My Interpretation of Ombre

  So it's been over a month since my last blog update, the month of June was so busy it literally went by in the blink of an eye for me. I spent a week at the Vidal Sassoon Academy in Toronto. I took a precision haircutting class it was absolutely amazing, and I am looking forward to taking more classes there in the future. The rest of the month of June was super busy at work, I've been working on a few blog posts but I just haven't had time to sit down and finish... until now.


  You may remember Candice from a few months back, we originally planned to make her blonde over time however she had been travelling so much for work that she couldn't find the time to maintain the colour. With a solid blonde you need to maintain it and you can't go longer than 2 months without a retouch. We still wanted to make her mostly blonde, but with a little less maintenance so we decided to go with the Ombre trend.

Before

   I actually did foils as well as Balayage hilights on Candice. Balayage is a freehand hilighting technique that has really started making a comeback . It gives it a more subtle look than with foils, and you can literally place the hilights wherever you desire.  I foiled her hair up to the crown, and once I got to the crown I did the balayage technique.

   I still wanted to give it a multidimensional look so I used two blonde shades, and as I moved up the head I gradually omitted the lighter blonde. Golden blondes are really hot this summer so I kept the colour warm. Now Candice is blonde without having to worry about having terrible roots in a month. 

We took a few inches off her length, reshaped it and added a few more layers for some movement. I styled it with Goldwell Kerasilk Instant Silk Fluid to to keep her hair moisturized, soft and protect it from the heat. She was going to a party & I used my Bombshell Curling Iron to give her some loose waves. 

All ready for the party

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Product of the Week: New Color Ignite

Spring is here and summer is right around the corner. If you hair is coloured it's especially important to use a good colour preserving shampoo to prevent fading from the sun. This week I am featuring the new Color Ignite from Sebastian.

There are 2 types one for Multi Tones if you hilight and/or colour your hair, or if you just stick to a solid colour there is one for solid colour as well. The shampoo actually pinpoints trouble spots in your hair and will help repair the places that need it the most. It's a great shampoo for any colour treated hair whether you're platinum blonde or fiery red, if you want to keep your colour from fading check this one out.

Lots of Blondes

Okay so I haven't updated in way too long. I've been super busy, I've been working in a new salon & of course with the holidays and all that fun stuff. I've barely even had time for myself, I was sick over the holidays and then I was sick again. Now that I've been better I've been meaning to update so here it is!!!


Today we have Candice. She is a young professional and is bored with her current hairstyle. She is considering going blonde, however as you can see she has virgin hair (for those of you who don't know what that means, it's not coloured or chemically treated in any way... perverts) and hasn't really coloured it in the past so she wanted to know if there was a way to gradually go blonde, she's not quite sure how blonde she wants to be. So why not experience lots of blondes?

 I decided to just bring her 1 full shade lighter & do a full head of hilights. As she shampoos her hair the coloured ends are going to fade slightly and by the next time she is ready for her retouch it will be light enough that I can use a  bit of a lighter colour, as well as doing another full head of hilights.

  As you can see we took off a lot of length. She wasn't doing much with her hair and the excess length was being weighed down and falling flat. The shorter hair gives her more natural volume and is also easier for her to work with. The lighter colour also brings out the warmth in her skin tone more






Check back soon, I am going to be doing product reviews and I will be starting with some curly hair products as well as some curly hair care & tips.