5/28/2023 0 Comments Color oops on red hair![]() He declared that it would be a process, but that it could be done while also keeping my hair healthy. The process began with a color consultation, where Varty-Kaslow assessed the condition of my chemically-treated red hair and I showed him pictures of my desired color, specifically photos of Cara Delevingne's and Gigi Hadid's perfect balayage blonde and a photo of my naturally blonde hair from my senior pics (baby Melanie had a very nice, natural ombre, NBD). I met with one of Aveda's top colorists, Terry Varty-Kaslow, from Juut Salonspa in Edina, Minn. Luckily, years of box dye fumes did not completely erode my ability to make rational decisions, and I made an appointment with Aveda. I figured I would either need to space out these steps over a few weeks to avoid having my hair fall out, but have an awkward hair color as I tried to remove three years worth of red pigments, or I would have to go to a salon. Something about that seemed difficult to me. The girl in the video did this all in one weekend. I started researching how to turn my red hair blonde and watched a few YouTube tutorials that talked about using "Color Oops," twice, then bleaching your hair, all before dying it blonde. I stared at my blonde roots and instantly, the decision was made - it was time to return to my natural color. Dying my hair every few weeks was exhausting. (My orangey-red strawberry blonde hair that resulted after spending the entirety of Summer 2015 in the sun.)īy January of 2016, I lost steam. So within a month, I ran to CVS, picked up a box of dark red hair dye, and never looked back, that is, until one day this year when I was looking in the mirror, exhausted by the idea of having to dye my hair once again. When I went to the salon, I showed them the picture of Blake Lively's mermaid hair and left the salon with a strawberry blonde hue that was different, but not exactly the drama I was looking for. I made an appointment at a salon in Chicago to get my hair dyed red. ![]() I was lucky enough to have naturally highlighted hair that many people spent hours in the salon trying to achieve, but after 20 years with my light locks, I was bored and something about red hair just screamed "boss." ![]() It's not that I didn't like my blonde hair - I did. After much deliberation and many minutes (read: hours) staring at Blake Lively's reddish locks, I decided that red was the way to go. Roughly three years ago, I was tired of my virgin locks and decided I needed a change. Confession: I was born with blonde hair - specifically an ashy blonde with a penchant for turning almost platinum in the summer - but I can still tell you how to go from red to blonde like a pro. ![]()
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