How to Bleach Your Hair

The trip to blonde hair is a rough trip for your hair, and a definitely damaging one. Unlike hair color, bleach hits down to the inner part of the follicle if not done carefully, you could lose your hair.

What You Will Need

• Bleach Powder
• Liquid [crème] Peroxide [your choice of strength but I recommend 20 or 30]
• Plastic/Ceramic Bowl
• Tint Brush
• Gloves
• Vaseline [optional]
• Bleach Kit [alternative to powder and peroxide]
• Toner [Removes yellows/brassiness]
• Hair Clips [optional]
• Hair Ties [optional]
• Deep Conditioner

Step 1

The first thing you need to do is put on your gloves and mix up your peroxide with your powder bleach in your bowl until a cake batter like consistency. If you have a bleach kit then skip this step because it comes premeasured and ready to mix.

Step 2

Next prepare your hair for the bleach by brushing or combing through it making sure it's detangled, afterwards if you so choose section off your hair and tie or clip back the hair you don't want bleached. After your hair is prepared, I would recommend preparing your skin around your hairline and the back of your neck with Vaseline as this can chemically burn your skin.

Step 3

With your tint brush start applying the bleach that you mixed, make sure to start from the middle of your hair and work both ways because you don't want your roots being a lighter color then then rest of your hair and you don't want your ends to be damaged the most because of it. Keep in mind the darker your hair the more times you may need to bleach to reach your desired color, but only bleach again after two or three daysto allow your hair some healing time. Leave your bleach on for anywhere from 30-45 minutes [no longer as your hair may fall out].

Step 4

After it's been sitting in your hair for the appropriate time, rinse out but use your toner shampoo and put it in your hair, leaving it sit for about 5 minutes, no longer then that because your hair may turn purple. After you rinse that out, if you plan to dye it do not condition so your dye will stick better, if you do not plan to dye your hair put in a deep conditioner and leave that in for about 3 minutes. After washing that out you're done.

Notes:

• You may need to repeat all these steps as needed until you've reached that desired color
• Toner Shampoo will be purple you definitely want that.
• Do not fear burning on your scalp, it is known to happen.
• After bleaching, there will be some damage as it's impossible to prevent, if you have your desired color condition often to help the hair heal.