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DIY Frosted Tips

So I had been wanting to dip dye my hair for a while but I was back and forth because I sometimes think it can look like grown-out roots which means I have technically had dip dyed hair before.  It wasn’t until I saw  Shannon’s hair from CheapFrillsandThrills that I thought ‘I must copy.’ She has brown hair and very blonde tips so I just followed her instructions and ‘frosted’ my tips. Yes the name is a throwback to the 90s frosted tips that the guys used to sport. Why didn’t I get a L’Oreal kit? I don’t know I wanted to make it blonder and I thought I could easily do it on my own.

I used:

• Jerome Russel Hair Lightening Kit (you can use a bleach kit like this one or buy everything separately)
• Gloves
• a bowl
• a little brush
• a plastic bag
• I also used a cheap blond hair dye from Superdrug to tone it after I bleached it

 

1) Put on your gloves. Mix equal parts peroxide and bleach until it is completely mixed and yogurt-like. I didn’t require much just of the tips.

2) Put your hair in a half ponytail. Apply the bleach to desired part on hair. I did mine about three inches up the ends. Make sure the very ends are completely coated with bleach. (Sorry for my face I’m pasty and not wearing any makeup)

3) Put the rest of your hair down then finish the tips of your hair. Don’t worry about getting a bit of bleach on other parts of your hair this will usually not show up.  After you are finished use a plastic bag put the bleached part in it and tie it with a hair tie. Wait 60-90 minutes depending on your hair color. ( I waited 90 mintes

4) Remove plastic bag and your hair will look something like this:

Wash and condition your hair and then blow dry or style as desired. I waited a week then used blonde hair dye on the tips to tone it up and voila! What do you think? My hair looks a bit darker in this picture I think because of the lighting but it actually has quite a nice effect! Are you brave enough to do your own hair?

watch this video for more details: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VKNZj0IxxE

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Pink Dip DIY?

I saw this girl walking the other day and took a picture of the back of her hair because it looked so cool. Sorry girl if this is your head and I did not ask you but you were walking so fast!   Her hair looked as if she had literally dipped it in pink. She had a napoleonic thing going on (with the brown to blonde to pink) I think you could do this in two DIYs:

1) Semi-Permanent: Tie your hair into a low pony-tail then slide the hair tie down to how much of the dye you want on your hair. Then put the pink dye on this part of your hair for the indicated amount of time on the bottle.

2) Temporary: Select what piece of your hair that you want to “dye”  and then spray Temporary Hair color spray that you can get from somewhere like walgreens . The best part is that it washes out so you don’t have to commit, or you can try it before you commit.

 

DIY Ombre Tips

This trend has been around for a while where your ends are lighter than your roots and it gives a  ”dip dye” effect. Anyway here is an easy way to do it without going to the stylist. I must say that it works best on lighter hair.

Need

Sun-in: can be found at some drugstore or online just search for it ~ $5

hair tie

blow-dryer

Step one

Put a rubber band about 3 inches above your ends and spray sun in  all over it.

Step two

Blow dry this area until you get the desired effect.

* Sun-in is known to dry out your hair so make sure to condition! Try at your own risk. I went sun in crazy in high school and I turned out alright!