So I have been trying to bleed out my hair for ages in order to go silver/grey. As you know, purple is my favourite colour and I love love love it. However, the upkeep was tedious and the colour always faded into blue and green tones. So I decided to go silver for a fresh new look!

Now, before going from purple to silver you need to bleed out the colour. For this you will need anti dandruff shampoo (any brand) vitamin C powder (or crush up some Vit C tablets) and something to put moisture back into your hair (this process will really dry your hair out from washing it). I also got a shampoo for red head to counter act the green to help shift it as well, but I only used a tablespoon.

 The shampoo should look a little something like this; grey/green nasty and lumpy. Trust me, wet your hair, whack it on, wrap in cling-film and wait for 1-2 hours, wetting it and lathering every few minutes before washing it out. 

You’ll need the colour to be a really light mint green for it to go anywhere near a silver colour. After a few washes mine turned out a purple/green combo and the purple just would not shift!! 

In the end I used Colour B4 (the strongest one) on just the purple to give it an extra kick. Left it on for an hour and this was the minty result:

Note: your hair will STINK FOR DAYS if you use Colour B4. I washed it 3 times and still stank but if you’re changing to silver, the process will get rid of that.

So I booked my appointment went on a Thursday (half colour on Thursdays) at my favourite salon Sugar Skull Studios; they are in Maidstone and are honestly amazing.

They do 50% off new clients fyi!!

The staff are wonderful and so easy to talk to, which is good if you’re there for a long time (I was there 7 hours and they let me get McDonalds!). They didn't just whack on bleach and see what happens, they gently lifted it each time, washed it, deep conditioned, toned, toned again, dried and cut my hair!! It was a long process but honestly worth it. My hair feels so strong and the colour is exactly how I wanted it, couldn't ask for more. The girl who did my hair, Zoe, was so determined to get what I wanted since purple hair is such a nuisance to get out. She was very attentive, friendly and funny; it was like having my hair done by a best friend, which is exactly the experience I want when I'm having so much done.

So this is the end result. I would recommend this salon to anyone looking for a new image and an excellent service every time. Their website is here.

So the main problem of purple hair is the blue tones in it. In order to get rid of these blue tones I decided to try adding a dollop of pink into the mix. And by jove it worked! I went from silvery dull blueish patchy, to wonderfully purple in literally a day!

Basically, get your hair light enough without bleaching it by washing your hair with anti-dandruff shampoo and crushed vitamin C tablets (or vitamin C powder if you're lazy and rich enough to spend £3.65 on powder!). Remember to wet your hair prior so its ready for lathering. Just mix the ingredients into a weird paste and lather like you would any other shampoo (let no strand be unlatherd) once you've done that put your hair up using a clip and drape a towel over your shoulders so the colour wont bleed onto your clothes and its easier to wipe away colour that bleeds down your face. Leave this for an hour or so then rinse out your hair. Do this 2 or 3 times depending on how stubborn the dye is.

Top Tip: if you're thinking of doing your hair a colour similar to that in its palette (pink, blue, purple, red tones) then start washing your hair a couple of days prior to the vitamin C treatment

After I was satisfied with the discolouration, I added my pre-made dye (see other hair dye post) and added a tablespoon of the Cerise colour with Argan Oil and loads of white conditioner, when I was happy with the colour I left it on for 10-15 minutes as the dye is quite bright and strong and I wanted to overlay the blue and pinker tones to get the purple. This has created a tonal colour I am very happy with.

Okay, so I dyed my hair at the beginning of February. I have dyed my hair before but I really wanted it back purple. I went to SugarSkull Studios who pretty much specialise in coloured hair; this way I wont cause uneccessary harm to my hair (they used treatment etc when dying so it wouldn't hurt my hair) and this was the end result:

It was a pinky purple and brighter than I wanted. However, I used a new shampoo on it and it went almost ombre silvery violet and pinky purple:

 

It was a gorgeous colour but I knew it wouldn't last so I tried using Crazy Colour Lavender:

It turned out brighter and more violet as the dye was very strong:

After stripping the colour using a vitamin C and shampoo treatment, I have managed to balance out the blues in my hair to give a really nice pastelish purple:

I am super happy with the colour and I have a blog post on what dyes and products I used as well.