My My My, this question has provoke some answers, and I think some are rather funny and absurd.. Okay so You wanna bleach your hair, that is the first part of your question, and you wanna do it with hydogen peroxide, (H2O2).
Bleaching your hair is totally possible, but with H2O2 by itself, not so possible. Your natural color doesn't change, at least the color that will grow back out, however, it will change as you age, could go darker, or even lighter to more of a shade, oh lets say, GRAY or White...LOL...
You say your hair BURNS OUT ( interesting choice of words) from a dark brown to a slightly dirty blond..This is cause you hair is not holding on to the dark pigments in your hair. which is ready for this, Blue...yeppers that is right you have blue in your hair if it is dark brown..at least One pigment of it, but that is another lesson, different question, anyway you get my jest right your hair isn't holding to the pigment that keeps it dark...You must have fine textured hair, use a shampoo with a higher than needed pH, and live in a place that the sun is intense...either way, you go to a slightly dirty blond...which tells me you will bleach out rather easily...
Next you say you heard that going out side with H2O2 on your hair and allowing the sun to shine upon your head will bleach your hair, Well, you were right on targe with the bull sh-t meter there my friend, that isn't gonna happen either...
Okay I have read some of the answer you have, and I want to correct a few of those before you start believing in some more bull sh-t,
The peroxide at the stores that you buy in the little brown bottle to clean cuts with is only maybe 3% and is not for hair..
We in a salon use 3% to dye eyelashes with cause it will not blind you just cause a little discomfort and we can get it out by flushing the eyes rather rapidly...
It is not 10% like one of you responders had said..
At a salon we do use 10%,20%,30%,40% and 50%, they each have their own use when it come to tinting the hair or acutally bleaching the hair..
One of your responders did tell you that to bleach your hair you must add a powder lightner to the H2O2, she is absolutely correct. In order to bleach a lightner must be added..the percentage of the H2O2 that is use is determined by how dark your hair is, and the texture of it, One of the things I look at is the eyes of the client, If you have light eyes, and fine texture hair, you will bleach out really fast, and I would use a lower % of H2O2...this prevents damaging the hair...
You also had a responder tell you you would probably more than likely turn your hair to a brassy orange before it turns to a nice yellow, Again she is probably right cause since you have dark brown hair, you are going to remove that blue pigment I told you about and that will live you with 2 orange, and 3 yellow left in your hair, with is gonna be orange. You have to bleach past those 2 little orange pigments if you don't you will hate it, This is where most ppl get scared and stop the process. Even hairstylist get scared at this point cause they don't have enough chemisty background or understand color as well as they should, but of course they want the money...
Okay So let bleach your hair, How to do it
First go to sallys beauty supply, they are the only one that is going to sell you what you need in a professional formula..
Here is what you get
Basic White, (that is its name)it is a powder
30 Vol H2O2 (creme not Liquid) this is important
mix them in equal portions
for example, 1oz of H2O2 to 1oz of powder
apply it to your hair ends, oh lets say for about 20 minutes, you should see your hair turn to an orange, slightly yellow, more of a golden, then go in and apply the rest to the hair closest to the scalp, now why do it this way, cause if you apply the bleach to the hair at the scalp the heat from your head will process that hair long before the other is processed and you hair will and I mean WILL come out uneven in color and it will burn your scalp if left on too long...chemical burns are not nice.
Now this is if you want the all over bleach blond bombshell look, if you only want highlights, asks the sell clerk at sallys to tell you where the bullseye marks the spot caps are, then you can pull your hair through the cap, bleach what you pull through and be done with it, no, taking sections or worry about leaving it on your scalp too long...
after you have bleached your hair you will need a toner, I would choose one that has a violet base, as this will neutralize the rest of the yellow out of your hair, and leave you with a really nice blond...
You will need to buy a small bottle of that 10% H2O2 I mention earlier, so as the toner will deposit into your hair..cause that is what 10% does, it only deposit it doesn't lift color.....
Good luck, Oh one more thing if you have any more questions about hair or color feel free to email me at
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I think that is BS and would probably dry your hair out really bad. If you want to bleach your hair get a bleaching kit or go to a pro.
Good luck
For starters, you mix the peroxide with powder lightener.
You do not walk out in the sun, your scalp's heat does all the work.
It will damage your hair, as it strips all the natural melanin from your hair, leaving you with what will most probably be a yellow/orange result as your hair is darker.
I would highly reccommend that you go to a salon as most home bleach jobs turn out horrible.
If you insist on doing it at home.
Apply to the ends and midlengths first, 25mins later, the roots.
And i'd also suggest buying a toner.
hydrogen peroxide- let's learn about the bleaching abilities of the hairdresser's best friend!
According to the London Science Museum the chemical is present at low strength in the air, rain and, mildly concentrated, in ice. The hydrogen peroxide in the air is apparently responsible for the ';brilliant finish'; given to cloth hung outside on a frosty day. The powers of hydrogen peroxide were originally ';discovered'; by Louis Auguste Thenard in 1818.
It remained ';just another chemical'; to the everyday schmoe until 1867 when E.H Thiellay, a pharmacist and perfumer of London, and Leon Hugo, a Parisian hairdresser, banded together. They created ';Eau de Fontaine de Jouvence Golden'; (which Babelfish translates as ';Water of Fountain of Youth Golden Delicious';), a 3% solution of the chemical. And hair bleach was born and became popular...
... at the same time that hydrogen peroxide was experimented with for use in military matters: The chemical was used in submarines and as a fuel for torpedoes and rockets in World War II. It has also been used, and continues to be used, as a bleaching agent for textiles (such as wool and silk) and paper.
But hydrogen peroxide remains most famous for its hair-bleaching abilities. The industry is a multi-million dollar one, and over $1 billion dollars is spent on home hair color in the US per year.
peroxide at home is the same as 10 volume at a beauty store...without the activator it will work really slow...which is why going in the sun or using a hairdryer...the heat will activate it..thought it will probally dry before it does much...any bleach removes pigment from your hair...so depending on what you start with...what tones you have in your hair depends on what color you will end up with....if you are dark brown you probally have orange or red tones...so that means you will end up brassy long before you turn blonde...chances are you will just dry out your hair ....and not achieve much more than a few subtle brassy highlights since 10 volume is not what is used to achieve highlights in a salon...they use between 30 and 40 volume or the high lift series from makers such as Joico
dont dye it have a stylest do a hair doer person at a slyon and u want it deep conditioning treet ment and thats true what u heard but not the right name.
Oh my god. Go to a real hairstylist please. Bleaching it with peroxide will ruin your hair. You are not going to get the results you want.
Your natural color doesn't change, but it does STRIP your natural color from the existing growth. You'll only get your natural color back when it grows out -- you can't ';unbleach it,'; you can only dye on top of the bleached parts. Some people think the bleach has ';changed their color'; because it takes a while for the hair to grow back and hair color just changes as we get older. You should not use hydrogen peroxide to bleach your hair. #1, it's unpredictable. #2, it has ABSOLUTELY no conditioning agents. Just go to the drugstore and by a bleaching kit. At least there are proper instructions and you sort of know what you're going to get. Plus those kits come with conditioners. Bleaching dries out your hair. You will also want to get ';for color treated hair'; shampoos and conditioners which also help with keeping your bleached hair soft.
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