![]() A regular comb, and a wide toothed comb to help distribute your conditioners and bleach/toning mixtures.An application brush, like the black ones you get in dyeing kits.Lightening powder (buy the biggest tub you can afford, trust me, you’ll use it).Disposable or reusable salon gloves (I use disposable nitrile, because I hate latex).You can pick these up at any salon beauty supply store, but I use Sally’s, because they’re all over the place and generally have everything I need. For the initial bleaching, you’re going to need a few supplies. This may be due to the fact that I rarely straiten, and never blow dry. My natural hair color is red not ginger red or strawberry blonde, but a dark, woodish red, and has somehow remained very resilient and healthy despite everything I’ve put it through. I also didn’t want to risk using a dye stripper, because they’re super drying and about as damning as using bleach itself.įirst, I was going to have to bleach my hair. In mine, it was fine, because though I had dyed my hair that hadn’t grown out, it was a long time ago, and despite everyone telling me that it still wouldn’t work, it worked just fine, and that’s why I don’t take hair advice as gospel. If you have dyed your hair recently, especially a dark color, you may have to use a dye stripper before you bleach bleaching wont lift the color, in most cases. You can move faster if you wish, but be warned that you may severely damage your hair. I started in March or April, and am just finished now, in July. I decided to move forward with the lightening to white over a period of several months, because I had that long until SJ7, and wanted to give myself plenty of time to work the kinks out and correct any problems I ran into. They’re the professionals, and at the end of the day, they usually know best technically speaking, but everyone is different, and you can’t apply the exact same hair techniques to everyone. It’s not for me I like being able to control what I want done to my hair, simple as that, and the only time I’ve ever had a haircut/hair disaster was as the result of someone else styling it, so I don’t bother with it anymore. ![]() No flaming necessary, I know they’re not all asshats, but I’ve met quite a few, and I just don’t like dealing with them. Not only because its cheap and relatively easy, but also because I hate being judged and misjudged by cosmetologists. Pretty much since adolescence, I have done everything to my own hair myself cutting, trimming, layering, dyeing, and bleaching. If you’re familiar with the Mass Effect franchise, you know that when Cerberus rebuilds Shepard after she gets spaced, she has implants that affect her appearance in a sometimes always terrifying manner, if she chooses to exhibit “mean” or negative behavior. I thought, why did the changes have to end at her scars and eyes? Why couldn’t her natural hair also be effected by the implants? I digress.Īfter doing some online research on forums and the like, I put together a plan, stirring in my own knowledge of do-it-yourself hair, and adding a grain of salt for everything I read as you know, you’re going to get a lot of snotty feedback if you ever try to research ways to dye/bleach/alter your hair by yourself, from cosmetologists and plain old civilians that “know best.” I always imagined my Renegade Commander with silver white hair, even though the closest in game hair model to this color is in ME3, and is more like a silvery blue/grey color. I decided to try going for white hair not only because I’m a fan of the look, but also because the character I’m cosplaying at SJ7 has white hair, or at least my version of her does. I tend to throw caution to the wind and learn by experience, as opposed to going by the book or taking anyone’s word for it, and have rarely had mishaps that were beyond something I had the ability to correct. I’ve had no formal training, and if you’re a beginner or just want a second opinion, you should consult a salon professional before attempting any of the methods I’ve tried. I’m going to start off by saying I am in no way a professional.
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