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I was more impressed with the bleaching results than the actual colour in the end.

Kinda disappointing to see how dark she toned the hair as she really lifted the colour so much

Wait why go through all that for patchy greyyyy

The process was so, so beautiful. I was stunned by how evenly her hair reached a blond tone, but unfortunately the end result was really disappointing. Wish she kept it blonde

I don't understand the point of bleaching her hair just to end up with another dark color. If I'm going to do that kind of damage to my hair, it's going to be for a much lighter hair color.

moral of the story: healthy hair + a professional = how to bleach without damage

Loved the explanation. I thought that the end result looked all patchy and I don't think the colour suits her.

I’m sorry but this is not flattering. It’s purple, green and grey at the same time. It looks like an amateur did it.

This video should be titled “How to bleach hair and bring it back to the same natural hair color as before”

I love how she really explained the logic and science behind the bleaching and toning process!

This was terrible. Her hair looks purple instead of grey

She is so cute and pretty,but this coloring aged her.The coloring is uneven,with weird shading of goo green and weird purple;and the hair looks weaker.A video here a year ago,a asian also girl Nicole;why got her dark hair bleached on ice blond and it turned out beautyful,healthy looking.And it was a real ice blond.

So in a nutshell: go to a professional who knows what they are doing and don't just wing it at home

I feel like she would have looked so much better if she would have kept the blonde hair, but simply with a toner so that it took out the yellow tone. The gray was ok, but I liked how the blonde was looking on her😥

Why was this edited like a suspense /scary movie?

So you extremely bleached her hair to do this DARK color?! What's the point of so much lightening!

as a dark haired girl myself, who has worked with toner before, 1) end result is so, so beautiful and suits her, and 2) i promise you a few shampoos later the color will be lighter and even more gorgeous. This was beautiful work. But having a 100 percent virgin hair canvas helps. Bravo.

I see the weird sound-fetishist mixer guy is back.

Me taking down notes so that I don't end up doing it wrong like my friends who bleached their hair at home during quarantine 😂

Is this actually what she was going for???? Looks like an oops diy. It's very uneven. She loved it.....so guess that's all that matters. I would have cried!!!

Is it just me, or is the background sound kinda grose? It's like squiggly worms 😖

I love the final result! Some comments say they are "disappointed" by how dark the end result was, but for hair that dark, the only choice you have to get a grey, beige, or any other cool tone is to bleach it out first.

I’m so sorry but that was a really disappointing result in the color 😭 She did great on the bleach work 😞

This is beautiful. Looks so natural. Love the fact that no aluminium foil was used. Have often wondered if that was the only way to bleach white hair being black had no idea.

This doesn’t look that good

The grey with curls looks so good on her!

Ion like how she said “Cleansing the melanin”.

Not everything you do has to be "empowering".

This video was so satisfying!!! All those close-up shots...AMAZING!! Thanks, Refinery29 for another gorgeous video with stunning edits :)

It honestly looks super spotty. There's still blonde in some areas and then darker blue in other areas. Wouldn't say that they did a good job.

the hair lady was so sweet and knowledgeable but PLEASE fire whoever added those sound effects 😭

What the heck is up with these added sound effects?! Were they supposed to be artistic or enjoyable? Because they were not, haha.

The top of her hair looks patchy. Probably shouldn't have put it on such yellow hair

This hairdresser did such a good job!!!!!!!!♥ Loved the video!!!!!!♥♥

Next video: "Going to Guy Tang for Color Correction"😌

Those sounds during the process was so satisfying lmaooo

Thought it was interesting that the colorist's hair had yellower roots and pink/violet ends and the client's finished result had a lot of bluer spots in it.

Ah, man. Doesn’t look good. There’s a blond ish part on her right, doesn’t suit her complexion either.

i think this is the best bleach job i've ever seen on refinery29

No. It's a no for me girl. This color does not flatter her beauty and personality. Something bolder instead.

I basically had this exact thing done to my hair in grade 9. I have dark brown hair and wanted light grey, ended up with a colour that you could have mistaken for my natural colour. In the end it turned green after a week... never again.

It looks great. Definitely not what i expected

This "stylist" clearly doesn't know what she's doing. The reveal was a dumpster fire 🔥

It's difficult to bleach very dark hair. When I saw the video I thought for sure she was going to have blonde hair, but I was surprised at the result. It' looks nice on her. As long as she's happy with her hair that all that matters. I like how the stylist explained the process she was really detailed.

"Like a cool grandma" girlll😂😂

There are always so many negative comments on these types of videos. I think her hair looks great! Colours show up differently on camera, and why do a light colour that's going to fade in a couple of weeks when you can go a bit darker and it'll fade into exactly what you wanted and last longer

Love that you softly added some of the sound effects from the other show :) And omg she's so cute and the result is great!

I would have preferred to see more of a transformation. They did all that work to go from one dark colour to another.

Thats the worst coloring i ever saw in my life And I’ve bleached my hair at home

It would have been much better comparison if they showed us the how hair strands looks before and after bleaching under the mini microscope (the one on amazon)

Why is everyone complaining about the colour. It was so beautiful and she's so looking georgeous

She looks so good with that color!

That is some perfect bleaching

Really nice grey hair!!! It looks so good on her! I had grey hair before and it damaged the heck out of my hair, hers looked healthy. To anyone complaining how her hair looked "dark" afterwards, let it be known that there is more to hair than blonde. Bleaching is a process to help you to change color/ tone of your hair. It is not only to go lighter.

I enjoy these videos so much....kinda guilty pleasure of mine....keep such fun (and educational) videos comin'!!!!!♥

i'm obsessed with the sound effects on this video omfg

YAY ANOTHER HAIR TRANSFORMATION!

watching the process was so satisfying

Wouldn’t of needed a double process if the hairstylist had incubated each section with foil, locking the heat in the foil but keeping the bleach wet so it doesn’t dry out and stop lifting. Bleach will always lift if it’s still wet. Just a total waste of time, and so much damage to those freshly bleached cuticles.

A dermatologist advised to use water with lemon after dye to re-balance the ph of the hair

This is very interesting 🤩 we need Brad Mondo to react to this video 😂

The bleaching was beautifully done, however I was suprised when I saw the color outcome of the hair. I expected an ash blonde with hints of caramel, with a slight dark root for a natural look. Boy did this do a 360 lol

Really patchy. Damaged her beautiful hair over a bad out result 😭

I had gorgeous healthy long natural black mane. Stylist bleached it dirty blonde and after getting addicted to the color change and two years later. I finally decided to shave off all the dead hair and start fresh!!!!! My hair feels so baby new soft.

i really love it, the gradient effect from top to bottom is gorgeous. i do feel however that it was over processed, it didnt need to be that bright yellow, it will be hard to maintain as the colour starts to fade.

For all the people complaining and confused, when you go grey/silver, your hair will sometimes be dark when it's first done and get lighter overtime, making the grey/silver last longer.

The color is just awful on her complexion, I know that whole gray thing has been trendy but it's not for everyone. She would've looked better with a warmer tone. Also they lifted her hair color just to darken it again, I would've liked to see a lighter and brighter color. This color will probably look nicer once it fades.

Big props to the colorist. Double processing dark hair is a huge project. This is realistically how it will turn out and she was happy with the results which is all that matters. Seeing all the comments about the gray with other colors in it. That gray you’re used to seeing on Instagram is unrealistic thanks to filters on photo apps. I’ve beaten myself over it trying to achieve it on clients and I’m convince it’s an elusive color. The gray will fade fast so in the meantime experiment with different tones and hues. With patience you can tweak the color then everyone will be fawning over it.

Why the weird ass sound effects lol 😂 She’s just bleaching her hair.

Dont know why so many people are hating :( Honestly I love it! It's so cool! ❤

The upclose shots and the over exaggerated noises of her mixing the bleach made me very *uncomfortable* 😭😭

I suppose it has to be established early on what a client means when they say they want gray hair. This can mean anything from a white platinum through all the shades of silver into a deep charcoal gray..., and even the charcoals can vary greatly from a blue base to a violet base to a green base and others, like a taupe-gray or greige. The reason the colorist had to go so light to go back dark again was to remove all of the warm tones so that it could be a completely neutral charcoal but unfortunately there is some distortion in the color with a warm streak at the top by the bangs and some bluing underneath. However it would be possible to achieve a deep charcoal gray without lifting to blonde but only going up two shades lighter and then adding back a lot of blue to blue-green in the gray. This would prevent warm tones from seeping in during the oxidation and fading process.

the edited and everything made it feel like she was giving surgery

She looks beautiful before & after! I’ve been looking for someone to dye my hair and knows what they’re doing without damaging the hair. But unfortunately there’s no experts in my country 😤 lucky her that she did it the color looks amazing! Maybe I’ll buy a ticket for Stephanie to come to my country😂 that would be awesome

I think it looked really good, especially when compared to her old hair at 5:36 :)

Wow! Perfect technique

" A cool grandma" yes girl.. absolutely yes... Yaaassss

I don’t why people say dark brown when it’s black

I'm impressed how you got her blonde right from the first time, however, I didn't like the choice of color after. It seems like a waste of effort to go from dark to blonde to dark again, and it came out patchy at the end.

I can’t wait this ugly toner to wash out so She can tone it with something amazing

Really like how she used the foam things to separate the sections. Seems like it makes it easier to go back in and apply the bleach at the roots.

I love how informative this video is!

For everyone commenting something negative, I need to help you all better understand the end result. 1. She stated first hand that she wanted “Grey”. There are so many variations of grey. It’s not just one color. She may very well have chosen the steel blue grey. We don’t know because we never saw an inspiration picture. 2. We have no idea what her hair history was. That being what kind of shampoo she was using, products and even what kind of water she had been using at home (well water, hard water, etc.”. This can have a huge effect on the hair as it can create buildup on the hair, potentially leading to “unevenness” and potentially damage. 3. Lifting incredibly dark hair like hers is very difficult. It’s not going to be Pinterest perfect the first go round. Hair is always a process and patience is key in achieving a fashion color like “grey”. Yes, it’s absolutely a fashion color when you’re naturally that dark. 4. The overall tone that they went with will fade. Her hair is incredibly porous because of the global lightening and her hair will get lighter as she shampoos. That’s simply the way that toner/ demi-permanent color works. It’s not permanent color. 5. I’m impressed with the end result and the hairstylist did a fabulous job! People, quit being negative as the girl who got her hair done seems to love it and it’s not very nice to be so judgmental. Sincerely, a hairdresser.

Watching this cuz last time nearly burned my hair off 😂

Colored hair, vocal fry... Face rivets are the next step. Then tattoos. You go girl.

This may be the most pointless bleaching I have ever seen! Who bleaches their black hair to dye it almost black again? 🤦‍♀️

Getting my hair dyed purple in 2wks! Dyed it kinda red with non-bleach dye. So excited! Pops is gonna freaking hate it but it's my damn money!!

The title should be: "how to hold in your tears"

Her client was happy and that’s what matters I will say that it wasn’t lifted enough for this tone. The silver gray tones require the hair to be lightened past the canary yellow stage otherwise it looks drab and uneven. Once the “gloss” aka toner starts to fade those yellow brassy tones will show through if you don’t lighten it enough which isn’t flattering.

When you dye your hair, it represents your personality or your mood.

The bleaching process is so satisfying i love repeating it

This freaking editing is killing me lol

My bug-bear (I even made a small rant video, lol) is when you go to a salon and they are rough when combing out bleached hair. It's delicate and it can snap! Especially on day of treatment.

I bleached my hair now its damaged

This video constitutes to remind me of when I had semi permanent blue in my hair and I loved it so much. I want to split dye my hair black and the same blue but this time permanent

Great technique, but you made this woman look about 15 years older. Why any woman would want to purposely make her hair gray when she’s not over 50 is beyond me.

4:07 explains to viewer the approximation of natural hair colour by applying a darker toner at the roots and a lighter toner for the ends 5:22, 5:45 color is actually lighter at the roots and darker at the ends Instead of plain criticising like the rest, I am going to leave a more constructive comment: After bleaching, her colour might appear even to our naked eye, but the porosity is different from roots to ends, which would only be visible under a microscope. Porosity affects how the hair absorbs the colour (you could move much larger furniture into the sheer empty room if it had removable walls rather than doors or small windows). Ends are always more porous because of brushing, styling products, blow drying, etc. over time. Recommendation 1 ~ Skip the blue shampoo. The bleached ends absorbed too much of the cool pigmentation before glossing/toning. Recommendation 2 ~ Rather than a gloss, use a demi-permanent colour or permanent colour mixed with 10 volume developer for the roots, which would be more opaque (illusion of being darker) than reflective (illusion of being lighter). Recommendation 3 ~ Apply a clear gloss to the ends and then pull the mid-shaft shade down to process for a few minutes before rinsing.

Hi earlyyy

One of the best results I have ever seen on this channel, this stylist knows her stuff!