Here is my younger sister, her boyfriend, and my two adorable dogs!! My sister, Gina, decided she wanted pastel
purple hair so she bleached and colored it with products she purchased
at her local supply house. As you can see in the photo, the color didn't
turn out very vibrant. So I decided to step in and give it a shot.
In this next pic you can see the color she applied pretty well. It reminds me of grape drink. It doesn't look horrible, but it was not what she was going for at all. My idea was that she couldn't have processed her hair long enough with the bleach to achieve the color lift required for vibrant double processed color results.
She was born a red-head but her hair is now a very dark blonde or light brown. Her hair bleaches very nicely, with short process time so minimal damage was sustained from bleaching her hair again.
I used the Sally brand bleach and a 30 volume developer very quickly, but made sure her hair was sectioned into small enough pieces that it would be quickly saturated. It took me about 45 minutes to apply the lifter and then I let it process for another 15 minutes. Oh yea, I started from the bottom because the top of the head is warmer and processes more quickly. This just means less of a chance of frying her hair off...
This is after I rinsed the bleach. As you can see she was super happy she still had hair left and I hadn't turned it to mush. When she originally bleached her hair, she used a 20 developer which is a longer processing time, but honestly, after achieving this kind of lift I really believe she couldn't have mixed her bleach and developer properly the first time.
Having it sectioned and working quickly, really helped achieve a very even bleaching.
I just as carefully sectioned the hair for this step too. This was by far the longest, most agonizing part. I was standing up for hours!!!! I had several different bowls and brushes and several different brands of semi-permanent hair color. As you can see I am no pro at foiling, but because the colors were all purples and pink, it was OK.
She was literally sleeping while i was putting color on her hair. Once all the hair was saturated and foiled, I put a cap on her and blow dried the heck out of her head. We don't have a salon dryer. After I baked her head inside of the cap and foils, I had her lay down and sleep for a while and I watched TV and cleaned the mess up. She was super uncomfortable in the cap so we decided to rinse it earlier than I anticipated. This is how it looked at about 4:30 a.m.
She let me curl it a little, but was going to work so I didn't get to do too much since she has to wear it up (she's a chef).
This was taken a few weeks after, and as you can see, the color stayed nice and bright.
This picture shows some fading in the front, which was the only place I used
ion pastel semi-permanent hair color...I wouldn't recommend it if you actually want the color in your hair for longer than one washing.
This next picture was taken by photographer
Kayla Sloan during a modeling session. You can see how adorable her hair still looked several months after application. Very blonde, almost white since the purple color acts as a toner to subdue the yellow and orange tint you can get from bleaching..
The updated color
After 3 months
