From redhead to blonde: 5 things you need to know before going blonde

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Want to go from red to blonde? You need to know these 5 things before transforming your hair (Photo: Instagram @slickback_buttahtoast)

To go from red to blonde, it's important to follow a pre and post coloring schedule (Photo: Instagram @hairpainters)

Bleaching your hair is essential to go from red to blonde (Photo: Instagram @aminamarie)

Going from red to blonde is quite the transformation. To do it right and have perfect hair, it's essential to do as much research as possible on all the steps that will be required to change your hair color. To help you with this task, we've listed five things you need to know before you stop being a redhead and become a blonde. Check out!

1. To go from red to blonde you will need to do a pre-treatment

Before doing any hair color transformation it is essential to ensure that the locks are healthy. This helps prevent breakage, dryness and still ensures a brighter and more uniform color. For those who are going to do a big color transformation, like going from red to blonde, this is even more important. Therefore, make a pre-coloring capillary schedule to strengthen and prepare the strands for the color change.

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2. You will need to bleach your red hair to dye it blonde

There's no way, diva. To remove the red from the hair, it will be necessary to discolor the strands, since one dye does not lighten the other. That is, it is impossible to lighten red hair by applying blonde dye on top of red hair. The good news is that you can bleach your hair at home, following our step by step with hydrogen peroxide and bleaching powder. It is important that the entire procedure is done with great care and attention so that all the red pigment is removed from the hair.

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3. You may need to do more than one bleaching session

To go from red to blonde, a single bleaching session may not be enough, especially if your strands have a dark red hue. In that case, you may need to bleach two to three times. The reason for this is that to dye your hair blonde you need to remove all the reddish pigment and yellow hair before applying the new color.

If you want to go from red to a light blonde tone, it's important that the foundation is even lighter. Therefore, in addition to discoloration sessions, you may have to tint your locks.

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4. To go from red to blonde it is essential to use a moisturizing hair dye

This color transformation can be quite intense and aggressive for the hair. So to reduce damage and have healthy strands, the trick is to use a hair dye with moisturizing ingredients in the formula. Our tip is the blonde dyes from Cor&Ton, which dyes and hydrates, thanks to its formula with keratin, silicone, UV filter and FixaCor - a treatment that seals the cuticles and returns shine and softness to the strands after coloring.

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5. After going blonde you must follow a capillary schedule

In the same way that you need to follow a schedule to prepare your strands for transformation, the treatment routine is also necessary after going blonde. Hydration, nutrition and reconstruction treatments will return very important nutrients to the hair, such as water and proteins, which are lost during discoloration and coloring.

This care will help prevent breakage and chemical cutting, as there will be several chemical procedures in sequence, strengthening the strands and reducing the dryness that can also be caused by discoloration.