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How to Go from Platinum Blonde to Natural Blonde?

Platinum blonde hair gives you the icy look and is as glam as it is laidback. Sporting a platinum look can be thrilling and gives your persona a whole new dimension. It is one of the most-loved beauty trends that women like to try once.

However, maintaining that perfect look might be stressful, and being with one appearance too long might get bored. If you are looking for a change and something more natural, you are at the right station.

Here’s a complete guide telling you how exactly you can go about it. 

In this article, we take you through the details of switching from platinum to natural blonde and giving yourself a makeover.

Choosing the right blonde shade

Blonde hair has been around for a long time now and is one of the coolest fashion trends. However, not every shade is meant to suit all of us.

From platinum blonde to ash blonde and honey blonde to caramel blonde, there are numerous shades out there.

And if you are considering making the perfect look with blonde color, we have the right piece of information for you.

According to experts, you should take into consideration certain factors and aspects to find the best blonde shade:

Your skin tone

The rule here for selecting a hair color is that if you have cooler skin, you can opt for ash, cool beige, or coppery-red tones.

For warmer skin tones, chocolatey brunettes, warm beige, and gold colors would work the best. 

Regarding your skin tone, you can easily assess it by looking at your veins.

If your veins appear purple or blue you fall into the cool skin tone category. If your veins appear greenish then you fall in the warm skin tone category. And if you see both the colors of the vein then you have a neutral tone.

The depth of your eye-color

Soft and multi-tonal shades complement lighter eye colors, whereas, deeper and richer blondes go well with dark eye colors.

Maintenance

Though coloring the hair is a fancy dream it involves efforts and time from your side.

For instance, if you opt for platinum blonde shade, visiting the salon at regular intervals for touch-ups is a necessity. On the contrary, colors like dark/natural blonde need a very little touch-up.  

You also need to start using more color-appropriate shampoos and conditioners to keep your hair healthy. How much time you are ready to invest in the up-keep of your hair will help you to decide better.

Going from platinum blonde to natural blonde? 

Going from platinum blonde to natural blonde is a completely personal choice. If you have been long sporting platinum blonde on your tresses and are looking for a change, you can go ahead with it whenever you want.

However, if you have bleached your hair recently, remember to give your hair time to recuperate from the bleaching effects.

Allow it to bounce back by shampooing and conditioning it appropriately. After a few days, you can go about getting the desired natural blonde color.

Hair darkening is an easy procedure as compared to lightening or bleaching. Even then one needs to pay attention to the minute details, signals, and warnings to get the desired results.

The process of changing from platinum blonde to natural blonde involves 2 steps:

  1. Toning down the bleached hair
  2. Getting hands-on the right shade

But before you go ahead and achieve a natural blonde color assess your hair, make sure that it is healthy to undergo another coloring procedure.

Since bleaching leads to some amount of collateral damage you should look for signs to ensure that your hair is ok.

You can observe your hair and find answers to the following questions.

  • Is it soft like before?
  • Have split-ends come in?
  • Has your hair become fragile?

These questions will tell you about your hair health and whether it is appropriate to go ahead with the natural blonde process.

The key to changing from platinum to natural blonde is to go a few shades darker on the chart. But one thing that you need to remember is that you don’t need to tone down more than 2-3 shades.

Since platinum blonde is placed at level 10, it would be an ideal thing to choose level 8 or at the most 7.

Going beyond this would make your hair too dark to be called blonde. Thus, as a thumb rule, it is advised to subtract 2 numbers from your current shade to get the most appropriate results.

It is not recommended to tone the hair many tones at once because achieving a darker tone than you desired would lead to bleaching the hair all over again.

It can take more than once to get the desired tone. This will lead to too much chemical exposure for the hair and hence, it is best to go slow.

Seeing yourself from blonde to brown can be a big color change to accept and settle down with.

Choosing the right blonde shade

Can coloring the hair dark cause damage?

Since the hair has already undergone an aggressive beaching procedure, it is obvious to raise the question that can toning down the hair also damage it?  The answer to this question is NO. 

And why do we say that? Since darkening the hair does not involve bleaching, we can say that there will not be any damage to the hair.

If you have chosen to go from platinum blonde to natural blonde, the only process that will be followed is applying a darker dye.

There is no involvement of bleach and hence, the process is safe. Platinum hair can be dyed to natural blonde by a 20 volume developer. It helps the hair to absorb the dye’s pigment and achieve the desired results.

Thus, you can conclude that getting a darker shade on your hair is a relatively easy process that causes the least damage to your hair.

Tips for maintaining dark hair tones

As we all know, darker hair tones are less aggressive, and hence, caring for them is simple. They don’t require strict upkeep and the maintenance depends on factors like:

  • Your hair growth
  • The number of greys, if you have any

If you have grey hair, you may need to redo your color every 5 weeks to keep your tresses looking perfect. One wonderful thing about dark blonde tones is that you can maintain them with less volume developer either.

A 10 volume developer (which is less aggressive on the hair) can do the job pretty well for your natural blonde color.

Since color-treated hair needs extra care and attention, we compiled some tips that can help you to maintain them at its best.

No shampooing up to 72 hours

If you want to maintain your natural blonde at its best, wait up to 72 hours before shampooing. Since coloring the hair opens the hair cuticles for the color to penetrate the shaft, shampooing it soon after can drain the color out.

Turn down the water temperature

While hot baths are soothing, they are not a great idea for your colored hair.  You can try shampooing with slightly warm water and then rinse off with cold water postconditioning.

By doing this, you allow the shampoo and conditioner to cleanse while cold water seals the moisture and prevents the color from fading by sealing the cuticle.

Tips for maintaining dark hair tones

Opt for sulfate-free shampoo and conditioner

If you love shampoos that lather well then think again. Shampoos and conditioners contain sodium laureth sulfate that produces a foaming effect in your products.

However, this product is responsible for stripping the oils and moisture from your hair. It can also lead to striping the color from your hair. 

Opt for leave-in treatments

Colored hairs need more protection and pampering than any other hair.  They need to be hydrated and protected from loss of nutrients.

By indulging in leave-in treatments you can provide the hair with hydration and smoothness. Get your hands on products that have UV protection so that your color won’t fade in the sun.

Heat Protectant Spray

Well, we understand that certain occasions call for hair styling.

Though you should avoid using them as much as possible, whenever you have to use them apply heat protectant serum/spray. It helps to reduce the loss of moisture from the hair and protects against humidity after styling.

Conclusion

Coloring the hair is one the most exciting experience of life and it can be made right by following the dos and don’ts.

If you are going from platinum blonde to natural blonde, remember to tone down your hair 2 shades at once.

If you still think your hair is light, you can always climb up a shade darker. 

But if you end up achieving a darker shade than the natural blonde, the hair will have to be bleached again. This will cause too much treatment for the hair and can become a cause of damage too.

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Aida

I’m Aida and this is my blog where I write mostly about beauty & make up related stuff, but I like to spice it up a bit with lifestyle and photography posts. Or with whatever that comes to my mind. Hope you will enjoy the reading enough that we will ‘see’ each other more often!

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