hair things im often asked...

hair things im often asked…

i worked at the hairdressers for nearly 3 years so i do know what im talking about! i wouldnt want to give advice to anyone and make their hair drop out :| these are the steps i took to the different colours / styles ive had my hair … im not saying they will work for you, but when ive done these methods on other people it has worked. ill update this when asked new questions!

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how long is your hair naturally?

it reaches to under my boobs but is really thin so i use extensions for thickness and length

where do you get your hair extensions?

cliphair.ltd on ebay, or their webiste which you can find on google.

how long are your hair extensions?

i usually buy 24” but then cut them, so i dont know exactly.

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how do you get your hair big?

all i do is back comb my hair, nothing special! i start from the top, usually on my left side. get a section of hair, spray some hair spray on the underside of the section, and then back comb from underneath, making sure to push the hair up tightly.. it used to hurt me, but now it doesnt, so it may hurt you for a while. i work my way down my head getting sections the same width as the first. i do this all the way around my head, and then add my extensions and make them blend :)

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how did i get my hair from black to bright red?

1. stripped the colour from my hair using a powder stripper which water was added to (i dont know the name of this stripper as this was ages ago, but there are many hair strippers available).

2. my hair was now orange from stripping the black out, so used loreal majirel colour red (this is NOT a box dye, you will need to get this from a hairdressing supplier for around £11 eg. sallys)

3. for the first application of red, i mixed loreal majirel colour red with 9% peroxide. you can probably use around half a tube of the colour, and use enough peroxide so the mix of dye and peroxide is still thick and gloopy. if you use too much peroxide, itll take colour OUT your hair and make it lighter than you started (if your hair was pre-dyed), using too little wont do anything… the dye needs the peroxide to activate and actually be able to dye your hair.

**PEROXIDE TIP** - the lower the percentage, the longer lasting the colour, but less bright / the higher the percentage, the brighter the colour but washes out quicker. you should always start with a high percentage the first 2 or 3 times you dye your hair a bright colour, but then lower the peroxide percentage once your hair has gotten to the colour you desire! peroxide can give you peroxide burns which come up like white lumpy patches. they really sting so i would recommend wearing tight gloves so you can still feel what youre doing.

4. i left the dye on for what i thought was a suitable time, i dont ever really time how long i leave dyes on because it depends on your hair. a way to make the colour take faster is to put a carrier over your hair to trap heat… warmer temperatures speed up the process… you could also use a hairdryer! :)

5. washed the colour out for a good 10 minutes to make sure there was no excess dye left in my hair. use a lot of conditioner to ensure you have soft hair afterwards. you could also leave this on for 5 or 10 minutes if your hair isnt in the best condition. the water never ran clear for me when i washed my hair so dont worry if that happens to you.

AFTERCARE: i bought a tinted red conditioner which helped keep the colour vibrant constantly. it was called “revlon colour ball” and there are many different shades for different coloured hair! even ‘normal’ colours. it also helps on older people who have grey hair… instead of having your hair dyed every 3 or 4 weeks, you can use the conditioner to prolong the grey showing through your colour!

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how did i get my fringe silver?

1. before it was silver it was black. i used powder bleach and 9% peroxide to lift the black. i did this about 5 times (bleach, wash out, bleach wash out etc - DO NOT apply conditioner until you have finished bleaching/toning - conditioner closes the folicles in your hair so it will be much harder to bleach when you have used it)… i know this seems a lot but hair can withstand a lot.

TIP - to pick out specific parts of hair you want dying/bleaching, use tinfoil… get the section of hair, hold tinfoil underneath, and with tint brush, apply the dye/bleach, then wrap the section of hair up in that by folding it neatly yet tightly so it doesnt slip out of your hair. this is how they do it in a salon.

2. after you have bleached your hair enough to get a light yellowy colour, you should apply a toner. clairol born blonde in platinum was a popular choice when i worked at the hairdressers. you could do this several times one time after another. the colour of the toner is brown, but dont be put off by this.

3. if this has still not lifted the colour enough, you should wait a few days for your natural oils to build back up, and then can use purple shampoo. you can get cheap purple shampoo for around £2.50 which i found doesnt really work… you can also buy joico purple shampoo which will be around £12. this takes out orange and yellow tones in your hair but can dry your hair out, so would use a lot of conditioner afterwards.

4. for me, none of these products ‘worked’ to the standard i thought they would - the reason my hair went so silver was because the black dye i used was blue-black, so when i dyed the black part of my hair black, and washed it out, the blue-black ran through my blonde parts and actually toned it for me. unlucky if you dont have blue-black hair and none of these things work for you either!

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GOOD SHAMPOO & CONDITIONER: joico k-pak shampoo and reconstructor - strengthens and protects damaged hair - this worked wonders on my hair and i would recommend it to anyone. the reconstructor(conditioner) should be left on for 5 minutes and massaged into your scalp. not cheap but worth it.

OILS: moroccain oil is by far the best thing ive ever used on my hair. it can be used on dry or wet hair, and you can use as much of it as you want and it doesnt make your hair greasy (it does need time to soak in though!). i used to put it on before straightening my hair, and it stopped my hair becoming frazzled and frizzy. it also helped repair my hair and i never got split ends with it.

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how did you tie your hair up with a big quiff?

back comb it as usual and drag it all back into a high ponytail, making sure ive left the hair i want to use for the quiff part out, and then i pull the bobble really tight so the hair doesnt slip. i then get the quiff part of hair into ‘position’ so its high enough and hair spray it into place. i then slightly back comb the ponytail to make it messy.

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“Anonymous asked: I still have a question about hair. So I wash my hair every second day but I read that you wash your hair once a week or something?! After two days my hair looks very greasy, so I have to wash it. How do you make your hair don’t look greasy?”

luckily for me, i dont get greasy hair anymore… my hair will only become greasy if i play around with A LOT when it is completey flat with no product on it. my usual hair washing routine is;

- if i backcomb my hair i wash my hair every 7-10 days

- if my hair is quite flat with less hair spray, then maybe every 5-6 days

when i was younger my hair used to get greasy every 1-2 days as well (i think i have just grown out of it now tbh).. i used to wash my hair with a cleansing shampoo, and only apply conditioner to the ends. (at the hairdressers they used to use a ‘soapless’ shampoo on verrry greasy hair, and this helps aswell… you could use washing up liquid because thats what it essentially was). when my hair was still wet, i used to spray hair spray onto the roots, and then dry my hair with a hairdryer… i found that this would soak up some of the grease and i could leave my hair for a little longer. it would also add volume!

another bit of advice would be that, the more often you wash your hair, the more greasy it will get anyway. if you let your hair build up grease for 3 or 4 days, rather than 2 days, your hair will start getting used to it, and will be able to last a little longer. you could try wearing a hat the days your hair feels really greasy or just tye it up. just to leave out washing it again. the natural oils in your hair are really good for your hair so leaving it will be good :)

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“Anonymous: Do you know any good “soapless” shampoo?”

one that was used in the hairdressers i worked in was l’oreal, so you could google that :) you can just use washing up liquid for soapless shampoo you know… thats pretty much all it is!

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“Anonymous: And does the soapless shampoo really work for greasy hair?”

yes! hairdressers use it on greasy hair so i dont know why they would use it if it was crap haha. i know that it makes your hair feels really horrid when wet, but dont use conditioner coz that will defeat the point of using soapless!

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