How to Bleach Your Hair Blonde - The Step-by-Step Guide

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Disclaimer: The technique I am about to walk you through if over used can severely or permanently damage your hair. Please be as careful as possible when following my directions and keep your re-bleaching to a minimum. Trust me, you don't want to learn the hard way.

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Before reading I would like to let you know that purchasing all of the supplies you need will approximately $40 or less if you choose to go with cheaper brands! (this does not include items I recommend at the end of this article for after-care. These products aren't needed to achieve blonde hair, but they are good to have to maintain beautiful healthy hair).
Please read carefully and thoroughly at least twice. If you skim through this article you may miss some instructions which are crucial to your hair turning out beautiful. Thank you and I hope you enjoy =)

Have you always dreamed of having beautiful blonde hair but never could afford to pay a couple hundred dollars a month at an overpriced salon? Or have you ever told your hairstylist that you wanted your hair really blonde, not just a weave, but all over color? Let me guess she looked at you like you were crazy and told you she will not do it because it will fry your hair off? Yeah. Right. I am revealing the truth to wannabe blondes. You can become blonde for less than $40, and you won't get ripped off at a salon and pay $300 dollars for something that costs them less than $10! I too once was a victim of overpriced salons struggling to keep up with my self adored blonde locks.

I finally decided to go to my local beauty supply store and purchase the items that I needed to do my hair myself. I am not a complete genius and I didn't magically know exactly which products to buy. I had to do a little bit of internet research to get started. But I took a chance, and trust me I was scared! I couldn't believe how simple it was! My hair turned out beautiful, the blonde I always wanted but could never have. Then I dyed my twin sister's hair, and a couple friends from work, they loved it too! People are always shocked when I tell them I do my own hair! And now I want to share my knowledge with all of you.

You may be skeptical. For instance, you have hair that is already colored a brown, red, or black shade, and you don't want it to turn orange from bleaching it? Or you think you will fry your hair off because bleaching is harsh. Well let me give you the honest truth. I naturally have dark brown hair that I used to get weaved every month at a salon. The lady that used to do my hair always left a little bit of roots still showing! She was obviously doing that on purpose so my roots will grow out faster and she will make more money off of me from having to come in more frequently! Ugh!

Finally I got tired of paying so much money to keep my hair blonde, it was not worth it to me anymore. I decided to dye my hair soft black so I wouldn't have to ever worry about roots again. Well about a week later I couldn't stand not being a blonde anymore! I missed it so much. The first step for me was to get the black out of my hair so I bought a COLOR STRIPPER at my local beauty supply store. There are a couple different brands. The brand I prefer is called L'Oreal One N' Only Color Fix, which is an unwanted permanent hair color remover and it will work regardless of how long the color has been on your hair.
Follow the directions of the back of the box and when you are finished your hair is going as orange as the bitch from the fifth element. But don't freak out, it won't stay that way for long. Some people will say that you should spread out the process of stripping, bleaching and toning your hair weeks apart because the process is too harsh. Well if you ask me that is B.S., and my hair is just fine!

I stripped the black from my hair. Then I bleached my hair ONCE, and only once, and then toned it. I will explain how to do this in a moment. If you are a girl that has a light color weave or light brown hair, or you have your natural hair color you do not need to strip you hair color first. Now if you didn't strip your color first you will be bleaching your hair twice, and if you stripped the color off first you can only bleach it once, FOR NOW.

When you are finished with the first bleaching it will turn out blonde. Remember you are still going to tone it so if its a bit yellow its okay! I'm afraid that if you strip the color off of your hair, then bleach twice, and then tone, you might fry your scalp off. Bleaching is the worst part of going blonde and if your hair is already agitated from stripping the color, then bleaching it more than once will be too harsh. If you did not strip color off of your hair first then you will bleach, bleach again, and tone all in the same day.

Since I am a person that stripped the color off of my hair before bleaching it, I only bleached it once. Then I waited about a week to give my hair a break, but not too long of a break because we don't want to get roots yet! After a week then you will completely bleach your hair one more time, and tone one more time. This will make your hair a light blonde. If you are happy with the blonde that you achieve the first time then just stick with that. You don't have to bleach it again. I PROMISE IT WILL LOOK GREAT! I've turned black and dark brown hair platinum blonde, if I can do it you can!

Now, if you're the skeptic who thinks your hair is going to fall out if you bleach it, you're wrong! If you follow my directions that are very clearly laid out for you step by step then you will be fine. My hair is soooooo so thin. I'm not exaggerating, it is really bad. If I try to put it in a low ponytail it looks like a frickin' skinny rope of blonde hair dangling from my head. MY HAIR DID NOT BECOME THIN FROM BLEACHING IT, IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN THIN. Gotta' love genetics! So if my hair doesn't fall out (and I've been doing this for quite a while) then yours definitely will not. Seriously, you have nothing to be worried about! The hairstylists just try to scare you so you won't do your hair yourself, and that way they can continue to make money off of you. Makes sense right?

Now that I have hopefully steered you in the right direction and took away your fear of bleaching your hair, I will now explain step by step how to become a bangin' blondie!

The first thing you should get is a Sally's Beauty Club Card. It is only $5 and it will pay for itself the first time you use it. I save so much money with my Beauty Club Card.

L'Oreal Quick N' Blue High Performance Powder lightener, they are sold in individual use packets that are 4.99 each , and almost everyone will need two packets if not more. So that's $15+ in bleach alone each time you dye your hair, which really adds up! So instead, I would recommend buying the tub which is 1 pound, so it is equivalent to 16 bleach packets! The tub is only 24.99 which is an awesome deal, and with your BCC (Beauty Club Card) it is only 19.99. So unless you plan on bleaching your hair only one time, you should buy the 1 pound tub because it is more economical and a great deal!

You will need the 30 volume crème developer (the brand I use is Salon Care Professional). These also come in 3 different sizes. Now keep in mind you have to use the developer for the bleach AND the toner. So again, unless you're only dying your hair once I recommend getting the 32 oz bottle (5.89) because it goes by quick! And if you hurry half gallons of 30 volume developer are on sale for 3.99!

For the toner you will need Wella Color Charm TONER (careful, they have hair color too!) in Ivory Lady. If you have longer thicker hair you will need to buy TWO boxes.

If any of you wanted a more silvery-platinum blonde color you need to buy White Lady instead. Buy one or two boxes depending on your hair type. CAREFUL! Later when I give the instructions for the how to ton your hair, I will say to leave it on for 40 minutes. IF YOU GET WHITE LADY ONLY LEAVE IT ON FOR 15 MINUTES MAX!!! or your hair will literally be silver and you will look like an old hag. =). Also if you decide to go with the White Lady you need to buy a bottle of Salon Care Professional 20 volume crème developer (instead of 30) ,but YOU STILL HAVE TO USE THE 30 VOLUME FOR THE BLEACH! (that's the only down side)

IMPORTANT: If you have thin/fine/short/medium-short hair you need to buy ONE tube of purple Ardell Red Gold Corrector Plus(.99/.89BCC). If you have thick/coarse/long/medium long hair you will need to buy TWO tubes of Ardell Red Gold Corrector Plus.

Lastly, you will need a packet of Ion Effective Care Intensive Therapy packet which is on sale now for 99 cents at www.sallybeauty.com.

LETS BEGIN!

Step 1: Make sure your hair is thoroughly dry. If you bought the bucket of Quick N' Blue I just start by adding a single scoop in my mixing bowl. Then I take my 30 volume crème developer and eyeball it until the mixture looks like its half developer and half bleach. This way is simple and remember, it doesn't have to be a perfect measurement (but not way off). Then just stir well. If you end up needing more bleach later on just make it the same way as I described above. For those that choose the packets, I don't mess around with those much so I'm unfamiliar with the measurements and weight but there are simple directions on the back of the packet to get a good ratio of developer to powder. I like doing it half and half because it gets blonder because there is a higher concentration of bleach powder in the mixture rather than if it were 2:1.

Step 2: Start applying bleach to the lengths of your hair first because your roots will lighten the fastest. Then work your way from the back of your head forward. Apply bleach all over head making sure you do not miss any spots, cause' if you do it really sucks to fix them! The amount of time you will let the bleach sit depends on your hair color. If you have a darker color it will take longer, and a lighter color will be faster. My rule of thumb is always to let it sit for at least 30 minutes (which is still cutting it a little short) but no more than 60 minutes because your hair will fry. Most people will leave it for 40-45 minutes. If you think your hair is done you can take a damp towel and wipe off the bleach in one section close to your forehead. If this section looks done then that would mean the rest of your hair is also because you started in the back. KEEP IN MIND: the bleach while still on your hair will make your hair appear to be a lot lighter than it will be when you rinse it off, so don't do it too soon. Be patient =). Beware the bleach doesn't feel very good it might burn a little, especially if your hair is clean. Don't be alarmed, your scalp is not dissolving in acid! I'm kidding its not that intense, it doesn't hurt. I just wanted to warn you it is not delightful!

Step 3: Rinse hair until water runs clear. Shampoo with your new purple shampoo that you got from Sally Beauty Supply, and rinse again.

Step 4: Thoroughly blow dry your hair.
Your hair will be yellowy/ orange. So next time you see people walking down the street with piss yellow hair you can say "Look! She didn't bleach her hair twice!".

TO AVOID PISS HAIR: We Bleach Again!

NOW: if you are one of the people who stripped their hair color first, you're only bleaching ONCE! You knew that right? Bleach is harsh so we cannot strip, bleach twice, and tone in one day, baaaad idea.
If you are one of the people who just started with bleach and didn't need to strip any color, you are going to repeat the bleaching process again. This time you will not need to leave it on much longer than 30 minutes. But be sure to still check it and don't rinse it out two soon. To clarify, you will bleach your hair twice.
Now that the color strippers and non-color strippers are back on the same page......

Toning your hair is very crucial to this process. It gives your hair the pretty natural blonde color you want, instead of looking fake, yellow, and orange. *(aka GHETTO and trashy). That's not what we want.

Step 5: Depending on if your hair is in the not so much, or way too much hair category you will have either bought 1 or 2 boxes of toner. It's your call, but remember it is better safe than sorry! It will not be fun if you run out halfway up your head and half orange half blonde hair. (But if you do there are always hats and hoodies). ;-)
For the one box people with thin, fine, etc. hair: Empty the contents of the toner bottle into your mixing bowl. The toner is 1.42oz, and with toner we ALWAYS do one part toner to two parts developer. Now if you want to be extremely precise you would then need to add 2.84oz of 30 volume developer. But it is easier to just add 3oz. (It will be fine, trust me! =). The measurements never need to be exact but be careful not to get them too far off.

FAQ: My mixing bowl has milliliters not ounces, what should I do?
Well you can do one of two things; 1. Get a measuring cup out of your mom's cupboard and measure 3oz of developer and dump it in your mixing bowl or 2. Stop being so anal! Just kidding, but not really. This is how I do it; add in the toner first by itself and see how many milliliters it adds up to, which will be indicated by your fancy schmancy professional mixing bowl. Say for example the toner was 20mL (which its not) then all you have to do is multiply 20 by 2 and you get 40mL. And from there 20mL+40mL=60mL. So pour the developer until the mixture reaches the 60mL mark. Sorry if I repeat myself a lot I'm am just trying to make these instructions very clear.

Moving on
For two box people with thick, long, etc. hair: Do the exact same thing as the one box people above, just double the amounts of the developer and the toner. Remember that the ratio should still be 2:1 So you are going to take your two bottles of toner and dump them in your mixing bowl(3oz). See how many milliliters they add up to in the bowl. Let's say for example, the mixture of your two toners adds up to 70mL according to your mixing bowl. You will multiply 70 by two which is 140. 70mL of toner plus 140mL of developer will equal 210mL all together. Fill the bowl wit developer until it hits the 140 mL mark. Mix well. Keep in mind, my numbers are EXAMPLES and yours will be different. But the math is very simple.

NOT SO FAST! There is still one more ingredient to complete the purple goop!
For short/thin/fine/medium-short/one-box-people you will add ONE tube of your purple Ardell Red Gold Corrector Plus. Now you may stir your mixture thoroughly and get ready for action!
For thick/long/coarse/medium-long/ two-box-people you will add TWO tubes of your purple Ardell Red Gold Corrector Plus. Now you may stir your mixture thoroughly and get ready for action!
Alright we are all on the same page again.

Step 6: Apply toner thoroughly saturating all of the hair on your head. Massage your scalp to make sure the toner gets to your roots! Leave on for 40 minutes! (Another reminder if you decided to do the white lady leave on for only 15 minutes, and use a 20 volume crème developer, but still use your tube(s) of Ardell Red Gold Corrector Plus.

Step 7: Rinse well until water runs clear. Again, shampoo with your purple shampoo. Next you will deep condition with the Ion Effective Care Intensive Therapy packet. Follow instructions on the back, I believe you are supposed to leave it in for at least 4 minutes. Then Rinse!

Step 8: Blow dry and enjoy being a blonde, cause' we really do have more fun!

I recommend a reconstructive or moisturizing treatment soon after hair bleached for hydration and damage repair. See below for the products that I love and recommend.

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When bleaching your hair you always should buy some sort of reconstructive treatment. Bleaching your hair is very harsh and we always need to keep that in mind.

"Cholesterol" by Queen Helene.
We don't like it in our food but we sure do love it in our hair (hah)! This is a hair conditioning cream. It works wonders for me because I back comb my hair quite often which leaves tangles, and after using Cholesterol my hair is soft and tangle free! Cholesterol treats and conditions dry over-bleached damaged hair. There are two different sized tubs available, one is 80 oz, and one is 15oz. It is really inexpensive and really good stuff! I would recommend just buying the 15oz tub because I have had the same one for about 4 months and it is only halfway gone. But if you feel like you will be deep conditioning your hair more often than normal get the 80oz tub.

FOUR MORE AMAZING PRODUCTS

2. Pearatin. Another one of my favorite hydrating and reconstructive hair care systems

Add a dime size amount to your hair after it is toweled dry, and then add some more after it is blow dryed! This product really helps my frizz and fly away hairs. Added bonus: It has a color keeper complex, so you can hold on to your bleach blonde hair for longer!
3. Chi Silk Infusion.This product all of you probably already have, and if you don't you have heard of it. It is the BOMB!

It is a silk reconstructing complex and it makes your hair so shiny! Apply it after your hair is dry. Be careful not to add too much to your roots as it may cause your hair to look oily.
4. Moroccan Oil.

The smell alone would make me buy it! There are no beauty supply stores or salons near my city that carry it so I have to order it online. Amazon and eBay generally have the best prices. This product is known for leaving your hair shiny without making it look oily. It makes your hair incredibly soft and its good for your scalp too! The price is generally around 45 dollars for the oil serum.
I hope one of these products works out for you! Thanks for reading.

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