Would Born Blode Maxi work for my hair?

Hi sweetie.

I am not a professional, and won’t even pretend to be one; but I have bleached and dyed my hair so many times in my life that I think I can give a pretty good opinion. LOL.

If you currently have red hair, you will probably have to lighten TWICE. Born Blonde Maxi is a good product and its the only one I would recommend using if you are going to try going blonde yourself.

The first time you use it, you’ll probably be able to lift yourself up to a light carrot(ish) orange. I know it sounds scary; but you won’t be able to lift all of that red in one session.

Since bleaching is so horrible to the hair and scalp, you will have to wait at least 24 hours before the second bleaching session; which means you’ll have to be comfortable running around school, work, etc. with possible really orange hair!

When you do your second bleaching session, there is a pretty good chance you will not achieve the “white” blonde look (platinum). The only reason I say this is because for whatever reason, red is seriously damned hard to lift! However, I DO think you can achieve a light golden blonde.

And then of course, toner would help you achieve a bit more lightening as well.

Sally’s Beauty Supply has a product that actually strips the old color out of your hair, though I cannot remember the name of it. You may want to consider trying that before bleaching.

And then of course, yeah, it’s going to fry your hair. My advice would be–if you’re going to live life as a blonde, to try a much shorter haircut (to avoid all those dead, dry ends). But if you are intent on having long wavy locks, than be sure to spend money on good conditioner and accept that your hair WILL be dry. I like the John Frieda products –they work beautifully and are not so expensive.

I say go for it and be experimental! Just use caution, go slowly and in steps, and remember that if the color dosen’t come out the way you hope, you can always come back down to your original brown, or experiment with something else that dosen’t require bleach.

Good luck and let us know what you decide to do! :)