Going Blond (Part 2)

How do you get to blonde?

First, do not attempt it yourself...please. Box colours are dangerous and can damage hair that is already compromised. More seriously, they can cause scalp burns, chemical haircuts and even brain damage.

When I'm colouring your hair I will assess:

• your hair condition. I will never use a bleaching product stronger than necessary. I will sometimes add a treatment into the bleach to help maintain protein structure and hair integrity

• your inspo pic. I will be able to give you a fairly good idea if the colour you chose will suit your colouring and skin tone

These considerations will then affect the amount of time it will take to achieve your look.

Things that will also affect your treatment plan:

• Have you previously coloured your hair? Box dyed? This shouldn't a problem but please be honest about what you've put in your hair.

• Naturally, dark hair will take (usually) more than one session to achieve a true blonde

• Damaged hair - It is rare that I will flat out refuse to bleach hair, but if I do it is for good reason. I will be genuinely concerned your hair/scalp is at risk of being burned or hair breaking off.

A few notes about chemistry.

(With a few exceptions) BLEACH is the only way to lighten hair. Peroxide is not bleach. It is used to ''activate'' bleaching powder.

Your hair will most likely go yellow. Toner is used to remedy this. Toner is a very light hair colour that will rectify the 'tone'.

• yellow -> purple

• orange -> blue

• red -> green

Toner will not damage your hair at all. It contains no bleach and will fade in time.