Am i supposed to bleach my hair for bright colors to show up?

I am African Americna with thick brownish-blackish hair that i recently permed.

I want to dye my hair hair jet-black on top and blue underneath.

I want to do this myself,but my friend said i have to get it "bleached" first.

But,I dunno,HELP! =}

Am i supposed to bleach my hair for bright colors to show up?

Only A HAIRDRESSER.....should be used to do this!

YOU may just ruin your hair....and Bleach that is used for washing clothes!!! MUST NEVER BE USED.!

Am i supposed to bleach my hair for bright colors to show up?

yes you have to bleach your hair!

Am i supposed to bleach my hair for bright colors to show up?

go to a hair dressers please because if you use the bleach the wrong way your hair could all fall out

Am i supposed to bleach my hair for bright colors to show up?

NO! I think there should be some shampoo out there that changes the color of your hair. Or spray.

Am i supposed to bleach my hair for bright colors to show up?

your friend is right. in order for a true color to show, you need to start off with white. bleach it. think of how a painter paints his mural. he has to paint white over the graffiti first

Am i supposed to bleach my hair for bright colors to show up?

Go to a salon!!! I am a hair dresser and have seen some bad things!!! Just bite the bullet and pay the money for it!! I also wouldnt recamend bleach over a perm!!

Am i supposed to bleach my hair for bright colors to show up?

Yup you wil have 2 bleach it first ..which basically ruins your hair...exspesh if u have very brittle or dry hair anyway...I used 2 have thick hair and dyed it 4 pink underneath my hairs neva been the sme since...U can get diff colours exstentions that can be clipped in to the underlayer of your hair which dnt actually look 2 bad. Id give them a try b4 rekin your hair

Plus am sure you cnt dye ya hair jus after having it permd :s nt sure tho

Am i supposed to bleach my hair for bright colors to show up?

I have to agree with most of the people on here. And especially blue. I wanted to dye mine purple and let me tell you, dark colors (regardless as to if you do a quick at home bleach or not) do not show up on dark hair colors.

Especially with you being African American, your hair has so much pigment already in it that chances are you will use a home bleaching kit and it won't work. It will just damage your hair but it isnt going to get "white" like you are hoping for.

You have highlights in your hair that you don't realize and when you bleach, certain points will come out much whiter than others and chances are the place you want to be blue won't bleach at all and will remain dark brownish-black. Or worse--your hair when some of the brown pigment is bleached will be orangey-yellow (as what happens with most african americans)

The hair underneath is not only the hardest hair to do on your own but also grows out the fastest so that after you finally get it perfect--in about 3 weeks it will grow out anyway.

I wouldn't recommend it