Pro tip: Bleaching my own hair took 6 hours and I almost gave up halfway

I kept seeing all these tutorials saying home bleach jobs are easy and take like 2 hours tops. So last Saturday I bought a kit from Ulta and decided to go from dark brown to a platinum blonde. Big mistake. My hair is super thick and past my shoulders so I had to section it into like 8 parts. The bleach processed unevenly on my first try because I was too slow applying it. I ended up having to do a second round on the stubborn spots which added another 3 hours. Then toning took forever because I had to mix two different shades to fix the brassy yellow. By the time I was done it was 10 PM and my scalp was burning. Has anyone else had a home bleach job turn into an all day thing or am I just bad at this?

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beth_mitchell28d ago

Watched my friend try this and she ended up with patchy orange chunks that she had to hide under a hat for two weeks. Some things are just better left to the pros.

dylan26528d ago

Oh man, "patchy orange chunks" is exactly the nightmare scenario I've seen play out more times than I can count. The thing is, box dye is basically a gamble every single time because it lifts and deposits color all at once, so your starting color matters way more than people realize. If your hair isn't a perfect blank canvas, that orange is almost guaranteed to show up. I learned the hard way that stripping your hair first with a color remover or going to a pro for a consult saves you a lot of hat-wearing shame. At minimum, do a strand test on a hidden piece before you commit to the whole head. That one step has saved me from some truly tragic outcomes.