It's better for your hair to stick with a lower volume and leave it on longer. Now, 40 vol does work faster because it's stronger, but it's also more damaging. So the higher the number the stronger the product. Regular old-school peroxide that comes in the brown bottle is like around 6 Volume if I remember correctly. It's basically like super-strength peroxide. If you require information on this process please email me and ill be happy to help - those who are confused by some of the terminology:ġ0/20/30/40 Vol(ume) is the liquid developer or activator.
BLEACH BATH FULL
You dont need to always wait for full 5 tone lightening with bleach, you can just strip the black 1-2-3 tones and use 6% or 9% peroxide with your tints to go up the next 1-2-3 tones to your desired colour depending what your after. And keep your eye on the hair to see the shades its turning into. You will need to Apply it fast on towel dried hair by sectioning and taking the hair in thin sections. Here is the mixture for a healthy 40vol bleach bathing for black hair: 40vol will ALWAYS be the best for stripping BLACK hair, any other colours such as dark brown and lighter should be 20/30vol. You need to use visual aid and a good step by step guide. From my experience of having to do bleach baths around 10x a week there is no reason why 40vol should damage your hair more than the other levels. I am a hairdresser whos been doing this for 6 years. Scrape off a bit of the bleach every few minutes to watch the lightening. You can now wrap your head in plastic OR leave it loose depending on how severe you want the colour removal to be. Starting at the ends like bleach apply the mixture, work your way up your hair then give the whole lot a good rub, like shampooing your hair. I usually run mine under the shower and give it a towel rub. Mix together thoroughly, the shampoo (if a clear clarifying one) should be a sky blue colour from the bleach. Mix up the bleach as normal, try and make approximately HALF of the amount of the shampoo youll be adding it to. Pour into a mixing bowl the normal amount of shampoo you would use to wash your hair. Shampoo (preferably clarifying so you can gauge the strength of the bleach better) Please note bleach bathing might seem the easier option, but as with any lightening process it is still damaging to the hairs cuticle, so please exercise caution, and dont over do it as the author of this article did! It is especially useful for removing colour from hair, and can be used of veggie dyes (Manic Panic, SFX) as well as box dyes, as its mainly bleach that does the lifting. This process is not intended to be used instead of bleaching for initial dying, but rather as a gentler step by step process. A guide to bleach bathing (sometimes called soap capping).