Getting Lilac hair without the expensive

*The pictures do not show what my hair actually looks like, it is so much more lilacy/grey in person!!*

Hello lovelies,

So today I thought I'd give you a post about how I achieve my pastely/ white/ grey hair as I really wanted to create a video as well that would explain it so much better but my camera situation is yet to be sorted so this will have to do for the time being!
I'm going to tell you now- achieving pastel hair is pretty difficult. It means a lot of damage on your hair and it will go dry and hate you the whole time. But that doesn't mean it will fall out or that you won't be able to get rid of some of the dryness- deep conditioners will soon become your best friend, trust me!
Cutting your hair is also vital- don't try and hold onto hair that has go too far from being saved. I just had 3 and a bit inches off but my hair still feels so thick and in reasonably good condition.
I am not a hair dresser and therefore if your hair dresser advises you otherwise then maybe take their advise instead! Now to get on with telling you how to get the pastel hair:

Step 1: Bleaching your hair.

-You're going to need to get your hair bleached until its a very light pale yellow, if not the toner will not work.
I would definitely recommend getting your first full head of highlights by a professional as they will use better bleach for your hair then a packet dye. I would also say that you're going to have to be patient and take time between each dying as if not your hair is going to all split and a major cut will be needed. I got my hair dresser to get my hair all the way to the pale yellow as i trusted her with my hair, but if you're confident then look into packet dyes that are slightly more expensive, this isn't because I'm snobby at all I just would personally trust these more.

Step 2: Toner

If you have bleached hair already then you can move straight on to toner.
I can not tell you how dramatically toner changes your hair- all in a good way though!
Toner basically takes out the brassy tones that are in your hair by using a cool colour to neutralise it. My hairdresser put a toner on my hair for me but it was still pretty yellow, which is where I took matters into my own hands by using Directions by La Riche.
I lovelovelove this toner. Its purple, but please don't freak out ! It is simply going to make your hair such a pretty white colour.
I've put the packaging in one of the photos just to show you what you are looking for.
Stick this on with its full concentration (don't water it down with conditioner) for about 15- 30 minutes, because the longer you keep it on for the more likely you are going to get a purple tint to your hair as well as the white.
I used 2 pots for one head as this is really needed. They retail at around £4.50 each depending on where you shop for them.

Step 3: Lilac Tint

For the lilac tint I used directions colours again but this time I 'watered' down the colour with conditioner. For this I used Osmo's leave in conditioner just because this is all I could find! It really doesn't matter what conditioner you use though.
As you can see the colour starts off pretty dark in the pot so I tend to use 2:1 ratio of conditioner to colour, so that I achieve the second colour.
I put this all over my hair, but some bits develop quicker than others depending on how porous your hair is and what bits you put on first blah blah blah....
I kept this on for about 10 minutes because I didn't want it too bright because my school really would hate it!

And thats it guys!

I hope this helped because its what worked for me. Let me know if you need any more help as I'd be happy to give you advice!

Lots of love,

Jas xox