If you want to make your hair lighter, many people accomplish this by simply bleaching their hair. You can bleach your hair by going to the salon or using a home kit. Hydrogen peroxide is the main ingredient used for this, and I’m going to discuss some tips and best practices for doing this at home. Knowing how to bleach hair at home isn’t that complicated, but many people do stress over it because of the drastic change in look that occurs.
Make sure if you decide to bleach you hair, that you are 100% sure about it. Once you do it, the only way to get your original color back is to let it grow out or dye your hair again to a similar color. Normally people bleach their hair for one of two reasons: they like the look of bleached hair, or they are bleaching it first before they dye it to a different color. This is done to get better results when they dye it.
How To Bleach Hair And Preparing the Bleaching Mixture
First, go out and get yourself and home bleaching kit. Make sure you read the instructions carefully.
When you prepare the mixture start by adding just a little of the hydrogen peroxide provided in the kit with the powder bleach.
Stir the mixture very well and then add some more hydrogen peroxide. Do not add the rest at this point. Continue to add and mix, add and mix slowly until you use the required amount of ingredients. This little by little mixing of the ingredients has been found to give better results because it’s easier to make sure the mixture is uniform this way.
The end result should not be very runny or very thick. When are you done, make sure you close the bleach powder tightly immediately after you are finished.
Applying the Bleach
Typical Hair Bleaching Kit
The first thing you need to do is prepare yourself for the whole process. Get plastic gloves and put them on, then get a towel and tie it around your neck. This should be a towel that you don’t mind if it gets totally ruined. Also make sure the clothes you are wearing are old as you might spill some on them as well.
Grab the brush that came with the kit, dip it in the solution you mixed, and then start with the back of your head. After the back, move the to the top and brush the top.
Make sure you are distributing the mixture as evenly as possible. If you find it easier to manage, you can use clips to section off your hair. Many people find it easier to spread the mixture evenly when they section off their hair.
Also try to work as quickly as you can so that you can distribute it evenly before it gets tougher.
After the back and top is done and complete work on the rest of your head.
When you are done, put on the plastic cap that should have come with the kit as well.
Keep the solution on your head for the amount of time specified with the kit. DO NOT LOSE TRACK OF TIME. If you keep it on for a longer period of time you will burn your hair and might have other problems as well.
When time is up, rinse off all the bleach and use a very mild shampoo to make sure you get all of the chemicals out of your hair.
When done with that, make sure you moisturize your hair with a good moisturizer. Bleaching your hair makes it very, very dry so this step is an absolute must!
If you are not satisfied with the results and want to do it again, do not do it right away. Wait at least 2 or 3 days before you do it again. Worse comes to worse you can also go to a salon and see if they can get better results as alot of times they know how to bleach hair so well because of their training and practice. It can be very expensive though!
