— Tuesday, 24 February 2015 —

Makeover: From brunette to ice blonde!

For so many years I've been surrounded by blonde women in my family – my mother, all four of her sisters, and my grandma. Even though I vowed not to bleach my hair and keep it naturally brown, things have changed after really researching women with blonde or grey hair and I've fallen in love with the look! So, after a deep breath, I decided to go for it even if it costs me the health of my hair.

Thankfully I recently started working in a beauty salon in Shoreditch so I won't be attempting any DIY bleaching (which would be a disaster) and my genius senior stylist, Craig, agreed to try and colour my hair to the level I want. When he has time, obviously. Just one of the many perks of being part of a talented hair and beauty team – and I plan to take full advantage!

Back on topic, Craig used powdered bleach and mixed it with 9% peroxide, which is quite strong but it didn't do too much damage to my hair. The first bleaching session left my hair very yellow. YIKES. Although I wasn't too disheartened by it and knew that I couldn't expect everything to happen in one day! It would be quicker if I had naturally light hair but then again that would just be too easy.


The second bleach session would have to be booked in three weeks later as Craig was massively booked up during that time and my poor head needed two weeks time to rest. The second session required the same powdered bleach + 9% peroxide, which was left in on half of the length of my hair. Mainly because the colour from my ends didn't lift that well due to old permanent colors that I used on my hair before. We kept the bleach on for 25 minutes before washing it off and then applied a toned permanent colour on all of my hair. I clearly remember the colour number as well! Wella Koleston 12/89.

We kept that colour on for an additional 30 minutes and, once washed off, we used a deep repair  conditioning mask from Moroccan Oil. Usually you need to keep this on for 7-10 minutes for it to work its magic, and indeed it is magic, but we kept it on for nearly 45 mins so my hair was very thankful for the pampering. Happy hair means a happy me.


The last part of the process was a trim for my ends. Originally I wanted at least 2-3 inches chopped off but Craig said my hair has actually withstood the bleach onslaught and only needed 1 inch to be taken off. The finished result was fantastic! As much I reminded myself of my mother, I absolutely love my new silvery blonde hair. As a Game of Thrones fan, I feel like Khaleesi.



                                                      Which look do you prefer on me?

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