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How to dye your own hair blonde

Nowadays, many people skip the salon process and go straight to D.I.Y hair dye kits. This is because going to a salon doesn't only cost a lot but also takes time to go and go through the whole process of "dyeing". Many companies and brands sell hair dye kits. These are cheap, easy to use and efficient. Usually people who have darker hair will struggle to get the lightest shade of blonde but it is possible to do so. If your hair is dark to begin with, your hair must be bleached to completely change the colour of your hair giving the blonde a good, clean slate. Brown hair usually turns a orange/blonde colour but as good and easy as this process sounds, it does ruin your hair. Bleaching your hair dries it, breaks the split ends and over all if not done properly, will ruin your hair. But if done properly, the outcomes can be great and a lot cheaper. After the hair is bleached, follow the directions in the packet and your hair should be left as good as new. Come back

The Geography of Blondes

Blonde hair is made due to low levels of pigment eumelanin. The blonde hair results in a visible hue which depends on many different things including yellow under tones. This colour varies from very light blonde to a red toned blonde colour. On the fischer -saller scale, blonde is under the range of the colour A to 0 (dark to light) The word "blonde" means :  the colour midway between golden and light chestnut This term soon rephrased to the word "fair" as it was shorter and easier to say. Light hair colours mostly originated from Europe Come back next week for the history of blondes :) All information is taken from Wikipedia

Different Shades of Blonde

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In general, There is not just one shade of blonde. On average, there are around 24-42 different shades of blonde depending on whether you are particular or not. When people think of blonde, this is usually the colour that comes to mind: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Blond_long-haired_young_lady_woman.jpg  When actually there are many other colours under the name blonde then just this typical colour. 1. Platinum Blonde: This is the lightest blonde shade and is not often natural. Most people would dye their hair this shade. 2. Ashy Blonde: Ash blonde is another shade of light blonde but with more of a grey undertone. This is also not a very natural shade of blonde but can be easily dyed. 3. Natural Blonde: This is the shade of the photo I have attached. This is the most typical, natural blonde colour. 4. Strawberry Blonde: This shade is a mixture between ginger and blonde but when mixed the two colours turn a red/pink shade, also known as str

Countries of blondes

Within Europe, blonde hair is most commonly found in Scandinavia. Here, is where blonde hair is claimed to have originated from. Usually, blonde hair is paired with blue eyes and very scarcely, brown eyes. Light hair and light eyes came from around the Baltic sea. Blonde hair is also common in Ireland, United kingdom, Norway, Sweden and Russia along with many other European countries all around the same area. Countries that would not commonly have blonde hair are: India, Africa, China and Japan. This is because within some of these countries, their hair is blonde when they are born but as they grow up their hair darkens. This is due to genes. Blonde hair is most commonly found in pale skin children due to their skin pigmentation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Blonde hair most often appears in Northern Europe. The hair gene MC1R has around seven countries where it came from. Acc

Introduction

Hi. This is Lucy and this blog is about the History, Geography and Past of blondes. I am  here to investigate whether blondes are stupid, where this myth came from and when it came about. I am also going to find out where the actual blonde hair colour came from and how it happens.