Pastel Hair ~ Let's Dye It!

Pastel Hair~Let's Dye It! A Fun and Unique way to Express Your Inner Self.......

One of The Thing's I Was never able to do during my Teen Years and Younger Adult Life Was Dye My Hair an Out of the Normal Hair Color. So I Decided to Go with Pink! And It Worked Very Well My BestFriend Helped me Out and We Put in Splat Pink Hair Dye On my Underneath layer of hair and it came out very good But.... Was A Darker Shade of Pink Than I Would Have Preferred. My Next Look That ill be going for is Pastel Pink and Im going to try and do the Underneath Layer as well as all the tips of my Hair and highlight my bang with the pastel color as well. There Alot of Different Tricks People Use to Achive These Colors in there hair. I Recently Found a New Site that Had some Great Advice and Also Explains my Confusion as to when i bleached my hair to dye it the pink it came out more yellowish gold and this explains why, Now I have Dark Brown Hair Naturally so its not the Easiest thing to turn White lol but heres some Quick Tricks and Directions So You Can Get Pastel Hair to.....

Choose your bleach. If your hair is not naturally (or already dyed) platinum blonde or white, you will need to bleach your hair. If this is your first time bleaching your hair, you may want to start out with a bleach kit. The kit contains the dye and peroxide you will need to bleach your hair.

• Bleach kits will be labeled as white, blue, or purple. You will want to choose ‘white’, as purple or blue dyes will make your hair more naturally blonde, and for dyeing your hair pastel, you need your bleached hair to be white.
• If this is your first time bleaching or dyeing your hair at home, you may want to seriously consider going to a hair salon to get your hair bleached. Bleaching is the hardest part of this whole pastel hair process and improperly bleached hair can end up looking really fried and dead. Consider going to a hair salon to get your hair bleached and they do the pastel dyeing yourself (or have them do the whole thing).
  
  • If your hair is already light blonde, use a 10 volume developer. While you may find it odd to bleach your hair when you are already blonde, using a 10 volume developer will help to open up your hair and make it more receptive to the pastel dye.
  • If your hair is light to medium brown or strawberry blonde, use a 20 volume developer.
  Prepare your bleaching area. This will be the same area you dye your hair in. Lay old towels (ones that you don’t mind staining) down on any of the surfaces near where you will be working, as dye has a tendency to stain everything it touches (that is the purpose of dye after all). You will also need a tint brush with a pointed handle, some latex (or rubber) gloves, and a non-metallic bowl. You should also place an old towel around your shoulders.
• If your bleaching kit did not come with a tint brush, you can buy one at any beauty supply store.
  
• If your bleaching kit did not come with a tint brush, you can buy one at any beauty supply store.
  

Divide your hair into sections. Use the pointy handle of your tint brush to divide your hair down the middle of your head so that your part is directly in the middle of your hair. Then divide your hair from ear to ear so that you have four sections of hair. Use clips to hold these sections in place. Bleach your hair. If you have a friend around, now is the time to ask for their assistance. If not, make sure you are standing in front of a mirror so you can see what you are doing. Take a thin section of hair from the top of one of the back quarters. ‘Paint’ that strand with the dye, starting one centimeter away from your root and going all the way down to the bottom of the strands. Brush your hair with the dye from top to bottom (the direction that your hair grows) leaving that one centimeter at the top uncovered (you will dye it later Flip the dyed strand over. Repeat the same process with the strand below each dyed later, continueing to flip each dyed layer over to reveal the next layer of undyed hair.

You will have to work quickly, as bleach starts working almost immediately. When you are done with one quarter, move onto the next until all of the quarters of hair are dyed. Add a second layer of bleach to the first quarter you dyed. Do this when that quarter of hair has turned golden blonde. This time, run the tint brush from the root of your hair all the way to the end of each strand. Repeat this process with each section of hair. Monitor your hair color. When your dyed hair has reached a pale blonde color (that is more white than blonde) its time to rinse the bleach out. Wash it out with shampoo. In preparation for the dyeing process, you should use a pre-color shampoo. Do not use conditioner, as it will make the dye job uneven. Rinse your head thoroughly. Dry your hair. If you can stand to, blow dry your hair to speed up the dyeing process--blow drying your hair with high heat will help your hair absorb the dye. Pour white conditioner into a mixing bowl. It is absolutely essential that the conditioner be white. The conditioner acts as the base that you will mix the dye with. Once you have pour the conditioner into a mixing bowl, add the color.The best color dyes to work with when making pastel dye include Manic Panic, Pravana, Crazy Color, and Special Effects, among others.

Start by squirting a small amount of the dye into the conditioner. Mix these two ingredients together so that the color is thoroughly worked into the conditioner. As a general rule, the color you see in the bowl will be the color that your hair gets dyed. Continue to mix in the dye until the color in the bowl is the color you want your hair to be. If you are concerned about the dye washing out of your hair, add enough dye that the mixture becomes one shade darker than you ultimately want your head to be.Apply the mixture to your hair. Start at the roots of your hair and work the dye from the roots to the ends of your hair. You can choose to use either an applicator, brush or your hands to do this. Sometimes, your glove-covered hands will actually work the best. If you have a friend around, ask them to look for any spots you may have missed, or have them apply the dye to your hair for you   . Pile your dyed hair on top of your head and cover it in a shower cap. Putting your hair in a shower cap while you wait for the dye to process is essential. The shower cap ensures that the dye does not dry out (thus resulting in a patchy dye job). The processing time depends on how dark you want your hair to be--generally for a normal (versus light or dark) pastel color, you will want to let the dye process for 30 to 45 minutes. However, the length of time is up to you--keep an eye on your color while it is processing.Check to see if your hair has processed. After 20 minutes or so, wash one strand of your hair and check to see if it is the color you want. If it is too light, let the dye continue to process. Continue to check every 5 to  

10 minutes to ensure that the color does not become too dark. Wash your hair with cool water. Once your hair has reached the desired color, rinse it out with cool water. You do not need (and should not use) shampoo or conditioner. Don’t be alarmed that color will wash off your head and down the drain--this is natural and will not affect your dye job. Redye any uneven spots. If you find that one section of your hair is lighter than another (and you don’t want it to look that way) re-apply dye to that spot and let it process again. Make sure to check on it often to make sure it doesn’t become darker than the rest of your head. Mix some of the dye into your normal conditioner. If you want to keep up your new color, adding some of the dye to your conditioner will help to keep your color from fading. These directions are Very Detailed and as Helpful as I Have been able to find on the internet, I Will soon make the attempt to pastel my already darker pink hair and I Will Post a Blog on it as soon as I Have it done. Thanks for Checking the Blog Out and Have a Fun Time Going Pastel.