Every single day, I am asked by strangers how I keep my hair white blonde without it being dry, brittle and orange tinted. I’ve done product reviews for hair products that really help, but the ones I’m listing here are my main loves.
First of all, people want to know who it is that does my hair…well, it’s me. I use a 40 volume developer which to me, is key. The main thing with being blonde, is to NOT overlap! No one cares more about me burning off my hair, than ME…so I choose to be mad at myself for free than mad at the hairdresser and paying her $200 to burn off my hair. Or be orange. Or yellow. I also do it every 4 weeks so I don’t have all day to sit in a salon.
On the rare occasion I may take it off too soon…then I use a 10 or 20 volume to hit the roots again the next time I wash it for a few minutes, to correct the yellow.
I always use the “Purple Shampoo” that you all know about, but here’s the difference…if I really want a snow white color, I will put the Shimmer Lights Shampoo for Blonde & Silver on my hair while it is still dry. Slowly, I will work it in, lather it up with small amounts of water and let it sit all lathered up for about 5 minutes on my head before rinsing. Most people tell me that the purple shampoo does not work for them, but I really noticed the biggest difference once I started putting it on dry hair. Also, come on ladies…if your hair dresser gave you orange highlights, nothing is going to make it blonde. Just sayin.
Before blow drying, I use Biosilk Silk Therapy as a heat protector/smoother. I’ve used this for a zillion years and keep going back to it. I feel that it keeps my hair from drying out and breaking off!
I’ve considered filming a video of the self bleaching process, but it’s very important that people know that it’s very hard to color your entire head blonde all at once. I would advise going into chunkier and chunkier pieces first, until most of the head is blonde before attempting to go all the way.
Of course, once it is all the way blonde, you could, in theory, then start coloring it on your own, because there is only the root retouch to do. The self root retouch is what I’m considering filming. It’s not hard at all and I love myself when there’s still $200 in my wallet after my hair is freshly done!
-SDS
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