I've been dying my hair for about 3 years. I am a natural dirty blonde, but I've always loved how shiny brown hair is. It always looks so silky soft! It started the week before we got our engagement pictures done. I really wanted to be a brunette for our wedding because that's when I feel prettiest (I've dyed my hair in the past), and I thought it would be weird if in our engagement photos I was a blonde but for our wedding I was a brunette :) I bought some medium brown dye from Sally's. It took two applications to cover my hair, and it. was. DARK. But, I had to stick with it. And I did, for three years. It looks so pretty for about two weeks after dying, but then my blonde roots start coming in, and they're SO noticeable. I felt like it looked like I was balding haha.
oh the glamour of dying your own hair :)
There's my beautiful roots...it probably doesn't help me at all that I take photos of my hair when I'm at my absolute worst haha
I was browsing Instagram a couple weeks ago and a friend had liked a photo of one of their friends getting their hair done. It looked amazing! I immediately looked at all of the photos posted by this stylist and called and scheduled an appointment with her a couple weeks later, even though she lives 1 1/2 hours away. Her name is MacKenzie, and she works at Salon 804 in Traverse City. Here's her instagram.
You know how some things feel like they're meant to happen? This was. I didn't feel nervous in the pit of my stomach at all driving up to Traverse City that morning by myself. MacKenzie and I ended up having a TON in common! Rebecca, one of the heads of Teen Mania (I'm assuming Ron Luce?) had asked her mother to marry him but she didn't! She knew all about Teen Mania, her parents are planting a church in Traverse City, her brother is the worship leader (my brother-in-law is a worship leader!), our spouses both work with creating websites/computer tech-y stuff, we got married within a year of each other, etc. It was weird just how comfortable I was. I absolutely love when that happens because not everyone gets me. I didn't feel nervous when I saw how platinum blonde my hair got during the bleaching/toning process because she kept me informed during every step. Seriously, this girl is amazing.
Before:
After:
She cut about 3 inches off and added a bunch of layers. She also taught me how to curl my hair, which took her about 2 minutes (and it lasted all day and all night! Seriously! I'm sitting on the couch this morning and most of my hair is still curly!) compared to my 45 minutes haha. I'm excited to finally be able to do my hair cute! Oh, and should I note that she didn't use any hair spray? It was Redken Diamond Oil, so my hair is silky soft. Seriously. It's so worth paying someone who knows what she's doing.
She left my roots alone and miraculously matched the tone of my natural hair color throughout my hair on top to make natural highlights. The rest of the toning process resulted in many different colors, so throughout my hair I've got reds, blondes, black, and browns. I was shocked at first because I am not one to be bold at all with colors in my hair, but now I absolutely love it :)
I don't quite understand this little part of hair why some didn't turn red. Oh well haha
There's my roots! But see how it blends super well??? Like I said, she's amazing.
MacKenzie was happy I used professional grade dye and not from a box, but certain areas still didn't lift well. That just means more sessions, which I'm fine with. This first appointment only cost me $150, which is nothing for how light she got my hair! She thinks it'll only take 3-4 sessions, so about $600, compared to double that amount last time with my previous stylist who did the highlight route.
Yay for change!
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