Lets talk hair colour...

I like to colour my hair a lot..

I love how my hair feels after a fresh colour..

I love changing it up with different shades..

 So lets talk about hair colour..

 

The hairstylists reading this are going to love me.

When it comes to hair colour I think its best left to the professionals. I've been on both sides of these tracks, I have used a drug store box dye more times than I can count and have had many many salon experiences.

I'll be honest I highlight my sisters hair all the time, I'm a pro at highlights! The problem is not with the highlight placement, its the dye quality. The dye seems harsher, the hair gets more damaged and the colour is a one trick pony, there's no customisation.

 

Whenever I pick a box dye for myself I always seem to have one tiny little problem.. no matter how light of a shade I pick there's only one shade that I seem to get, Black. Light black, medium black or dark black = black black black.

 

Insert example:

*Christmas 2013, I picked up this light golden brown shade

from Sallys and well..

That doesn't look light golden to me.

Its almost a year later and I'm still sporting a reverse Ombre

from this little diddy.

 

 

My hair being dyed so many times beforehand did make the dye take faster and also maybe I should cut down the processing time. Example: this box dye said 10-60 minutes, 10-60 minutes?? Well what is it 10?? or 60??

 

I mean I adore Kris Jenner as much as the next Kardash obsessed fan but I just cant pull off the jet black its way too severe next to my pale skin. If you are a risk taker by all means take a chance on a box dye, you may find it works perfectly! (My advice always pick at least one shade lighter than the shade you think you want!) However if you've got a wedding, prom, graduation... something major in the near future that requires pictures you'll be looking at for years to come please get a professional to do it, I don't think you'll regret it looking back.

 

I also think theres something to be said about finding a hair stylist who is a good match for you, understands what you want, plus someone you enjoy chatting with is a major bonus because I swear I go to a hair appointment and Nicks texting me 3 hours later asking where exactly  is this hair salon located.. Alaska!??? 

Finding that hairstylist may take a few trys so don't leave it to the last minute if you do have a big event coming up, google (here I go again with google I must google about 10,000 a day!) is a great resource because a lot of salons will have web or Facebook pages you can browse with stylist profiles or before/after photos of their clients. And don't be afraid to ask around! your girlfriends may have a great stylist or whenever I see a sales clerk who has great hair/nails I always ask who does it for them normally people are more than happy to give names when you've just said how much you love something about them! Putting a little effort into it will be worth it in the long run after all this could be the beginning of a long term relationship, I've been seeing my Nova Scotia Hairstylist for 8.5 years!! That's .5 a year longer than I've been with my husband haha 

 

Now the fun talk I LOVE trying new hair colours. I don't think people should be afraid to mix it up, change is good! I just mentioned in a previous post that I had hair appointment so I figured I better share the results! I'm loving the change, I was feeling something new for fall and this is it!

 

Before/After photos here:

 *Before medium brown with some blonde accents.

I loved it and it was low maintenance
but it had been this colour for way for too long

 I had the colour bug itch!

* After, a burgundyish red brown..

Is that a colour?? See this is why I

leave it to the professionals!!

 

*This was going to be the point in the post in which I insert a photo collage of all my past hair colours, turns out that was taking wayyy too long to get together! I've had a lot of dye jobs, so I guess that's a topic for another day!

 

Are you a Dye-aholic like me?

Does box dye work for you or are you a "dye" hard salon fan?

Send me your thoughts :)