How to be a good blonde.!
Hair care tips that I think really help (great for trying to grow it too)
So here is a quick history of my hair, I had Dark brown hair about halfway down my back and then two years ago I made the decision to go blonde, we did this as a process, by doing foils and more foils and more and more until my hair was super blonde, unfortunately all that bleaching caused my hair a heck ton of breakage. I started noticing it getting shorter and shorter (without cutting it) until it was probably 1 inch above my bra strap and I though enough was enough and we cut it to above my shoulders (arrrggghh.!!!) that was exactly 1 year ago, from that day I made a promise to myself to keep my hair healthy and its grown about 12cm in the last year. yay!!
heres my tips.!
Firstly I dont bleach the underneath quarter of my hair, from the top of ears down, no one ever notices even with my hair up an it ensures the health of the underneath which, lets face it, is where most of your length comes from, I stopped bleaching that after my hair cut to my shoulders so there is about 4cm of blonde on the ends, makes me remember how short it was.
Don't over shampoo, a lot of blondes wash there hair too much, the fact is blonde hair is normally finer so appears flat or regrowth tricks you into thinking you have greasy roots, shampooing too much can strip the natural oils from the hair, I tend to shampoo every 2-3 days. I use a dry shampoo on in-between days if i need too KMS MAKEOVER SPRAY.
buy a decent treatment, invest in a good treatment and your hair will thank you for it, if you find your roots get too heavy apply it away from the roots, treatments are super moisturizing, and help reconstruct hair, they also detangle and make your hair feel and look uh-mazing. I apply a treatment on my hair every time or every second time I was my hair, but once a week or fortnight will be enough, I have two, morrocan oil intense hydrating mask and redken all soft heavy cream.
I personally condition every day from mid-lengths to ends with a nice thick conditioner.
leave in products, i love morracan oil light oil, (the light version is for blondes, win) I apply a pump of this through my ends of may hair everyday, for shine, moisture, detangling, treatment, defrizzing etc..
avoid hot tools, I usually let my hair dry naturally if i can help it and don't straighten my hair very often at all. i have a few tricks for no heat curls (i'll get round to blogging them) or otherwise let it do its own thing.
last of all HAIRCUTTING RULES, if your trying to grow your hair, like I have been. a hair cut every 8-10 weeks should do the trick, about 7mm should be heaps enough, especially if you do the above. Avoid chopping off more at awkward lengths, just remember the awkward stage will come back if you don't get through it, just trim it, you will feel fresher and new and even though it will still be awkward you will be happier.!
also if your hair is anything like mine (Fine) remember its only going to get finer looking with more length, think about the look you want in the future, don't chip out the length and do lots of layers now if you want long even thickish looking hair.
hope that helps. :)
