Bleaching to 613 blonde: Top quality blonde or a disappointing 27

Sometimes it's hard to tell if it's raw hair, but bleaching to 613 will help

Bleaching to 613 blonde: Top quality blonde or a disappointing 27

One of the methods to test the quality of your hair extension bundles is bleaching it to a 613 hair color. If you’ve already dealt with vendors, you will have noticed that they often say, “can be bleached to #27” and “can be bleached lighter than #27, but not 613.” Suppose you ask them why they will give you false reasons. Are you wondering why you can’t bleach it to 613? Then keep on reading.

Raw 613 hair
Bleaching to 613 and creating a 613 hair color

Bleaching to 613 – It’s all about the cuticles.

The bleaching process involves chemicals and is quite damaging to the hair. It thins the hair, reduces the natural elasticity, and causes easy breaking of the hair strands. When bleaching to 613, it’s better to start with thick and healthy hair, or in other words, unprocessed hair.

Your hair extensions’ bleaching limit is when they lose their natural elasticity. If it no longer stretches, it breaks. It’s pretty easy to check for this. Hold a healthy strand between two hands, spaced roughly 3 inches apart. Gently pull on the hair, and you will notice that the hair stretches. Processed hair is damaged hair and is easier to break.

Bleaching processed hair vs unprocessed hair

Unprocessed hair is ideal for achieving 613 hair as it bleaches well and retains its natural elasticity and cuticles. While bleaching causes some damage, unprocessed hair can still last a long time. On the other hand, processed hair has already been damaged by acid, had some cuticles removed, and is dyed to a darker shade of black, making it difficult to achieve 613 hair. Additionally, it’s dyed to a darker shade of black Investing in high-quality unprocessed hair is a better choice if you want healthy 613 hair.

Can you bleach remy hair extensions?

If you’re wondering whether it’s possible to bleach your Remy hair extensions, the answer is yes, but with some important caveats. Remy hair, sourced directly from a donor and has cuticles aligned in the same direction, is ideal for bleaching to a 613 hair color. However, some hair extensions labeled as “Remy” may be machine-aligned floor hair that has been processed and dyed. While these extensions can still be bleached, they generally cannot reach light colors.

Is raw 613 hair the best quality available?

Asian hair naturally comes in an off-black color and needs to be bleached to 613. Technically it could no longer be called raw. The bleaching process still damages the hair and will decrease its quality. Those with deep pockets could choose extensions made from Slavic hair, but healthy and authentic hair goes for around $900 per 100g. Anything cheaper, and you’d end up overpaying for the same Asian hair under a fancy label.

What does 10a hair mean?

There’s no universal grading system. Some 10a hair is cut directly from a donor, and some of it is floor hair. It could be any quality, and it’s a bad practice to market your hair by calling it 10a. Bleaching to 613 isn’t determined by how a hair vendor calls their hair. Anything unprocessed will bleach to 613, while your processed hair would probably bleach to a 613 hair color healthily.

Does bleaching virgin hair result in healthy 613 hair?

Real virgin hair is equal quality to raw hair, as steam-styling has a negligible effect on hair quality. So bleaching virgin hair should result in healthy 613 hair. However, vendors don’t want to tell you that they’re selling processed hair and call it virgin hair instead. You can’t bleach this type of fake virgin hair to 613 because it’s processed and pre-colored hair. Both can affect the bleaching result.

What should raw 613 hair look like?

Raw 613 hair still has a rough surface which creates a diffuse reflection. Anything shiny in a 613 hair color is either processed or coated with silicon. Our double-drawn extensions are silicon coated for improved looks, but our raw 613 hair bundles come without silicon and aren’t shiny at all. You can see how it looks in the following image.

Bleaching to 613 and creating a 613 hair color
Bleaching to 613 and creating a 613 hair color

Hair color 27

We’ve asked some vendors why their hair can only be bleached to 27 using a +1 US phone number and got different responses. “The hair has more melanin,” “The hair color is closer to #1 making it harder to bleach,” “The hair is from a few donors, single donor hair bleaches to 613,” and more silly excuses. Some vendors say that “the hair can bleach to 27, and some professional clients can bleach it to 613.” If you see this, you can confirm that you’re buying processed floor hair, and not virgin hair.

The hair on my own head is very close to color 1, and I’ve bleached it side by side with our orange line raw hair bundles. The bleaching result is the same; both healthily bleach to a 613 hair color.

If it simply doesn’t get lighter no matter how long you bleach it, the limiting factor is probably the dye in the hair. That’s assuming that you didn’t mess up the bleaching mixture, which happens more often than you might think. Knowing this, you could try some methods and attempt to remove some hair dye from your extensions. You can check whether your hair has been colored with this method.

Another reason why it fails is that the hair is getting too damaged, lost its natural elasticity, and start shedding.

I Bleached it to 613! Is it Raw/ Virgin for sure?

No! As we’ve already indicated, some clients who mainly buy processed hair can bleach it to 613. You may be one of those few professional ones who can. Also, there’s a thing called “Mixed Quality Hair,” meaning they combine two different qualities. With a mix of Virgin and Remy Machine-aligned hair, people can bleach it to a 613 hair color.

That’s why before you do the bleach test, you could wash the hair first and see whether it gets frizzy.

Yunnan Remy Hair

There’s even a thing we Chinese call Yunnan Remy Hair. Yunnan Remy hair is known for being relatively coarse/thick, making it able to withstand processing better than a thinner variant. This includes the chemicals required to bleach hair to light colors. Many suppliers who sell remy machine-aligned hair (also known under the marketing label of “virgin” and is quite a bit cheaper than raw hair) sell 1b hair which isn’t Yunnan remy hair and use Yunnan remy hair for 613 blonde.

So whenever you see a supplier using:

  • Can be bleached to 613
  • Lighter than 27, but not to 613
  • Can be bleached to 27

You can guess which quality hair it is. However, if you really want to be sure about the quality, you will have to test the hair by yourself.

Is it really Raw/Virgin/Remy hair? - Bleach your extensions to 613
Bleaching to 613 is one way to test your extension’s quality

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