A lot of women nowadays change their hair color for a new look and to look extra beautiful. And of course i am one of them. For years, I had this light orange-y hair which was supposed to be kind of medium blonde. But because my hair is naturally black, the color turned out this way which i think still looks great.

I color my hair myself cause its waaaay cheaper than having it done in a salon. I use revlon luminista in medium blonde 175 and the above photo was the color result.

For 3 years i had this color and then one day, I stumbled across zoella‘s youtube channel. I think a lot of you know her cause she’s popular on youtube. If not, you are missing out girl and you should check her blog and videos out.

Anyway, before that, i’ve already been hearing much about “ombre hair” but i thought it will be kinda weird to have 2 hair colors and ive seen a few who had it and looked like they have a straight line in their hair separating the colors. But Zoella’s hair!!! Gaaah! It was a perfect ombre for me and i became obsessed with it, asking my friends if i should get it done or not.

After being indecisive for 2 months, i did it.

Photo above was taken right after i went home from a salon. Yes, a salon. Cause i dont think i can do this myself. So before, while deciding if i should do it, i searched the internet where i should get it done. I found Azta Salon and i thought their ombre creations are good since they are using the “Balayage technique”.



I know it looks super blonde in this photo. But.. It really is (lol). This was the next morning. The photo has no filter on and that’s how my hair looked for a week or two. It eventually toned down. The yellow of my ombre became a little brassy. I began to worry that it would fade and the money i spent will be a waste. So i did a little research on how to take care of ombre hair. and here’s a few things i’ve learned:

Use a shampoo and conditioner that protects your hair color

Use a purple shampoo once in a while to remove the brassiness

Apply hair mask once a week

Avoid pollution to prevent brassy hair

So i did everything on the list just for my beloved hair. I realized it was costly to have an ombre hair but i get a lot af compliments (well, with my hair) and told me that it looks great on me. And of course it cost me a lot of money so i had to make it last long.

I came up with pros and cons of having ombre hair.

Pros:

It looks really good

You dont have to retouch the roots when it grows.

Cons:

Expensive

Maintenance will cost you a lot

Bleaching will damage your hair

It requires a lot of care

It turns brassy (so you need a purple shampoo)

So now, i’ll show you how my hair looked for the past year.





And finally. After a year, i decided to cut it. When i went to minnesota, i dont know what happened. But the bleached part of my hair got really dry. 😦 i think its the weather there. But anyway, my ombre story ends. But i am really glad i tried it and that it turned out great!

Where i got my hair ombre’d: Azta Urband Salon, Alabang town center branch

Price: 4000 pesos (85 US dollar)

Hair products used:

With love,

Nicole