How To Get Your Hair From Red To Blonde

HAIR PROJECT | How I Went From Red to Blonde

Surprise!! I am officially a blonde again! And what a journey it was! Read all nigh how I went from Cherry-red to Blonde:

Most of you know me as Lana Cherry, with red hair. Merely for those of yous that have been with me since the beginning might remember that I used to be a blonde. I really gave myself the modify ago Lana Red, considering I ever wear red lipstick.
Iv years ago I dyed my hair cherry-red, because I have always wanted to see what it would look like. I was so happy and loved my hair! I actually still liked my red pilus, but it was time for a modify for several reasons:
– I am one of those people that moves the furniture around every 6 months to mix things up, and I am the same way with my wardrobe and hair. Information technology felt like it was time for something new.
– Dyed red hair is one of the most difficult colours to continue upwardly with. Information technology fades really fast and since I wear extensions, I had to dye it every three-4 weeks. This costs money and takes time.
– My pilus was very unhealthy because of the constant dyeing to go along the color even, I couldn't only exercise my roots, I had to dye all of my hair every month. I tried henna for a while, simply afterward a few months it started to turn less red and more brown, forcing me to start using chemical dye again..

Hither nosotros are 4 years and a few very scary weeks of transforming into a blonde after! Since I encounter myself equally a DIY person (aka stubborn and cheap;) I wanted to do the whole process of going from Blood-red to Blonde myself. Unlucky for me because information technology was very scary and stressful, but lucky for you, considering you tin acquire from my mistakes and stubbornness!

And as many of these extreme pilus projects become, I can't write this without a disclaimer. At first I wanted to write this equally a DIY project, but since everyone has very unlike hair, I really tin't guarantee the same results. This is the story of how I turned my red hair into blonde at dwelling and hopefully it is educational for those that are trying to exercise the same.

MY STORY

Delight read the unabridged blogpost before you start to employ any of the products or treatments that I recommend! Some things worked and others failed, so delight don't repeat my mistakes.

HAIR PROJECT | How I Went From Red to Blonde

PRODUCTS

– Colour B4
This production is very non-damaging for you hair and volition remove a big chunk of the red from your hair. It won't make your hair lighter, but it will remove a lot of the added pilus dye.
– Manic Panic Volume forty Bleach Kit
This bleach is astonishing. I hateful it's however bleach (pregnant damaging to your pilus) but is extremely effective for difficult colours similar red hair dye. It also comes in volume 30 if you want to go less extreme.
– Syoss Calorie-free Ash Blonde
Since I wanted to get rid of the brassy/cherry-red tones I added an ash blonde colour over my bleached hair. I am not very familiar with brands, but this color and tone was closest to what I was looking for.

HAIR PROJECT | How I Went From Red to Blonde

PROCESS

Removing the red hairdye

Before I started the whole scary bleaching process I tried to remove as much crimson from my hair every bit possible. For this stage I used Colour B4. It is a product that is very balmy on your pilus and it volition remove every bit much hair dye that you take practical to your hair over the years every bit possible. I was amazed by the result after using it on my very processed hair! My hair went from a bold red tone to a brassy brown color.

You can use this product 3 times to de-color your hair. I used it twice and it felt like that was enough for me.
Since my hair is very thin, I managed to use one pack of colour B4 for two treatments. Merely I recommend using one pack for each de-colouring.

Bleaching

Subsequently using colour B4, I waited a few days before I started the bleaching process.
For the bleaching I used Manic Panic Volume 40. This is a very potent, but effective bleach. Since my pilus is very thin and frail, bleaching truly scares me. I am e'er afraid of my pilus breaking off and having to shave all of my hair off. Which is why I tested bleaching my hair a while ago when I dyed a blonde streak in my hair. This is when I used manic panic for the first fourth dimension and it worked actually well!

My hair did get damaged and I learned that I had to cut it at to the lowest degree five cm subsequently I had bleached it to proceed it looking healthy. And then I suggest that you also mix a piddling bit of the bleaching product and endeavor it on a small strand of pilus before you do all of it.

I bleached my hair twice, 20 minutes each time. After the starting time time it was however very orange. The second time, it took a lot better and it went from orange to brassy/blonde.
Now, I should have waited some fourth dimension (weeks) before bleaching it again subsequently the first time, only the vain person in me just really didn't want to walk around with bright orangish hair for weeks. And so I waited a few days, was generous with my conditioner and bleached information technology again.

Rest and toning

It's no surprise that my hair was damaged by the bleaching process. My hair was even so not completely blonde, just it was equally light every bit I wanted information technology. The only affair left for me to do now was to remove the brass coloured streaks that had appeared in my hair. Afterward googling, I had learned that applying an ash coloured hair dye wouldn't practise the play a joke on in this stage yet, because the streaks were likewise brassy and had to be more yellow earlier an ash colour would take. So for a few weeks I gave my hair "silver shampoo masks". This ways that twice a week I would apply a generous amount of silver shampoo on my pilus and leave it in for 20-30 minutes, slowly removing the brassy tones.
I had to be careful with parts of my hair that didn't have a red shade, because they could turn gray, and then I didn't utilise the silver shampoo on my roots to prevent them from going grey.
I likewise treated my hair very gently these weeks, no brushing it when it was moisture, trying not to wash it as well oft and always using conditioner. This is besides the fourth dimension when I cut my hair to remove the split ends.

Adding color

After a few weeks, I had managed to remove most of the brassy tones with the silver shampoo method. At this point I think my hair had 4 dissimilar shades of blonde, ranging from strawberry (the lesser of my hair) to platinum (my roots). Patently not ideal and when it is wet it looks fifty-fifty worse. Only I have to say that I was withal very happy with how quickly my hair adapted to it's new color.
In an try to fifty-fifty the different shades of blonde out, I dyed it with an ash blonde hair dye. This worked pretty well, the platinum on my roots turned less white and everything started to lucifer more than.

The strawberry blonde parts didn't go away though, and I still have a few brassy streaks, only I can definitely live with those for now until my hair has had some balance.

Calculation LENGTH

Since bleaching is then damaging to my (and I guess everyones) hair, it almost always involves sacrificing a few centimeters of your ends, leaving yous with shorter hair. And for those of usa that have the slowest growing pilus, it is the worst. My hair has never been able to abound much past shoulder length, considering it is so thin and delicate and it likewise grows very dull, information technology always has. And then a few years ago I embraced the girly daughter in me and I decided to try out clip-in hair extensions. And wow, the effect was amazing! I had been dreaming of having long wavy hair ever since I was a fiddling daughter (I actually started wearing a blonde wig when I was 5 years old).

There seems to be this big taboo around wearing extensions, but to me it is a dream come up true. Every time someone compliments me nearly my hair, I excitedly start telling them that even my hair is a 'DIY project'!

So one of the showtime things that I did when deciding to go blonde was to look for the best way and place to replace my ruddy extensions. I constitute an amazing company called Cliphair and we decided to collaborate for my large hair project!

The reason why I wanted to work with Cliphair is considering they offer something that I haven't found anywhere else nonetheless: a DIY set up. Normally you can buy ready fabricated clip-in extension which work for a lot of people, simply my head is pretty small and they never really fit that dandy. Then I would always have to buy a piece of pilus weave, separate clips and summate how much hair I would be needing for my tiny head.
With this DIY set you receive a generous amount of hair weave and clips in one package. You can measure your head and sew the clips in the weave according to your hairstyle.

HAIR PROJECT | How I Went From Red to Blonde

I usually brand my extensions with a double layer and attach the clips to both layers. You tin can go to my hair extension DIY projection to learn how to make your ain hairextensions.

HAIR PROJECT | How I Went From Red to Blonde

Afterward I have sewn the clips to the extensions, I put them in my hair and decide the length of the hair. I usually become for three pieces/strokes of extensions and cut them all in different lengths. The bottom one the longest and the acme one the shortest to brand the transition from my ain pilus equally less visible every bit possible.

HAIR PROJECT | How I Went From Red to Blonde

You lot tin can also color the extensions to match them more to your ain hair and try different hairstyles to mix it upwards!
I usually wear my hair in a one-half ponytail, just I have been experimenting with different hairstyles lately, then get ready for a new pilus tutorial shortly!!

NEXT UP

So my pilus is (sort of) blonde, what is the next step?
Since in that location are notwithstanding a few brassy streaks in my hair, I think that I will proceed using the silver shampoo for a while and see how that goes.
The biggest decision now is what I should do with my roots. Color them, abound them out or 'tone' them? I haven't decided on that even so. Do you, me dear friends, have any feel with this?

Just for at present, getting used to my new look is my principal goal. (oh, and having to take a lot of photos to update my red pilus pics;)

HAIR PROJECT | How I Went From Red to Blonde

Do you have a like story? Questions? Or do you accept any communication for me and other young man pilus experimenters? Please let me know in the comment section or shoot me an electronic mail!

I would love to know if my story was helpful or if yous accept an extreme hair story that might educate others!