Ombre Guide on Dark Hair

Hi there! It's been a while. I've been so busy with uni work as this is my last term and I'm excited for it to be over. haha

As you can tell by the title that I've finally got Ombre done. I feel like I'm a hundred years late, but oh
well :P I've actually been sitting on this idea for almost a year, but the fear of damaging my hair and not getting the result I want scared me off a bit. I don't want to go to the hair-dresser and pay hundreds just to get bleach on my hair either. So I did some research and kind of experimented along the way(I will speak more of that later on)during the process.

I will keep it short about how I did it, because the most exhausting thing about this process for me is reading/watching the oh so long tutorials telling me 1313242 things that are not really necessary to achieve the Ombre look.


PRODUCT USED:

1. L'Oreal's Wild Ombre Preference 
2. Jerome Russell B Blonde Highlight Kit (If you have long/thick hair you might need two)
3. L'Oreal Exellence Creme 9.1 Light Ash Blonde


THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW:

*Disclaimer: I am not at a hair-dresser nor a hair expert, this is just what worked for me. I'm simply sharing my experience.

*You need a whole day to do this

*Bleaching on a second hair day will be best

*Wrapping your hair with tin foil will help speed the bleaching process

*When you first bleach it expect some light orange-brassy hair :D haha. Don't panic, we're not done. 

HOW I DID IT

1. If you don't want to a darker shade of ombre you can skip this stage and skipped to bleaching. The first round I used the L'Oreal Wild Ombre Preference just to see how the ombre effect would look on me before going too light with the actual bleach.

2. I followed the instruction on the box and left it in my hair for 45 mins. It turned out to be light golden brown(way darker than what's shown on the box) so if you are looking to achieve a dark blonde or a light shade, that's not for you. I was happy with the ombre effect but not the color.

3.  I wanted to go lighter so I went back in with a hair highlight kit. Leave it on for at least 20-30 mins, check every 10-15 mins if the bleach has develop enough to your liking. Note: you will need it to be a little bit lighter than what you prefer if you want to follow the next step and get an ash-blonde tone.

4. Getting the ash-blonde tone(not brassy or orange tone). After washing out the bleach and conditioning, dry your hair or let it air dry.

<At this stage you will realize that you have turned into an orange ninja, calm down, we are going fix this. If you're going for a brassy tone then kudos! You are done! :) > 

When your hair is completely dry, proceed the hair dye step. Go over the bleached hair with the hair dye and leave it on for 20-25 mins for the color to develop, depending on your the dye you use.

5. Wash and condition your hair... and we're done! You will notice that the brassy/orange tone from earlier has toned down a lot and turned into a nice cool blonde.


AFTERMATH 

*I love the result!! It was what I expected, so that was awesome *pat myself on the back*

*My ends felt dry afterwards there's no denying it. It wasn't bad or anything, but it will happen. You're putting chemicals on your hair after all. Deep condition it 1-2 a week will help a lot.

*Although the hair dye helped a lot on reducing the brassy tone, I want the yellow tone to be less noticeable. So right now I'm using a silver/purple shampoo to do that. I've been using it for only two weeks, when I see a major change then I'll do a update for you guys!

FEEL FREE TO ASK ME ANY QUESTIONS!


I HOPE THIS HELPS IN SOME WAY. WISH YOU GUYS A LOVELY WEEKEND <3