I have a question about bleach for hair. My hair is naturally a dark brown, I dyed it jet black about a year ago, and I was wondering if anyone knew of any bleaches strong enough that would be able to give my hair light blonde chunks?? I'd like to do it myself and not have to spend all that money to get it professionally done.

I wouldn't touch dark hair expecting light blonde with a home product to save my life, but I'm sure someone else knows better than me...

You can do it yourself but you will be sorry! See, you've got black dye on your hair already so what you would need to do is not only strip the dye off but strip down your natural brown color until your hair was translucent and then add blonde color to the hair. It's called a double process because you are taking away and adding color. And it causes twice the damage to hair and in your case would not be adviseable since your hair is black.

But if you are determined to do it yourself buy a box or 2 of Loreal Highlighting kits, mix up the powder with the activator cream, then do a strand test to see how long it will take for the bleach to pull all the color out of your hair. My guess is it will take over an hour. If you still want to do this, section of strands you want to lighten, totally coat the hair with the bleach (don't brush it on) and then wrap the sections in foil. Makeup sure the bleach does not drop on any hair you don't want lightened or you will end up with circles in your hair. Also make sure the cream doesn't get on your clothes or it will bleach the color out of the fabric as well.

Make frequent checks on your hair and when it has reached the lightest it will go then wash the bleach out. Now apply your choice of blonde hair dye (Nutrisse is the best product I have found) to all of your hair. The blonde color won't do a thing to your already black dyed hair but it will adhere to your bleached strands. You'll probably need to leave this on for 30 mins. Then wash and style.

Yup - it's a long process. But if your thinking that you will forgo the depositing of color and just use bleach to lighten your hair you will end up with carrot orange streaks. Nice for Halloween but not for any other time. Not to mention the hair cuticle will be rough from the bleach. Depositing color to it at least helps to smooth it down and decreases the breakage.

Now, still wanna do this at home?