Saturday, March 20, 2010

About My Hair Color...

I thought I'd do a post about my hair color since I get a lot of questions about it. Here's my current color-it's the same thing I've had the past couple months. It's pretty much just a warm brown. It's reddish when there's decent lighting, and plain golden brown in crappy light.

Just my hair since I'm too lazy to put makeup on. I turned on another light in the photo on the right so it looks a touch redder than the left photo.
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No flash...i flipped my hair over my face because it was quicker than getting another pic of the back of my head. Sexy huh...
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It's a box of light golden brown and a box of light reddish brown. I mix them together in a large bottle and apply it like any other dye.
Clairol Nice and Easy in Light Spice-Natural Reddish Brown
Revlon Colorsilk in Light Golden Brown

That's all there is to that. It's pretty low maintenance since it's not a really light or bright color. I might stick to this shade for a while. I just touch up my roots and leave the rest of my hair alone since it's had more than enough chemical processing.

I had to bleach first to get this lighter color I had last summer.
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My hair was dyed with permanent black dye so I had no choice. Just dyeing it with regular dye would have done nothing. I used Revlon Frost and Glow in Honey to lighten a few sections at a time...I didn't feel comfortable bleaching the whole thing at once. I highlighted some large sections, then did some more a few days later. That lightened most of my hair to a nasty orange. Then I dyed my hair with a medium ash blonde...that killed most of the icky orangeness.

I think that's it. If any of that doesn't make any sense, feel free to ask whatever.

I'll leave ya with an outfit post from last weekend. I cropped my friend out since I haven't talked to her in the past couple days and I don't wanna put someone's pic over the internet without permission(even though it's from her facebook :P). I switched shoes a few times that night so I only had those on for a while. I eventually changed into another dress, but no one was taking pictures at that point. I had a bit too much to drink, so it was fun.
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9 comments:

  1. Very pretty hair! Long time no see. Can't wait for a new tutorial from you :)

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  2. Gorgeous color I love it it's warm it's gorgeous. and by the way you look incredible on your last picture =)

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  3. absolutely love the outfit! and your hair colour is gorgeous :)

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  4. Love your hair! Cute color.. ANd bomb outfit, love! I think have those leggings.. HAHA

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  5. I really like your current hair color. It's such a nice and warm color and really suits you.

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  6. I used to lighten my hair. I once had a stylist bleach my hair out and LEAVE IT ORANGE! HORRIBLE! I've been dyeing my hair black lately... I have a grey hair that won't go away and I need to dye it monthly! Why? Because I'm old!

    Your hair is perfect! I love the one where it's hiding your face. You really took that "showing too much face" comment to heart. LOL! But seriously, I love the hair and the outfit!

    I'm the same way as you are; I won't post pictures of others on Blogger unless I have permission to do so. My husband doesn't want his face on here. I'm sure if I begged, he'd say it was okay! LOL!

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  7. Pretty hair <3
    What color was your hair before you dyed it?
    I want mine similar to this but i don't know if i should bleach it first, my hair is JET BLACK lol

    salinaxox@live.com

    :)

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  8. Looking good! The progression of the colors of your hair from the roots down to the tips is in perfect harmony. The shade of the color is perfect and not so light nor too dark nor too loud which totally fits you.

    Kate, I think that orange is good for you, but it would be cooler if you keep it light, since if the color gets loud, it will look unusual.

    In my case, I love to keep the majority of my hair black with a streak of purple on my bangs which flows to my shoulder while wearing a cap just so to fully expose the said dyed long bangs. I always wanna have a perfect balance between style and my hair not flowing through my face while dancing. I had that exactly done with the stylists at these Santa Monica hair salons, which I've been visiting for a year now.

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  9. i love your hair! its beautiful! is your original color black before you died red+golden brown on it? thank you

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