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)

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 :)

Bred For Red.

It was fun wearing my friend's extensions.

It's funny how different hair colours require more or less makeup.

My makeup looked really pretty with my blonde hair but as soon as I put the red extensions in, I needed a tan, some black liner, bronzer and lipstick.

I don't think I'll be going this colour any time soon but it was fun while it lasted.

Just Add Some Strawberries..

I've always been a bit up and down when it comes to Blake Lively. I love looking at photos of her on Google images and in magazine but she's never stood out more than some typical American cheerleader/gymnast.

In other words, I've never been blown away by her. I guess it also didn't help that I was incredibly disappointed with ALL of her Chanel ads.

And then I seen this..

WOAH! Where did this siren come from?!

Who knew that lying under those beach bunny sandy blonde locks was a dazzling strawberry blonde goddess just waiting to own every red carpet in her path?

Not convinced? You will be after you see how stunning she looked in Chanel at the MET Gala.
I have shown those photos in my previous post so scroll down and check them out!

She's "Still Big Red.."

After watching Bring It On for the four hundredth time, I can't get the line "I'm still big red" out of my head.. Which spilled over into my time at Tafe because one of my close friends has BRIGHT red hair.

She had a shocking regrowth (sorry hun, it had to be said) so I offered to bleach and redye her red. It's been years since I've been employed as a professional hair colour technician so it was fun to do someones hair other than mine, my mums, my grandmothers, my great grandmothers or my brothers (when he's feeling brave).

I would have liked to have gone over the back panels once more, just for my own state of mind but my friend seemed pretty happy when it was finished.

Here are some before, during and after photos. I thought I'd throw in some photos of me with red hair, just to reminisce.

How To: Give Em The 70s Flip

Pretty Please, With A Strawberry On Top?

I love red hair, as long as it's not on me.

Red hair is very hard to maintain because it dulls down VERY quickly.

If you do have red hair then just by spending a few dollars and 10 minutes a week will change your hair from a dull 'ginger' into a vivacious bombshell.

Simply comb one of these colours over your red hair to get instantly highlights and low lights of the most bold and spectacular colour you can imagine.

I recommend Fudge Paintbox in Raspberry Beret, Red Corvette or Hot Chilli.

A strange but effective tip - Add small pink highlights, or go over your red colour in pink for an extra umph to your colour.

I recommend Fudge Paintbox in Pink Moon or Pretty Flamingo.
















Here are some examples of how to do it right at all ages with all shades.