Bleaching A Hair System That Won’t Lighten

[craig2380]

Hi everyone.
I hope you are all well. My journey in to hair systems continues. It seems like I have been wearing one for years but it has only been since January. so much has happened and I have learnt so much.
so my question to you knowledgeable lot today is ....

I purchased a system which was much darker than it was meant to be. But decided to keep it and try to lighten it. my wife took it to her hair dressers whom put very strong bleach on it for the specified time and it has barely touched it.
does anyone have any experience or tips to try and lighten it please.
Thankyou in advance for your help.

 

[BaldBearded]

Hi,

To be honest, there is nothing you can really do at this point.

We never recommend trying to bleach a system to lighten it, why? The hair in your hair system is highly processed. The process to color it is pretty harsh, and and additional attempts to bleach it can cause serious damage to the system.

Going forward, if you order a stock system that is the wrong color, a legitimate company will replace it for you, and only charge you shipping. If it's their fault, it should cost you nothing for the return and additional shipping.

If you get a system that is too light, or you need to soften some red tones with ash tones, that is doable, since you are adding color, not trying to strip it away.

I experienced a customers' system shedding in huge patches after a dye job by an expert.

You really don't want to be doing this. Even if you manage to get it to the correct color, and the results are even, you may have shortened the length of it's life, considerably.

 

[craig2380]

Hi,

To be honest, there is nothing you can really do at this point.

We never recommend trying to bleach a system to lighten it, why? The hair in your hair system is highly processed. The process to color it is pretty harsh, and and additional attempts to bleach it can cause serious damage to the system.

Going forward, if you order a stock system that is the wrong color, a legitimate company will replace it for you, and only charge you shipping. If it's their fault, it should cost you nothing for the return and additional shipping.

If you get a system that is too light, or you need to soften some red tones with ash tones, that is doable, since you are adding color, not trying to strip it away.

I experienced a customers' system shedding in huge patches after a dye job by an expert.

You really don't want to be doing this. Even if you manage to get it to the correct color, and the results are even, you may have shortened the length of it's life, considerably.

Thankyou for the in depth reply.
wish I had sent it back

 

[AxC123]

Hi everyone.
I hope you are all well. My journey in to hair systems continues. It seems like I have been wearing one for years but it has only been since January. so much has happened and I have learnt so much.
so my question to you knowledgeable lot today is ....

I purchased a system which was much darker than it was meant to be. But decided to keep it and try to lighten it. my wife took it to her hair dressers whom put very strong bleach on it for the specified time and it has barely touched it.
does anyone have any experience or tips to try and lighten it please.
Thankyou in advance for your help.

If a professional can't bleach or lighten it, possibly it is synthetic hair as opposed to human hair...

 

[BaldBearded]

If a professional can't bleach or lighten it, possibly it is synthetic hair as opposed to human hair...

I was going to suggest that... but he said there was some change in color...

 

[deg_dilemma]

My first 2 hair systems were too dark, what some suppliers might call a #1 whereas I should be a #1b with 10% grey. The uniform all-over black colour was shock to say the least, but I had to let it ride because I had paid for the system and the cut-in. I found (by chance) that the best way to get the colour to fade was to wash it more often with a normal (i.e. not especially gentle) shampoo, and to go out into the hot summer sun as much as possible.

Eventually the hot summer sun wrecked the hair, but I was experimenting and learning so didn't mind.

I find it's better now to go for a mix of colours, as in - for me - it would be say 60% black, 20% dark brown, 10% grey. Natural hair is never one uniform colour all over, so why do system makers do such a shoddy colour job on their stock systems.

Anyway, back to the point at hand: get some lemon juice (or "Sun-In" hair lightener as Noah recommended to me some time back) and spray over the hair and leave it out in the hot sun for a few hours each day. It might work or it might wreck the hair... the risk is yours to learn from!

 

[BaldBearded]

My first 2 hair systems were too dark, what some suppliers might call a #1 whereas I should be a #1b with 10% grey. The uniform all-over black colour was shock to say the least, but I had to let it ride because I had paid for the system and the cut-in. I found (by chance) that the best way to get the colour to fade was to wash it more often with a normal (i.e. not especially gentle) shampoo, and to go out into the hot summer sun as much as possible.

Eventually the hot summer sun wrecked the hair, but I was experimenting and learning so didn't mind.

I find it's better now to go for a mix of colours, as in - for me - it would be say 60% black, 20% dark brown, 10% grey. Natural hair is never one uniform colour all over, so why do system makers do such a shoddy colour job on their stock systems.

Anyway, back to the point at hand: get some lemon juice (or "Sun-In" hair lightener as Noah recommended to me some time back) and spray over the hair and leave it out in the hot sun for a few hours each day. It might work or it might wreck the hair... the risk is yours to learn from!

If it's human hair...

 

[craig2380]

Thank you for all the feedback.I have checked and it is Definitely human hair I gave it the match test. In all honesty I should have just sent it back but as my current system lost its colour so quickly I just presumed it would not be a problem to like that. I will give the things you have suggested a try and let you know.

 

[TEG]

There is a way to do this and it is actually a very simple thing to do. I had a brown unit once I needed to remove the color from. Use rit dye remover! But warning: it will remove ALL the color. You will have to dye it.

Place the piece in a plastic container with a lid; put in hot water with the rit dye remover; put lid on; shake; it will immediately take the color out turning it a bright blonde

you only need about half the package of the rit color remover. The bowl should be filled with enough hot water so the piece is submerged. Hot water is VERY VERY important, but not boiling. After this, wash the piece with shampoo. Let it dry and then dye it or get it dyed, etc..

This method, IMO, is nowhere near as damaging to the hair as bleaching. Actually, I dont think it damaged the hair at all. The only thing is the dye remover mixture smells like rotten eggs...a small price to pay, I think.

Good luck!

 

[craig2380]

Thankyou mate