How To Lighten Deep Black Human Extensions

[krissyhair]

What can I do to lighten up some deep black human hair extensions? I'm not a colorist and, and don't want to mess with a bunch of complicated steps and chemicals. I just want to lighten the hair to match my dark brown/soft hair.

Any suggestions?

 

[PuddingPop]

I lightened some human hair extensions using only 4o developer creme, no bleach. I'm not a colorist either and had no experience whatsoever with coloring so I did not want to use bleach or anything complicated like that. I was able to lighten the hair from a 1b to about a #4 . I checked it about every 2 hours until it got to the shade I wanted.
You basically saturate the hair with developer , wrap it in foil and put it in a warm place. It was summertime when I did it so I sat the packet out in the sun. When the sun went down I put it in a warm oven. I don't think warmth is required , it just speeds up the process. It's a slow, very safe way to lift the color. There are a bunch of YouTube tutorials on it. Here is one:

 

[Dposh167]

i usually use Clariol's bleach in a packet and a 20 or 30 developer. Mix it and apply.
I use bleach because i don't feel like waiting a long time to lighten it. but if you're trying to be safe then go with the developer only like the previous poster said. If it lightens too much, i usually have a revlon hair color in a dark brown to follow afterwards

 

[krissyhair]

Thank you @PuddingPop and @Dposh167. Will the results be subtle?

 

[PuddingPop]

Thank you @PuddingPop and @Dposh167. Will the results be subtle?

I didn't want to lighten it a lot, just a few shades to soften the tone so it was subtle. I could've lightened it a lot more if I left it on longer.

 

[krissyhair]

I didn't want to lighten it a lot, just a few shades to soften the tone so it was subtle. I could've lightened it a lot more if I left it on longer.

Great that's exactly what I want. Just to soften the shade a little bit.