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Hair: Going waaaay too light

By icyabstract · January 19, 2012 · 14 Comments ·

For the first time in my DIY hair color attempts, I actually washed off the color and went "OH... MY.... GOD..." and that's not a very positive "OMG" either.

I only have myself to blame for being adventurous but the color I used was the other Palty hairdye pictured below, the one on the right.

From my experience with Palty hairdyes, the end result is always somewhat subtle. With that in mind I got ambitious and decided to go ahead with a bleaching shade because I thought, what could happen right? At the very most it would lighten my hair a little but still have it at a caramel brown perhaps?

Like beautiful Natalie Portman here:

but no..... apparently this time arounod the model's hair pictured on the boxdye was pretty darn true to what it would turn out to be.

So here's my hair right now.

Yes... it's gone waaay lighter then I had imagined and the bleach content was stronger then I thought, I left it on for about 20-30 minutes before rinsing.

One reason why I went "OMG" was because of the prevalant gold and yellow tones which I really dislike. Under sunlight it's quite alright, ranging from a strawberry blonde to an auburn but in dimmer lighting or, even worst, ambient lighting it's just.... off.


Under sunlight - strawberry blonde


Under sunlight - auburn-ish


and the dreadful indoors

I'm quite conflicted because while I kinda like how it looks sometimes, it's still leaning 'too orange/yellow/gold' for my liking most of the time. It's a major pet peeve when I see an overly saturated hair color so... I'm sort of commiting that crime myself now.

What's more Chinese New Year is coming... I'm thinking to either re-color it or find a way to tone the brassiness down. Like I said, I'm conflicted and I'm rambling now... I will have to do something this weekend and I'm leaning towards recoloring but who knows.

Oh my poor, poor abused hair.

Moral of the story, yes Palty's blonde/more bleach based shades is pretty close to what the model on the box has. It still boils down to how your hair takes color but my hair was on the darker spectrum before this (not black) and it has lightened loads so.... yeap.

Now... what do you think? How bad is it? Be brutally honest, I can take it!


Thanks for reading (my woes and rant on here and twitter).

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Tagged with: Hair, blonde, bleach, Palty
posted by
19/1/12

I think it look really good on you... the gold and lightness of the shade doesn't make you complexion look yellowish or dull. And It look so nice under bright lighting!


posted by
19/1/12

To be honest, it is a very "lian-ish" color, but somehow it doesn't look that way on you at all. In fact, I think it seems to complement your skin color pretty well. On the bright side, at least the color was even and once you go this light, you can accurately get any color you want next. Perhaps it just requires getting used to.


posted by
19/1/12

like I said before, it washes you out.. but you could try working it out by... hmm darkening it slightly by using a medium earth tone brown. BUT you have do have a fair complexion, so you could make it work on its' own.. ^_^


19/1/12

the color is really too bright (like you said the yellow is a bit much), makes your complexion sallow, besides I think a cooler toned ashy blonde might be more flattering (but that would also mean making some wardrobe and makeup changes to match/ complement) if you are doing anything drastic in terms of color to rectify the situation, maybe do it after CNY (salon don't charge their CNY fees, and less crowded hence more time to TLC your hair) and get them to professionally color your hair and also give it a good intense treatment.


posted by
19/1/12

If you wanna change the color, why don't you LOW LIGHT as oppose to HIGH LIGHT?
When I get a color tt is too light for me, instead of recolouring all my locks, I low light it with a darker shade so the end result looks like a high light of sorts. The method is the same as high lighting except u are using a darker shade instead of a highlighting shade. U can youtube for highlighting techniques, they usually use the foil method. At home, I divide my hair according to how the pros do it, but I leave out the foils. Maybe you can get your BF to help you out?


19/1/12

I think the color looks GOOD in the pictures, but the question is whether it still looks good in reality. I think it suits you BUT it does make you look darker and slightly dull. Maybe you can play around with your make up and brighten up your look.


posted by
19/1/12

everbluec: Thanks Smiling I think pictures might be doing it some justice but sadly they wouldn't look so light all the time either so, still iffy about it tho I like how it looks under bright sun.

She Shops Makeup: haha I knowww! The minute I washed it off I thought, omggg, ah lian color! Lol. Yes, I'm telling myself at least my hair is bleached now, it'll be colored when I put something over it. haha


posted by
19/1/12

amyrleex: I'm trying the maybe it'll grow on me approach but I guess not, 2 days in and I really feel like recoloring it now. You are right about it washing me out though!

the makeup blogette: Yeap that's true.. the more I look at myself the more I feel this hair just isn't doing it for my skintone. I was thinking to leave it to the pros too but most I frequent are booked out Sad sadly I'll have to rectify it pre-cny or else the visitings will be non-stop questions/stares at my hair. Lol! I'm finding a way to go ash so I can still wear this color but if I can't find a method to keep it fairly light and ash I might have to just throw a totally different color over. Perhaps pray my hair wouldn't hate me till after CNY and go get some treatments done. Hair mask in the process? haha.


posted by
19/1/12

hazelnutt: Ohh that's actually a good idea! I did't think about that... yes I could list that as my options, it'll add some real pretty dimensions too! And nooo I'm never getting bf to help with my hair. That one time he helped me and it was soo uneven, I'm traumatized. Lol!

skincareandbeautybums: Thanks! haha yes I too wish it looked like how it does in pic 1 & 2 all the time.


posted by
19/1/12

To be honest. I think it looks nice =) Plus it's something different from the usual dark hair and all! Love how it looks under the bright lighting. But in certain lights I think it makes you look a lot fairer


posted by
19/1/12

if u are really gonna try low lighting, and if u need clearer instructions, just whatsapp me :_


posted by
20/1/12

x3ASweetAffair: I've noticed that too! It seems to make my skintone appear fairer then it does with darker hair. It's cool yet I'm not sure if I'm liking it too much. haha but yes it is pretty different from what I've had before! Thanks Smiling

hazelnutt: Will do! Smiling


posted by
07/3/12

Great, So, for 2012 I'm getting in shape and being focused on diet and exercise as a coordinated effort. I'm thinking, It would also be beneficial to determine how many calories your body burns and how many calories you should eat per day. Then you would have some accuracy in adjusting your diet for weight gain or loss. I have found an online calculator that will tell ya how many calories your body is burning and how many calories you should eat per day. For anyone interested the website is how to gain weight and the rmr calculator is located at RMR Calculator . I'm looking forward to being in top condition in 2012.


posted by D'nique
March 04 at 12:42 PM

Hello it looks good on you... Where did you buy that hair dye? I wanna try it also Smiling


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