Being Blonde

hey there

So, in my last post I helped you understand what I do when it comes to the time to bleach my hair, as this is a regular thing I do every couple of months before making my silver again.

But, since the last time I bleached it (which was a few weeks before the post) I haven't dyed it silver again, as I am testing out how I feel about being blonde.

I like it! At the moment, I have been blonde for about 3 weeks, which is longer than I have been blonde in a year or 2, and I am liking it. I do love having silver hair, but thought I would give blonde a shot.

Anyway, I'm going to put in a few picture of my blonde hair as it is now, and I hope you like it! 

 

I will be dying my hair silver again in the near future and will be sure to do a blog post on how to get my hair silvery lilac! 

Thanks for reading! 

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Bleaching my hair

hello there

So, incase you haven't seen my photo to the right of my profile, my hair is a really light silvery/white colour.

Now, obviously, this colour doesn't come naturally, (unless you are a pensioner in which case, I envy

you) so it requires a lot of maintenance. 

In this post, I am going to explain the first step in the process I take to get my silver hair. 

To get silver hair, your hair needs to be a very pale blonde or if possible, white. 

Naturally, my hair is a medium to light blonde, (which I don't have a picture of as my hair has been silver for quite a while) and so the bleaching process is fairly easy, as I don't have to lighten my hair dramatically. Also, seeing as I tend to keep up with my colour, as roots scare the hell out of me, I only have to touch up my roots from time to time with bleach. 

This post is mainly going to be a step-by-step of the process of bleaching my hair.

Firstly - here is what I use

I know, my hair already looks silver/lilac, and thats because I tend to keep on top of it. However if you look closely, you can see my blonde roots making an appearance. Surely any girls who colour their hair will think the same, you can always see imperfections that other people can't sometimes. 

Here is what I use to bleach my hair. Schwarzkopf Live Color XXL in 00A Absolute Platinum.




I have always used this colour to make my hair pretty much white. I trust Schwarzkopf, but I assume it is all down to personal preference. I believe this bleach is slightly weaker than professional bleach that you could buy in Sally Beauty, and slightly calmer on your hair. Plus, I just like the vibrancy of the colour. 

Inside the box (excuse my pyjamas in the back) you get everything you need to bleach your hair. I like the ease of it all. You don't need a mixing dish or anything like that, the bleach gets mixed and made itself in the plastic tube, all you do is add the lightening creme and the sachet of powder bleach. Even though I have been doing this for a while, I would still be nervous to measure everything out for myself. I like how it is all pretty much done for you in the right measurements, all you have to do is mix them together and slap it on your head!

Here is a very flattering picture of what the bleach looks like, once it has been applied to your head. You can see my roots a bit clearer in this picture, as I had only just applied the bleach. 

I would leave this on my head for about an hour, or until all of my hair looks white, you can see bleach developing on your hair over time, so I would recommend just keeping an eye on it and washing it off when it is as bright as you want it to be. 

And here it is when I have washed the bleach off my roots and they are all nice and blonde! I would like to add, ignore the redness of my skin, thats not from the bleach, the water in the shower was mega hot! 

Thanks for reading, I will be sure to do a post when I decide to apply the silver toner, and explain how I do that! 

x