“Bleach disaster” Update: I bleached my hair again and it worked!!!
Hey all! Sorry I didn’t update sooner, I got the flu right after I did this and have been rotting in my bed for a good week😭 Soooo I definitely went against a lot of good advice and bleached my hair on the Friday after I first posted on here because I had a wedding on Saturday that I did not want splotchy hair for and to everyone’s surprise it actually turned out great!!! I really kinda knew that my hair was just under processed and that’s why it was so yellow and so I’m really glad I went back in with the bleach cause that’s what it really needed!!! Although, disclaimer, I do NOT recommend to anyone to bleach their hair twice within 48 hours of each other because it is completely stupid and dangerous and you CAN ABSOLUTELY LOSE YOUR HAIR!!!! But I got lucky! I had less fallout from this process than I did the original one! I went back into my crown area with vol 10 developer and that same crème bleach from Ion and let it process for about an hour, checking different test spots every 20 mins or so. Zero burning sensation and honestly was unsatisfied with the lift I was getting so I quickly mixed some 20 vol for my bangs cause I was most worried about those being yellow still. Slapped that on checking every 5 mins and it lasted about 20 min before I felt I should rinse it out. Then I toned with that same T18 wella toner using the 20 vol applied to my crown area first and these were my results☺️ I’m super super happy with it!!! I think I might do a bleach wash in a couple weeks to try to neutralize some of the brassy tones and tone it up to a silvery white but I also wouldn’t be upset to truly give my hair a break for a couple months before I touch it again. Overall really happy with where I’m at right now and thank you to everyone who was supportive and helpful!!! I WILL be returning to this subreddit for more advice/feedback/suggestions for hair endeavors in the future!!! If anyone wants to drop some suggestions for how they think I could achieve a bluish, silver, icy color from here I’m all ears!!! (I just realized my ideal color would be like what the inside of an ice cave kinda looks like. Greyish bluish white??? First couple pics are where we started, second couple are where we were after our first (botched) bleach job and soaked my whole head in oil, couple after that are before I toned it and the rest are my final results!!!!!