i love style needs to get their hair did

hey whats that dry shampoo you gals are always repping?

i am thinking of getting my hair dyed with a little red added in. nothing tooo shocking, but i think i might be ready for some color to warm things up a bit? i am bored.

hmmm...i go the opposite in winter - away from the warm colors. dark hair is difficult.

winter:

What are the Cool Tone Colors?

Jewel, blues, greens, pinks, purples, blue greens, magentas, blue based reds.

What are the Warm Tone Colors? Earth tones, yellows, oranges, browns, yellowish greens, orange based reds.

So now that you know the terminology, let's see how you can choose the best color for you!
Blonds
With grey and silver playing a dominant role it is important to tone down the gold in your hair. The sun and beach in the summer always pulls out the golds and yellows in high lights and blond hair so it is time to pack that away with the summer clothes and bring it up to speed. Opt for ash toners and silver undertones in the blond. You don't want to 'grey' the hair but these tones can make the hair whiter and brighter to add softness to the now paleing skin. If you are adding highlights and lowlights keep this same effect in process. It also doesn't hurt to play with biege tones as well. Some women with peachy skin tones may find that the ash is too dulling. Keep in mind that the fashion colors are bold, so softness around the face will leave the beholders eyes to linger over the whole package, and not get distracted.

Cool Ladies - Opt for Ash blond, Icy blond, Pearl blond, Beige blond. If you are chossing a color by number, look for numbers with zero, one, or eleven in the title (ex. 9/11 or 10/1 or 8/0) The number after indicates the tone and these numbers are blue or green aditives.

Warm Ladies - Golden blond, Golden Beige blond, Honey, Milkshake. Look for numbers with 2, 3, 4 (ex. 9/02, 10/23, 8/4)

Brunettes
A dark shade hair with these hard colors in fashion can be tricky, but can also act as the best finish when done right. Look out for too much warmth in your color (ex. reds, eggplant, copper). Browns can look red very easily; especially as the color fades, so keep the darkness in cool tones.
If you are having the color done professionally ask the colorist to use a clear toner over the color. The toner will add great shine to the color without making it feel matte.
This time of the year it is best for brunettes to hold the richness in their colors. If you are thinking about adding highlights I would advise to keep the highlight only a shade lighter than the base. You will still get the demension from the highlight but this will keep the color looking rich.

Cool Ladies - Natural brown, Dark brown, Coffee, Cocoa. Look for numbers that are odd except without 3 at the begining (ex. 4/11, 5/01, 4/77).

Warm Ladies - Chocolate, Hazelnut, Chestnut. Look for even numbers ( 4/64, 4/14, 5/02).
Red Heads
You are so lucky when deep wines and purples are the upcoming trend. Don't fear ladies, you can sport your red locks and still look great in this season's fashions. If you are a red head stay away from copper or blond highlights; keep your color strong. Eliminate orange and copper undertones, if the red is pure or stlighlty dipped with purple undertones it will compliment the fashion colors the best. There is no need to think you have to completely make your red eggplant, because it will actually overpower the colors of fall and leave you looking pale and washed out. Keep the red powerfull and you will look great this season.

Cool Ladies - Magenta, Eggplant/Aubergine, RR-Red red, Blood red, Ruby red. Look for numbers or letters. The numbers will always have one even and one odd or will be double with red ( ex. 8/66, RR, RV, RB, 6/54, 5/36)

Warm Ladies - Fire red, Copper red, Candy red, RC- red copper, R-red, C-copper, CR-copper red. Look for numbers that are even and letters will never repeat (ex. 6/23, 4/44, 7/6, RC, R, C, CR)

I know with this seasons cool wardrobe hitting the shelves, you think it will be hard to pull off the fashion when your a warm girl. If you stick to wearing the lighter shades of cool tones around your face it will actually compliment the warmth in your skin tone.
For example never wear black too close to your face, breack it up with a grey or ivory. Warm tones tend to look drained or tired with pure white so opt for the ivory or cream. All greys look good on warm ladies as well as all browns so mix and match the fashion to include these tones and you can look fantastic just like the cool girls.

man i love beige blonde

my natural coloring is actually cool. i think when i said i want to warm things up i meant, any hint of red (i would probably stay in the cooler reds) would give me a little more warmth than my current pale skin + brunette look.

I got some birthday money so I am getting highlights today from Le!gh at Wh!stle. She suggested going super-blonde but I am afraid of the fakery so am opting for something more subtle to start out. She also gave me a shorter bob with whispy bangs that seems less flat than my previous bedraggled look though one of my young library patrons was not impressed.

go for the super-blond! it would look good on you.

i think it would really look good, too! and if it is just highlights it won't be too much of a shock all at once.

haha! I am just afraid of looking like a typical Upper East Sider with a fake blonde bob, but in my stylist's hands perhaps I would look more like a Dutch child? oh no--the indecision. she also said the super blonde would be more maintenance (mo money)

virginia plain i have no ida what you look like but i think everyoen should go superblonde at least once in their life so they know what its like

plus its blonde so it easy to come back from if you hate it

i will never go superblonde. it is just not... possible.

i would love to do white blond, but like tehresa, i think it's an impossibility.

i went from dyed black to white blonde. IT IS POSSIBLE PEOPLE!

its a pain in the ass but its possible

it is just not possible with my coloring/look/etc.

hey i still need some advice on this dry shampoo biz. does it just make the oiliness disappear or doesnt it kill odor too?

i did get all my hair bleached once, when i was 15. i wanted to look like miki from lush, so when i went to england for xmax w/o my parents, i took all of my spending money and had it done at a cheesy salon in croydon. the woman got my hair to a sort of gold-ginger after about 3hrs and was like, "it's going to fall out if we keep going." i had to fix it myself later that day with manic panic.

that's a fix i can get behind!

oh, re: the dry shampoo, the bumble and bumble stuff that i had didn't do anything about odor. it just absorbed the visible oil.

does this work well on bangs? i find that generally, my hair might not need a washing, but i think because of forehead oils, makeup, washing face the night beofre, and sleeping, my bangs are generally gross and unshapely in the morning.

good q. i didn't have bangs at the time.

obv it won't help with shape... but i just feel like i can't not wash them in the morning or by 2pm i am feeling really gross.

down with fake colors, no justice no peace, etc. *hides*

ss i noticed that stila sells a dry shampoo version of its scents - you could have perfumed hair??

maybe if it smells like bananas

i got a trial size oscar blandi dry shampoo spray today. will report back.

I'm so proud, I dyed my own hair today with the fancy dye (that I bought off eBay).. and nothing fell out/turned weird colours/stained anything! Viva me!

it's a huge image so I won't embed it, but: http://i34.tinypic.com/16glu1c.jpg

She did the subtle lights that we agreed on, and it ended up looking nice and blond to me at least, though she said it wasn't really that much lighter than my natural color and it was the lights in the salon making it look so bright. I asked her what her interpretation of really blond was, and she said, you know, like Agness Deyn. I didn't realize she wanted to dye my hair white blond (!) which would be more of a stretch for me, because traditionally I use highlights to just approximate the color of hair I had when I was younger, and I certainly never had white blond hair. But now I am intrigued by the white blondness.

that looks fantastic, ffm!!

i'm sure yours looks great, too, vp! i kind of wish i could do white blondness. instead, i'm living vicariously through my friend who can. she was blonde, but was questioning going super white and i was like YES YES DO IT and now every time she considers going blonder i'm like NO WHITER!!

FFM that color looks delicious. VP pls post pic of hair color.

my dream blonde is the same as heidi montags color

its hard to get a non air brushed pic of her but this is close (ignore the billionaire tool clinging to her)

http://earsucker.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/heidi_montag_spencer_pratt.jpg

tehresa, b&b worked fine on my bangs but i think i have a much lower standard of hair cleanliness than you do. so, uh, judge how you think my hair looks and make a decision! now that i'm blonde i've ditched b&b and do the baby powder thing again.

also i want to go more blonde, much lighter and cooler, the way my hair used to be, but my hairdresser won't do it because "i don't need to be more blonde". i wasn't a fan of what she did to my hair last time either (i've been going to her forever and this is the first time i've been like wtf so maybe it was just a bad day?). i'm thinking of going ahead and cheating on her. so inexpensive nyc salon suggestions are welcome.

Sunny the latest issue of Bust gave three thumbs up to something called "Lulu Organics Hair Powder in Lavendar and Clary Sage," saying among other things that it smelled amazing. It is, however, FORTY BUCKS which seems silly.

My hair is getting lighter via getting gray. I'm standing firm in my embrace of this process; gabbneb would be so proud.

fuck hairdressers and their opinions of what you should look like. really...FUCK

oooo! thanks quincie!

i had a $5 coupon, so i got some john frieda clear glaze today. the reviews on m-alley are stinko, but i'm hoping for at least a little boost.

oh give us the lowdown when youre done. I use the JF platinum to champagne glaze but its disappearing off shelves like they arent making it anymore.

similiar occurance w/ JF platinum to champagne conditioner

i'm using it tomorrow morning and will report back, never fear.

i used to use the "midnight expressions" shampoo/conditioner, and my bf made so much fun of the name.

haha

hey im sure you all have beautiful straight or wavy hair but has anyone heard about something called a hot comb? I saw it on the tyra show the other day and its was straightening the shizz out of this ladies hair!

shizz = shitty frizz

my best friend has used one since she was a kid. i tried hers once but couldn't get the hang of it. hers is really '70s-looking and bulky.

oooh that sounds intersting!

i am trying to figure out a) what color i should do b) where to get it done c) if i should keep growing this mess or chop it off again d) if i should buy a curling iron so i can pretend i have long pretty waves even though i just have mostly straight hair that does weird things that are not waves.

it is a lot of pressure.

Sunny I need your help! I'm almost sure it was you who was extolling the virtues of I think it was White Rain hairspray? For controlling the shizz? Anyhow I can not find the post and need more details!