Be your own hairdresser: getting out of a black house

Have you ever found yourself wondering how in the world you got such a bad haircut as you stared at your reflection? Everyone has experienced a hair emergency and been left frantically searching for answers. However, there’s hope—having your own hair salon does not imply that you will always have bad hair days. You are able to take control of your hair condition and escape a difficult situation with a little knowledge and useful advice.

We’re going to walk you through the fundamentals of fixing a bad haircut at home in this guide. We can help if you unintentionally cut your hair too short or have uneven layers. A little imagination and perseverance can often fix a bad haircut without the assistance of a professional stylist.

We’ll go over some easy methods to balance out your haircut and how to style it to look deliberate rather than like a last-minute fix. You’ll discover how to transform your haircut mishap into a new look you actually like, from blending unsightly sections to adding some stylish flair. Now that you have your comb and scissors in hand, let’s begin confidently restoring your hair!

Tip	Description
Assess Your Hair	Check the current condition of your hair and its length before starting.
Gather Tools	Make sure you have scissors, a comb, and clips ready.
Start Small	Trim a small amount first to avoid cutting too much.
Follow a Guide	Use online tutorials or videos for step-by-step instructions.
Be Patient	Take your time and make adjustments slowly.
Ask for Help	If possible, get a friend or family member to assist.
Check Your Work	Regularly check your progress to ensure even cuts.

Disclaimer

Some people believe that "washing" is the same as "powdering," but this is much more sparing and lets you take everything and put it back exactly as it was. Therefore, I’m writing this for skeptics, people I didn’t meet, people who were in the cabin and were shocked that the hair was still falling out, and people who were too lazy to read Dasha’s post, to which I provided a link at the beginning. Okay.

• Although acid washing is more gentle than powder, this does not mean that it is harmless to the hair
• Especially since acid washing without powder is rarely done.
• Until natural color, she will not wash your hair, only to the basic level of lightening. The color will be red-yellow, be sure to tint
• It will be a blond, even if the final color is not too light
• But you are unlikely to get a blond color, neither cold nor pastel. Don"t expect to go from black to white in one go
• Mentally prepare for a haircut. It"s not always possible to maintain the length (but I"ll try).

An intense query concerning all home cures, kefir, lemons, American shampoo, aspirin, vitamin C, and citric acid: first of all, any product that has the ability to remove dye is not inherently safe. This isn’t a kind substitute. The hair becomes more fragile when the cuticle is opened and the pigment is washed out; otherwise, the color won’t wash out. These products are also extremely weak. You will not get from black to white in this manner, even though you can slightly lighten the shade.

I experimented on my own black hair using American shampoo and aspirin. only to ensure the experiment is thorough. In terms of color, the outcome is 0, but afterwards there was a sense of overdrying.

A little background

Why did I even decide to take on a project this challenging by myself? Yes, I would never have taken it on and would have run instead of going to the salon if I had known how exhausted I would be—regardless of the outcome, more on that later. And before that, I was worrying about saving money, how expensive it is to visit a salon, how expensive it is to get out of black (good salons in our country charge between $150 and $275), and how afraid I was because my hair has been damaged in salons a lot (as if I wouldn’t damage it myself).

No, I didn’t think I was smarter than everyone else at first. I just wanted an acid wash and was willing to wait a while for the best possible results for my hair.In addition, I accepted a color that was slightly off and even darker or redder than my natural shade in order to avoid burning my hair. You’ll see further into what will result from it.

I am not a hairdresser, moreover, I did not really dye my hair at home, I always went to the hairdresser. At the age of 18, my mother dyed my hair a couple of times, but last year the devil made me dye my hair at home, and so unsuccessfully that it came out black. At the same time, I have basic knowledge of coloristics, I even studied at courses (for myself, I did not work), I dyed and cut my mother and sister"s hair. In general, not all is hopelessly lost. Even if you thought otherwise after describing my misadventures with black. Of course, before taking on the wash, I also looked into the theory and refreshed my knowledge (spoiler: I was never able to apply some of it).

What are my goals

• Obviously, to wash out the black hair color. My minimum goal is to have chestnut hair, so that it doesn’t clash so much with my growing color and doesn’t irritate with blue.
• But natural hair color has such an interesting property as transparency. In the light, my hair doesn’t look dark at all. Ideally, I would like everything dyed to be a little lighter than natural (I don’t even hope to match the tone), because it looks better than the transition from light roots to dark ends or from colder roots to warm ends. In terms of warmth – my color has a reddish underon, so that some warmth in the clarified part is allowed. But it is still not expressed in me, so we will move away from red and ginger tones over time.
• We do not dye the roots – I have sensitive scalp and, it seems, I am allergic to dye. If I do dye my hair in the future, it will be partial dyeing like ombre or airtouch, necessarily with my natural roots. This also applies to gray hair.

Initial data

Color

I had this kind of hair before all the changes:

We discussed in a previous post that my natural UGT is 6. Regardless of its veracity, I am unable to describe my hair as dark.

Structure

Natural hair is highly porous, slightly curly, and damaged: I’ve had perms twice, though the first one was probably unsuccessful and left my hair burned; after that, I colored my hair black on low oxides, toned it down, and painted the length with paint that was exposed for a shorter period of time each time. Additionally, a permanent ammonia dye was used. I only colored the roots of my hair with ammonia-free dark chestnut dye three months ago; I haven’t dyed my hair black in exactly six months.

Naturally, I could have finished the wash sooner, but I was concerned about the outcome. As you can see, I had to literally revive my hair because it was in a state of pliable fluff that broke off with every combing. Subsequently, a year ago, I took a decision that sets the present-day hair-obsessed me apart from the previous me, who would occasionally dye my hair twice a month:

I gave length and quality more weight than the color I wanted.

And now I’ve moved forward even further, receiving quality care from a professional rather than what I received (the issue isn’t so much the budget as it was the inappropriateness; it seems that even though the experience was lengthy, I was unable to really compare it to anything because the non-budget professional gave me an entirely different experience). I believe that as a result, I’m no longer afraid of lightning. I know what needs to be done. Let’s make sure.

The coloring process

Three steps make up the coloring process: first, we use an acid wash to remove the artificial pigment, giving the hair a natural UGT shade, but a red tint; next, we use powder to lighten the base color so that toning doesn’t make it appear any darker than the natural color; finally, we toner. I will elaborate on each step for you.

Stage 1: Elea Professional acid wash

I started with Elea professional, one of the budget washes I had purchased offline, because I didn’t want to delay the process. Thinking that one pack might not be sufficient, I purchased two at once.

After each application, you must wash your hair three to four times with SHGO. Apply only to dry hair.You can apply it multiple times in a row before needing to use a hair dryer to finish drying your hair. As a fixative, you must apply 3% oxide after the final wash. Unlike Shgo, Oxide is not included in the packaging; it appears that Oxide is presumed to be in the cabin.

If you’re wondering why my products come in unidentifiable bags and jars, it’s because I live close to a hair salon where castings are sold. Purchasing a portion package is more expensive, and certain companies do not offer small portions at all. I therefore purchased various oxides and a lightening powder, of which I currently only needed a portion of 30 g, since I was unsure of how much I would require.

I began to dilute the solution, for accuracy I used kitchen scales. The reducer is transparent water, and the activator is a thick white paste similar to oxide. They mix easily, but the activator was less in weight and volume, and I had to take a little product from the second package. This, of course, is upsetting. By the way, it turned out that this is a standard story for this brand of remover. By the way, I had a portion of the reducer and only half a portion of the activator left for the last iteration. It"s a pity, but they had to be thrown away, because you need to dilute 1:1.

It is important for me to mention that my hair did not become less healthy after washing or after the SHG. I used "American shampoo," which is based on Pantene PRO-V, as an SHG. My hair was hay-like the last time Pantene did this, but this time it made it soft, like it washed away the build-up. Nothing makes sense to me anymore.)

I wholeheartedly endorse the Elea Professional line.

Reviews seem to indicate that many people have a similar experience: a gentle wash that isn’t the strongest for hair.

Regarding color, I saw no change at all with the first application, but after the second, I noticed that the roots, which had been painted with paint free of ammonia, had lightened slightly, and the strands that I had previously used a powder to test for lightening had also lightened—they had previously been a very dark shade of red. The permanent black paint-dyed length did not lighten in the slightest. The hue following the initial washings:

The contrast on the roots has increased. About 3 cm of the roots are not colored at all – these photos are from the beginning of February. Next is the washed-out coloring, which, although it matched the natural shade in color, was not transparent. You can see that in the second photo the light roots are already very noticeable. It is not the skin that is glowing! And no, I have not gone bald, the difference between the photos is a couple of days. The camera increases the contrast a little, but it is also visible to the eyes, so I am attaching different photos. This is just in line with the words about the transparency of the natural color.

In the collage, there is a comparison between the top two images, which show brightly directed and dimly diffused artificial light, the bottom left image, which shows a window, and the bottom right image, which is the ugly one, which shows bright midday light. It is still a stretch to say that the color is uniform indoors, but it is no longer possible to stroll outside in that manner—a few weeks ago, I removed my hat. So I made the decision to wash again.

I stopped my experiments that day because I did not have enough time, but I still have a portion of this wash left for one time. Other ideas were also entertained, but as fate would have it, the washing of L’Oreal ended up in every store in the neighborhood, and you could only order 12 bags (a box). Since I don’t need that much, I wanted to order the budget color off, but the package was delayed for three weeks by customs, and Marketplais did not provide a clear timeframe. I bought two more packs of the same wash because I wanted to finish the process.

I applied all of the masks almost from the roots so that the painted and cleaned roots would also receive my share of attention, but there was no extra care taken in between the procedures—everything was done as usual.

If it didn’t wash off the color, you probably wonder why you recommended this wash above and even bought one for yourself. The response is straightforward:

Particularly if you painted the length more than once, particularly on high percentage oxide, which is what household dyes love to add. I did not always tint my hair when I had it professionally dyed at 3%; the paint is long-lasting even though it is not household paint. There is obviously a lot of pigment in this paint (Ollin), and even if the wash doesn’t produce any visual effect after the first application, the pigment in the hair was already diminished. You only need to wash it off once or more times in such a scenario.

It took me nearly two hours to do these two washes. Even though I left them on for twenty minutes, applying, washing, and drying take time.

On the second attempt, I warmed it up and applied the wash for thirty minutes (after which the mixture burns out and stops working). According to the instructions, this is achievable. Generally speaking, always follow the instructions; certain products may have unique features. While other washes, for instance, can be removed and the composition reapplied on top, this one must be removed using a dryer sheet. Remarkably, every time I washed it off, I felt smooth and soft, like I was applying a mask.

Following this wash, the roots—which had been painted without ammonia—became a vivid red, while the length lightened—but only by a single pixel—to a gray-brown hue. Furthermore, my roots remained the same color, which is expected given that the wash merely gets rid of synthetic pigment. The outcome of this wash, the first of the day, and the third overall are as follows:

This is unquestionably Ollin Professional. Not a drop was washed away from it from the acid wash, the powder, or even time (six months without dyeing and only a few 3% tonings literally five to ten minutes after the first dyeing)!

I realized that I would be washing it off for a long time, and decided to do something that was not provided for in the instructions, at my own risk: I etched several test strands with powder to loosen the cuticle, and then did the wash again. I took an old powder that was lying around in stock, no name, with 6% oxide. In 25 minutes, I didn"t see any effect at all. Then I repeated the wash, also for 30 minutes, heated it with a hairdryer, because the towel was already wet, and I do not have a thermal cap. This gave its result. Already when washing off, it was clear that the color was going from blue to brown.

Let’s examine the outcomes:

I was motivated by this. The remover is still functional. This is my third attempt at applying the composition. By the way, I used these Elea professional sachets in addition to the remover and powder:

Unfortunately, this isn’t an Olaplex substitute; rather, it’s just a blend of oils that the manufacturer advises using to add protection to coloring mixtures. I’m not sure what they guard against, but they give the mixture some care and make it more plastic. If the mixture had the consistency of water, it would be thicker, making application of the compositions easier and more enjoyable. I enjoyed using this product with paint as well.

In general, I regret that I did not buy either Olaplex itself or its brother Lakme iPlex 3, the appearance of which I waited for a couple of weeks offline, but never got it. I wanted to speed up the process and did not want to wait a long time for parcels from abroad, but in the end I still delayed it for a month. It would have been better if I had waited longer or ordered the plexes in advance. When I saw the result after the washes, I realized that I was not ready to wait any longer. Walking around with such a color is unacceptable for me, especially since it is spotty. I generally wanted to finish today, but since I don’t have time, I’m postponing it until tomorrow.

We examine the outcome of the third washing. These paragraphs were actually written "online" while I was carrying the composition in my arms.

By this point, I was already very tired. 7 hours had passed. Each time I washed and dried my hair with a hairdryer. I kept the composition on for no more than 30 minutes. You can’t do anything special at the same time in such a mode, I couldn’t even eat, because the composition was leaking, and it also smelled of hydrogen sulfide (not like Estel color off, according to reviews, it has a legendary stench, but it was enough for me to lose my appetite and get a headache). And I also froze, because the window was open for ventilation, and I walked around in one T-shirt, I have a special T-shirt for dyeing, which I don"t mind, and it is convenient to wash my hair in it, and other clothes cannot be removed without losses. In general, I really want to just finish as soon as possible.

Stage 2: lightening with powder

As you can see, there are stripes after washing off: a black stripe below and a bright red section after the natural hair. It varies in width across different sections, and below it takes on varying intensities of reddish-brown tones. Thus, I want to balance the color. Individual light strands don’t embarrass me, but I need to get rid of the horizontal stripes.

The first time, I covered the black sections with powder and covered everything that had been permanently painted (I can’t even highlight the lighter sections) with foil. Since I was unsure of how quickly the hair would react, I worked with 3% oxide. It was challenging for me to watch every strand, and it’s not good to overexpose.

As you can see from the post’s opening general photo, my powder is Lakme. Very finely dispersed, I add a little warm water to make it easier to apply when I dilute it with oxide 1:2 very thick. There is a pleasant blue color, linked to freshness and purity, and almost no smell (some sort of "cosmetic" scent that is not strong, does not beat in the nose, and is not left on the hair).

Application took as many as 45 minutes. It’s harder to apply than another person, the more part of the length of the foil. I separated as thin strands as possible with the help of combing-huts, put a foil, pre-prepared in the form of wide stripes of 15-20 cm, and applied strictly from the part where the black. If the washing can be applied as you have, it is still very liquid; In principle, it is also easier to apply the paint, then I had to sweat with this thick paste: the number should be uniform, the layer too, and I also have a problem, I will not strive the ends of it, especially if they are already liquid already, like the upper strands.

Since the initial strands weren’t getting much brighter over the course of these 45 minutes, I chose to hold on to another 15. Naturally, I’m not looking for blonde hair, but I do need the ends to be lighter than the roots, not the other way around. I didn’t aim for a specific UGT; instead, I just wanted to tone down from my natural shade so that the result would be more evenly distributed.

After an hour, the black areas remained black and the composition had dried even under the foil. After stopping the process because I ran out of materials and realized it was already midnight, I fiddled around for 12 hours, taking a break for food every 7 hours.

I made the decision to take 6% oxide the next time, but I didn’t visit the 24-hour store for powder. Because I created the strands you see in the hair’s thickness using 6%. When I kept the mixture for 45 minutes the first time these were test strands, I didn’t like the state and set it aside; today, however, after the powder, there were still washes; the powder by itself didn’t really do anything, but at least it was there. What’s the point of all this? Let’s have a look at the pictures.

Did you anticipate more? I also did. The roots are a fiery red color, though you can’t see it in these pictures.

But I was pleased with the condition of my hair. After the washes, they were as alive as can be (you saw the photo of the length, washed with shampoo many times, the only care was the Garnier silicone-free conditioner, and they were dried with a hairdryer without styling. Only a photo after the very last wash, already with care and styling on a brush. After all the executions, the hair feels light, and I have already gotten used to the fact that it has become heavy and dense. But when I gather it into a ponytail, there remains the usual feeling that there is a lot of hair. I missed it while I had a short haircut.

Following all the mishaps, I decided to use a Masil mask on my hair, which doesn’t perform any worse than Lador filler. Generally speaking, the hair felt a little bit dryer and stiffer after an hour with the powder. The next stage was right around the corner, but I would like to give it a break because I’m not mentally prepared to walk around so striped.

It would be appropriate to highlight one aspect of the condition: my broken ends were previously only visible through a macro lens, but after the lightning struck, they were much more apparent. These were once black dots on black hair; now, they are white dots on red hair, barely noticeable, and the hair breaks here. I can’t see it, so I’m not sure about the remaining 2-3 cm of the front strands, but there is a lot of this there. Right now, I break them off abruptly.

I stocked up on more powder the following day. This time, Alfaparf was with me. I like to work with high-quality materials whenever possible. I tried the less expensive "Supra" brand, but ultimately I felt the hair was of worse quality, clumpy, and not very flexible. There’s also a chance the lightening won’t be as even. Overall, even without plexes, but I didn’t cut corners with the remaining tasks.

I tested the mixture on the front strands of my hair because I was scared to apply it to the entire head at once. I held onto it for forty minutes. I then repeated the process on the remaining hair, just to make sure everything was alright and the hair was still alive. Although the color was uneven, the hair turned out to be almost completely free of black spots. This was the general situation, even after washing.

Between them was a healthy section that was permanently dyed, which ate into the healthy section. There is also a curled section of hair from which the pigment came out quite easily and the ends took on a brown tint (it is obvious that this is the curled part, because there is also a difference in density); these are my fiery red roots.

This section started to get spots after bleaching. I’m not sure how this happened, but every time I tried to dye only the roots, I used the same dye and applied it evenly with the aid of two mirrors. Similarly, powder and wash off. Powder was present, which explains the vertical stripes and lighter hair.

Don’t be alarmed by the hair’s apparent dryness and fluff; it has just been washed and, in the case of multiple powder applications in a row, is usually only conditioner-treated rather than styled. To the touch, even my ends feel alive and soft. I was particularly happy that not a single extra hair fell from my head during the lightning and washing process (so many times in a row!). I had been worried about this and had therefore given it some thought. In total, less than ten hairs fell out!

It required roughly sixty minutes. In addition to summarizing at the end, I write so that my readers can appreciate the amount of work involved.

I gave myself the task of lightening the last few black strands before going over the entire length and fine-tuning it if necessary the following day (work started in the evening). My goal was to complete the coloring by the following weekend. I had sworn never to do such things at home again by that day, and I had cursed everything in the world, but I had to finish what I had started.

Alfaparf’s qualities are similar to those of Lakme’s; in fact, I once thought that they had given me the wrong powder when they first sold it to me. I started applying it to the spots carefully. I occasionally had to separate extremely thin strands because the black stripe varied widely in width, sometimes noticeably so. After 45 minutes of application, I started removing the foil from the strands I had lightened first.

Since I saw that the first strands had already noticeably lightened (plus or minus to the level of the ends), I began to remove the foil from the strands one by one in the same order in which I applied it, and then applied the powder to the ends. Lastly, I shaded the mixture closer to the roots so that there was no sharp transition, and left the hair open. The work was painstaking, if not to say jewelry. It is difficult for another person to do this, and as you can imagine, on the back of your head. I still did not touch my roots, but a little powder got on the very bottom strands and on them.

Although having powder on my head for nearly two hours is unsettling, my hair bravely endured this test. If this is the last time I bleach, then I just want to tone. (Going forward—no). I would prefer not to lighten it any further, that is, not to raise the UGT, even though the color turned out to be fairly light. The length felt stiff and drier. Later, either when I treat my hair or when I cut off the most damaged part, if I want it lighter. Even so, I wouldn’t want to part with the length.

The same care routine as before was followed that day, but I used Insight Dry hair mask in place of the Masil mask. My hair came alive right away. Overall, I wasn’t expecting much, but what I got was much worse: washing your hair without a pre-pu is simple, and even when it gets wet, your hair doesn’t get tangled.

I didn’t record the procedure because I was pressed for time. The powder is truly evil (just as I was told it would be; this time, I found a very knowledgeable seller with whom I went over everything in detail), and it calculates out to 6% instantly. I received this outcome following this lightning.

Like me, you can generally see that there are more black spots on the left. I won’t touch my roots, even though they appear to be much darker. The strands close to my face and the spots didn’t lighten equally even after I reapplied the powder.

Sorry, this time there was no one to take a photo, so I got a pretty shaky screenshot from the video. The hair is not burnt – this is my freshly dried wavy hair, without leave-in products and without styling. The base is not even – that’s a fact, there are light spots, there is also a light stripe, especially noticeable on the lower layers and, of course, there are a few dark spots left, but I’m simply afraid to remove them, and the border with the natural roots is very blurred. And I also see that with each application of the powder, the color changes less, and the dryness increases.

Layers, various dyes, and an unfortunate perm—on which everything is taken wrong—and a wash that worked better than the rest of my hair characterized my long-suffering hair. But I was also prepared for this. I made the decision to tone it down, and if it gets bigger, I might do another lightning treatment.

Stage 3: toning

I decided to tone using Alfaparf paint in shade 7NI. It is about the same as a bleached base according to the UGT and slightly lighter than my natural hair (my hair is between a 6 and a 7 in their palette). I added 6% oxide to the tint in order to ensure that it would, first, adhere to the instructions and not turn black, and second, retain the color a bit better.

It is quite dark, but the toning usually flies off instantly from bleached hair. I could also do as the manufacturer of the wash recommended and take the paint a level higher, but it was very light on the palette (8 UGT is blond, the difference between 7 and 8 is very big for me) and I was afraid that it would not be won"t cover up that copper tint.

Because I have a very noticeable orange tint, I also wanted to add blue mixtone to the paint, but they were only available in full-size packages, so I chose to save money at my own risk.

I wanted to show you the color scheme, but in reality, every color is much lighter, and colors 1 through 7 can’t possibly be nearly black. 8NI was only 8 on the palette, as seen in this image. By contrast, my hair was a lot, lot darker. This situation annoys me because, while each manufacturer has a scale in theory, it does not always match reality (for example, it can be helpful to navigate by numbers to understand how this specific brand designates red, ash, natural, etc. shades).

Why use a palette when I don’t want to make decisions based solely on numbers? The colors remain different when viewing the palette online. I would prefer a little more objectivity, even though white strands should ideally be taken for the palettes.

"Intense natural" is the shade I have from the NI line. These tones are not quite as warm as they seem. The paint tube has only an allergy test and no other information. It’s unfortunate that they don’t even specify the proportions on their own website, as they occasionally deviate from the 1:1 tone-on-tone coloring standard. In another internet retailer, I discovered some information. These are the different proportions; you need 1:1.5, and the oxide data is provided; 20 vol is 6% (lightening by one tone, in theory).

I bleached my hair, let it air dry, and then used foil to apply the dye, regretting that I had to use such a dark shade because I needed to separate the natural roots from the color. However, I am aware that this is a trap already. I don’t know if this is the case for other people, but as soon as I gently lighten my hair, I want it to get even lighter. It’s for this reason, incidentally, that I believe the earlier washes weren’t the best; I wanted to transition to a lighter color quickly.

While applying, I noted that the dye is very beautiful pearl color and it stays that way. I don’t know why, but the sight of a very dark mixture on my hair scares me. Then under the foil it became a muted dusty brown color. The hair looked frighteningly dark when wet. All the times I washed the dye and powder off the length with a mild sulfate shampoo, and washed the skin with Insight volumizing shampoo so that it would not be shocked by such frequent washing. This shampoo washes my hair very gently. Otherwise, the scheme is the same as the very first one, with the Masil mask. I fell in love with these masks, they give a good visual and deep quick care.

Eventually, I rinsed the dye off, and my narrative began to resemble the outcome. Even though the ends were lighter in my dreams, I am happy with what I see now. The hair needs to be restored because it has been through a lot, and it is frightening to lighten it any further because the ends have already begun to crunch and tangle. It is a commendable outcome in terms of quality that the fabric is simultaneously alive and soft to the touch, with no discernible variation between the ends and the roots. It seems that my suffering from the wash-off wasn’t in vain.

But in color, everything is not so rosy. Firstly, again, the color is quite dark (even darker than the roots, if the ends or middle of the strand is applied to the native roots, this is visible) and gives it to Burem. And so that he does not give, you need to clarify the hair further before tinting with a powder. No cold tinting is such a color as under paint, it will not turn into a cold ash. Secondly, the spots crawled out on the latest iterations of clarification and tinting. At the bottom of the back of the head, the powder dragged out of foil and smeared, and on the upper layer the transition from its color to the brightened (the lower layers in this place are more dark and there are no such stripes).

Additionally, I made an effort to apply paint only to the areas where the powder was present and to avoid getting too close to the roots. You can see this for yourself in the gallery on the fourth slide, where it is brightly lit. My hair and I will have to endure a lot of suffering due to the necessity of leveling out the base, so I will be toning again a little later and painting over the spots with the same paint.

However, the origins are not that dissimilar. In the final slide, I display the location, in various lighting conditions, where my color becomes the dye.

Yes, and yes. I haven’t had to trim the ends as of yet. It’s impossible for me to predict what will occur later, but it doesn’t seem like they will end at all, especially not from lightning.

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Final result

My "before and after" looks like this.

My hair is styled with a hairdryer on the left, and I quickly dried it to 90% before going to bed on the right. It’s not entirely fair; I think I made the "after" look worse than the "before," but on that particular day, I went to bed earlier than usual (yes, because of my hair), and I was too tired to style it.

In terms of time, assembling everything piece by piece comes to almost a full day’s work. A hairstylist would have completed everything more quickly, of course. Maybe the acid wash-off was unnecessary, but we’ll still consider it worthwhile because, given what I went through, I think my hair looks pretty good and is just generally quite decent.

I excelled in the finance results as well. If you’re curious about the extent to which black could be avoided at home:

• Washing – $ 21
• Flying powder – $ 8
• Toning paint – $ 8.50
• Gloves – $ 0.50
• Foil – $ 1

Bowl for mixing, comb, brush, clamps, and capita.

Thus, the entire ordeal involving washing, powder, and staining cost me approximately $39.

Starting your own hair salon can be an exciting and intimidating endeavor. Taking charge of your own hair care can result in incredible changes if you’ve been struggling with an unsatisfactory hair color or a style rut. The secret is to enjoy the process, absorb as much information as you can, and don’t be scared to try new things.

Building confidence starts with simple tools and basic techniques. Small, doable experiments with various cuts or colors can have a significant impact without becoming overwhelming. Remember that internet guides and tutorials are excellent sources for delving deeper into particular methods and advice.

The ultimate objective is to feel confident and content with your appearance. Every failure is a chance to grow, and every accomplishment brings you one step closer to becoming an expert in your field. So go ahead, own your hair, and relish the artistic adventure it will take you on!

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