Showing posts with label hair. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hair. Show all posts
Ombre, Dip Dying, Whatever You Call It, I've Done It!
I think by now we have all seen and admired Lauren Conrad's dip dying and Lady Gaga's ombre.. We've shrieked at the shocking job done on some of Nicki Minaj's wig and been in awe of some model ombre's in Vogue.. I know that most of you out there will be like "No way. I am not damaging my hair for anything!" because let's face it.. Hair takes a year to build up it's health and twenty minutes of bleach to destroy it. I guess in a way I'm lucky that I'm blonde (now) because it means I can put wash out colours in my hair and not damage my hair.. Or does it?
These wash out colours are amazing and even child-safe but when it comes to washing them out, they're a bitch! When I did the whole fairyfloss pink fad in September, it took me two sessions of prelightener just to get rid of the residue pink that was stained on my hair.
Who says we learn from our mistakes? Haha.. Yesterday I was bored and the Cherry Bomb fudge was staring at me.. Mix one teaspoon with half a cup of conditioner, slap it on, wash it off and within five minutes I went from platinum blonde Playmate hair to funky fresh celebrity-style blonde and coral summer hair.
Extensions are made to be messed with :)
The Difference Between Bleach And Prelightener (Results Photos)
After dying my hair black for more than ten years, I knew that my scalp was bound to retain some of the black dye and cause my regrowth to be an imitation of Madonna in the 80s.
However, I didn't realize that I could avoid such dramatic roots by simply switching from bleach to prelightener.
Here is what my regrowth (& hair) looks like TEN DAYS after using bleach and a blonde dye:
taken today
Here is what my regrowth (& hair) looks like THREE WEEKS after using a prelightener (nothing else):
I think that pretty much shows the dramatic difference. Yes the lighting in the photos is different but you have to admit, there is no comparison. Not to mention that prelighteners are less damaging on the hair.
I have the blonde I want at the moment (in the body of my hair) so all I do is use my Schwarzkopf Nordic Blonde Extreme Lightener L01+ on my roots once a month and voila - I'm a natural box blonde.
Below is the Nordic Blonde range.
I use the middle one as I've found it gives me the best results and it only takes ten minutes!
Hey Shawtyyyy..
I have mixed emotions about having short hair again.
On one hand I'm happy, on the other hand I feel ordinary..
I guess I'll get use to it, or put my extensions back in after a week or so.. Haha.
She's Still Big Red..
My girlfriend Monicah definitely enjoys a bit of attention, who doesn't ey?
She's outgoing and likes to show it from a mile away. If you don't realize she's outgoing by the diamante she wears on her cheek as a beauty spot, then you'll definitely realize she's outgoing by the fact that her hair is fire engine red.
When she came to me (her hairdresser) today to dye her regrowth, we took her outrageous hair a step further and shaved a section.
We started it off at 25mm, then went down to 19mm, decided to take it a stage further to 12mm and finally ended up with a 9mm section.
After finishing her hair and doing her makeup, she realized the 12mm length would have been more to her liking but doesn't mind waiting a few weeks for it to grow out a little.
I took some photos and filmed the whole thing.
I'll come back and link the video when it's edited and just post the photos for now.
Yeah, I think I'm a pretty good hairdresser haha.
PRODUCTS USED:
Bleach (regrowth)
Paintbox Fudge - Cherry Bomb (twenty minutes)
Garnier Nutrisse - Fiery Red (two minutes)
Bleach Bun.
I love the day I dye my regrowth. Having fresh blonde hair is so beautiful.. but long hair makes me feel beautiful regardless.
She's Ready For Red..
My mum has only ever been two hair colours in her life, blonde and black.
Blonde is beautiful, as we are naturally fair. She has olive skin and striking reptile green eyes so of course blonde is going to be dreamy on her but lately she has started to lose the glow that blonde hair usually gives her.
We knew that she needed to change it up a bit and that if she couldn't be blonde, she definitely couldn't go back to black.. Mainly because when she has black hair, it looks like she was acting in one of those scenes where the person is standing under a construction site and an oil drum spills over them.. Either that or I could just hand her a straw broom and listen to her cackle as she flies away on it.
By now you should have gotten the point that black hair on my mum is obviously not a good thing.
What else is there though? The whole two tone thing is not an option and brown looks dull on most people, so that's out.. And then **lightbulb**
RED
Red is a terrifying word when your a blonde. It's a horribly scary word indeed.
You spend your life trying to eliminate any red and orange so to even suggest it, should be considered madness.. Unless you've been watching Body Of Proof, Unforgettable, Prime Suspect, True Blood, Pretty Woman, Thomas Crown Affair, Assassins, Grumpy Old Men or The Wedding Date (like we have)..
What do those movies and tv shows have in common, you ask?
All the main actresses are REDHEADS and they look AMAZING!
Poppy Montgomery, Debra Messing, Julianne Moore, Julia Roberts, Ann Margaret..
Just to name a few.. All drop dead gorgeous redheads..
So today we went out in search of the perfect red for my mum to try.
Of course with such a dramatic change you can't just slap it on your hair and hope for the best, so I did test strands on some of my microbead extensions and out of all four colours, none of them were the right shade. It's hard because we don't want a colour too orange and we don't want something too dark or too bright.. Finding that perfect auburn red is going to be harder than we thought.
We wanted to make sure the colours really weren't the right match so we did two colour strips in mums hair. They were NOT a success..
The top photo was our most likely contender as her base colour - that we nicknamed Dead Duck because it was such a flat and boring colour.
The second photo was the one we were scared would be too 'cartoonish'.. And we were right.
It's a bonus that the second colour is actually the perfect colour for my girlfriend Monicah. She spends a small fortune getting me to dye her hair with fudge every three weeks so this should help her purse quite a bit!
As for my mums hair? I'll update you when we find her perfect shade :)
Tape Me Up..
I did it again, I fell back into the pit of extensions. This time I'm actually kinda impressed.. And for $400 - I should be.
This is my first time trying tapes. I don't have many photos yet, but here are two..
Olivia's Blonde Makeover..
My friend Olivia recently got half a head of soldiers. Unfortunately in saying that, I don't mean sexy army dudes, I mean those matchsticks highlights you get that look like they are straight from a tipping cap.
Every time I looked at her I knew she was going to shine as a warm blonde so when she asked me to do her hair, I was ecstatic!
Three prelighteners and a pearl blonde later, she went from this..
To this:
She is naturally a strawberry blonde so I wanted to keep a bit of warmth in her tone.
Do you like her transformation??
Back To Blonde
I thought I'd start at a natural dark blonde, closer to my natural colour and lighten it from here.
What I Do At 2am..
I pour myself a diluted glass of Mr D's Cola (it's similar to a strong sweet cola cordial but I mix it with water) and then I bleach my extensions.
I guess you could say I'm a bit of a night person?
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