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Should I bleach my hair?
Okay, so I have dark skin, sort oof mocha color, and naturally black hair, which is sort of long.
I got red streaks put in a few months ago, but red fades easily, and they were very thin streaks, under alayer, so it's pretty hard to see.
I love the black hair, sure, but I really want some BRIGHT red streaks in there. I'm a bit of a punk kid, and it's somethign i've wnated for a while.
thing is, I don't have enough money to get a professional bleaching, and also, everytime i go to a professional, they never do it how i like. They like to do the general boring styles, wheras i like bold chunks and stuff.
I found a bleach kit for home that would have worked, but i can't buy it online.
I bought some Manic Panic pillarbox red hair dye, but i really want it to show up on my hair.
if i don't bleach it, will it dye as well?
Sorry, I just dont' want to go to the exetreme of bleaching, if it might damage my hair.
Also, since i had it dyed once before professionally, will there be some bleach left over?
Thanks in advance?
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First of all, if you want color to stay in your hair, don't use Manic Panic. It's the worst; doesn't stay in your hair.
If you have black hair and put a semi-permanent color on top of it, it won't show. My Asian friend did the same thing to her hair with pink dye, and you couldn't see it at all. In the sunlight, you saw maybe 5 pink strands.
If you try to dye over previously dyed hair, the new color won't show too well. I tried to dye my already-dyed(and fading)-reddish hair blonde, and it didn't work. Lightened it a bit, but that was it.
If you wanna dye your hair and want it to last, go with Special Effects brand dye. It's by far the best I've tried when it comes to non-natural hair colors. My friends know me for my dye-related troubles (color rarely stays in my hair more than a month). But when I used Special Effects, I had pink hair for like half a year.
Bleaching won't damage your hair that much if you're not making it a habit. If you bleach it now and leave it alone for a long while, your hair won't get that over-processed haystack-ish look.
To sum up: bleach your hair and dye over it with a better brand than MP
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I have been dying my hair for years and have had most colours you could think of and in my experience if you wanted a bright colour and you have naturally very dark hair then unfortunately to get the results you want it needs to be bleached first.
Bleaching can damage hair but as long as you take care of it with leave-in conditioners or serums and creams the damage will be minimal.
As for your previous dye, no, there will be no bleach left over. In fact if you put a brighter colour over your previous hair dye if the dye is dark or darkened you will find that the new dye will darken too. Sorry.
Maybe you could look up hair salons in your area that tend to be more out going or find a salon with a very experienced dye professional?
Hope this helps
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