Is the hair bleach used in salons different to the bleach used in DIY hair bleaching kits?
please don’t listen to banshee-babe, us hairdressers DO NOT rely on hydrogen peroxide to lighten hair! hydrogen peroxide is just a carrier- it is “developer” it is used in conjunction with either bleach (to lighten hair) or colour (to either darken or tone hair) it basically just opens up the hairshaft to allow the bleach or colour to develop properly, without it then the bleach would just sit on the hair without penetrating and when washed would just wash straight off. ALL OTC bleaches and colours do contain hydrogen peroxide (hence why you have to mix either 2 bottles or a bottle and a tube together) ususally what is in the bottle is hydrogen peroxide, sachets are bleach and tubes are colour. OTC bleach is not any different to bleach used in salons. bleach is bleach and the only variations are the colours of bleach (some are left naturally white and some are tinted either blue or violet) and there are different levels of peroxide used, 20vol is sufficient for doing a whole head of li
