1. If you've never dyed your hair before, you will require less treatment. "We call it 'virgin hair,'" he explains. "It's much easier to lift and will basically require a completely different process." Tell your stylist right away if this is your first time reaching for the bleach.
Virgin hair lifts much quicker and smoother, so the process would only be about six hours (yep, "only six hours").
“Virgin” dark hair is easier to bleach than hair that's been previously colored. The bleach will also change your hair texture.
color can definitely lift virgin hair, but only a few levels lighter. You can always use a high-lift blonde, as they're designed to add more lift, but they'll never be as effective as bleach.
“If you have virgin hair, it may take just one session,” Richardson says. “If there is previous hair color or chemical services, and the desired shade of blonde is super light, it can take two or three sessions… or even more if the color was put over preexisting highlights or bleached hair.”
So can anyone go from brunette to blonde? Yes, anyone can, according to Kattia Solano, founder and lead colorist at Butterfly Studio Salon in New York City, as long as you consider a few key factors: Your hair color history.
What Are The Differences Between High Lift Hair Color And Bleach? The first (and perhaps the most important) difference between these two is that while bleach can lighten your hair from anywhere between 3 to 8 levels, high lift hair color cannot lift pigment and lighten your hair more than 5 levels.
In particular, a bleach will contain one or more of the following persulfates: Potassium persulfate, ammoniam persulfate and sodium persulfate. These persulfates, when mixed with developer, can lighten faster and more effectively than any high lift color. A bleach is the most effective hair lightening process there is.
It is recommended to go not more than four levels up in one session. After two-three weeks, you can go four more levels up to get the lighter hair shade of your choice. Going drastically from dark to lightest can fry your hair and make it dry, brittle, and weak.
Lift means to Lighten the Hair — example: you are lifting your Hair 3 levels to a Lighter Blonde shade.
Virgin hair is a hair colorist's dream because it's also much easier to color hair that doesn't already have dye on it. Colorists also get excited over virgin hair because of its strength, which is due to the fact that it's never been damaged by chemicals.
But while the process may seem intimidating and complicated to do on your own, it's important to know that dyeing virgin hair for the first time is possible (even if you plan on going from dark to light) without completely ruining your strands. I promise, there's not reason to be afraid of a little color!
Semi-permanent hair colour is designed to last a little longer than temporary hair colour. When used on healthy virgin hair, it's an excellent no commitment colour service. Semi-permanent colour is a deposit only colour, which means it cannot make hair lighter.
It Won't Happen Overnight. Dramatically changing the colour of your hair can do some major damage to it, particularly if you're going from dark brown to light blonde. Speeding up the lightening process will put your hair at risk of breakage and split ends. Big changes need time and patience.
If you are using a permanent hair color you have to lift the hair using hydrogen peroxide (developer). This process raises or opens up the cuticle layer of the hair to allow the color molecules to penetrate the cortex depositing the color which could damage the hair if not done properly.
Bleach does have its drawbacks, but luckily, it's not always necessary to use it. If your hair is light enough, it is possible to get blonde hair without bleach. You can use a high lift dye or even regular permanent dye in many circumstances.
30 Volume. 30 volume developer is ideal for lifting 2-4 levels using permanent hair color depending on the texture of the hair. It can also be used for grey coverage on more resistant hair types.
10 volume is also the default developer for many toners and glazes, however, keep in mind that this higher volume developer means a possible shift to the natural base color. When 10 volume is used with bleach it can give 1-4 levels of lift depending on the bleach, the method of application, and the hair.
Oil lighteners are the mildest type, appropriate when only one or two levels of lift are desired. Because they are so mild, they are also used professionally to lighten dark facial and body hair. Cream lighteners are strong enough for high-lift blonding, but gentle enough to be used on the scalp.
If you do want it lighter, either high lift or an ash blonde dye with 20 or 30 vol developer is going to work for that (with the regular blonde dye being more controllable because you can choose a darker shade for more toning vs high lift being only one shade available generally).
1. CORRECT FORMULATION: With respect to the use of permanent hair color: Color formulas from level one (black) to level 8 (light blonde) will cover gray. Formulas of level 9, 10, 11 or 12 are generally labeled "high lift" or "ultra blonde" shades. These shades were NOT developed as gray coverage colors.
Lightening your hair overall, with highlighting and toning to achieve your perfect blonde – this process will take approximately three hours. You'll need root touch ups every four weeks plus highlights at every second appointment.
What is a Highlift Colour? Highlift's are Extra Light Blonde Hair Colours with a unique Colour formula that enables you to get your Hair lighter than a regular Colour. Their key purpose is to lighten the Hair without having to use Bleach.
High lift color is permanent haircolor that lightens the hair and deposits a tone in one step. This type of color offers a shortcut in your blonding services to achieve results faster.
Lift: Lift is the chemical process of lightening the color of the hair. Different haircolor formulations have different lifting abilities.