Autumn Oak Review

 Now I have my dyed hair, I am always worried employers wont like it (stupid I know but some companies don't like unnatural hair). So, I did the reverse of what I did with my Pink Grunge wig; hide the purple, appear natural. I am a big fan of Geisha Wigs as I know I will get good quality and colour. With this ombre wig, the colours go all the way through instead of block colours, making it look realistic. I wasn't so sure at first since I have never had a full fringe before, but people were surprised when they found out it wasn't my real hair!

Geisha Wigs is an online shop I found on Instagram, they look amazing and are a decent price. I was really nervous at first, thinking it would look and feel like a wig. I couldn't have been more wrong! The wigs are heat resistant up to 180C so can be styled reasonably well. Shine can be taken out of the wing with dry shampoo (I recommend doing this with bright coloured wigs). Very light on my head and well put together but if you have longer hair, get a wig cap to avoid any hair spoilage. You can find all the Geisha Wig styles here.

I actually wore this wig on my first day at a new job since I wasn't sure how they would react to my purple hair. Halfway through the day they asked me to take off the wig and decided to let me keep the purple! The customers love it and so does everyone in my store.However, if you have dyed hair and worried what companies may think, I strongly recommend geisha wigs as an alternative so they have no excuse not to hire you based on hair colour!

Pink Grunge Review

When I had my blonde Ombre hair, I missed the pink I had so much that I decided to get a wig. Geisha Wigs is an online shop I found on Instagram and they looked amazing and at a decent price. The first one I bought was this long pink one. It's dusty pink on top, with a candy floss colour on the bottom. I was really nervous at first, thinking it would look and feel like a wig.

I couldn't have been more wrong! I posted photos online and people complimented my hair, almost afraid to disappoint them saying it was a wig! The wigs are heat resistant up to 180C so can be styled reasonably well. Shine can be taken out of the wing with dry shampoo (I recommend doing this with bright coloured wigs). I loved the feeling of this one and felt really witchy too. Very light on my head and well put together. You can find all the Geisha Wig styles here.

So the main problem of purple hair is the blue tones in it. In order to get rid of these blue tones I decided to try adding a dollop of pink into the mix. And by jove it worked! I went from silvery dull blueish patchy, to wonderfully purple in literally a day!

Basically, get your hair light enough without bleaching it by washing your hair with anti-dandruff shampoo and crushed vitamin C tablets (or vitamin C powder if you're lazy and rich enough to spend £3.65 on powder!). Remember to wet your hair prior so its ready for lathering. Just mix the ingredients into a weird paste and lather like you would any other shampoo (let no strand be unlatherd) once you've done that put your hair up using a clip and drape a towel over your shoulders so the colour wont bleed onto your clothes and its easier to wipe away colour that bleeds down your face. Leave this for an hour or so then rinse out your hair. Do this 2 or 3 times depending on how stubborn the dye is.

Top Tip: if you're thinking of doing your hair a colour similar to that in its palette (pink, blue, purple, red tones) then start washing your hair a couple of days prior to the vitamin C treatment

After I was satisfied with the discolouration, I added my pre-made dye (see other hair dye post) and added a tablespoon of the Cerise colour with Argan Oil and loads of white conditioner, when I was happy with the colour I left it on for 10-15 minutes as the dye is quite bright and strong and I wanted to overlay the blue and pinker tones to get the purple. This has created a tonal colour I am very happy with.

Okay, so I dyed my hair at the beginning of February. I have dyed my hair before but I really wanted it back purple. I went to SugarSkull Studios who pretty much specialise in coloured hair; this way I wont cause uneccessary harm to my hair (they used treatment etc when dying so it wouldn't hurt my hair) and this was the end result:

It was a pinky purple and brighter than I wanted. However, I used a new shampoo on it and it went almost ombre silvery violet and pinky purple:

 

It was a gorgeous colour but I knew it wouldn't last so I tried using Crazy Colour Lavender:

It turned out brighter and more violet as the dye was very strong:

After stripping the colour using a vitamin C and shampoo treatment, I have managed to balance out the blues in my hair to give a really nice pastelish purple:

I am super happy with the colour and I have a blog post on what dyes and products I used as well.