Hair Dying Process

So last week I wrote about how to keep white hair in good condition and more to the point keep its colour. My main advice would be to go to a salon to get this done as they tone it all properly to reduce any brassy tones.
I had an appointment on Friday so thought I would share my experience and a few photo's I took along the way.


I have a great hairdresser, which I find is half the battle, she really does listen and do exactly what I ask for. First she does/ bleaches my roots, I had at least 2inches of roots as I haven't been for about 2 and a half months. The bleach is applied to my dry hair, and I find it best to not wash my hair prior to the visit as any build up on the scalp acts as a barrier to the bleach and leaves less damage to the skin overall. Now I sit with the bleach on for at least 45mins, read a magazine, have a cup of tea, a girly chat with the hairdresser, generally a good time :)

This is me in my bleaching glory, I always want to shave one side of my head when they put my hair like this,  weird I know.

Near the end of this bleaching time they will put a little plastic bag over my head, I say over my head I mean hair, they do not try and suffocate me. This just makes things up there a little warmer and gets the bleach to react a little more. 

Ever so glamorous bag-head 

Once the bleach has done its thing they wash it all off, the roots are a delightful yellow colour. They roughly dry the hair then comes the toner. Now this part I dread, I actually hate it. I have sensitive skin and for some reason this just hurts and stings and I can't stand to have it on for very long. My stylist who also has white hair finds it painful too, its different for everyone though so don't be too worried, I'm just a wimp when it comes to toning. This eliminates all the yellow and makes the hair a cool ashy blonde colour. I can usually stand to have this on no longer than 5-10 mins, then it is washed off using the purple shampoo I mentioned in my previous hair care post.
After it is washed off I am a happy bunny again and shimmey over to get my hair cut and styled.
This process does damage the hair, and I usually find my scalp can be a tad "scabby" (mmmmmmmmm) for a few days after, but it is to be expected due to the amount of chemicals that are put on there.
Now the owner of the salon has ordered in especially for me, a product which claims to act as a complete barrier to the scalp for this process which will leave everything pain free and happy. I shall be trying this out on my next visit and do hope it works as I'll be able to sit for much longer with the toner on and get really white white hair :) I shall let you's know how it works out.
Here is the final result, the roots are not completely white, again this is because I can't sit for too long with the toner, but compared to my natural practically black roots it is a great improvement.

Last week, before the roots were attacked

After :)

Thank you for reading, Stay Classy