But a thorough routine will ensure that your bleached hair stays hydrated and experiences as little damage as possible by delivering tons of moisture, fatty oils, and repairing ingredients back into your locks.īelow, a list of my all-time-favorite hair-care products for super-dry, damaged, double-processed hair. Will your hair be as soft as it was when it was virgin? No - it’s important to manage your expectations here. But with the help of these products, I’ve been able to keep my very bleached hair as soft and shiny as possible - in fact, people are usually pleasantly surprised when they feel the texture of my hair. I only wash my hair once a week, but those days are far from a quick, five-minute rinse - they involve preparation treatments, masks, leave-ins, bond-building creams, and oils, among other hair-care products. As my colorist, Emaly Baum, put it the first time I made the transformation, half the battle is at home. And I think being blonde adds a certain warmth and radiance to my complexion (it’s like having a ring light on my face at all times.)īeing a bottle blonde is relatively easy, but ensuring your super-bleached hair stays healthy and avoids breakage is actually a lot of work - perhaps more than people realize. As far as aesthetics go, I love being blonde - it’s made me feel much more Debbie Harry (my longtime beauty muse). I’ve double processed my hair from a dark mocha brown to a buttery platinum twice.