How to go from black box dye to purple hair {TUTORIAL}

 I will write about about a big hair transformation today, how I went form black box dye to purple. I like do crazy things with my hair and I like to express through my hair style and color. In the last 5 years I've had a million hair colors. Even the neons. I never tried the purple though and I felt the need to try it this time. So a search for a perfect purple hair begins!

Danas pišem o jednom putovanju moje kose iz crne trajne boje u ljubičastu. Inače se volim izražavati kroz kosu i u razmaku od 5 godina sam imala sve moguće boje na glavi, doslovno sve. I zelenu i žutu i neonski narančastu. Jedino nisam imala ljubičastu. I eto sada me puknula ljubičasta faza i potraga za savršenom ljubičastom je počela! 


Before this experiment my hair was dark red at the roots and black at the ends, with an ombre effect. The first thing I did was to go an buy a hairdye remover. I have to say at this point that I am not a licensed hair stylist or a professional on the field but I have a lot of experience because I dye my hair for 7 years and I kinda know what I am doing. Just so you know, getting rid of the black box dye and go blonde is not simple and it sure is a big step. I put the remover (Dikson decap) on my head on my hair which was black as night and got this:

Dakle, prije ovog eksperimenta sam imala crnu kosu sa reverse ombre efektom, nekih 5 cm izrasta mi je bilo pofarbano u neku crvenkastu boju, a ostatak kose sam bojala u crno skoro godinu dana. Prvo što sam napravila je da sam kupila Diskon decap skidač boje. Moram napomenuti da nisam stručnjak (ilitiga frizer), ali bojam kosu već nekih 7 godina i znam što radim, a i planiram se prekvalificirat u frizera, eto tak da znate da ne meljem gluposti koje su potpuno neprovjerene jer prelazak iz crne trajne boje u čak i neku svijetliju boju breskve je ozbiljna stvar i jako velik korak. Dakle, prvo sam stavila Dikson decap na kosu crnu ko noć i dobila sam ovo:

I left the remover for an hour or so

Before the bleach

After that I waited for a day and bleached my hair with a 40 vol peroxide and some shitty bleach which was really terrible because the woman who sold it to me had no idea what she was selling.  You need to know that 40 vol peroxide is a very strong and you should use it only if you have naturally very dark hair and you know what you are doing and never leave it for more than 40 minutes because 40 vol will fry your hair and cause chemical burns on your scalp. And you need to be absolutely sure that both your hair and scalp can take it. Also, bleach your hair only when it's dirty or saturate it with coconut oil to protect your hair from damage. I have a very sensitive scalp and kinda dry hair so I dye my hair every 3 or so months. When you bleach over uneven base start at the ends and do the roots last because the heat from your head will help process your roots faster and NEVER EVER put the bleach directly on your scalp. After you saturated your hair in bleach you will need to put a plastic bag or something on it to stop the bleach from drying out and keep the heat in. Be very careful and watch at the time your hair is processing and when you see a desired result rinse and shampoo your hair to get rid of the bleach. I would advise you not to over process your hair. If you don't see a desired result after the first bleach, it's ok, be patient and bleach it again after a week. I was putting a dark color over it anyway so I didn't worry much. You can put a toner on it at this point if you want. Manic Panic, Directions, Special Effects and Crazy Color sell toners but you can make your own by mixing a pigmented purple dye with lots of conditioner until it turns a very light purple, lilac color. Rinse it after 30 mins or your hair will turn purple in some parts.I ended up with this after the bleach: 

Nakon toga sam zblajhala kosu sa na žalost bijelim blajhom jer mi je žena u frizerskom shopu prodala krivi blajh i 12 postotnim hidrogenom. E sad, 12 postotni hidrogen ili 40 volume je opasna stvar, s tim se treba blajhati jedino ako ste sigurni da vam kosa (i vlasište) to može podnijeti. I obavezno se blajhati kada vam je kosa jako masna (ili natrpajte kokosovog ulja na kosu) jer prirodna ulja iz našeg vlasišta štite kosu od oštećenja i služe kao barijera, inače bi mogli završiti sa kemijskim opeklinama. Inače imam osjetljivo vlasište i dosta suhu kosu i zato se farbam što rijeđe moguće. Obavezno stavljajte blajh prvo na vrhove kada se želite riješiti trajne ili polutrajne boje, pa onda na kraju na korijen kose, i ne stvaljajte ga direktno na vlasište nego bar milimetar od njega. Nakon što ste cijelu kosu pokrili trebate ju čvrsto omotati nečime da toplina ne izlazi van i JAKO dobro paziti na vrijeme i koliko ga držite, osobno ne bih savjetovala da se blajh na glavi drži dulje od 40, 50 min MAX. Gledajte kako kosa napreduje i kada vidite da je željeni rezultat postignut, DOBRO isperite i šamponirajte kosu. Nakon ovoga možete staviti toner, ali ja nisam jer sam išla u tamnu boju i nije bilo potrebe. Inače, ako želite neku svjetliju boju ili neku gdje ne smije biti žutih tonova (npr modru) onda bi bilo poželjno da stavite toner. Manic Panic, Directions, Special Effects i Crazy Color boje također proizvode i bijeli i srebrni toner, ali možete ga i sami napraviti, uzmite ljubičastu boju za kosu, ljubičastu na bazi plave, i količinu graška pomiješajte sa jako puno regeneratora dok ne dobijete jaako svijetlu pastelnu nijansu lila boje. Držite max pola sata ako ne želite imati ljubičaste dijelove po kosi. To bi trebalo ubiti većinu žutila.  Nakon blajhanja sam završila s ovime:

look at my face ahaha

So the roots and a bit below ended up whiteish blonde, my tips were white because of the bleaching before the black dye and the rest of my hair was a darker, brassy orange.The bleach was processing for 40 minutes. I usually let it sit on my hair until it starts to itch or becomes uncomfortable.

Dakle, gornji dio kose je ispao nekako blijedo plav/bijeli korijen, bijeli vrhovi i sredina neka tamnija brassy narančasta. Blajh sam držala 40 minuta.

Herp derppp

I used Manic Panic Purple Haze here but it ended up very patchy and it didn't take on some parts of my hair (Manic Panic dyes tend to do that on my hair), I let it sit 4 hour on my hair. Manic Panic and other similar dyes are vegetable dyes and don't require peroxide, are not damaging to your hair (actually they condition it) and you can leave them on your head for as long as you like/think it's necessary. I usually let them sit overnight. When you are rinsing the dye out, don't shampoo, just rinse it well with cold water and use apple cider vinegar diluted with water (1 spoon of vinegar to a cup of water) as your final rinse because it helps to seal the cuticle so your dye stays vibrant longer and doesn't bleed as much. Purple Haze looked like this on me:

Tu sam koristila Manic Panic Purple Haze boju koja je tako divna topla ljubičasta, ali mi se nije uhvatila na kosu skoro uopće, imala sam dosta dijelova koji su bili skroz bez boje, a držala sam ju 4 sata na glavi. Inače, Manic panic i ostale lude boje su vegetable dyes iliti veganske boje bez hidrogena i ičega štetnog, regenerator s pigmentom i možete ih držati na glavi koliko hoćete, ja ih obično ostavim cijelu noć. Bitno je za napomenuti da kada ispirete obavezno ju perite u hladnoj vodi, najhladnijom koju možete podnijeti i prije šampona ju isperite sa mješavinom vode i octa jer to zatvara kutikulu kose i boja onda dulje traje (preko dva mjeseca). Purple Haze je ispala ovako na mojoj kosi:

i look like a retard, you can see the lighter patches

After I washed my hair a few times Purple Haze started to look really disgusting and I purchased Crazy Color Hot Purple and dyed it over the faded Purple Haze. It turned out like this:

Nakon što sam oprala kosu par puta boja je dosta izblijedila i postala je stvarno gadna pa sam kupila Crazy Color Hot Purple (preporučujem Crazy Color boje, koštaju samo 40 kuna, imaju krasnih nijansi i traju dulje od Manic Panica) i prefarbala ju preko ove. Ispalo je ovako:

I look very pale

After I chopped my hair off

 I had to trim my hair because it was quite damaged and I trimmed it last time a year and a half ago. It already grew quite a bit.

Nakon toga sam morala odrezati kosu jer sam ju zadnji put šišala pred godinu i pol, ali bez brige već je narasla.


After this dye also faded to some grandma grey on the majority of my hair, I decided to bleach it again because some parts were not bleached enough so the color kept fading and they were less porous from the rest of my hair.
I bleached my hair with a good bleach this time and a 30 vol peroxide. I let it sit for 40 minutes. It looked like this:


Kada je ova boja izblijedila u neku gadnu grandma gray na većini pramenova odlučila sam ju ponovo blajhati jer mi se boja jako slabo hvatala na narančastim dijelovima jer su bili manje porozni od ostatka kose. Izblajhala sam kosu, ovaj put sa modrim blajhom i 9 postotnim hidrogenom. Držala sam blajh na glavi 40 minuta. Ispalo je ovo:

herp derp stage 2

 
 It looks very orange here but it was not. After I bleached it I decided to mix my own custom shade of purple. I bought Crazy Color Pinkissimo (neon pink) and burgundy (a warmer pink based purple). First I put a teaspoon of Hot Purple and mixed it with a lot of conditioner, added 4 drops of Burgundy and almost all of my Pinkissimo bottle beacuse I wanted a neon electric purple. After that I dyed my bangs with the leftover Pinkissimo dye which ended up being some crazy cotton candy on speed color which went on a rave party. I wanted to do some sort of a gradient and I added a bit of burgundy on my ends. Behold the awesome unicorn hair:

Ovdje izgleda jako narančasto, ali nije bila. Nakon blajhanja sam odlučila sama miješati svoju boju. Kupila sam Crazy Color Pinkissimo (neon roza) i burgundy (tamno ljubičasto roza, neka topla ljubičasta). Prvo sam stavila čajnu žličicu Hot Purple boje i pomiješala ju sa jaaako puno regeneratora, tome 4 kapljice Burgundy boje i skoro cijelo pakiranje pinkissimo boje jer sam htjela da ljubičasta bude malo više "jaka", da se neonski presijava. Dobila sam dosta boje za neka 3 ili 4 farbanja, višak sam spremila u posudicu. E onda me puklo da ja želim roze šiške pa sam s ostatkom Pinkissimo boje ofarbala šiške koje su ispale neka boja šećerne vate na speedu koja je otišla na rejv u devedesetima. Htjela sam napravili neki gradient pa sam na kosu od uha pa na dolje stavila Burgundy boju. Behold the awesome unicorn hair:

I look like I never sleep which is kinda true

My friend told me that I look like Twilight Sparkle.

Frend mi je rekao da izgledam ko Twilight Sparkle.

neversleep look vol 2

And now for the tips on how I keep the dye from fading much.

A sada malo o tome kako održavam boju.

•  I wash my hair in cold water. It actually helps with my dry itchy scalp. Kosu uvijek perem u hladnoj vodi. Meni osobno to pomaže kod iritiranog vlasišta.
• I wash my hair once in 2 weeks because I don't have a need to wash it more often (almost no sebum production). Perem kosu jednom u dva tjedna jer nemam potrebe za češćim pranjem jer se ne masti uopće.
• I am a no pooer. I usually cowash my hair and sometimes I use vinegar or tea rinses after the cowash. Ne perem kosu sa šamponom. Perem ju sa regeneratorom i neki put ispirem s octom ili čajevima.

 
 Thank you for stopping by and stay tuned for more hair adventures!