Highlights v all over colour!!!

lolo3103

Hey guys - appealing to hairdressers out there. I'm a natural blonde & I've been getting highlights for the past ten years, gradually I'm getting lighter. I'm pretty lucky with regards to roots, because I'm naturally blonde the regrowth wouldn't be as noticeable. Ideally I could get away with getting them done twice a year but I usually go about four times as I hate it when my hair gets dull. I've always wanted an all over blonde (not pure bleach or platinum) but surely I have other options rather than highlights?? Everytime I ask a hairdresser this I'm talked out of it - the same story "oh you don't need to do that, you're very lucky you're naturally light, I would stick to highlights". Surely that's not my only option for the rest of my life, I don't want just strands of my hair to be really blonde I want a whole head of it!! Any suggestions, how should I word it to any hairdresser that this it isn't a bad idea?? I just wanna be mega blonde basically!! :)

Melli

Hey Lolo,
I'm not a hairdresser but I have the same colour hair as you mentioned, naturally light blonde and was getting highlights for years which cost me a fortune and always being told highlights were the only way. Recently I got my hair cut short, short in a pixie type crop and bleached it with an all over white blonde tint(after searching hard for a hairdresser that was willing to do this). While the result was pretty cool, it damaged my hair more than highlights ever have, left it dry and snapping off. Also the re-growth was much more obvious even though my hair is naturally quite light. I am now growing my hair longer and going back to getting highlights as I think for me, this is a better option.
If you try the all over colour just be aware that you will really need to condition it like crazy as it dries it out so so so much! Hope this helps. Happy colouring

snooleen

Unless you would consider home colouring with a box dye I don't really know?

I have naturally kind of dirty blonde/reddish hair but I've been using the Nice N' Easy ultra light blonde dyes in my hair for about 3 years and now my hair is just blonde. That's it, I don't grow out into roots, it just gets a little dull and that's when I know to dye it again. It's cheaper and in a way more manageable as it's so difficult to lighten hair yourself that you know you'll be getting a gradual result rather than something drastic that you may regret.

Other than that, talk to hairdressers! Obviously they know best but they'll always discourage you from damaging your hair, oh they love giving me abuse about dying mine and then punishing me by chopping it all off :rolleyes: