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• Part 1 of 2: Choosing your shade of blonde
• Part 2 of 2: Taking care of your blonde hair

We've all been there. You want to dye your hair and you have your mind set on blonde, but you have no idea which shade to choose. Here are a few secrets for finding the perfect shade right away, with minimal damage to your hair.

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Part 1 of 2: Choosing your shade of blonde

1. Determine your skin tone. Most people are either warm-toned or cool-toned. The shade of blonde you choose for your hair depends on the underlying tones of your skin.
   • Warm-toned people have golden, olive, or dark skin with brown or dark eyes. Their hair is black, brown, blonde, red or strawberry blonde. People with a warm tone color easily. If you have a warm tone, your hair will reflect gold, and gold jewelry will look good on your skin.
   • People with a cool shade have fair skin with blue or green eyes. They have blonde, black or brown hair. These people burn instead of coloring. Having a cool tone can make your hair reflect silver in the light. Silver jewelry looks good on your skin.
   • Rotate your arm. Look at the veins in your wrist and forearms. If they appear green, then you have warm tones. If they are blue then you are cool toned. Another method is to hold a sheet of white paper close to your face. If you are cool-toned, your skin will appear blue compared to the paper. If you have a warm tan, your skin will appear yellow or golden next to the paper.
2. Understand what shades of blonde you are considering. Whether you dye your hair from a pack or at a salon, the shades can sound like bakery food. Warm tones include words like warm, honey, gold, butter, caramel or copper. Become cool shades ash, beige and ice mentioned.
3. Choose a natural shade of blonde if you are going to dye at home. Regardless of your skin tone, if you want your hair to look natural, don't go more than 2-3 shades lighter than your natural hair color. Also consider the color of your eyebrows when choosing a natural looking blonde shade.
   • You can easily do a few shades lighter at home. Lightening up your natural hair color with a few shades can be achieved with a pack of paint.
   • If you want to go a few shades lighter on already colored hair, but your natural hair color is dark, go for ash blonde shades.
   • Consider dyeing your hair with cool or neutral shades of blonde if you are doing it at home. Warm tones with gold or honey in the title can make your hair look orange in the end.
4. Go for cool colors if you have a rosy glow to your skin. Adding heat to your hair if you have a rosy shine can result in a red-looking face. Go for cooler blonde shades, such as sand blonde, ash blonde or beige blonde.
5. Go for a darker honey blonde if you have darker toned skin. Anyone can go blonde, but you need to find a shade that matches your skin. Darker and olive skin may not be suitable for a super light blonde color. Instead, try honey blonde. Another option is to keep your darker roots and ask for golden beige highlights. The dark roots will help keep your face from looking pale. Caramel is also a shade of blonde to match your shade.
   • Alternatively, you can try buttery or strawberry blonde shades.
   • If you have brown hair, be careful not to go too light as it can turn you pale. Avoid platinum, white, or orange. Instead, opt for blonde highlights or lowlights.
6. Add more color to your hair if you have medium skin. You can try golden blonde, beige blonde, or even light blonde. Keep heat in your hair to complement your warm skin tone. For a subtle umber, keep your light brown base and add various shades of honey highlights in the center of your hair, using lighter shades as you get closer to the ends.
   • If you have a warm skin tone, avoid copper blonde shades. Copper blonde shades can end up giving you an orange glow. Ash shades can make you pale.
7. Choose gold if you have fair skin. If you have fair skin, you can opt for gold, strawberry, or light blonde, and stay away from white, ash, and reddish. The lighter your skin is, the lighter the shade of blonde you can choose without going unnatural.
   • Try buttery highlights on a caramel surface. For a multi-dimensional, natural light blonde, you can opt for a mixture of butter, gold and honey.
   • Dyeing your hair blonde works well if you were blonde as a child, or if your hair turns blonde after sitting in the sun.
8. Ask a professional for advice on drastic paint jobs. For a bold blonde that is more than 2-3 shades lighter than your natural hair color, you better get the advice of a professional hairstylist. Extreme bleaches or highlights require multiple bleaches, and usually multiple visits to the salon. If you're trying to bleach your hair at home, you may end up with banana or canary yellow hair, or coppery golden orange.
   • Anyone can go platinum blonde, but it can take months to achieve. Lighter hair is much easier to dye white blonde. Hair that has been dyed previously, or naturally dark hair, will take much longer. To dye your hair safely, you need to lighten the hair gradually. If your hair is dark, you probably won't get a platinum blonde in one visit. It can take months of dyeing your hair in lighter shades to arrive at white blonde. Most hair colors need at least 3 appointments to go completely blonde.
   • With white blonde, go for ice blonde if you have a warm skin tone. Platinum blonde works better with cool tones. Remember - there is none white. Ask a hair specialist to help you understand the different shades of white if you are having trouble with it.
9. Be careful when bleaching your hair. Bleaching at home can go very wrong. If this is your first time dyeing your hair, see a professional. When bleaching at home, make sure you follow the directions on the package exactly. Do not leave the bleach in for more than 45 minutes.
   • Your hair should be pale yellow when you are done bleaching. If it is orange, which sometimes happens with very dark hair, wait a week before bleaching again. Use conditioners on your hair during this week.
   • If you are trying to dye your hair platinum blonde at home, you will need purple toner on your hair. This is necessary if you want to dye your hair white blonde, as it will erase the yellow copper color. Go for a 30 or 40 volume toner. Rinse with white vinegar to help the toner color last longer.
   • Don't try to leave the bleach on your hair shorter for a darker blonde, or longer for a lighter shade of blonde. Bleach doesn't work that way. It removes the pigment from the hair.

Part 2 of 2: Taking care of your blonde hair

1. Be prepared for the time and money. Blonde hair is a big undertaking. Your hair needs a lot of maintenance to keep it looking healthy, and you will have to spend time and money every few weeks to color or touch up the roots. If you're not prepared for the responsibility of blonde hair, think about a few shades lighter, rather than something drastic.
2. Prep your hair before dyeing. Before you start dyeing it is important to prepare your hair. Wash it with clarifying shampoo the day before to wash any product residue from the hair. Do not shampoo your hair the day before dyeing it. The natural oils help protect your scalp from irritation from the products.
3. Use conditioner in your hair after you dye it. This step is essential. When you dye your hair, you strip it of its pigments and fats, causing it to dry out. Switch from your normal conditioner to a deep-acting conditioner. If your hair is dry, use a moisturizing product; if it is fragile and damaged, use a repair product. Use dry shampoo so you don't have to wash and dry it every day. Use hair masks when you wash your hair.
   • If you are going for platinum or ice blonde, use shampoo with blue pigments to maintain the color. Use sulfate-free shampoo to maintain color.
   • Try putting coconut oil on your hair once a week. Melt it and put it on your hair, wrap your hair in plastic wrap, cover with a towel, and leave it on for about an hour.
4. Cut your hair after dyeing it. Bleaching can damage your hair, so to keep your hair healthy, cut it right after dyeing. This removes the dead ends, which can cause the hair to break.
5. Avoid heating tools. When you've bleached and dyed your hair, stay away from heating styling tools. Also, don't dry your hair with a hairdryer as that can damage your hair. Be careful when using curling irons and smoothers.
   • Stay away from styling products with alcohol. Alcohol dries out your hair, which is a problem with bleached and dyed hair. Hair sprays, gels and mousses all contain alcohol. Check the label before buying and putting it on your hair.
6. Get your hair updated regularly. Unless you don't mind getting outgrowths, you will need to update them regularly. Plan to update them every 4-6 weeks.