BALAYAGE // Hair Transformation

Recently my hair underwent a big refresh ready for spring and summer.

My 'before' hair had the remainders of ombre/balayage from years prior. It was brassy and warm toned and NOT how i wanted it!

I asked for a cool toned balayage at the hairdressers, and i love the results.

The process took around 3 hours from start to finish, it took a lot of time and patience (mainly for the hairdresser).

My hair is naturally fairly warm toned, so my hair had to be lifted, coloured and toned to enable a cooler tone throughout my hair.

I kept my natural hair colour at my roots, so the hair dye was blended into my natural colour. Not all hairdressers agree to do it this way as its more difficult to get a good blend between shades, but as my roots were natural my hair lifted well and it wasn't as difficult to blend.

New hair!

I recently had my hair dyed for the first time! I asked my hairdresser for a natural balayage/ombre, and heres how it turned out!

LOréal casting sun kiss jelly

I saw the TV advert for this hair lightening jelly and really wanted to give it a go. I have never died my hair before, but i always like my hair in the summer when it looks naturally lighter.

I bought this hair jelly from Boots for £4.99 (RRP £5.99)

The darkest shade of hair recommended to do this treatment on is 'dark blonde'. As you can see from the pictures below, my hair is a medium-light brown. This meant that i had to apply the hair jelly 4-5 times to see a noticeable difference. 

To use this hair treatment you need to apply a generous amount to dry hair. You can sit in the sun or dry your hair with a warm hairdryer to speed up the process. There is no need to wash the product out.

This product gave me naturally lightened hair. I really like the outcome as i wasn't looking for a massive difference but a slightly lighter tone.

After one application

After two applications

After three applications

After four applications

After the fifth application