Things I Struggled With Bleached And Colored Hair

Hello, everyone! Happy weekend. Today's article is about my hair. It is my first time ever bleaching my hair. Before, I used to color my hair to just the range of brown and reds. This year, I wanted to explore more like bleaching it.

My hair was untouched for two years because of the pandemic. I am just the one who is cutting my hair, and also my sisters' hair. I just have to search tutorials on YouTube and turned out good.

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I got bored with my black hair and told to myself, what if I give my hair a twist since I do not go outside often. No one will see me because I am mostly indoors. If ever I will go out, I will just put on a bucket hat or just tie my hair up.

I researched the best and cheapest set of bleaching and coloring formulas. I am surprised that there are a lot of choices on Shopee and Lazada. These two online shopping platforms are the most famous online shopping platforms in The Philippines.

I used the Colourette bleaching set, and then used the Hello! Bubble DIY hair color shampoo. It did not sting at all and did not wound my scalp at all. I just felt the heat from the formula.

All in all, I spent around $36 on the process.

I bleached my hair the second week in January and then colored it a week ago.

Here's what I struggled with bleached and colored hair.

1) I have very rough hair.

The first time I bleached my hair, I immediately noticed that my hair is kind of rough. The texture is not like before. Yeah, of course, it is expected that the hair will change its texture when it is touched by chemicals. After one day of bleached hair, I bought a hair conditioner and it helped me to smoothen it for a bit.

2) I have to put spend money on oil serum.

I would like to thank @Micontingsabit for the advice of putting argan oil on my bleached and colored hair. It helped my hair a bit bouncy, and not like the stiff strands. I bought some argan oil and sunflower oil to help "hydrate" my hair. That is what I felt whenever I put it.

3) Blowdrying is needed.

Because of the texture, it is easier for my hair to get tangled. When wet, it is hair to comb it. So what I do is I blowdry it and comb my hair slowly. I am blowdrying my hair before but this time, it takes me extra time.

4) The new black hair is annoying.

Of course, hair will constantly be growing. I find it annoying when new hair starts to grow. What I do is I bleach my roots to make my hair color even. I then decided to color my hair ash brown so that when there is new hair growth, the color will be closed and will not be noticed like the bleached one.

Final Thoughts

Before diving into this new experiment on my hair, I make sure that I will not spend my saving. I have allotted a wallet for my expenses. I am a cheapskate and I do not like my savings account being touched, haha!

A little fun to my hair boosted my confidence, too! I am very happy with the outcome and maybe it will take a little while for me to go back to black again hehe!

Anyway, it is not a harm to spend a little bit on our happiness. As long as you will not hurt your bank account, it is fine.

Right now I am thinking of red wahaha! Wait, I might get addicted to hair coloring so, I will just think about it for a minute and not rush to make decisions.

There will always be pros and cons to every decision, so I have to weigh in my thoughts about hair coloring -- also, expensive, huhu!

Thank you for reading!

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