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FirstLight

(13,360 posts)
Wed Mar 24, 2021, 10:23 PM Mar 2021

O Lordy! Got the bleach on the hair, covered & cookin'

in 20 minutes I am gonna be PLATINUM (or one step closer)


Been doing my dishwater brown hair red most of my life...finally taking the plunge to go light and then let the gray fade easily into it...

Im thinking maybe some color streak "lowlites" like pastel/mermaid colors...


wish me luck!

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O Lordy! Got the bleach on the hair, covered & cookin' (Original Post) FirstLight Mar 2021 OP
How exciting! happybird Mar 2021 #1
I figured if I totally fuck it up I can go dark again, Lol FirstLight Mar 2021 #2
Lol! happybird Mar 2021 #4
My teen daughter & friends have changed colors a lot FirstLight Mar 2021 #5
The first try at a new hair color is terrifying! Good luck. Tell us how it comes out. Scrivener7 Mar 2021 #3
I've been at it for years Deuxcents Mar 2021 #6
Have fun! MLAA Mar 2021 #7
yep! got both ...shamooo & conditioner FirstLight Mar 2021 #9
Super exciting! Keep me updated! MLAA Mar 2021 #10
Gonna have the daughter & roomie help with round #2 tomorrow! FirstLight Mar 2021 #8
Have you ever used Olaplex to strengthen and repair after coloring? Ziggysmom Mar 2021 #11
I will be getting something tomorrow... olaplex, I have heard of it FirstLight Mar 2021 #12
My daughter uses it, is suppose to repair broken protein bonds in the hair. Ziggysmom Mar 2021 #13
good to know though, I dont wanna fry it off FirstLight Mar 2021 #18
I think about Mrs. Slocum in "Are You Being Served", who had a different hair colour in every niyad Mar 2021 #14
never saw it gotta look ;) FirstLight Mar 2021 #15
At least five! niyad Mar 2021 #16
Ooooooo, fun! Laffy Kat Mar 2021 #17
so annoying that it takes so much chemicals & work to get to "null" FirstLight Mar 2021 #19
Why stop at platinum? retread Mar 2021 #20
Mermaid colors need Sanity Claws Mar 2021 #21
I actually have a mermaid tail blanket 🤣 FirstLight Mar 2021 #23
Made an appointment for a salon job lol FirstLight Mar 2021 #22
drumroll please! the big reveal! ;) FirstLight Mar 2021 #24
Looks perfect :) Donkees Mar 2021 #25

happybird

(4,606 posts)
1. How exciting!
Wed Mar 24, 2021, 10:26 PM
Mar 2021

That is a bold move! I’m sure it will look great!

I love the idea of mermaid colors. So pretty. My hair is too dark and I’m terrified to bleach it. So...

You are brave!

FirstLight

(13,360 posts)
2. I figured if I totally fuck it up I can go dark again, Lol
Wed Mar 24, 2021, 10:27 PM
Mar 2021

But Im dying for a change and at 51 the gray is a hard upkeep

happybird

(4,606 posts)
4. Lol!
Wed Mar 24, 2021, 10:31 PM
Mar 2021

I’m going silvery grey and have been thinking about dyeing/bleaching it all grey, but am too scared.

Did you see that lady sitting at the table with Sec. Blinken yesterday (maybe it was Monday?
She had pastel purple hair and it was lovely.

Scrivener7

(50,949 posts)
3. The first try at a new hair color is terrifying! Good luck. Tell us how it comes out.
Wed Mar 24, 2021, 10:28 PM
Mar 2021

(PS: I changed my name, y'all! I used to be Squinch.)

Deuxcents

(16,195 posts)
6. I've been at it for years
Wed Mar 24, 2021, 10:39 PM
Mar 2021

Coloring my mouse brown hair..all blonde..all red..all highlighted.. I finally gave it up. I’m happy that I’ve finally come to appreciate what I’ve got. My girl who does my hair says people pay lots of money for what I’ve got.. don’t fight it..work with it is my new motto. Enjoy 😉

MLAA

(17,285 posts)
7. Have fun!
Wed Mar 24, 2021, 11:01 PM
Mar 2021

From experience when you do a light blond it can get brassy and worth using a purple shampoo just for that and it really makes a difference 💕

FirstLight

(13,360 posts)
9. yep! got both ...shamooo & conditioner
Wed Mar 24, 2021, 11:15 PM
Mar 2021

...and since I am trying to take out RED pigment (the worst) it's definitely going brassy first

Grrrrr.... but I am determined!

FirstLight

(13,360 posts)
8. Gonna have the daughter & roomie help with round #2 tomorrow!
Wed Mar 24, 2021, 11:14 PM
Mar 2021

my hair is too thick & long... need them to do it for me...I tried the bleach bath method and it came up a few levels, but the roots are hot and the ends not even light enough...even though I did the roots last (but that is less pigmewnt cuz of coloring my hair for years)

So...tomorrow round #2!! Not gonna stop till it's done!

FirstLight

(13,360 posts)
12. I will be getting something tomorrow... olaplex, I have heard of it
Wed Mar 24, 2021, 11:29 PM
Mar 2021

it's like an oil treatment right?

Ziggysmom

(3,406 posts)
13. My daughter uses it, is suppose to repair broken protein bonds in the hair.
Wed Mar 24, 2021, 11:57 PM
Mar 2021

She uses #3 and #7 bought at Sephora. Once she fried her hair going platinum and it really worked miracles making her hair smooth and healthy.

I’m dark ash blond starting to grey and not sure if I want to color yet. My office coworkers are on the young side and I don’t wanna be the office granny



niyad

(113,278 posts)
14. I think about Mrs. Slocum in "Are You Being Served", who had a different hair colour in every
Wed Mar 24, 2021, 11:59 PM
Mar 2021

episode, it seemed, with lots of streaks of colour. Long before it apparently became a thing recently.

FirstLight

(13,360 posts)
15. never saw it gotta look ;)
Thu Mar 25, 2021, 12:21 AM
Mar 2021

I am mad at the picture on the box, it showed a photo of a brunette and then platinum...

yeah, after 2 weeks and 5 treatments!

FirstLight

(13,360 posts)
19. so annoying that it takes so much chemicals & work to get to "null"
Thu Mar 25, 2021, 03:22 AM
Mar 2021

gonna wait a day and condition before going crazy again...


2 tries, defintiely lifted a few levels...but yeah

FirstLight

(13,360 posts)
22. Made an appointment for a salon job lol
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 06:16 PM
Mar 2021

It's too much hair and my old arthritic hands are not dealing with it...😜

So tomorrow at 10am I will get it done!!!

FirstLight

(13,360 posts)
24. drumroll please! the big reveal! ;)
Sun Mar 28, 2021, 03:02 PM
Mar 2021
Im diggin it, but had to wash it and get all the styling stuff out last night and now it's back to the untamed normal lol (not all flatironed and fluffed)



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