Ombre Split Dye- Sunset/Mermaid

Hey beauties! Hope your all well!
So im going to give you all a little bit of a run down on how I achieved my Sunset/Mermaid Split Dye!

For all of you who haven't seen the you tube tutorial yet- check it out here!

HAIR PREP

When dealing with all fashion/staining colours its so important to have a good base to start with! just like when you prime your face for makeup application, the same can be said with hair colour.
I Shampooed my hair prior to colour using my La Riche Directions Pre Colour Shampoo

But if you dont have anything like this, a normal shampoo will suffice!
I then let my hair dry 100%- it felt like crap.....hell i know it looked like crap but it was the base that i needed for my hair!

COLOURS USED

All (bar 1) colours used were Manic Panic! I literally went to every salon that stocks MP where i live to get all 6 colours! Not all the salons had a good range....so.....7 salons later.....i had most of the colours i needed!
The colours are

ROCKABILLY BLUE

PURPLE HAZE

VENUS ENVY

ELECTRIC LIZARD

PSYCHADELIC SUNSET

HOT HOT PINK (AMPLIFIED)

The only non Manic Panic colour i used was Yellow (do you think any of the 7 salons stocked MP yellow.....NO) so i went with PaintBox Fudge colour

YELLOW FEVER

MIXTURES

Now for the fun part! I like to use white paper and map out what colours i would like.
*NOTE- remember that paper is WHITE and your hair isnt the same white! so what ever colours look like on the white paper, they will be slightly darker on your own hair!

I basically start by seeing what all the colours are like undiluted and not mixed with any other colour

then i start mixing them and playing around! I always write my formulas next to the colour ive created! I basically keep going till im happy with my mixtures!

SO HERE ARE MY FORMULARS

MERMAID SIDE-
Roots- x1 Part ROCKABILLYBLUE
           x1 Part VENUS ENVY
           x1 Part CONDITIONER (any will do)

Mids- x1 Part VENUS ENVY
          x1 Part CONDITIONER

Ends- x1 Part VENUS ENVY
          x1 Part ELECTRIC LIZZARD
          x1 Part CONDITIONER

EXTENSIONS

*Had all the above colours + these 2 colours on the ends

Lower 3rd- x1 Part ELECTRIC LIZZARD

Ends- YELLOW FEVER

 

SUNSET SIDE

Roots- x1 Part ROCKABILLY BLUE

          x1 Part PURPLE HAZE

           x1 Part CONDITIONER

Mids- x1 Part PURPLE HAZE

         x1 Part HOT HOT PINK

         x1 Part CONDITIONER

Ends- x1 Part HOT HOT PINK

         x1 Part CONDITIONER

  EXTENSION ENDS

Lower 3rd- x1 Part HOT HOT PINK

                   x1 Part PSYCHEDELIC SUNSET

                  x1 Part CONDITIONER

Ends- x1 Part PSYCHEDELIC SUNSET

                  x1 Part CONDITIONER

 PROCESSING TIME

My thoughts are the longer the better! I left mine on for 1hr + on both my own hair and my extnesions!

Pic with and without Extensions

Extensions used are Irresistible Me Volume Vixen extensions
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WASHING OUT

When the colour is fresh and still on the hair i use cool water and take my time when i wash the colour out! This will help prevent any bleeding of the colour!

I try not to shampoo my hair for as long as possibly after the colour to allow the colour to "set".

when i do wash it again i just was it normally! I don't have any bleeding or running of colour.

See my RAINBOW HAIR FAQ video here

which includes a hair washing demo!

So there you have it! Hope you all enjoyed this post! For the full video tutorial be sure to watch the video at the start of the blog post!

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love you guys!
Jade xx