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[talesofalethrion]

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[vinceaddams]

Heya just wanted to ask you some hair related questions (since yours is so fab <3) In summer I'm planning on dying my hair to be black with white/platinum streaks (not full Dave Vanian though, quite thin streaks), and currently my hair is a very dark brown (almost black). I'd quite like to dye my hair to be properly black, but I was wondering how to go about doing the streaks? And should I put them in before or after? Thanks very much ^_^

I’m no expert on hair, but here’s all the potentially useful information I can think of.

I got my white streak by using one of those bleach box kits. I got the lightest blond they had, and it took about 4 bleaches, plus using the purple toning conditioner that comes with the bleach, to get it all the way to white. (My natural hair colour is dark brown.)

I suggest doing the streaks before putting the black in. It’s much easier to separate the white bits out that way. When I re-dye the black part of my hair (also using the box kit dyes) I make sure my white streak is thoroughly gooed with thick conditioner, and rolled into a small wad secured with a clip. I then put the black dye all over the rest of my head, doing the bits next to the white part very carefully with a brush. I’m very careful about rinsing it too, and I retouch the white a few days after the black because it still gets a tiny bit contaminated by the rinsing. Just a few mildly greyish blobs though, I haven’t had any major troubles with it.

I don’t know how well this would work with multiple thin streaks though, so maybe twisting them up in plastic wrap would help protect them?

I touch up the black part of my hair after about an inch and a half of new growth, and the white part about every centimetre and a half. I put lots of conditioner in the white bit, because damage is inevitable when you’re bleaching it that light. I also make sure it’s very greasy when I bleach it, which I think helps reduce the damage. From what I’ve read, bleaching and dyeing clean hair is not a good idea.

I hope this was useful. Let me know how it turns out!

Edited to add: I forgot to mention that you don’t have to use the entire bleach box in one go when you’re just touching up the roots of your white stripes. You can cut the bleach powder packet open and empty it into a jar and just screw the lids back on the tube and bottle of stuff. Measure it out using the proportions they give for the strand test and it’ll last for quite a while.