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Tue Feb 26, 2008 7:51 pm  |
| What is the best overcounter product to buy for light blonde highlights. I find they are not strong enough and produce yellow highlights. When they are done at the salon they are white. |
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Tue Feb 26, 2008 11:09 pm |
| If you are getting too yellow results, try using 30 or 40 volumn peroxide. It will "lift' more than (usually standard) 20 vol. Good luck. |
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Wed Feb 27, 2008 1:00 am |
| Hi Maryshopper! I am also a bottle blonde but I would recommend going and getting highlights done professionally. When you dye your own hair you can do it unevenly, the color can turn out very "not the blonde you were hoping for" and it can turn into a mess! Find yourself a colorist you like and go to him! |
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Wed Feb 27, 2008 3:15 am |
| Yes, doing your own highlights is extremely difficult. I've tried most of the home highlighting kits and have found them pretty similar - and yes, they are all quite yellow. Using a toner afterwards can help. For my last attempt I tried a 30 volume bleach - complete and utter disaster. I had to go to the hairdressers to get it fixed so I recommend staying with the kits. |
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Wed Feb 27, 2008 5:48 am |
| Hi Maryshopper - If the hi-lites are turning white do one of 2 things..... 1st - Go back to the hairdresser and discuss the problem with them and see how he/she can solve the problem. If they can't you should be receiving a refund. 2nd - find a new hairdresser asap. |
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Wed Feb 27, 2008 8:44 am |
The bleaching product my colorist puts on my hair for light wheat-blonde highlights is a purple color which helps couteract all the yellow and red that would otherwise come out. She always does a great job but I'm afraid if I tried to try it home since I've had so many hair coloring disasters before. One safer alternative that works for me when my highlights start fading and turning a little brassy is to use the purple Clairol Shimmerlights shampoo and conditioner. This has a similar effect of cancelling out the golden and red tones on light blonde hair but isn't as extreme as putting purple bleach on your own hair.  If you still want to do your own highlights you might use this afterwards to help counteract the unwanted yellow tones. |
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Sun Jun 22, 2008 12:49 am |
| Keliu wrote: |
| Yes, doing your own highlights is extremely difficult. I've tried most of the home highlighting kits and have found them pretty similar - and yes, they are all quite yellow. Using a toner afterwards can help. For my last attempt I tried a 30 volume bleach - complete and utter disaster. I had to go to the hairdressers to get it fixed so I recommend staying with the kits. |
Well, I'm back to doing my own highlights - can't stand the cost of going to the hairdressers. Anyway, I think I've finally got it down to a fine art. I'm now using 20 volume bleach and a streaking cap. Pulling out the strands of hair is a real pain (especially if you have no-one to help) but it's worth the effort. I mix up the bleach and apply it with a brush, then cover with foil. Wait the prescribed time, usually about 40 mins and wash off in the shower. Then I apply a toner.
This method using the streaking cap has proved successful because it's impossible to bleach too much hair. In fact, a women asked me yesterday "Who does your hair, I love the way it's been streaked!" She was very surprised and impressed when I told her I did it myself. So now I have more money to spend on injecting foreign substances in my face!! |
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Sun Jun 22, 2008 6:41 am |
| I do my own highlights and coloring. Sometimes I splurge and go get it done, but wheeww, the cost is just hard to swallow. I pull my hair through the cap, strand by strand which does take time and patience. Once you have done it a few times it becomes easier. I then use blond highlight creme with a blue booster, that way my strands are really really blond, because the rest of my hair is dirty blond, so I want them to stand out. I rinse my hair in the shower and it comes out great. People comment on my hair and are surprised when I tell them I do my own. |
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Sun Jun 22, 2008 7:12 am |
| bergquis wrote: |
| I then use blond highlight creme with a blue booster, that way my strands are really really blond, because the rest of my hair is dirty blond, so I want them to stand out. |
Could you tell me exactly what products you use.
TIA |
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Sun Jun 22, 2008 5:22 pm |
I prefer to have it done at the salon.
I have done it at home using a kit such as Revlon Frost n Glow or the L'oreal one. This is basically bleach and I leave it on the maximum time. I am dark blonde now. Probably a level 6. Haircolour won't lift enough; I need bleach. I use the cap and have my DH do the back.
For toning I like Ardell Colour corrector drops from Sally. It is called "Red Gold Corrector". It is in a small box and you get lots of applications from the bottle.
I also use a "blue violet" shampoo like Shimmer Lights but I think this is more concentrated. You can add it to shampoo, conditioner or right to the colour mixture. |
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