Q&A for How to Bleach Hair with Hydrogen Peroxide and Baking Soda

No! These two chemicals together are highly flammable.

Bleach will always damage your hair, but there are ways to make it shiny and healthy again. Try applying coconut oil to your hair once a week, or use argan oil if you're allergic. Before you know it your hair will be healthier than ever before.

Yes, you can use this method on 4c hair. However, it may require multiple treatments to achieve a fully blonde shade.

The number of treatments depends on your current hair color. If your hair is light brown, you might achieve a blonde color after one treatment. For black or darker brown hair, it may take a few treatments.

To remove yellow tones from grey hair, you must use a purple toned conditioner or shampoo.

You really can't lighten your hair to a platinum white with peroxide, as it will only lighten your hair slightly (about 1/2 a degree).

It's best to not wash your hair for 4-5 days before, as the oils on your hair will protect your hair from any extra damage.

Yes. This is perfectly safe to do, and will in fact help the new colour stand out more, and makes it easier to dye by showing where you have and have not already added colour to your hair.

It is recommended that you put it in your hair while it is damp. Then blow-dry your hair - the heat from this will help activate the hydrogen peroxide. Using straighteners or a curling iron will also help to massively speed up the lightening process.

Hydrogen peroxide will make naturally dark hair have a very noticeable red tint. This procedure of hydrogen peroxide and baking soda is only for those who are naturally blonde.

It won't burn your skin, but it can cause some mild irritation, and for some with sensitive skin, it may be a worse irritation. This is why it is recommended to wear gloves.

It depends how dark your hair is. If your hair is a shade of brown, then it should lighten just fine. If you have black hair, It would take around 3-4 treatments to see a difference.

It should say so on the bottom. But you should dilute the peroxide, just to be safe.

The main issue would be the fact that it dries out your hair slightly, but it could also be inconvenient to remove the mixture.

Assuming you use the same 1:1 ratio or change it to 2:2 or 3:3, you'll get more lightener.

You can use baking soda, but do NOT use the 6% hydrogen peroxide. It will make your hair very dry, and it could break! If you would like, you can make a 1:1 ratio of the peroxide to water, it should have the same effect as the 3%. If you're not sure how much water you added, or if you're just eyeballing it, add more water just to be safe.

Bleaching hair is a permanent process that pulls the pigment out of your hair. It will last until unbleached hair grows out.

You have to wait approximately 2 to 4 weeks after applying any chemical-based products such as bleach or hair dye onto the hair in order to avoid any skin and scalp reactions.