Alright, so I've spent the last 6-7 years coloring my hair a mixture of black, browns, reds, and one pink and black, and once a plum brown. I'm naturally blonde and as of the past few months my hair is no longer holding onto the dye anymore. I'll dye it a dark color and it just doesn't hold, my hair clumps and tangles beyond belief whenever the dye touches it and it's just useless now. So I've decided to go back blonde. In the time during these 6-7 years I've tried going back blonde a couple times, would bleach my hair a few times and then get pissed off it wasn't working and just say "Screw it, I'm going back black" and that was that. This time I've done more research and understand a bit better that I've got to bleach it a few times, then use purple shampoo and tone it ect. Right now I'm on my second round of bleaching. I waited about 3 weeks from the last time I bleached. I'm so close to the blonde that I honestly just want to re-bleach it now instead of waiting a week. I bleached it last night. Now I know that's a huge freak out to most people but honestly, my hair is pretty dang healthy despite all I've done to it. Maybe it's because I don't wash it that often and I rarely brush it, or the fact I use Argon oil spray in it as well. I have no idea. But since I bleached it yesterday it still feels healthy and is shiny. So would it do that much damage to just go ahead and finish it off? Bleach one last time and then tone it? I know some people have gone from black to blonde in the matter of one day (I still have no idea how, I'm assuming they just go ahead and bleach it two-three times in one sitting, but I'm not sure) so I figure as long as your hair still feels and looks pretty healthy it won't completely ruin it?
The first picture is right after I got out of the shower from washing out the bleach (yesterday), so it was still semi-wet. And the second is from today after it's dried and lightened itself out a bit to a dull orange/red/blonde.
Posted : May 18, 2015 11:37 pm
Did you try a colour remover at all? much simpler than trying to bleach out 7 years worth of box dye.
You say your hair no longer holds colour and 'clumpsand tangles' when dye touches it, which are signs that it is very damaged.
The reason it is advised to wait at least a month between processes is because that is how long it takes for any damage to start to show. Bleach damage is permanent and cumulative, so the next process could easily be the one that causes your hair to snap off.
I would use a colour remover before even considering any more bleach, then do a strand test before proceeding. I honestly don't think you will get all that build up out with one more bleach. Your hair is also likely to be stained, it is not always possible to go from dyed dark to light blonde.
Going from dyed dark to blonde takes months if you want to do it safely and protect the integrity of your hair.
Posted : May 19, 2015 3:20 am
Unless the argon oil spray is 100% argon oil, which the vast majority aren't, it will contain silicone. Silicone masks damage rather than repairing it. Your feeling that you have healthy hair is, I'm afraid, highly likely to be very wrong. Like Wicked Pixie said, if it's clumping and tangling at any time, it's signs of very bad damage. Argon oil isn't a miracle worker sadly.
Posted : May 19, 2015 6:02 am
Sadly no. I didn't find out about color removal until after I'd already bleached it once and I was under the impression from a few stylists that using a color removal after I've bleached would be useless since I already removed the color but they weren't sure. I have Color Oopps from a while back, would that help? As for the Argon Oil, I literally just started using it about a week ago and not that often. Just whenever I wash my hair which again, isn't that often. In between bleaches I baby the heck out of my hair though, condition the crap out of it and use the Ion repair packs. Everyone who's messed with my hair says it's still healthy but maybe it's not. It looks and feels fine and I've had my hair fried years ago when I tried bleaching it amd it's no where near fried. I've also seen many girl's hair fried after going blonde. My hair looks nothing like that but I have no clue. I've also heard waiting a week before bleaching not a month. 🙁
Also, the clumping and tangling started about a year ago and in between I haven't done that much dying to it. Maybe 4 times and one other bleaching. But I've gone to a hair stylist during one of those and she said my hair looked and felt fine but she was confused whu the dye wasn't holding either.
Posted : May 19, 2015 3:36 pm
Definitely try the colour remover, they actually can work better after bleaching, i assume because the cuticle has been opened.
Damage issues aside (it is entirely your choice whether you choose to do it the slow and safe way or bleach repeatedly in a short time span and risk irreparable damage) it is very unlikely that you will be able to bleach that red in your ends to a shade anywhere similar to your roots.
I would start using the colour remover, you will probably need three rounds of it. Apply to clean, unconditioned hair, keep warm and covered and leave on for the full hour. Then rinse like crazy with hot water, ideally for longer than recommended and keeping the hair moving in the water.
Posted : May 19, 2015 3:53 pm
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