I recently went to have my hair lightened again. However, this time I only waited about 3 months instead of my usual 4-6 months Inbetween bleaching sessions. And I really noticed how damage my hair got from not waiting that extra 1-2 months.

Although my hair wasn't completely damaged and charred, there was a lot of breakage that occurred. My ends felt paper thin and bits were breaking off while brushing. 

I've been applying HealthySexyHair leave in conditioner and Argan oil every night after I shower and I've noticed an increase in my hair health, but I'm still bummed about the damage. 

Bleaching process was the same as before (previous posts!) but I think because I didn't wait enough between sessions and that my bottom ends have been lightened tremendously from previous times that the breakage occurred. 

xoxo

I went to Studio Kay Salon in Glendale, CA again to retouch my outgrown and extremely yellow ombré. I last did my hair in September 2014 (refreshing my hair after 3 months of turquoise hair). 

hair done by LaraCKay

I usually like to wait 4-6 months in between hair bleaching appointments to not overwhelming or over process my hair. (Another thing I love about an ombré, when it grows out it doesn't look too horrible!) 

We started by razoring the out-grown front portion of my hair to frame my face and lightly add a bit of texture and body. Lara then separated my hair into 5 sections and worked those 5 sections into smaller sections where she teased and applied level 30 peroxide bleach (usually she does 25, but added opalex this time to help protect my hair). After the bleach was applied and weaved upward I sat for about 20-30 minutes and then got rinsed out. 

I don't particularly like warm golden tones on my hair because of my skin tone (olive), I find that ashy-cooler blonde tones look better. So she rinsed my hair to rid the bleach and added Pravna silver with toner to add a cooler tone to the blonde. Then Lara washed my hair out with her own LCKHairCare Marilyn a righting shampoo & conditioner. 

Marilyn Brightening Shampoo and Conditioner available here.

I absolutely love this shampoo and conditioner! The purple helps to remove brass ones from by hair when the toner fades, I use it 1-2x a week (I wash my hair everyday). The shampoo and conditioner also have tid bits of shimmer within them and make the hair look so shiny and healthy.

How I keep my hair healthy:

• I don't use heat! 

I let my hair air dry and usually wear it straight down, but I will style it occasionally with a curling iron, but not periodically. 

• I don't over process my hair! 

I wait 4-5 months before my next hair appointment, but I know it's not ideal for everyone because my roots aren't dyed. it took be about 3 sessions (1 year) to get my hair a nice-non orange-blonde, and now I just maintain it every few months. 

• Vitamins!

An important factor in hair and nail health is diet. I use to take biotin pills consistently for abut 5 months to help my hair and nails grow, but drinking water and consuming the daily required vitamins is also really important! 

• Leave in products

I usually don't use leave in products because I have an irrational fear that they will break me out (pillow residue!!), but if I do feel like my ends are really dry I like to use a Moroccan or Argan oil just in the dry parts of my hair. 

I hope this helps anyone considering dying their hair! 

xoxo

it took me an entire month to rid my hair of the green tone my blue hair left and I finally went gray! 

it's not as gray as I had hoped but it's definitely a noticeable gray and I really love it, especially for autumn / winter. 

I get my hair done at Studio Kay Salon in Glendale by LaraCKay. She's amazing and never over processes or f's up my hair. 

She started by adding bleach to my hair to help lift any left over green and to open my hair cuticle to hold the gray. She finger weaved into my hair to blend and didn't use foil because we didn't want to over bleach my hair (bless). 

I sat for about 15-20 mins before we washed it out. I was a almost platinum blonde at my tips at this point. 

She then mixed a chrome toner and pravana silver into my hair. I sat for 30-40mins before she rinsed me and reapplied more pravana to my tips, where I sat for another 20mins. 

Wash + Blowdry and I was left with this gorgeous ashy gray tone. 

I'm looking into buying pravana silver to add to my conditioner just to touch it up on my own, but aside from that, I love it. 

xoxo

My blue hair journey began a lot like this: I love Kylie Jenner. I want to dye my hair. I want to dye my hair like Kylie Jenner's. And this all seemed good in retrospect. I bought two shades of manic panic semi permanent hair dye: voodoo blue and atomic turquoise, went to my hairdresser and let her do her thing. I figured semi permanent dye would fade quickly and allow me some time to decide if I really liked the color or not (my hair was ombré prior). 

However, I didn't do thorough enough research because my hair faded very slowly and very green-ly. It took about a 7 week process for my blue hair to fade and only seem slightly chlorine blonde (like I just bleached my hair and went swimming for a week). I also ended up using clarifying shampoo 4x a week to help get rid of the color. Clarifying shampoo can be really drying on most hair types, but it worked perfectly well for me. 

Aside from the fading process, I have extremely fine and oily hair. During my first few weeks of blue hair I was limited to washing my hair 2-3x a week to prevent instant fading, using dark towels, sleeping on dark towels (my sheets are white), and dripping blue all over the shower. I even felt limited to only wearing neutral colored tops and nail varnish because it really looked weird with brightly colored hair. 

Easy to say, it wasn't the best hair color choice for someone as low-hair maintenance as me. I still think it's such a pretty color and sometimes miss it, but the upkeep and fading process was just not worth it for me :( 

xoxo