How To Bleach Afro Hair To Platinum Blonde (Curly Natural Hair)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ย. 2024
- In this episode we are looking at how to best approach bleaching and toning Afro hair to the MAX!
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(Platinum Blond natural hair curly hair)
This episode should be called “ the art of bleaching Afro hair and toning it” in less that 3 hrs.
I like the title I am considering changing it 😁👍🏻
The Life Of Hair
Heh heh
Imagine it was less than 2 hours 😮
I gasped at the finished result! What a beautiful tone it turned out to be. Thank you for the tips. Never would have thought to use a high lift color rather than toner.
Superb Sandra glad you enjoyed the video 😁👍🏻
Amazing I had no idea it was that simple. I had a whole different technique two applications of bleach then a toner. But this cuts down so much time. Omg thank you
OOOOOOOOO.MMMMMMMM.GGGGGGG!!!!! THE HIGH LIFT!!!!!!!!! I NEVER THOUGHT OF THIS
Honestly amazing ! You’re literally giving me such amazing tips I have no idea why I never thought of doing this for a scalp bleach!
My pleasure Leyla, glad you liked it knowledge is Power hey 😁👍🏻
Hi james. I asked the people at my local beauty supply store if i could use a high lift tint how you used it and the just told me no so its nice yo see that it can actually be done. Ive always told people that have afor hair that want to be platinum that is possible but no one listened. So i do love this video. I just been to figure out my toneres and hopefully ill be set. If you could recommend any course that are just about lightening and toning id love to know as i want to specialise in blonding and chemical services. Thank u 😜
Wonderful Alex so pleased that you enjoyed this video and yes you can definitely use highlift on textured hair types as well as using bleach you just have to be extra careful. In a few months or so I will be launching a new education platform and we will be covering everything You could ever imagine in the most detailed fashion even more detailed than my TH-cam videos are so do keep your eyes peeled for that it will probably launched towards the end of the year but it will be so comprehensive and have everything you could ever want have and you also get weekly lives with me included into that online education package
Awesome! And he still has curls. Amazingggg! 😍
Hi great job 👍
After bleaching the hair how do you maintain a soft texture rather than a dry frizzy one?
So for me it’s about keeping the hairs proteins up making sure that the hair has got good condition it’s all about the protein structure of the hair so using a good protein treatment and then to style their hair using leaving hydrating styling cream hair 😁👍🏻
@@TheLifeOfHair thank you very much.
Hi James another Amazing job and have never even thought about using HL as a second application and toner 🤔🤔
Love this ❤️ and for the high lift you just double the developer correct one part hair color to two parts developer I think that's the way to go ,cannot wait until you go to NYC safe travels and looking forward to seeing your videos there as well thanks James !!!God bless
Glad you liked it Wendy 😁 Yes the highlift was two parts developer to one part highlift tint 👍🏻
@@TheLifeOfHair thanks James !!
@@TheLifeOfHair May I ask what colour line you used for the high lift?
@@JulieMeikle James had mentioned it.He used Redken.
I didn’t even think this was possible. I just hope that my hair can turns out as good as his
Good luck
Holy shit teach me the ways. Like where are you I need to book an appointment
Hi. What volume did you use with the lightener?
30vol 👍🏻😁
holy moly that is amazing!!! i cant believe it bleached out so much with such a nice, clear tone. well done, james! i would love to have seen his face, not just the hair. it's so unusual to have that beautiful tone on afro hair. and, i'm assuming he had no burning scalp? and, would you recommend using a product like olaplex to protect the fragile hair?
Thank you glad you liked it, scalp was good I was and am away worried about the scalp when double processing twice and yes olaplex was used 😁👍🏻
Wow! Awesome..your amazing. You are so helpful and willing to share which i just love🙏 his hair turned out brilliant.
Did you use 20 or 30 vol for the lift
It’s my pleasure, glad liked it.
30vol throughout 😁👍🏻
@@TheLifeOfHair on the scalp as well?
Amazing no damage such an experienced artist
This is amazing I dyed my hair black and I got the same Afro as this person .. how much volume u used for the first step to get them blond ? ❤
Thank you! 20 volume on the first application
Wow love this, great to show my students, THANK YOU
Wicked Nicola 😁👍🏻
Where are you located? I would love to book an appointment. My hairdresser refuses to make my hair lighter even though I keep begging him because I feel a lighter color would make my grays less noticeable but he insists on dying my hair a really dark brown. This is years now and I'm over it. When the grays grow out my hair looks like a raccoon tail to me.
Amazing result. Would pls let me know what percentage of developer did you use for bleach?? Thank you🙏🏽🙏🏽
20 in the roots 30 and ends
@@TheLifeOfHair thank you for getting back to me🙏🙏
I’m a hair stylist in Nepal. I went to school in England. Some point I’d like to come for a refreshing course. Do you run anything like that? S
I get 'cyborg-vibes', and that's a compliment.
Beautiful work and I love that you used high lift instead of a second bleach . Brilliant !
What is a high lift tint??? What did you use??
It looks terrific we do this a lot in Trinidad amazing as always
Superb Vashti is the hair texture generally very sick in Trinidad??
I just want to say I’m so happy I found your channel these tutorial help me a lot and answered a lot of questions I had ty 😁
That’s wonderful Jasmine so pleased 😁👍🏻
And they still look so healthy and curly... ♡ I am so jealous. I didn't find someone here to do to my long curly hair. ): I am still looking for someone I can Trust.
Where are you geographically located in the world maybe I know somebody? Glad you enjoyed this episode two
@@TheLifeOfHair Hello, I live in Hessen in Germany. It is quite far away i guess.
Desoraéna Emilien Superb I will ask some of my German hairdressing friends 👍🏻
I wonder what developer he use 20 30 40?
Amazing end result James! Although I remember the one time I got on scalp bleach and then a highlift, that last one stung like a bitch from all the ammonia in the highlift. So that was a first and last time for me :P
Thank you Daniel, yes you are right the same can be true of a second bleach but needs much sometimes 😁✌🏻
Wow, great job man !! I can't wait to finish cosmotology school and get my license !!
Wicked Miguel, good luck it’s a brilliant career, you can make it into what ever career path you want. My advice will be NAIL the basics and everything will fall into place 😁👍🏻
Have you finished, haha?
How long do you leave the high lift toner on for and what mix ratios did you use?
Amazing, love how you used a hi lift to give more lift and tone at the same time. Amazing process. Xxx
Yes sneaky bit a highlift there obviously that’s not its intended use but quite often when I’m doing scalp bleach techniques I’m very dark hair I will instead of bleaching it for a second time going with the highlift
What bleach did you use?
Ahahh so I've asked this question before and found nothing conclusive! You DO get further lift with a highlift over bleach. Please will you tell me if this works with all ranges? I was worried about over deposit of tone previously, and it's IMPOSSIBLE to try it on a dolly head as the hair is so overprocessed on those.
Yes you do get additional lift and you get to turn on deposit at the same time as you would with any highlift tint You only use this technique when you have used a full head bleaching process prior.
Where are you located? I have been dyeing my shoulder length afro hair permanent black to cover grey hair. I have been wanting to transition to grey hair but want to do so without cutting my hair. Is there a possibility that you can strip the permanent black and colour hair this platinum white colour?
Hi I am based in Brighton UK. It would very much depend on how much black on your hair to be honest it’s probably not gonna go platinum in one go it’s going to be a journey to take you from black died had to platinum
So what developer did you use-30v 0n ends then 20v at Roots? x M
Are used 20 on the roots and 30 on the ends Marcello
I'd be so scared to use a HL after bleaching, in case of damage. But his hair looks fine.
Yes I know exactly what you mean, but the thing about this is it’s better than doing to bleaches then toning. 👍🏻
Perfection as always James 😎. I assume you use Redken bleach/highlift....which bleach? Did you use a bonder? And...how would adding V or P in the HL have changed the result? Oh...what is his aftercare product?
Thanks Heather, yes I used Redken products throughout, it was flash lift bleach, and blonde idol high lift Titanium, V would of left if a touch warmer and P the same and I aways recommenced Extreme after that much lightening 😁👍🏻
@@TheLifeOfHair thanks James. As an aside, I really loved the original HLift blondes and reds...they were amazing (forget the name tho). 😊
Yer there were great Heather, Hi Fusion I think you mean?
@@TheLifeOfHair some great Hi Fusion colours have been disappointingly discontinued over the years. The specific High Lifts I loved were around 2002 I'll have to check my records and find the exact product names.
Heather G yes Heather Redken do seem to discontinue some great colours out of the blue ☹️
What brand is the silver titanium? It's done an awesome job at toning that yellow. 👏🏻
It’s Redken blonde idle highlift titanium shade 😁👍🏻
It looks amazing and I shall definitely keep that one in my memory bank for future "challenges "! 👍🙏 thanks as always
My pleasure Paul always happy to help mate, yeah a good trick to have up your sleeve especially for saving time in difficult Scalpe bleaching situations 😁👍🏻
Thank you Paul, 😁✌🏻
Slayed. 😂
Thank you Christopher
Love the hair colour! what was the high lift tint?
Superb Neil glad you enjoyed it the highlift tent was Redken blonde idle titanium
@@TheLifeOfHair Thank you!
like a boss , great job bro.
Thank you Max very kind
This!!! This is what I’ve been looking for, I want my hair to be white. I have dreads and 4C hair that’s never been dyed or bleached. What bleach? What toner? I need this color without bleaching my hair to death 😩 if I subscribe to your patreon are the answers there?
Hi Yes it is quite tricky to get textured hair be so light but it is possible But if you join my Patreon send me a message and I will help you out
@@TheLifeOfHair tysm! I just msgd you 😁 username is Zannie
Wish i had that second product. I have highlift 12.11 i thinks would that be dofferent result?
Wow that was so amazing! Did you use any bond rebuilding products? Did you have to tone? And what do you use to protect the hair from over processing ?
Thank you, yes are used Redken PH Bonder, no the tone was in the highlift tint that I applied, Just BH ponder and observation In terms of preventing it from over processing 👍🏻
ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!!!!
Thank you Desiree 😁👍🏻
How long did you leave the highlift on for after the initial lightening?
45 minutes the development time by manufacturers recommendations 😁👍🏻
Dawg can you put together a shopping list for this 🙏🏽🙏🏽 pleasee
OMG...great job! Good for you for going outside the box. Good tip with the high lift colour after bleach. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Clipinqueen, glad you are enjoyed it 😁👍🏻
You're a blessing for sharing this. God bless you brother from another mother 😇👌🙏😃
Thank you very much
I'm doing this tomorrow!
Fabulous thanks James
Why didn't you apply the bleach with foil and bleach the roots like you have done in one of your previous videos. But again fabulous work thanks
Great question David 2 reason one is a Practical reason that the length and texture Of the clients hair and the other reason is just for a variety of technique hope that helps David 😁👍🏻
@@TheLifeOfHair thanks for the reply i thought that might of been your answer love the video 👍👍
My pleasure David 👍🏻😁
This was such a flawless lift
This sad that no one else would take him ...
I know Ah rubbish. !!!
What toner did you use at the end? And how long did you (or would you recommend) leaving it on?
How long James from start to finish 🙏🏻
2 hours 30 minutes finished 😁✌🏻
The Life Of Hair
Thanks 🙏🏻
Can’t wait till we hook up 🚀
@@TheLifeOfHair wow.That is amazing quality time and result for owner and client.Well done James.Love your workX
unicorn and dragon 😁✌🏻
Fabulous video again thank you ! I'm doing a balayage on a client Wednesday and she has natural ash blonde roots and faded light red brown ends do you have any formulas or tips I can have for this or do you recommend any other way please !? I was thinking of doing balayage and a dark ash blonde like her roots and smudge any stitches, and a semi toner ash and pearl now I've seem.thia I have a hl tint I could use too I might try x I hope I can tag you on Instagram if it goes well 😆👍x
Hi Mandi,well you suggestion sounds great the ash root smudge be abit careful using highlift on a balayage incase i lifts the any remaining or lift your root smudge. i look forward to getting a tag insta good luck.
@@TheLifeOfHair thank you x I might leave out the hl tint and use toner this time round and go steady !
Mandi Toon 😁👍🏻
With the hilift and double 20 volume toner. How long did you leave that highlift toner on? And did it burn his scalp double 20 and Hilift? This is beautiful by the way, I bet he loved the results day after day!
This is phenomenal !!! 🤩
I love it! I too have a platinum afro.
Fantastic love a platinum Afro
Wonderful work james!
Thank you Cindy Sweets 😁✌🏻
Omg i love this. I have tried to tone and lift with a color after bleaching too, But i havent been this lucky 🙁 What brand of the highlift are u using ?
Glad you liked it Robert, it’s generally about the volume I don’t think it really works if you’re using 30 or 40 it needs to be 20 vol so the hair needs to be quite light I find it only works well if you’re wanting an extra two levels of left and tone, are used to Redken blonde idol plus 20vol 👍🏻😁
The Life Of Hair oh okey, maybe ive used 30, i think so😅 i would love to test that redken color,
But unfortunally i cant buy it here😢 It seems to be really great, seen other videos with it! Have u any experiencis using loreal, wella or schwartzkopf?
robert björnesjö Oh that’s a shame well I think any brand with 20 V would be preferable I guess over 30 V yes I’ve used Wella a little bit and L’Oréal quite a lot. Where are you based Robert?
The Life Of Hair okey i see, i will try i out again 😃 Im based in Stockholm Sweden 🇸🇪
Beautiful end result!! Wow!!
Thank you Chandra 😁✌🏻
Marvelous job!
Much appreciated
nice!!! thanks so much for your service to curly hair everywhere :)
Thank you for this !!
My pleasure Amanda. 😁👍🏻
Good job James 🕺
Thank you Karma 👍🏻😁
Love it James xx
Super Joshua 😁👍🏻
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Thank you 🙏🏻
Woooow!!! Superb!!!
Great glad you liked it 😁✌🏻
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Great job!!
i still see yellow
Perfect, there was the reflection on the of the main light in the room on some angles as I am sure you are aware when hair is that light you will pick up reflection from other objects and colours in the room you are in when trying to video or take pictures of hair 👍🏻
The Life Of Hair lol don’t worry i was only kidding
Salicylic Acid Milk Rinse ok, well interesting When I was filming it I was having issues with the lighting getting it to look as light white as it was in real life 🤔👍🏻
Hahaha, I knew you were joking 🤣
Hi, could you tell me how to maintain the white hair? Purple shampoos turn my hair lilac or grayish silver when I try to get the yellow out but I want it to remain white white.
Okay T R Generally speaking then the shampoo is too strong white is just an illusion of colour once you remove the yellow just enough you see Weidt if you are seeing the lilac/grey tone then the shampoo is too strong so the best thing to do is mix it 50-50 with normal shampoo and start from there If it doesn’t remove all the yellow then add a bit more of your blue/purple shampoo if it makes it to purple/grey then add a little bit more Shampoo Hope that helps
Thank you so much for this we are getting more and more African hair and it can be terrifying to take on at times if we’ve not had experience with it.
You are welcome Josie yes I think it’s important that we can do Afro-Caribbean hair as well as Caucasian hair and Asian hair at the end of the day it’s just hair you have to treat it slightly differently but we should all be capable of dealing with any hair type 😁👍🏻
It's always been my heart to care for all hair types. I have this request tomorrow. I have watched your video probably 20 times and taken notes. I will tag you in it when I am done. I'm a little nervous, but it's so important to me to do a wonderful job!
Difficult hair
Yep sure is 😁👍🏻
Yours too
THANK YOU SO MUCH for this. been watching your channel for a while and 'm going through 2 inches of grey hair pepper and salt mostly with a prominent skunk stripe in the front. I have 26 inches of biracial wavy/curly hair. I will be grey blending using highlights to tone to a platinum grey. Defo wont be chopping off 24 inches of hair! So thank you for this. but I was wondering I tried 30 dev and i didnt get the lift to a full 10 - but with 20 vol It was significantly lighter almost a level ten. Do you recommend a specific bleaching powder for 2b to 3b hair type I flat iron from time to time apart from the odd dry ends, my hairs very healthy? I would really be interested to know. Appreciate your channel so much. I'm British - but based in the tropics. any advice would be greatly appreciated - keep the vids coming!
Why is the high lift color less damaging than re-bleaching & toning w/a demi??
Great question Lori, damaged wise it probably about the same I so close it’s not possible to tell in my experience it’s more about effective time management for me you can get the high lift on super quick and the leave it to process and the job is done saving around 40mins off a long job is always good in my book. 😁👍🏻
@@TheLifeOfHair I use an Ultra lift that requires 1:2 parts 30 or 40 vol developer. Is your high lift similar?
Lori Havener Yes similar Lori, What I would say to you is that you do an experiment on a random piece of hair cutting or a strand test and mix it with 20 volume this way you might get more colour deposition and therefore it will work better as a toner and lifting simultaneously one of the problems we face when using 30 and 40 volume is that you can potentially and I potentially loosely not get as much tone out of a product due to the strength of the peroxide. I hope that makes sense any other questions let me know. 👍🏻
@@TheLifeOfHair Going to try it on my own 'yellow' hi-lites that I desperately want white. Ty for your time!
As a black person, I cringed at Afro hair. 🥶
I don’t follow pimpmyride ? 🤔
Sorry can you elaborate 👍🏻
The Life Of Hair saying Afro hair was such a cringe. It’s sounded awful to me. Ethnic hair or tightly coiled texture. Idk. Afro hair sounds bad. Maybe it’s because I’m use to hear “american” right after Afro.
Oh I see thank you for clearing that up for me, very interesting and I guess I use the word Afro right or wrong, just because that’s how most people would talk about it back here in the UK. it certainly doesn’t have any negative connotations over here although I think whether you have Afro, Asian or Caucasian hair or hairdresser should have some idea of how to deal with these textures and not purely say I don’t deal with that kind of hair I think that is the worst out of all. 👍🏻
The Life Of Hair there in lies the issue. An “Afro” is a hairstyle. It’s not a hair texture. Saying Afro hair doesn’t really make since my dear friend. Caucasian hair refers to the race of people that typically have a specific hair type. Anyone can wear an Afro. In the 60s and 70s many races chose Afro styles. I guess this is why it’s cringe-worthy to me. I’m sorry if I seem like I’m picking on you. Just being honest. I love your work and your channel.