tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60765810256611485312024-02-19T23:58:13.763-08:00crazybeautylifeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09525622121303566204noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076581025661148531.post-43245366705144728732015-10-15T07:44:00.000-07:002015-10-15T07:47:18.944-07:00So, for the last several years I have had light to medium brown hair
(ion intense neutral browns) with highlights (revlon frost and glow for
light to medium brown hair- sometimes I would go for darker highlights
sometimes lighter so there would be variation.) I used to experiment
when I was younger but I have gotten really stable the last few years!
Until last month that is. I came across a picture online of this really
great brown color that had these red highlights that looked amazing and<br />
<a class="no-border" href="https://beautyjourneymom.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/01c146641228b1ce3f70b93d513894e23ae26033f1.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="01c146641228b1ce3f70b93d513894e23ae26033f1" class="size-medium wp-image-4 alignleft" height="300" src="https://beautyjourneymom.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/01c146641228b1ce3f70b93d513894e23ae26033f1.jpg?w=169&h=300" width="169" /></a> perfect
for fall. I really craved that color. I decided to go for it, warm it
up for fall, rock a brownish red. I went to Sally’s (my holy land of
beauty supplies!) and picked the Wella color charm permanent color in
Allspice. It was horrible on my hair! It was a really weird light I
don’t even know what color but I hated it. <br />
<a class="no-border" href="https://beautyjourneymom.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/01333873bdb2fe3ef0f3675decc2a1eeb1191f16c0.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="01333873bdb2fe3ef0f3675decc2a1eeb1191f16c0" class=" wp-image-14 alignright" height="204" src="https://beautyjourneymom.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/01333873bdb2fe3ef0f3675decc2a1eeb1191f16c0.jpg?w=153&h=204" width="153" /></a>Then I got the demi-perm wella color charm color in chestnut which
resulted in a kinda nice deep brownish-red color that I was perfectly
okay with.<br />
<br />
The double color process left my hair in not so fine condition though, so I read a bunch of reviews on <a href="http://www.makeupalley.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.makeupalley.com</a>
on the aphogee 2 step protein treatment and decided to give that a
shot. It worked really well but stripped the color from my hair so that I
went to a very bad orange-purple color. I was totally embarassed, I
didn’t even want to leave my house! That is how bad it was! The hubs and
I made an emergency trip to walgreens and I got the super cheap (but
very true to swatch) colorsilk color in rich medium brown and it worked
like a champ. Great color, a bit dark which left me a little washed out
but pretty good none-the-less.<br />
<br />
My 9 year old daughter was very horrified by the different colors
that I went through during this period, responding to each change with
an incredulous, “What happened to your hair mom?!” Totally great for the
ego!<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: left;">
<a href="https://beautyjourneymom.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/018f4084ed91d6133b02e648f33b430b0f982a6434.jpg?w=121&h=161" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="018f4084ed91d6133b02e648f33b430b0f982a6434" border="0" class="wp-image-9 alignleft" height="161" src="https://beautyjourneymom.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/018f4084ed91d6133b02e648f33b430b0f982a6434.jpg?w=121&h=161" width="121" /></a>Ok, so I was happy with the color, but not
so happy being washed out so I decided that I needed to highlight and
get back to normal. We went to walgreens and I got, instead of my usual
kit, a glamlights blending highlight kit for dark blonde to light brown
hair. I used to use the cap but I really liked the look of the balayage
highlights and read every tutorial I could find and watched every
YouTube video on the subject as well and felt like I could do this. I
went with the wilde method <a class="no-border" href="http://www.wildefashion.wordpress.com/2018f4084ed91d6133b02e648f33b430b0f982a6434014/04/09/diy-balayage-hair-2/" target="_blank">http://www.wildefashion.wordpress.com/2014/04/09/diy-balayage-hair-2/</a>
of teasing sections and applying bleach to the bottom so that it would
blend when brushed out. It was okay, not quite right, so I went back and
took small sections and applied bleach, really blending like crazy so
there wouldn’t
be any splotches or uneven areas of color. Left that on about 45
minutes and rinsed out. Much better but the glamlights didn’t really
lift the color very well (on my massively color treated hair anyway) and
really I knew going in that this would take several sessions of lifting
to get to the level I was wanting.</div>
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I waited a couple of days and then got the cremelights in the yellow
box from Sally’s which is enough to do 2 separate batches of bleach,
yay! I mixed up half of the kit and took tiny sections going about half
to 3/4 of the way up, varying the lengths for a more natural look,
blending like mad, about an inch to half an inch apart with heavier
applications around my face. I left it on about 45 minutes and it was
amazing! I was so happy with the results, they looked so natural, like I
had spent a lot of time in the sun! Exactly what I was going for!<br />
The best part is that the next time I do it the colors will be
lighter and even more sunkissed! I am really happy with balayage and I
think that this will be the way I do my highlights for some time to
come. My mom liked it so much she asked me to do hers, which is cool
because she never highlights, just colors her grays. When I picked up my
2 younger kids yesterday from school Alex, my 11 year old, said, “I
like your hair mom, you look normal again finally” He always notices
stuff like this, he will be a great husband one day!<br />
I am in no way a hair professional, I am a diy mom, I have never had
my color done at a salon or by anyone BUT me. This method of diy
balayage worked for me and worked well, but it was definitely a trial
and error and please don’t blame me if you try this and it comes out
bad! Also, please watch the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GsJgtnxfg8" target="_blank">jesse james decker</a>
method of balayage, or “honey dipped” as she calls it! Her method is
amazing and this is what I did the second time. Blend, blend, blend and
you should be good!<br />
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