For years I asked myself that question, and upon becoming blonde in the past 6 months or so I think I've been having fun no matter what my hair colour is. Apart from the time I used Bleach Londons Rose and it lasted a grand total of 48 hours, that wasn't so fun. It took a while to gradually lighten my hair up to the current colour, and the upkeep of getting your roots dyed every 6 weeks (or in my case whenever I can nag my mumma-bear) is beginning to get a BIT boring. But it is distracting me from going crazy and chop it all off a la 2010 pixie cut. So we will see how long the blondeness lasts this year.
My Mum is a hairdresser by trade but spends most of her days now teaching and session styling for photoshoots. She does one day a week in a salon to keep her old clients ticking over, so I popped in the other weeks to get my roots done. My wee mammy dearest is also a bit of a master with the old hair extensions and wig making...
You can view more of my Mums portfolio on her website, but look at these insane creations she made for a shoot last year! I had some new Foxy Extensions I was looking to get cut into my own hair, so we sorted that while getting my roots done too. As great as most extensions can be out of the packet you really need to get them cut and almost 'tailored' into your own haircut so that they flow seamlessly, and avoid that obvious poker straight SHE'S WEARING HAIR EXTENSIONS look.
First up, my mum washed the extensions and put a toner on them just to tie them into my own colour a little bit more. That's the major risk you take when buying hair online rather than being able to colour match in person. That lovely ball of hair above was the total loss we got from washing, toning, brushing and drying - which my mum said is quite normal as even expensive hair extensions can be highly processed before they hit the shelves, so there is bound to be a bit of loss as we start to use and abuse them. But now all the hard work has been done I promise to treat them with the utmost of care.
I was super pleased with the final outcome and think my Mum did a great job. I wanted a bit of a wavy look because I was going out after these photos were taken, but I will be sure to post a picture soon of them in and just straightened normally. As I mentioned before, she cut them into my own hair shape so I have 4 layers that I need to put in in a specific order for them to really look their best. From the base of my head there is a row of 4, row of 4, row of 3 to the right hand side, row of 2 to the left and a final row of 2 at the top just under my fringe.
What are your experiences with hair extensions? I am enjoying these clip in's from Foxy because they're an easy and temporary solution to long hair lust ♥
