Izabela Habur
If you’ve been scrolling on TikTok at all over the past year, you’ve probably seen some bang-cutting, head-buzzing, purple hair-dyeing, and every quarantine cut in between. Since COVID-19 initially shuttered hair salons across the country, it’s inspired bored, socially-isolated aspiring stylists to get a little too creative with their pair of kitchen scissors. And now, the rebels are even trying to bleach their own hair at home, too.
Pretty much every hairstylist will tell you that bleaching your own hair at home is a terrible idea. “Unlike hair dyes, hair bleaching is a more permanent process, so the person doing it should really have some professional knowledge about hair and product usage,” explains Richy Kandasamy, a hair colorist and