The Blonde Hair Thread

[kissablekae]

Carey Mulligan

ohnotheydidnt

 

[Miwi]

I'm having an appointment tomorrow and I'll probably go for more honey blonde highlights. I want something warmer for autumn.

Some pics... Gosh, I love Doutzen's hair! It's always perfect.

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Taylor's hair is gorgeous as well!

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[yesitsdagny]

Maryna's hair is pure perfection

 

[FASHIONLOVA]

i want this color, i'm tired of highlights and this seems to be an all over color

rahpunen

 

[inwhiterooms]

I totally agree about Doutzen's hair too. I've always saved photos of her hair when I want to redo mine.

I've really like Lara Bingle's hair throughout the years:

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[kissablekae]

nice colors FASHIONLOVA and inwhiterooms

Isa, i love Maryna's and Amanda's

 

[FASHIONLOVA]

ughh i hate that i get my highlights done then after a few shampoos they turn orange.
it s annoyinnnnng

 

[teenagexvanity]

I'm due to get my roots done soon.. I'm just not sure what shade of blonde I want.. if I should change it up or keep it as is.

 

[kissablekae]

teenagexvanity, what color do you have right now?

FASHIONLOVA, how did that happen?

which reminds me i need to buy Shimmer Lights.

 

[FASHIONLOVA]

i have no clue but every once in a while when i get my highlights done after a few weeks they turn orangy which pisses me off of course that s why i wanna do an all over color instead

 

[kissablekae]

do you use purple shampoos? that might help keep that at bay. i need to get some myself since i'm transitioning back to blonde. my hairdresser recommends Shimmer Lights from the Beauty Supply stores. i had Bumble & bumble's before but i didn't like it...it smelled like incense. i heard SL doesn't smell amazing either but people say it works.

 

[FASHIONLOVA]

i used to use bed head dumb blond but where i am now, i don t know what i should tell the guy at the supply store to get it.

but my main problem is orange even when i go to the salon i'm always scared it s gonna turn out orange

 

[Voltaire 6]

You really need to start using a shampoo and conditioner, and a once a week masque, especially for hair that has been coloured, mainly for colour extend, but also condition, doesn't matter how good the hairdresser, he is damaging your hair, also for brassiness. For girls who have had their hair dyed blonde, you should probably invest in a toner for when it goes brassy then you can top up your colour that way, your hairdresser would happily show you the toner they would use and you can go and buy that from a supplies store xxxx I think anti brassiness shampoo's are a con tbh, none of them really work that efficiently, the only real efficient way of getting rid of the brassiness is toner.

this is the advice i got when my sister dyed her hair horribly and wouldn't leave her house and i trust the man who gave me the advice lol.

 

[kissablekae]

i agree with Voltaire 6, maintenance is key. hairdressers do their job but when you go home, its on you to keep hair in good condition and brassiness at bay. i see a lot of natural blondes who let their highlights go brassy...

i've heard some horror stories with DIY toner when they don't have the exact instructions of a hd. one needs to know what to look for. sometimes people only pay attention to the time but not how their hair is reacting so when they rinse, it ends up a disaster.

FASHIONLOVA, are you going back to blonde from brunette?

you should consider going back to your salon for an ash toner to help with some of the orangeyness. i've done that twice before and no they should not charge you. it won't be perfect but it will definitely calm the color.

are you interested in Shimmer Lights? i know Sally's carries it.

i'm going brunette to blonde doing right now and it's going to be a challenge with all this dye. i went from light-medium blonde to super dark brown, dyed twice. i'm going for a modest dark ash blonde but i have a lot of hair dye to bleach through so i'm taking it slow.

my first sets of highlights are too warm. i went back after a week for more ash toner which muted it a bit but my highlights still need more bleach for it to be ashier. i'm taking my time and babying my hair. i spoke to my hairdresser to figure out a game plan . she says my hair is still soft so everything is going good so far. when i go back for the second session of full highlights, she will also run the bleach over my current highlights to get it the shade i wanted.

i actually had the orangey problem last time i was going blonde. my former hairdresser's did that so i left her and went to my current salon. my former hairdresser was inconsistent, i had no problems with getting ashy highlights after that.

these photos are from last time:

first highlights
good ashy shade. not sure about the Laetitia Casta-esque highlights but i was experimenting, i probably had that for a month.

second highlights
the second session is when my former hairdresser dropped the ball. i don't have any pictures of my color at its worst(who would want to revisit that?). i asked for not as light highlights. it ended up really gold like friggin' 24K and made my overall hair look like it had strawberry blonde cast over it. i'm not sure when this was taken but this is probably after i went back to have her run Ash toner through it which helped quite a bit. but i cut ties with her because i don't want to deal with her not listening to me and the fact that she seemed content with my unhappiness. if i wasn't as assertive, bz would have let me walk around lookin' busted!

blonde dye / third highlights
when i transitioned to a new salon, i told them i wasn't happy with the warmth. so first thing we decided to do was dye my highlights to nix whatever strawberry mess my former hd left me with. then later on i got ash blonde highlights. you can still see the gold highlights left over in my bangs from the previous hd. they added more ash on the bottom part of the hair.

fourth highlights
much much bettah. got rid of a lot of the gold / strawberry from the previous hd

^ i hope the colors are showing up okay and my hair is not like green or something lol. i had to fix a lot of the pictures because my old camera and lighting was really warm.

some hairdressers are just super defensive. i didn't like my former hd because she didn't care about quality control! even though blonde can be challenging, i understand its a work in progress. if it's not perfect in one session but not a disastuh and they are willing work through it then it's coo. i like my current one because we can talk more openly and she listens and tries to give me what i want. she does her job at the salon, i do my job when i go home to keep my hair in good condition.

all photos are of me by me

 

[FASHIONLOVA]

i condition my hair whenever i wash it and use masks as well

KissableKae: not I've been blond for a while now, my hair is below the bra line and from the roots till midway it s orangy highlights but then the rest is this perfect blond color that i love.

also, the salon i go to belongs to someone from my husband s family so i don t pay i just tip that s why i feel bad saying that i don t like it!

and oh, there s no Sally's in Morocco

 

[FASHIONLOVA]

actually my color is not orangy it s stawberry blond then at the bottom it's blond

 

[kissablekae]

FASHIONLOVA, strawberry to light on bottom doesn't sound as bad of a jump. especially with the trend of two tone hair . Sky Ferreira's hair in her Vogue Italia interview reminds me of that. the strawberryness is at her roots(not highlights), it doesn't go down as far but it kinda fits her style. i always thought that the more natural hair like the roots would be easier to bleach. or at least that seemed to be the case for me. roots vs colored parts might need different amounts of time with bleach though. maybe Voltaire's toner idea is not a bad idea. i hope you can get advice from another HD you know or guy who works in the beauty supply store. if you do decide to try that, i suggest getting a brush to paint it only on the strawberry parts and watch to see how its reacting. i think my hairdresser left mine on for about 30 minutes. she said: we're going to leave on for 30. i think she checked on me 20 mins in and said that we would indeed need 10 more minutes.

mmhmm my sister had the same issues with the salon she went too because its owned by her boyfriend's aunt. she did ask to go back to fix things and it was fine, though it's different for everyone depending on the relationship dynamics. and like i said some hairdressers pride themselves on how your hair turns out and want to make you happy. then there are others aren't so invested in their clients...they're invested in your pockets but not your hair

ugh, someone should make a well stock beauty supply site with international shipping!

my blonder pieces are around the hairline/sides of my face because my hair is naturally lighter there and doesn't hold the dark dyes as much. i feel like my hair has gotten more muted the more i wash so that's goood.

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Daria Werbowy
the color fade is nice and her hair texture looks so soft

ohnotheydidnt

 

[FASHIONLOVA]

well when i look at the mirror i hate that the top is not as blond as the bottom.

but it's weird because when i leave the salon it's fine then few weeks later it changes. it washes out and turns to this ugly color that i absolutely hate.

 

[yesitsdagny]

Lara Bingle's hair is really nice, love both the color and the cut

 

[Voltaire 6]

^
shame it's on her head though.
& FASHIONLOVA. if you get free visits to the hairdressers, go and see him about putting a toner through your hair to take the brassiness off, or to correct it, whatever it is you are after. the experts are the best hon xxxxx