Two Tone Hair

[lostinemotion]

im doing my hair tomorrow. do you have any images of daria with the 2 tone color?

 

[rlynne]

I dont mind drews hair,, i think its the cut that makes it look a bit weird because its too blocked at the bottom ... If it was more straggly i say it would look really good...

I find it funny aussies call two toned hair 'the pip' I've heard of frosted Tips and Dip Dye but not Pip..great

it's after pip edwards a stylist socialite type who is from australia.. i recently learned

zimbo.com, primped.com

 

[Cado]

Hmm, well, it is two-toned


jak&jil

 

[rlynne]

Don't they call it candle lighting or something, when the ends of your hair are dyed a different tone to the rest? Or I might be imagining it...


I loved it on Lily Aldridge, actually all of these pictures look lovely... However, what I really don't like is hair that is a different colouor on the bottom and top layers. A friend of mine has naturally mousey blonde hair and she has the underneath dyed brown and the top dyed light blonde, and I really dislike it., I think I associate it with school girl hair as most of the girls at my school tried that look..

x

yeah or like at least in australia you typical hairdresser hair... i swear in just about every salon there are multiple girls with that two tone look..

 

[carte_postale]

oh, just stunning...

garancedore.fr

 

[lafindesiecle]

this whole thing baffles me a bit too.... it just looks too much like what it looks like when you've just been lazy about your roots to me. the other way around is quite ordinary i think -- getting some lighter foils/highlights on those top, shorter layers of your hair -- but the whole gradual fade from brown to blonde... i don't know. perhaps it depends on the haircut? i just think that long and wavy with lighter ends might look glamorous in photos, but in person might look a bit like 'needs to call her hairdresser, stat.' it's just so subtle that it's not obvious if it was a decision, or laziness.

i totally had that terrible debbie harry / hairdresser bleached-and-black thing when i was in college though. sooooo probably not the most qualified opinion

 

[rlynne]

i guess it depends on the persons style to, people who have an undone style to the way they dress seem to pull off the look better

 

[papa_levante]

^^ Oh, I do love that from Garance Dore!

Earlier in the thread, I said that my hair was two-toned only because I was too lazy to dye it after the roots were noticeably coming in. I'm too lazy to do anything about it anymore now that I see it's a trend.

 

[PonyShow]

the only way this looks good is when you get your hair colored and let it grow out honestly...otherwise it just looks like a line.

 

[Cado]

mote.no

 

[allthatglitters]

I have two tone hair, I think it works well on wavy hair. For my hair the top is dark brown, and fades into light caramel brown, with flickers of the lighter colour around the face. I do it because my eyes are dark brown, and I look very washed out with light brown hair and darker eyes & eyebrows, the two-tone just balances my face out..

 

[allthatglitters]

I'm surprised no one is using the technical term for this look. Id you plan on getting this look professionally done ask for balayage highlights.

Heres some info I found on the internet (wisegeek.com

" Balayage is a hair coloring technique which is designed to create very natural-looking highlights which grow out without developing a noticeable and obvious root.

This coloring technique emerged in Paris in the 1970s; the word “balayage” is French for “to sweep,” a reference to the way in which the color is applied. After crossing the pond to the United States, balayage became extremely popular in the late 1990s. In the United States, you may see balayage spelled “balliage.”

When hair is colored with the balayage process, the highlights are painted on by hand in a sweeping motion which moves from the base to the tip of the hair. At the base, the color is applied very lightly, while at the tip, the color is very heavy. The result is a chunky highlight which looks naturally sunbleached, and as the hair grows out, the root will be concealed for the first few months by the thinner color applied to the base of the hair. "

 

[SpanishCaravan]

My hair is a bit two toned. It's more of a reddish-brown higher up and dark brown lower.

 

[lafindesiecle]

few pix of a girl on lookbook with really extreme dark brown with blonde ends who i saw and thought of this thead, despite all my 'eww' comments, seems to work well here:

from lookbook.nu/paula_rox

 

[tigerrouge]

I'm surprised no one is using the technical term for this look. Id you plan on getting this look professionally done ask for balayage highlights.

Although the more I see of it, the more this two-tone look seems to play on a deliberate disparity between the colours, whereas if you pay for balayage, it's because you want a professional finish that looks natural. Even when it grows out, you wouldn't get a dip-dye effect from it, same as you see with some of these girls. Balayage might be too subtle a technique to get this look. Nicer, though.

 

[Tinetush]

Just stumbled upon this pic from thecherryblossomgirl.
If I am going to try this, I am probably going to take this pic with me to the hairdresser..

[thecherryblossomgirl.com]

 

[Party_Vixen]

I saw that picture too and fell in love with her hair. I think the two tone looks best with auburn/brunette hair.

Let us know how it turns out .

 

[Tinetush]

I will.. If I'm actually doing it

 

[totah]

GOOOOOOOOOD, i just wish that i know the techniqe of doing it....i've been to all the salons in my city, no one knows how to do it.....i guess i'll do it myself
if anyone here have done it....please try 2 explain it 2 me, i'm sooo desperate to get this look
TIA

 

[StarsInHerEyes]

Beauty Board: Ombré Hair

In the canon of beauty principles, the necessity of maintaining one's roots is a mandate that's widely respected and universally followed. But lately we've noticed that some of our favorite trendsetters are currently bucking convention when it comes to their hair color. Rather than requesting highlights or submitting their locks to dimensionless single-process color, ladies like Erin Wasson, Nicole Richie, and Rose Byrne are opting for a look that's both directional and surfer dude-ish—Ombré Hair!

In the fashion world, ombré usually refers to a fabric dyeing process that produces a pale-to-dark gradation of color. For our purposes, the order is reversed, but the idea is the same nevertheless—hence the name. Technicalities aside, there are many fabulous things about this hair color trend: it's highly economical, incredibly low maintenance, and works with any texture or tone. It also can easily be dialed up to a punkish look (just ask for high-contrast hair à la Alice Dellal) or down to a subtler gorgeousness (per Rose Byrne), depending on your personal style. The only thing that's really required is a little length, but even cropped-hair girls can try it, albeit with a slightly different effect.

The hair trend can be attributed to repeat trendsetter Erin Wasson, who's worn a version of this graduated hair color for some time now. The secret to her enviably effortless look lies in the magnificently talented hands of Laurie Foley, the owner and artistic director of L'Atelier de Laurie in the East Village. Foley refers to her technique as "hair painting," an apt description of her highly customized process of using different brush strokes—perfectly placed, yet strategically erratic—to achieve a progressively lighter, very nuanced ombré blonde. While undeniably artful, the appeal is in its purposeful imperfection; one could image Wasson came by her hair color naturally, the last lingering souvenir from a lost summer or two on Tobago. Hair guru Harry Josh also gives his uber-fashionable clientele these labor-intensive hand-painted highlights. Though the detailed process is certainly a time commitment (such artisan work requires about four hours), we'd wait twice as long if the results meant our hair approximated Rose Byrne's masterful mane.

In addition to Wasson's blonded-out style and Byrne's chestnut locks, we also adore Nicole Richie's warm iteration, which was created by celeb-fave George Papanikolas of the Andy Lecompte Salon in West Hollywood. Papanikolas first took Richie's hair several shades darker to a medium light brown, and then used balayage technique to add highlights, starting at her natural center part. Using bleach, he painted golden blonde v-shaped tips on the ends of her hair. Then, to graduate the color, he went through her hair in big horizontal sections, backcombing each one before applying bleach in an arrow shape to the ends of the hair. (The backcombing will help diffuse and soften the highlight, giving hair that sun-kissed, natural look.) Papanikolas applied a similar regime for Shanae Grimes' shoulder-length locks; first he gave her balayage highlights to add progressively lighter color to her hair, followed by a round of bleach at the tips to emphasize the contrast.

Whatever ombré variation you opt for, just remember that even though it's low-fuss and budget-friendly hair (constant root touch-ups will be a thing of the past!), you still need to take care of it. Since you're lightening the tips so much, the ends of your hair will be ultra fragile, so definitely invest in some restorative products. Laurie Foley highly recommends Alterna's 10 line, specifically the 10 Shampoo ($60) and 10 Hair Masque ($55), as an after-care necessity. She also advocates limited shampooing (the fewest times per week you can handle) and switching to sulfate-free products to protect the color. George Papanikolas agrees that it's crucial to repair the hair and suggests using a rich conditioning masque like Joico's K-Pak Reconstruct Deep-Penetrating Reconstructor ($19) to infuse hair with much-needed moisture. In addition to these shampoos and masques, you should also protect your hair before styling. Harry Josh tells his clients to pick up a bottle of John Frieda's Frizz-Ease Hair Serum Thermal Protection Formula ($9), as it gives parched locks shine, shields color from UV damage, and protects hair from (damaging but necessary) hot styling tools. Whatever you use, just make sure to treat your lightened ends delicately for the ultimate ombré hair!

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