Heat and Hair Tests

[AmIGonnaFail]

Hiya the date for my test hasn't been cofirmed yet becasue of funding problems, I'm so lucky sometimes, I am on day 38/39 now and I think my hair grows pretty fast compared to others, so the longer this takes the better.
I will be posting results definately, its really annoying when you follow a person's story and they don't post results

[robinf]

well, as a natural dark haired person, I'm totally wihite...the girl at the beauty shop begged me not to dye after the first bleach, so I'm gonna hide in my house with white hair.....my test is Monday.....so stressed!

so far, I've done
wash with clarifying shampoo
bleach
rinse out with clarifying shampoo
will wait 2 days and bleach again and dye to dark brown
day of test will be the baking soda water paste and zydot shampoo treatment

I will also post results as soon as I know anything

good luck to us all!

[AmIGonnaFail]

To be honest, the beauty shop people think bleach and redye is a horror story because of the condition it will leave your hair in. They get taught not to do or advise it at college so they simply won't do. My hair is naturally medium brown and they told me the same thing, permanent dye after bleach will "rip my hair out", however, I have bleached and redyed 4 times now and may even do a fifth.
How is your scalp and hair feeling? The very back/bottom of my hair by the nape of my neck is like wire, becasue this is always where I started the bleaches so it is the area that had it on for longest, but it is only a tiiiiny section of hair that feels this way, and after the fourth bleach and redye my scalp hurt for a few days.
Don't get me wrong my hair is in a bad condition now, it has split frazzled ends, is tangled, and even after deep conditioning treatment it is quite dry, but damage is the name of the game here and if your hair feels OK I really really can't see it falling out.
Another thing, I was told that the hair they took would be cosmetically unoticable and they would be sure to take it from the back/middle of my hair. Becasue of this I clipped the front of my hair out of the way and left it out of all but the first treatment in order to keep some good hair in the most visible place.

[robinf]

so what you're saying is I can put color back in my hair and stop looking like a halloween creature? I will do that! only gonna bleach twice, and going with the idea that if I dont get the job, its not meant to be.....

thanks!!!

[AmIGonnaFail]

Yeah I really think you will be ok considering it's your first bleach and redye. I didn't want to damage my hair so much but if you read the other thread started by me, "Hair test coming up - much more than a job at stake" you will see how important it is that I get as much THC out of my hair as possible.

That said, it is halloween in a couple of days so it's not the worst time to be looking like a halloween creature LOL

No seriously, you will be fine. If you reallllly think your hair is going to fall out just do a small middle section and see what happens. Bleach is much harsher than dye so in my very unofficial book, if you survive the bleach you'll survive the dye! Haha. Sorry its really late I'm being a bit silly.

[robinf]

I passed my test!

[AmIGonnaFail]

YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

GO U!!

Just remind me, how often did you smoke and for how long, and what did you do to your hair before this test??

[robinf]

I smoked all day every day until Sept when I was told I would be a candate for the job......

got my first bleach and redye..waited and waited, never heard from them....so I started smoking about 1 hit a day...out of the blue I got the call they offered me the job...so I had 5 days to clean my hair now

did my own bleach and redye....cost was so much less buying it all at the beauty supply store

washed every day with Clarifying shampoo

3 days later and the day before test, 2nd bleach and redye

day of

baking soda and water......drippy, yucky, for about 15 min
washed out in kitchen sink with zydot 3 step that I got off the internet

good luck to you!