing it. *Prepping your Hair* 1. don't wash your hair before colouring it 2. cover your space 3. brush out your hair 4. Separate hair into four sections - Part hair in the middle (two sections) then further divide the two sections from the apex to the sideways, making it four sections in total 5. Make sure hair is dry 6. No need for oiling *Mixing bleach or colour* 1. choose correct developer: 10vol for no to little lightening effect, 20 vol changes a little colour on your hair, 30 and 40 vol for really dark natural hair colour 2. Read directions on the bleach as it's different for different bleach *Applying colour* 1. Don't start with roots 2. Start off with parts that are darkest, still don't do roots first *Application method* 1. Make sure gloves are on 2. You need lots of bleach 3. Start at the back taken from one section. 4. Spray water before covering hair because you don't want the bleach to dry out 5. Don't comb or brush through bleach *After application* How long to leave the colour on for? 1. Permanent colour: As the directions say 2. Bleach: 45 mins-1 hour. Not beyond an hour. 3. Wash out the back before the front, wait for ten minutes, then come to the front part. *Cleansing* 1. Use lukewarm water and not cold water 2. Do not scrub your scalp with nails and tips of your hand. Be very gentle 3. Most of the time it takes two washes to take all of the bleach out of your hair *Evaluate the situation* Decide on whether your hair can handle more bleach? *Toner* 1. Don't use permanent colour as toner. It has a lot of chemicals like ammonia that can cause further damage. 2. apply toner very fast. 3. Choose your toner colour correctly Use a darker toner 4. Level 1 toner- darkest; Level 10 toner- lightest. 5. Leave toner for the prescribed time; not too long and not for short time 6. *Purple shampoo is not a toner.* *Finish and style!* Use proper hair products to maintain and take care your new colour. May the force be with you! ❤❤❤
Keiana Chung: OK I followed every step in this video, and then I went and watched Brad‘s video on how to tone yellow/orange hair and my hair looks so effing good! Thank you so much Brad!!!
Tara Rooff: I just bleached my hair following your direction and it turned out great. I expect the toner to finish the job of nicely. It’s amazing what happens when people follow an expert’s directions exactly as given. Who knew? Thanks Brad!
Julie Frith: Thank you. This is my first time watching you, just came across you by accident, so pleased that I did. I love what you teach, love your voice and your teaching technique. I'm a bit too scared to try this myself so will get a hairdresser to do it. Thank you so much. xxx
Mina O: the amount of times he's said "white powder" in this 100% family friendly video is honestly impressive
Jordan: “Don’t make any impulse decisions” Brad, baby, it’s 11 at night on a Saturday - you know what’s happening.
Chels Cara: Followed this yesterday, got the grays out of my moms hair so well! She was so excited.
Chels Cara: Went from medium/light brown to platinum in a weekend with this video. First time using toner too, your guide was really helpful!
Khali ta: Thanks Brad, I appreciate the thoroughness in teaching us this needed info
mia: *Me deciding to dying my hair with Brad tips after a good long shower* Literally Brad at 1:59 : "Don't wash your hair before you colouring it" Me: dammit
Aleah - 3-: 1) Prepare - Do not wash your hair (make sure it has oil) - Cover your space - Brush out your hair (no tangles) - Use rolling pin to crush the bleach powder nicely - Make sure your hair is dry 2) Mixing your Bleach / Color Two Categories: Permanent Color or Bleach Permanent Color: 4 Options 10 - No lightening, just tones your hair (doesn't cover grays) 20 - Lifts, changes color of gray hair, permanent 30 & 40 - High lift color, for vibrant reds, etc. (p.s. You cannot go lighter with color, you will only go darker) Bleach (aka Lightener): 4 Volumes 10 - No lifting abilities (hair cuticle doesn't open) 20 - One to two levels of lift, for highlights or if your hair is already light 30 - The standard! Highly recommended (Esp. if you have virgin hair) 40 - Not recommended, will burn your scalp, do not use Read the Directions! Every lightener has a different mixing ratio Mix correctly, make sure there's no clumsiness in your mixture 3) After Prep: Where to Apply? Permanent Color: - Virgin Hair: Start at midsections, ends, then your roots! Bleach: - Virgin Hair: Start at midsections then ends, make sure it starts lightening for around 10-15 mins before applying to your roots 4) Application: - Comb through your hair first and section them off - WEAR GLOVES. PLEASE. Permanent Color: Make sure the color is evenly applied Bleach: - Putting less lightener will not make your hair lift less! - how to apply/how much: 12:30 - Make sure your hair is coated - Start with the back, then to the front - Put a bag with a bit of water inside over your hair to keep moisture in - DO NOT COMB OR BRUSH THRU BLEACH 5) How long to leave it on? Permanent Color: Leave on the dye according to the instructions/directions Bleach: - Don't leave on bleach for more than an hr! Nothing will happen after 1 hr bc it dries out - For Virgin Hair: 45-60 mins - Wash out the back, then rinse out the front after your timer - Adjust time to your own personal preference! 6) Cleansing Bleach: Do NOT use cold water!!! - Use lukewarm water - Do not scrub your scalp (it's very fragile) - 2 Washes if you're using a lot of lightener (until the grit is gone) - Use conditioner/hair mask afterwards If your hair cannot handle more lightener, STOP! Your hair good? Continue but MAKE SURE YOUR HAIR IS DRY BEFORE REBLEACHING! 8) Toner (for Bleach) - Do Not Use Permanent Color for Toning! - Do not use box dye to tone your hair - T-18 is not a toner, it's a color! Optimal Toner: - Use a Level 10 Toner (Ash Neutral) with a Toning developer - Figure out your level: 18:15 - Opt for something that is the same level or darker for a Toner - Apply your Color Wheel! Orange hair? Use a blue Toner at the same level where your hair is at Purple Shampoo is not a toner! Do not use it, it will lead to spotting Leave it on for the recommended amount of time! Using a Toner that's a higher level than your actual hair will not lift your hair! Toner can only darken 9) Follow Up: - Don't make any risky decisions - Maintain your Color - If you need to go for a second session of bleach, do it another day! - Take care of your hair
Mikorin: I did an ombre with one of those ombre kits and then lightened it and for homemade hair styling it looked good. I colored it pink first, now purple with manic panic.. but somehow I accidentally made the color into a permanent one I mean I love the color but I only started to realize after the color barely faded in a month
Maria Crane: Thank you Brad!!! you convinced me to be patient and wait to my hair salon appointment next month. I appreciate your knowledge and time you took to explain all of these.. I was getting ready to buy box dye! Phew...
Ruby Firefly: Wonderful! Wonderful! Thank you so much, Brad. I've been coloring my hair for a long time and I think I've just been lucky because it always comes out good but I was never properly educated on what to do. LOL But NOW I am educated. And I actually do want to lighten but I want my hair to stay healthy so thanks to you, I know how to do it right. You are the bomb, baby!
Kim6798: about to bleach my hair for the first time and was ABOUT to use a comb. You are such an angel, thank you for sharing your knowledge with the world!! <33
Shuichi Saihara: brad is the mom thats like "teenagers drink anyway so they might as well do it in the house!<3"
64 Bit Artist: This is so, SO useful, thanks for the advice! Any tips on coloring only the bottom layers of hair? I'm trying out that hidden color style!
Yua Okumura: I know this has been posted a long time ago but a few days ago I wanted to do a makeover and I am honestly afraid of hair salons, not because of prices but because of how many "professionals" damaged my hair almost beyond repair. So I decided to do it myself...and it worked, everything he says here works 100% of course using professional high-quality products. My hair has never been so pretty thanking you so much, Brad
OceansAlliteration 0: I just have to say. Brad, You are the reason that I have blue hair now and did not completely destroy my hair when I bleached it. I had green hair before this, and I bleached really poorly which made it patchy. But now I have the prettiest midnight blue hair and I freaking love it. And that’s all thanks to you, you are the best! All my love!
Divya Joseph: I didn't know hair colour was so technical... I guess that's why hair stylists do it the best. But this is very informative. I literally did not know a thing, really learnt a lot . Thank you ! ❤
Saige Wassink: dye at home prepare: - don’t wash hair for several days - cover your space - brush hair! - section into 4 sections: down the middle then from apex (highest point on top of head) down to behind the ear - make sure hair is dry mixing your bleach or color: color: - 10 vol. does not lift color just applies a tint to hair (i should use for going darker) - 20 vol. lifts and changes color of hair - 30 vol. use with brighter colors (lifts hair color) - 40 vol. like 30 vol., makes colors even brighter bleach: - 10 vol. doesn’t work - 20 vol. 1-2 levels of lift, great to use to highlight hair - 30 vol. “standard” vol. to use with bleach w/ lightener - 40 vol. not recommend, if used on scalp extremely likely to burn *make sure to read directions and get the ratios correct where to start: color: - start with mid-section and ends, then do roots (if you do roots first/at the same time, the roots will be orange) bleach: - virgin hair: same as color, don’t start with roots (they will turn white and the rest of hair will be orange-like) wait 10-15 min then do roots - already colored hair: start with darkest spots first (still not roots) then work your way UP application method: color: - gloves - you can comb hair bleach: - use enough bleach - put a bag over your head (spray the inside with water) and tie tight (you don’t want the lightener to dry out) - do not comb or brush through bleach both: - start with bottom two quadrants, then work your way up how long to leave it on: color: - whatever the directions say - normally around 30-35 min bleach: - completely varies - virgin hair (want to go really light): 45min - 1 hour - rinse out back first, wait about 10 min then rinse out the front - if you leave it on for over an hour, it’s pointless, the bleach will be dried out - if worried about hair falling out, pull on a strand from the back and if it doesn’t break or stretch far, you are fine and you can leave it on cleansing: - use lukewarm water (cold water causes breakage) - be gentle: do not scrub scalp with nails, scalp scrubber, etc. use the tops of your fingers - wash at least twice, more if needed - condition very thoroughly (hair mask is amazing if you have it) evaluate the situation (bleach): - can your hair handle more bleach? if so, go for it! (if below isn’t occurring) - is it stringy? falling out? super white?etc. - if the answer is yes, don’t do another round of bleach *if you used color, you have finished! toner: - permanent color is NOT toner - don’t use box dye to tone hair (for example a blonde box dye) - mix with anything below a 10 vol. developer (or toning developer) - apply toner very fast - use the same level or darker that your hair is right now - go on color wheel and pick the color across from what it is right now (likely a purple or blue based toner) - purple shampoo is not a toner finish and style: - evaluate (do you want to be lighter? brighter? is this the color you want?) - be gentle with your hair - use proper products to take care of and maintain your hair (heat shield, hair oil, etc.)
Inesa Avagyan: Hii. Just wanted to say massive thank you for your advice. I wanted to colour my hair for a long time and yesterday after watching this video I finally did ityaaaaay Purple coloured girl already ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Juichibey: Watched this video months ago when I first dyed my hair and thought it wasn't a great video. Now I'm here again like over half a year later and realizing this was the best video ever. Also I'm here to tell you THIS VIDEO DID REPLACE A PROFESSIONAL. She did such a mediocre job compared to me following your steps and this video.
SolSez: 1. Prep: 1:50 2. Mixing -Mixing Color: 4:26 -Mixing Bleach 7:18 3. Where to Start: 9:42 - Permanent Color: 9:52 - Bleach: 10:28 4. Application Method 11:10 -Permanent Color: 11:39 -Bleach 11:51 5. How Long: 13:57 6. Cleansing: 15:13 7. Evaluate: 16:20 8. Toner: 16:50
Ayla Thorn: Please make your products available to those of us in Australia.. please please please! Love your videos Brad! They’ve been very helpful & fun!
Wild Azure: Brad took the phrase “if you can’t beat em, join em” and turned it into “if you can’t stop them, help them”
dearalexandria: Just bought everything I needed to bleach my hair. Let's go. Thank you Brad!
Suzannah Powter: OK wow Brad, i've been blonde for like.... 15 years now. Been having it done at the salon and have been doing a weekly purple fanola mask to keep brassiness away. NO ONE EVER TOLD ME THAT THAT PURPLE MASK WAS NOT TONER. No f***ng wonder my hair always went either silver/grey/purple or was brassy. I am SO excited by this new knowledge. THANK YOU
Autumn Calaway: Yes I know I’m way late to the game but I just found your video and I want to say thank you thank you thank you thank you you sarcastically , accurately , and easily described how to do it step-by-step for us who maybe are dummies but beginners so thank you so much for an easy to understand quick video and I look forward to watching more of your videos
IDS: thank you! for as long as i'm bleaching my hair, the result has never been so good as this time following your instructions ( A LOT of bleach, wet cap..)
Yaya: Brad has the perfect amount of personality. He’s not annoyingly over dramatic and he’s definitely not boring to watch. won my subscription!
Mariane: I have auburn hair and I try dying my hair pink without bleaching. And the results were great ! I really didn't expect it to work, bit I am so glad it did !
Hannah Lynn: I’m a natural brunette. Last month I had a salon bleach my hair and color it a natural strawberry red. I love it but it’s SOOOO much maintenance. I’m full time mom and college student so I’m wanting to go back brunette! ( my hair isn’t damaged a lot because I had no color on my brown hair before the red!). Should I try to go for the dark brown?? Please. Help. Me.
Shaira Indanan: I love this video! It helps alot. I learned so much but ended up doing it wrong! That's why I watched this video repeatedly.
KIM MARI: I love you *cry emoji*. I've been a fan of yours since I was 16 years old and even though it was very prohibited to have colored hair at school, I still did use your advice hahaha. Now I'm regrowing my hair and halted my coloring my hair. I still hope one day I will meet you and of course, I'm saving money to buy your products, oh how I love them.
Savitreigh Rein Strauss: Preparation: Don’t wash your hair before colouring Cover your space Brush out your hair Separate hair in 4 sections Mixing bleach for colour: 10 lift: darkening 20 lift: for grays example 30,40: use bleach if your hair is dyed. might leave your hair differently colour. good for lightening. don’t use 40 vol Don’t start with roots Read instructions for ratios Use gloves Permanent colour: mix it up, put it on hair Bleach: Start at the bottom, work your way up Coat lightener to avoid spotting Avoid roots Set a timer Put a bag over your hair with a little water for bleach Don’t comb, brush, lather bleach Permanent colour: check your box Bleach: not more than an hour (virgin hair) you’re good when your hair is pale yellow Pull your hair to check if it’s breaking. If it’s not then you’re fine and you can leave the bleach more, Rinse your hair with lukewarm water Don’t scrub your scalp Use tip of your fingers It can take 2 washes to wash all the lightener Permanent colour is done. Bleaching : toner! Permanent colour is not a toner Don’t use box dye T18 is not a toner Use level 10 and toning developing for ash colours Use a colour toner from the opposite of the colour you’re trying to cancel from colour wheel You’re done If you wanna be lighter wait at least a day Use products to maintain colour
jessica walker: Grateful I found your channel. Your videos don't pop up in my recommended anymore. Also grateful that my mom did hair for a living, so I learned a lot from her. (Edit: I was always told to use 20 volume developer on Virgin hair, and 30 on hair with color already in it).
My CustomPainted Life: I use 5 to deposit color, usually after I’ve bleached and yup, I do use 20-30 vol, depending on, like you said, how many levels I need. I know that when I do my own hair, I don’t work fast so when I get to the end of my bleach process I bump up the volume. And just in case you think I know what I’m doing… I’m sitting outside with 2 different sun lighters! I hope I’m not killing my hair!
pinup60: I have ombre hair which was done by a professional, and now I'm trying to tint the light parts to a subtle pink/rose gold. It worked fine with some toning shampoo, but it rinses off on the first wash, second at most. So I went to the salon to get a permanent pink on my highlights. I know permanent color needs oxigenated water (??) not sure about the correct name in English. Anyway, I know the oxygenated water lifts the color on your hair. So I was very afraid to use it and get spots on my hair or lose the ombre effect I already had. I went to the salon, but turns out that the virgin part of my hair (the top) changed color slightly (to a brighter tone) and the highlights had almost no change whatsoever. It just changed the hue of the blonde to a colder blond, it didn't get not even slightly pink. I was very frustrated, because I was ok with the color the virgin part of my hair was (on the top), and the ombre (which I wanted to be pink) end up not changing at all. Any clues of what might have gone wrong? I used a professional hair dye, but the hairdresser apllied it on wet hair, not sure if this was the problem. I'm sorry for the long comment, anyway.. I'm trying to figure out what went wrong
Ewura-Ama Quarshie: This is really useful but I disagree with the "don't use oil" advice because my 4C afro hair needs regular moisturising and extra protection, so the oil acts as a barrier to help prevent damage. (I'm bleaching my hair today and have looked up info for bleaching dark 4C for weeks in preparation, so I'm watching this video and your reactions to natural hair bleaching one for extra tips before I start)
Amaranth Elk: this is like the cool mom who helps her kid get birth control instead of trying to enforce abstinence
Cindygr8ce: I used to do my hair all the time when I was younger but it's been about 10 yrs and I'm glad I watched this since my hair is virgin now I wouldn't have waited the 10-15 mins before doing my roots I would have just done them immediately after the mids and ends.
Bonez Poley: I followed these instructions a few months ago with phenomenal results. Came back for a refresh tonight before I go back in! I love you. Thank you!!
Sea Scape08: This is so helpful, I’ve learned a lot! Especially if you are like me, no education on hair. Thank you!
Danika Tana: Ahhhhhh Brad I love you sooo much. I might be going through a quarter life crisis but I'm going to bleach my hair attempt to go blonde AT HOME and I'm going to follow this word for word. You are my hair god!!!!
Wayne Goss: Even though I don't plan to colour my hair, here I am. Watching. Just love this channel!
E R: When he pulled a mean girl line “stop trying to make it happen it’s never going to happen” lmaoo + sometimes he would change his voice & was super sweet, it really showed how much he cares about hair & treating it right ❤️
Miracle 23: Can we get the curly hair version (being that curly hair is naturally dryer than straight hair ) how can we avoid damaging our curl patterns ? Or should we avoid it entirely ?
Alex W.: Brad, or people who have seen enough of his videos to know if he’a answered this already: My hair on the top of my head is maybe as long as his in the video, possibly a little shorter, what do you recommend you put the bleach on first? Does doing the roots last matter at that length?
Zoe Basseterre: Estoy tan contenta por el hecho de que agregó subtítulos al video, muchas gracias, amo tu canal.❤
Melissa Cross: “Everyone wants to do something drastic to their hair just to feel something” that needs to be framed somewhere.
mkragan12: Thank you for this!! I have learned a lot from my stylist through the years, but definitely not enough to do this at home... but I'm doing it anyway! I'm sure I will be back in her chair very soon after...
Ghost Kitty 89: Had pillar box red hair for 12 years. Stripped it twice. Hair is still healthy. I'm naturally blonde wanting to go copper carrot colour Seems like the perfect time to bleach my hair for the first time Mids and ends only to lighten them up before carrot time ☺️ Hair is currently blonde roots with dark gingery red. What could go wrong
Alexa Apocalypse: Hey Brad had a question about how to do a shadow root on light hair without rinsing the dark into the light would love for you to do a video on it if you havent . Also in this video you said not to wash your hair before coloring but my semi permanent hair color always suggests washing not conditioning and drying hair before applying so just wanted to point that out. I am under the impression that it's because you want the oil gone so the hair absorbs more color eventually on the outside of the hair since we aren't opening the cuticle. Love your videos thanx for being a such a beautiful wonderful person ❤❤
Marissa White: Y2K looks amazing on you!! Btw, I would like hear advice from for pixie cuts. Ok, like what cut is matching to the shape of your shaped face? Or what style? I think that you have a great determination for faces, and this will be really interesting
Sim: Let’s be honest, you did not search for him. He showed up to save you from murdering your hair.
Adriana Gaytan: Wow this was so helpful I’m excited to start I actually did right notes thanks for sharing your hair gods color tips
Theresa Simmons: Learned a lot! Thank you! Love your teaching.
Yari Nieves: Love your videos Brad. This one was a good one. I do have one question though. What is your opinion on using olaplex when bleaching hair? I heard how this product can help protect the hair when coloring and especially when bleaching. I have very dark hair but was thinking on trying a platinum blonde color. I am just looking for ways to protect my hair from falling out which is my biggest fear. So any help is truly appreciated.
Nessa N: Brad: “Don’t make any impulse decisions.” Me: I did not understand the assignment.
Ame Anderson: April 2020: "A lot of us are at our breaking points by now" October 2020: November 2020: December 2020: January 2021: February2021: March 2021: April 2021: May 2021:
Fruit Gal 522: I got my hair bleached at an Aveda salon, and she washed it first! That explains why it was so painful!!
Megan Jeffrey: Thank you so much now I understand why my colour "disappears" when I tone it. It's making the colour I highlight my hair with the same colour as my original colour since my hair looks like a light brunette but it's actually more of a golden blonde so toning it would make the light blonde a golden blonde like my hair . Makes total sense now.
Ely Blanco: I went to a salon and asked for an all over light brown. My natural hair color is dark brown. I knew it wasn’t going to get as light as I wanted on the first go around, but I expected at least a noticeable difference. Basically my roots still look like my natural color, the middle part of my hair looks chocolate brown & the ends of my hair look black. I paid $200 for this! So now I am going to just go to my local target and try some at home coloring cuss ain’t no way I am getting scammed like this again lol thank you for the tips!!!
Petrusz Laura: I am soooooo thankful to you Brad!!!!!! Ur such a nice person :c I wish you all the best!!!
Bailey Fink: Bleach instructions, typed out with notes: Don't bleach your hair after it's freshly washed - oil on your scalp protects you Prep: clothes you don't mind throwing away Cover floor, etc. with old towels GLOVES 1. start with dry hair; Split hair into 4 sections 2. Mix: - Developer: 20 volume: 1-2 levels of lift. great, basic, does the job but still safe; better for scalp 30 volume: RECOMMENDED; higher lift, higher risk; ALSO lifts/lightens previous fake color - lightener/bleach: read directions, follow ratio instructions! Application: 3. Start with mid sections and ends. Wait 10-15 minutes, do scalp - start with darkest color spots Start at bottom/back of hair, working up 4. Put a (plastic?) bag over hair, tie it up - spray a little water inside (steamy so it's not too drying) 5. 45 minutes, check because it varies - Monitor process! Rinse: start in back LUKE WARM WATER (not cold, it shocks the hair, causing breakage) Gentle yet thorough, don't use nails/don't scrub your scalp Usually takes 2 washes to get all lightener/bleach out of hair (if it's gritty, wash it again) - (purple shampoooooo baby) Toner: lays on top of hair cuticle, healthy for your hair Apply right after (You can only use the same level of hair darkness OR go darker: for the use of Toners) Not used to lighten hair, just corrects the TONE in the level you created with the bleach/lightener NOTE: first time options - DO SCALP LAST (start by not doing scalp in first session, come back to if a few days later) do NOT comb/brush it through Use a lot - you don't want it to get spotty (if you're concerned for your hair health, leave it on for less time); coat it in there Note: Bleach doesn't lather like shampoo It always looks whiter before rinsing, will wash out and look more yellow than you think CONDITION/HAIR MASK to help scalp after Your welcome.
MysticalBunny74: I had always been doing things with my hair like using lemon juice in the sun. I even have a picture of when I was 5 and I had pink hair. Since I was about 10 I have been coloring my hair different colors. I am blessed natural platinum blonde so it wasn’t hard for me to do that without bleaching at the time. I started bleaching my hair probably around 12. It was a different color every month or month 1/2. So by the time I was 16 I thought I had a pretty good grip on it. I had run out of my usual developer that I use with my bleach and had some left over by a different brand from my sister. So I used that. When I started to wash my hair was when I realize something was wrong. My hair was falling out. I was shocked at the amount of hair going down the drain and started crying when my sister told me I’m going to have to shave my head. I had actually been thinking of shaving my head for a while at that time so I guess the universe made it happen ;). It was definitely a big change and ended up being a pretty challenging time in my life. I was conditioned towards beauty so it was a very eye opening experience. I would definitely shave my head again but on purpose next time
Siera Jessica: I have been bleaching and dyeing my own hair for over a decade at this point and here I am watching this video (for probably the 5th time) for moral support in case I randomly forgot how to do my hair
1reliJen: In all due respect, peroxide is in the developer, not the powder. The powder is not the bleach but a mixture of several catalyzing agents. The powder contains the oxdizer, ammonium persulfate (or other persulfate salts, among other ingredients), which is used as a cataliiyzing agent that reacts with the hydrogen peroxide in the developer to spead up the lightening process.
Amrita Manhas: Loved the way you explained the whole process
whatsnewlu: we finally broke him, he's spilling the hairstylist secrets now. team DIY wins.
a cat: I’m coloring my hair at home for the first time in my life wish me luck y’all
Emoli Ravioli: I dyed my dark brown virgin hair orange with 20 volume and it came out amazing, vibrant but not too bright so it looked just like a natural ginger
Alexandra Evans: I never knew how to do my hair growing up. You’re my life saver.