My hair and I are no strangers to the ombré concept. Nearly 2 years ago I went into a salon, asking for dipdyed ends and darker roots. The hairdresser basically refused, saying it would look like grown-out highlights and she didn't want to do it!!!!
Ombré then became more and more popular, every picture taunting me of the hair I wasnt "allowed" to have!
Just over a year ago I went to another salon (I had moved to Scotland by then) and asked for it again, showing pics of what I had in mind. I walked out with orange hair and one inch of dark roots!! The orange was kinda my fault, as the stylist had warned me that the warm brown I had previously had on my hair would pull warm. However, she pretty much gave me a reverse ombre - I maintain to this day that if she had only bleached the tips I could've pulled off the orangeness!!
Anyway, I hope the above rumblings gave you some insight to my ombre longings! For the last few months Ive been torn between pastel and ombré.. Or pastel ombré for that matter!! I eventually decided that ombré would be kinder on my hair as I wouldn't constantly have to refresh the colour. And if I do want pastel I'm going to chalk my tips.
Now, I'm writing this down for the world to see:
TALI - STOP DYEING YOUR HAIR!!!
I always go straight for the dye whenever I feel a little
[down/insecure/unconfident/bored/dissatisfied]
with myself and/or my life. I now want to leave my hair and just focus on its health - good products, limited heat styling, lots of biotin - and if I do feel any of the above, I'm going to do something that will actually help my life and not just try to "start afresh
".
So, my hair!!
It started off like this:
With maaajor bad roots!!
The hairdresser backcombed my whole head:
LOL I looked half vogue, half scary monster
The stylist then coloured my roots/midsection to my natural colour (level 5), and bleached the ends. The backcombing helped prevent there from being a visible line between light/dark
The finished piece:
Yep the duckface was a freebie haha (sorry I'm a poser)
The ombré won't photograph well on my iPhone grr, and my camera battery is dead. But take my word for it - caramel dip dye and a warm level 5 for the rest! It's lovely and I feel much more like myself as a brunette again.
And the best part? No more roots, no more fadeage, just my natural hair growing back in, with caramel dipdye for added dimension! Woohoo :)
Let me know what you think!
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