SoftSheen-Carson Dark and Lovely Uplift Hair Bleaching Kit for Hair, Bleach Blonde Dye includes Powder, Cream Developer Toner, Blonde, 1

Good but harsh on soft hair

First of all, I'm really happy with the product overall, and I actually just ordered a second box, which prompted me to write a review. I started with completely virgin, 2b dark brown hair. I am black/white mixed with a natural 3c curl, and very fine hair, but I always use a low heat iron to loosen the curl. I don't use any hair products except for raw African Shea butter and organic coconut oil. I wash my hair usually 1-2x a week, and waited 5 days from washing before bleaching. I left the product on for about 80 minutes altogether!! 50 minutes starting a half inch from the scalp, then another 30 applied at the roots. I also wrapped tinfoil around my hairline for the last ~25 minutes. I'm definitely happy with the texture of my hair afterwards, it feels completely soft and healthy in every way. It needed a LOT of toning but that's just because my hair is so naturally reddish so of course lightening automatically makes it bright orange at first. I recommend concentrated toning drops which you can apply directly to the hair, and/or add to your products. I'm going to apply again to achieve a more platinum blonde because I'm aiming for a "pink and white" cupcake Cyndi lauper inspired, more artistic look, and plan to add neon pink highlights. I recently moved from the country to a big city and I'm really having fun changing up my look to better fit the vibe of my awesome neighborhood. :) I'll update with the results.

I know I’m about as white as cream cheese, but I wanted to try out this bleach kit. My natural color is about a level 5/6, but you know a girl needs to be blonde. I left this on for 30 mins and then toned it. The lift was even and exactly where I needed it to be for my toner. To tone, I used Wella T19 (pearlescent blonde) and left that on for 10 mins. I absolutely love how my hair came out.

This is the worst! I bought it because of all the good reviews but the reality is the opposite. My natural hair is dark brown hair but I have my hair as platinum silver and my natural hair is growing back so I bought two boxes of those to cover the new growth. I follow the instructions which mainly said 30-40 mins for maximum bleaching, and mixed the product as directed and use immediately as they are directing. However things went wrong fast shortly after that, I did my new growth (not roots) first since they take longer than roots and 20 mins later (after I was done) I did my roots and left them on for 25 mins, so total time was 45 for non root. I saw literally zero left from my hair and roots except only the last portion of my hair that was done which was the top (I had excess product so I layered it all on top of my hair). And even then it only bleached it to a light brown, not even close to blonde. The worst part that it says no need to shampoo afterwards ( lies, the product says in your scalp and you can visibly see it, ok no problem I shampooed my hair) the issue is that about 15 mins later I started getting a headache which developed harder and harder until got nausea and almost vomitted! I bought this because it specifically said 8 levels of lift, it barely achieved 2 ( and only for a small portion of my hair). My suspect is it’s a bad batch maybe that did not activate until 30 mins after mixing. Or if this is not the case then it is just a bad product that doesn’t work and has harmful chemicals that lead to extreme dizziness and nausea. It took me 4 hours and medicine to recover. And now i still have to deal with my terrible bleach job from this product!!!! I do not recommend, do not be misdirected by the good reviews. Even though I used a good enough portion and mixed it well and followed instructions it has been a terrible experience and I am very disappointed. PS I have been bleaching my hair on my own since 2020 to a platinum level, I never had this experience!

This works so well with my jet black hair that is super stubborn I’ve used this product twice and I love it!

Used it to bleach my roots. It’s better than bleach and less harsh on your hair