Rant: I was over-diluting my bleach for years without realizing it

A new stylist in our Charlotte salon pointed out my mixture looked way too thin during a color correction last week. Has anyone else had a basic technique they were totally off on for ages?

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3 Comments

willow_king2mo ago

How much weaker was your mixture compared to what it should have been?

ward.fiona15d ago

Was it a case of just not realizing how much you were diluting things, or did you find out you were straight up using half the amount you needed? Cause I have a buddy who thought he was being smart cutting corners and ended up with basically water. @patricia_hayes if you were off by that much, I'd be curious what finally made you check your measurements. Was it a bad batch that forced you to redo everything, or did someone call you out on it? I've seen people eyeball stuff for years and then measure once and realize they've been wasting time and money the whole time.

patricia_hayes2mo ago

Used to eyeball it and thought it was fine. Tried measuring exactly once and realized I was way off. Changed my whole process after that.