DIY // OMBRE TURQUOISE HAIR INSPIRED BY KYLIE JENNER

L'OREAL WILD OMBRE HAIR DYE 2 FOR £8 ASDA

L'OREAL GLAM LIGHTS HIGHLIGHTING KIT 2 FOR £8 ASDA

PROVOKE TOUCH OF SILVER BRIGHTENING SHAMPOO £1.59

LA RICHE DIRECTIONS TURQUOISE SEMI-PERMANENT HAIR DYE  £3.30

I have had 21 years of boring brown hair and how I came about dying my hair turquoise is fairly odd. Last week I had a dream that I dyed my hair turquoise and I woke up the next morning thinking 'yes Ruby, go to the beauty supply store, buy the stuff and just do it'. I then swiftly talked myself out of it, but a few days later mentioned it to my boyfriend and he said to just go for it. I actually didn't have Kylie Jenner in mind when doing it, but the outcome was pretty reminiscent of her hair.

I couldn't be bothered as well as couldn't afford to get this done in a salon, so improvised and did it myself. I had already slightly ombred my hair a few weeks previously with the L'Oreal Wild Ombre Kit which came out okay but I was looking quite brassy and the purple shampoo didn't really do much to help tone it down. So to lighten it further I used the L'Oreal Glam Lights Highlighting Kit, all of these products have basically if not the exact same ingredients. Be under no assumption that these products won't damage your hair - any lightening product will contain hydrogen peroxide aka bleach which is always going to dry out and damage your hair in some way shape or form. The lighter your hair is, the truer the colour will be in the end. With the highlighting kit I managed to get my ends as light as possible without my hair falling out. After this step I really should have toned my hair as it was very yellow, plus going a blue/green shade, mixed with yellow it will end up a nasty green shade which I found on the first application of the turquoise dye. To keep the colour vibrant I stuck a spoonful of the turquoise dye in with my conditioner so my hair got a bit of a pick me up. After the first wash I also went out and bought a cobalt blue colour so that with the yellowness in my hair it would go a truer turquoise. 

Even though I do like this colour a lot, there's a lot of clothes that I can't wear as they would clash with my hair. I'm basically confined to black, grey, white and denim. It was fun while it lasted, and it definitely attracted a lot of attention, but I think I'll probably go back to brown pretty soon.

Lotsa Love.