More dip dye!

After seeing my own dip dye my boyfriends wee sister and cousin both wanted me to dip dye their hair too!!

Aimee wasn't sure what colour to do hers but as her hair is light brown / dark blonde either bright pink or purple would look best. We went for manic panics hot hot pink!

Shaunie has been wanting to dye her hair lilac all over for a while but as lilac can be a slightly dull colour I think it would look better dip dyed on her platinum blonde hair.

Anyway, here's the results!

Products used:

Aimee - Manic Panic - Hot Hot Pink
Shaunie - Crazy Color - Lilac (I also mixed a bit of the colour for Shaunie's hair with conditioner to apply at the top of the colour to help blend as her hair is so light)

Sam xx

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Hairbomb goodies / Halloween

I ordered some Manic Panic - Hot Hot Pink for my boyfriends wee sister (separate post with pics of this!) from Hairbomb and got loads of freebies I was so chuffed!!!

Love hearts, pink hair extension and hair clips ❤

I think it has something to do with their Halloween promotion where they are sending a goody bag to everyone till Halloween :) so get ordered!

oh and also new Halloween style hair gallery on their Pinterest! http://pinterest.com/hairbomb/hallowe-en/

Sam x

 

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dip dye / ombre

hi guys :)

So I have really wanted to try out the dip dye look for a while now but you mainly see it on blonde / brown hair rather than bright red hair :/.  I have seen a couple of pics of people with red hair and orange tips and I love this combination so decided to try it for myself!  I only wanted to do a small amount on the tips and this is the result I got...

How To Achieve

For the tips I used Fudge Paintbox - Goldfinger and I also had to top up the red in my hair and decided to use Manic Panic - Rock 'n' Roll Red which I haven't tried before...

voila!

if anyone decides to try this out for themselves send me a picture i'd love to see :)

sam xxx

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New hair colour & cut - result!

Well I dyed my hair orangey red a couple of weeks ago which I really like.  As I mentioned in my last post, I used 'Directions - Mandarin' mixed with 'Directions - Fire'.  I used the whole tub of Fire and about half the tub of Mandarin.  After I mixed it it looked a bit too light so I also decided to mix a little bit of 'Directions - Ebony'.

And I just got my hair cut (desperately needed!) and got a fringe too! 

Here's some picturesss....

The colour is probably closest to the top picture :)

xxxx

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New hair colour & cut

I'm getting my hair cut this Saturday, just a trim and gonna get a full fringe too :)

Also decided that I'm going to do my hair a different shade of red.  Going to go for a orangey-red rather than a pinky-red...

I plan to use 'Directions - Fire' mixed with 'Directions - Mandarin'

I'll let you know how I get on! Xx

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pinterest

Pinterest is a great site for sharing pictures of everything!  I particularly like looking at hair pictures ;).  Hairbomb (where I order my hair dye from) has their own Pinterest page which i love (pinterest.com/hairbomb).  I decided to make my own as well (pinterest.com/dyeaholic) so far it consists of hair pictures and pictures of Hayley Williams :/.  Anyway, here's a compilation of a few of the pictures that I liked...

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hair pictures

Thought I would share some of these pictures of my recent hair adventures:

1. I dyed my hair pink again.  I had some Rusk Scream - Atomic Magenta left over from a few months back (see my pinky purpley! blog)  And decided to use it.  But I really don't like this brand of dye, it's really runny and stains the scalp.

2. Sock bun.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfMlMhSACCE This was my first attempt, I've gotten a bit better !  I like this hair style, it's quite easy when you get the hang of it and is good to get all your hair out of your face



oh that's it! just 2 adventures...  x

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Maintenance

Here's my top tips to help maintain your colour :] (it's a long one!) :

• Minimal Hair Washing - I normally wash my hair 3 times a week (every other day) but if you can avoid washing less than this then theres less chance of your colour washing out! (simple really :P)

• Weekly Dyeing -  Even only washing my hair 3 times a week is enough to make my hair fade from red to more of a pink. So I need to dye it once a week or 2 weeks at a push!

• Quality Shampoo - A lot of shampoos strip the colour from your hair SO much even if they are so called "colour protecting" even they simply just don't cut it.  This is because most shampoos have sulphate in them which is the main culprit of horrendously stripping the colour.  One thing to keep in mind is no matter what shampoo you choose, your colour WILL fade, it washes out just in water but sulphate free shampoo should really help prolong the colour.  Here's a review on some sulphate free shampoos I have tried:
• Tigi S-Factor Colour Savvy - RRP £14.30 - My mum likes to get salon brands and when I first dyed my hair red she gave me a bottle of this. It works really well and cleans hair without badly stripping colour. It doesn't seem to moisturise my hair very much but that might just be me! I've bought myself a bottle since and luckily it has lasted a while because it's quite painful on the pursestrings!
• Naked Rescue Intense Care - RRP £4.19 - I liked the smell of this at first (almond) but I've gone off it. This is the most natural shampoo I have ever used and has hardly any chemicals so doesn't strip the colour very much at all. However, it doesn't seem to foam up which makes it difficult to wash all the hair so I end up coming out the shower and my hair still feels dirty! Nae good :( they do a colour protecting range but it's absolutely stinking and works just the same.
• L'oReal Expertise EverPure -RRP £5.99 - I just got this today and I have fallen in love!!! It smells gorgeous, like a spa product or something. I got the 'Colour & Smooth' one for frizzy hair. It's been advertised as sulphate free but is still quite foamy which is good as it feels like my hair is getting a good clean.

• Hair serum - My hair can get quite frizzy so I always use hair serum. I normally apply it to damp hair and again when it's been dried and styled to give my hair extra shine. I would normally use John Frieda Frizz-ease but my mum with her salon brands again!!! She introduced me to 'L'Oreal Professionnel Mythic Oil - RRP £15.95' which is AMAZING :D !! Some serums make my hair greasy quickly but this is just so light but works so well with just a little bit. It's quite pricey but I've had my bottle for about 4 months and I'm not even half way through so I would say its well worth it!

• Dry Shampoo - This is a life saver for trying to avoid washing your hair every day.  I just use Batisse Dry Shampoo which works fine.  I haven't really experimented.  The only thing about dry shampoo is it is a white powder so if it doesn't absorb properly you can end up with slightly white roots.  A lot of brands do variations for blonde and brunette hair but they haven't got one for bright red yet hmm...!  I normally spray my hair with dry shampoo at night so it has time to absorb and isn't greasy in the morning.

• Intensive Conditioner - This is a must for anyone dying their hair any colour.  I recently bought L'Oreal Paris Hair Expertise EverPure (RRP £6.99) to match my sulphate free shampoo and I must say this is reallyyy good.  I left it on for about 5 mins and my hair feels super soft and smells lovely.  Before this I was using Aussie 3 Minute Miracle Colour (RRP £4.99) which is a really nice treat for your hair and smells yummy also.  I would recommend using an intensive conditioner at least once a week.  If your hair is really damaged you can wrap your hair in cling film & a towel and leave it for an hour.

ok I know that was a lot but hopefully if you take my advice your hair will stay awesome !

stay cool. xx

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goodies!!!!!

Yayy I get so excited buying hair dye goodies! 

Soo I decided to dye my hair using manic panic in vampire red again. I really like manic panic, the tubs last me about 2 & a half dyes and it goes on really well.  it just fades / washes out too quickly but then again so do them all!  I also bought some more rubber gloves and some pink and green sectioning clips :D 

I ordered from hairbomb.com and the best part is FREE SWEETS!!!!!!! :D well, this time I only got one measly little maoam :( but I have had the little love hearts in the past and even bobbles matching your hair dye! Awesooommee.

much love x

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how i dye my hair bright red

i thought i would share step by step my method of dyeing my hair.  i did start typing it all out but there was farr too much writing!  so i decided to make a video instead :) so here it isss:

hope you find it useful!  i will also be doing a couple more blogs soon on:

• things to consider before going bright
• maintenance

cya! xx

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different reds i've tried...

ok so i've tried a few different brands / types of red dye.  first of all, live colour XXL is shit.  no pictures of that cos they suck.

semi permanents are the only way to have super bright hair.  just needs to be applied over bleached hair for the best result...

Manic Panic - Vampire Red

Directions - Poppy Red

Crazy Color - Fire (current)

Wella Colour Touch - 77/45



Reviews

• Vampire Red - Quite a pinky red and will stain clothes & skin if you have wet hair (washes off though!).  Overall a nice colour but doesn't stay red long enough for my liking.  3 stars!
• Poppy Red - This one is my favourite.  It's quite cheap (cheaper on glitterstore.co.uk) and gives a nice red colour.  Bad thing is it also seems to go pink when it fades which is frustrating!  4 stars
• Fire - only had this 1 day and haven't washed it yet so we'll see!  I had just bleached my roots before applying and it has made my roots a very bright pink and i'm not too sure how this will last.
• Wella Colour Touch - this was recommended by the woman at sallys.  it was very expensive (£10) and you also have to buy cream peroxide to develop the colour which is about £1 for 100ml.  Very complicated compared to other colours.  You have to mix a certain amount with peroxide (20ml of peroxide for 10ml of colour).  The woman at sallys said i would only need 10ml of colour.  As it is a 60ml bottle i thought this would be good value for money as she also said it would last over 15 washes.  I actually needed 30ml and only just had enough.  It also started to fade after only 3 washes to a gingery red.  Peroxide also damages your hair long term so not good as i would have to use it every week.  Not impressed and will not be using this again!  1 star.

sam :) x

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pinky purpley!

on hairbomb.com they have a gallery full of pictures of lovely bright coloured hair!  (you should have a look they're so pretty - i could look at hair pics all day long!).  i came across this picture and fell in love with the colour

i must have this colour!!!! i hadn't seen any other dye like it so i decided to come up with my own concoction.  that's the great thing about these semi-permanent dyes its like being an artist and you can mix colours together to get the shade you want.  i used: 

• Rusk Scream - Atomic Magenta
• Manic Panic - Vampire red (small amount)
• Directions - Ebony (VERY small amount!)

and this is the result i got........

i was very pleased! it turned out almost identical to the picture.  however, as it faded it was very bright pink which i didn't like too much.  and ended up going back to red after about 3 weeks!

sam x

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blonde to red

so, for my 21st birthday i decided i wanted to go from brown to blonde!  well, lets just say it didn't go so well...  i had been blonde before and knew what i needed to use but as my hair had been bright red a few months before it was very difficult to get the red out so my blonde attempt was, well, ginger.  This is a picture of my hair the best i could get it!  It's more of a strawberry blonde but it was verryyy damaged.

I had been using a silver shampoo to tone down the red which helped a little.  I went to the hairdressers to see if anything could be done with it.  They look a sample of my hair and bleached it using a very low volume but the sample was completely frazzled!  She said all I could do was either go dark again or keep using the silver shampoo.  I felt that going back to brown would have been a waste of money for all the bleaching i had done!  So, I decided to go red again!

muuuch better!! :D i used Directions Poppy Red mixed in with a teeeny bit of Directions Ebony to make it a little darker.  I normally get my hair dye from either hairbomb.com or glitterstore.co.uk
sam x



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welcome!

helloo :)

so, i have decided to write a blog about my hair dying obession!  i have been dying my hair various colours for maaany years now and thought it would be a good idea to share the different products i use (hair dye, shampoos, serums, etc).  anyway, my first few posts will be a catch up of the dyes & colours i have already used...

sam x

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