Guide to going blonde without risks –

Most women who surrender to dyeing want to lighten their hair. If you are part of this group and have golden hair as an ideal of beauty, read our guide carefully: you will know every step to get there without ruining your hair or regretting it later.

Being blonde…

1. It takes work
The lighter the tone you choose, the faster the root will appear. Anyone who wants to keep their hair up to date can prepare to visit the salon at least every 20 days.

2. It has its price
Just do the math: fortnightly visits can mean a fixed expense of almost 200 reais a month.

3. Enhances the skin
If she’s tanned, even better. Golden tones brighten even darker skin.

4. It weakens the hair
The products used for discoloration tend to dry out the hair fiber and leave the cuticles more open, impairing the shine and texture and giving rise to the split effect. The damage is less if, instead of lightening it with bleach, your natural hair color accepts the change only with dye.

5. Disguises imperfections
The blonde hair draws so much attention that uncomfortable problems such as dark circles, pimples, wrinkles are in the background.

6. Requires specific care
You can prepare to use special products for blondes, whose formulations have agents that prevent the yellow from becoming opaque or straw-like. Remember that using the right products is the best way to keep your color beautiful for longer.

7. It suits some skin types better
If your dream is to become a blonde, that’s fine.

The purpose of this report is precisely to show how everyone can invest in a change in their hair. However, says the concept of colorometry — the study of color intonation — that light blonde goes best with light skin, like pink and light eyes; honey or golden blonde is more suitable for fair but yellowish skin and brown eyes; dark or burnt blonde can be used with any skin tone.

Golden dream

Before becoming a blondie girl, carefully read some explanations by specialist Sheila Duarte, from L’Oréal, a company that is a reference in hair products.

Is it possible to go blonde at home?
Not recommended. Although some girls appeal to bleach directly on the strands, the result is usually compromising. There is a risk of staining the hair, weakening the strands and causing a scalp allergy.

What happens to the yarn when it undergoes discoloration? What about a whitening tincture?
Discoloration, by removing the melanin pigments contained inside the hair fiber (cortex), ends up making the hair more sensitive, making the hair more fragile. In the lightening dye, this process is less aggressive, as the dye lightens less than a bleach.

Who has dark and dyed strands can only lighten them with pickling?
Yes. The blonde dye will only work after the dark dye has been chemically removed.

How many shades is it possible to lighten only with paint if the girl has brown or black virgin hair?
For those with a dark base, there are colors that can lighten natural hair by up to four tones.

ABC’s of dyed hair

Whitening: the technique, which lightens the entire color of virgin hair or just a few strands up to four tones, is performed with permanent dye or bleaching powder and hydrogen peroxide. Retouching should take place between 20 (dye) and 60 days (wicks).

Pickling: method that uses hydrogen peroxide and bleaching powder to remove pigments from dyed hair. Radical, it is only indicated in drastic changes, to lighten more than four tones. Discoloration: it also uses hydrogen peroxide and bleach, only to lighten virgin hair by more than four shades.

Dye: strong, contains ammonia and oxidants that penetrate the threads changing the natural pigments, giving new color to the hair. With it, it is possible to lighten two to four tones of the natural color (provided the hair is virgin), darken or even out the stained hair and cover 100% of the gray hairs. Lasts up to 60 days without fading.

locks: lightening of hair bundles (from thin to wider locks, in part of the strands or all over the head).