matter help: Any tips on bleaching African American hair? - Help.com

Stop being racist to yourself.

Do you have any friends or relatives who have dyed their hair before? I don’t know anything about it, I’m sorry. I do know it’s generally not good for your hair. But I bet someone who has done it before can give tips.

(First line was a joke for the record)

Sorry I replied anonymously to my post. I was clarifying that my first line was a joke. In fact, not to acknowledge that most african americans have different hair is silly. That would only be racist if you considered someone inferior for having that hair (finding that hair better or worse is just preference, but assigning a value judgement to the person who has it, is racist).

So I qualify my joke, with some overanalyzing.

Have you tried….

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid…

It’s ok. I know a lot of people don’t know what they think about race, but avoid the topic because it’s easier to ignore than think. That’s a mistake. As for your question, I’m not sure. Maybe if it’s hard to schedule such a thing, take a break from getting your hair dyed. I’m sure it’ll be nice once you get a chance, but why not wait until your schedule finds some time? I wouldn’t want to damage my hair, because it takes a while to grow back. You can ask the salon person how to dye your hair the first time, and in the future, maybe dye it yourself.

Good luck.

I dont really know on this but i will say something anyways.

You dont have to look up for your race only just look up Color, texture, Porosity and thickness which is what you need to know i would assume.

Gender is also a factor (but i assume you’re a girl anyways) because both genders have a different body temperature which effects the chemicals.

You might wanna think over the fact that if you mess up and get orange hair or uneven hair or something then you might wind up having to go to the salon afterall anyways which only adds extra time when you thought you were saving it

Note I’m not being racist, African Americans just have different hair texture and consistency.

So do white guys.

Take this from another African-American…unless you are fair to fair-medium complected, you will look like a “hot mess”.

I hate it when we dye our hair some “god-awful” color when we have dark-skin…bleached hair on dark skin looks just terrible and ghetto.

I’m just being honest.

Having said that, you can always use hydrogen peroxide. Or simply buy the kit and follow the instructions.

akosua wrote:
I hate it when we dye our hair some “god-awful” color when we have dark-skin…bleached hair on dark skin looks just terrible and ghetto.

perhaps but bleaching is the first process before dying it also and perhaps she was going to? Just saying.

Okay, I was just expressing a personal pet peeve. I’ve seen it look terrible too many times to count.

I don’t know about bleaching because I don’t bleach my hair (I’m “caramel-colored”).

I do dye my hair and I usually use either Cream of Nature or Dark and Lovely.

I dye my hair various shades ranging from ash brown to light brown.

Would like to add, I am probably your complexion Mimzy and have colored my hair since I was 16…usually honey blond to golden blond and Dark and I’ve used many but always returned to Dark and Lovely product for truest color and easiest application. As far as bleaching, I have never bleached my hair, but my daughter is 17 and had hers bleached before. Bleaching is not good with relaxing at all. Every bit of what she bleached eventually fell out over time. My advice is bleach only if natural. And for the record, I have received compliments all my life for my hair color, from the lightest to darkest of honey tones…I’ve also made some hot mess mistakes myself, because I have always colored my own hair. Additionally, I see too many women wearing the wrong shades and yes, looking a hot mess. Visit lugohair.com for color examples…these are for weave extensions, which I don’t wear, but great gallery for good color examples. There are others out there too.

Michelle