BLEACH LONDON REVIEW: Bruised // Violet \\ Skies

I love Bleach London products with all of my teeny tiny little heart. They have a gorgeous universal scent and have always done delicious things to my hair.
I should start this review by saying my hair was not white when embarking on this particular journey. I had already used Violet Skies a week or too earlier so elements of silver tones remained. My initial usage of Violet Skies was specifically in the hopes that it would wash out and leave me with silvery hair and I will admit that it fully did - but I shall review that at a later date.

Just imagine that I wasn't too lazy to flip the image....

These two 150ml bottles retail at £5 each at boots, but are available via Bleach London's website for those outside of the UK. What first drew me to these products was the branding; it was fresh and on trend. It remains to be my favourite brand of products in regards to aesthetic. As I write, I'm trying to find the words to define the scent that aren't 'delicious' - but thats what it is. Before you worry, no your hair won't smell like food! But it has that same alluring type of scent that sweets do (with added whiffs of conditioner).

I wanted my hair to be mainly lilac, fading into a darker purple and therefore applied nearly the whole of the Violet Skies bottle to my hair. I separated my hair messily, as I just slather this on as I would do with conditioner - I'm not very precise but it always seems to go okay. My whole head of short but thick, curly hair was saturated in the dye, which has an extremely creamy texture.

When applying Bruised Violet, I squeezed the bottle while still upright and dug my index finger in, getting a heaped lump on the end of it. Knowing that the pigment would most likely penetrate beneath the paler dye, I wasn't concerned about leaving them dye free. In fact, I would advise that you do use both dyes on the end. This allows for smoother coverage and also allows for a seamless blend into one another. I pulled my hair to one side and just rubbed it into the end, moving upwards into my hair.

I left the dye on for 10-15 minutes. I had applied it on dry hair, as I find it easier to distinguish between strands with and without dye on. It does say to apply to towel dried hair, but having applied Violet Skies to both dry and wet hair, it seeps in better to dry hair.

This is the result of using the dyes. I have pretty bad roots, as you can see, which did in fact become more ashy after using Violet Skies.

Violet Skies isn't seamless. It takes to my hair differently dependent on the condition - the worse the condition, the more adaptive the pigment is. Therefore, it's slightly darker on my tips, which I don't in all honesty mind, but due to previous experience, I know my ends will take longer to fade out.

I applied from the underneath of my hair first, coming to my fringe last. Naturally, the front of my hair is more silverly than lilac, but it all blends in will together. I did this due to the fact my hair has more yellowy tones on the underneath layers, as well as being wary of it being in reverse - having a deep purple fringe and silver body!

The Bruised Violet was left on for significantly less time due to it being the last thing applied, however it didn't affect the overall effect. The pigment still took well and there is a huge difference between the two colours.

I bloody love Bleach London's Super Cool Colour products. They're so much fun and rarely ever last more than 10 washes. I personally find them perfect for me, as my hair is a very light, bleached blonde. If your hair is anything darker than a rich tea biscuit you might want to look into lightening your hair before attempting to use them, as they aren't permanent dyes and need to be able to penetrate the pigments in your hair - of which I don't have! This can be seen in the contrast of my roots to the body of my hair.

Alternatively, if you're just looking for a tinted hue on your bleached hair, I would super recommend using Violet Skies to tone. I adore Bleach London's Silver Shampoo, however you need to build up your usage to fully prevent yellow tones and even then, I find my hair going blue - not silver. After the first couple of washes, I find Violet Skies fades to silver and will, in the future, be using that more than the Silver Shampoo (or at least I think I will ( perhaps ( if I can afford it...))).

Please do excuse the awful quality photos, I was just too lazy (again) to find a memory card for my camera, so Photo Booth pictures it is! Here is another picture of my hair showing the variation in tones after using the products:

I hoped this helped you out, even if just a little bit! Have you used Violet Skies or Bruised Violet before? How did they work for you? Let me know down below!

Catch you later, lovelies, 

Holly xo