Frosting my tips

I wanted a change. Nothing too drastic to my hair so I thought going Ombré would be the perfect idea. Just frosting my tips to add a little definition to my mullet. I have had countless number of accidents with bleaching and at-home-coloring so I was a little hesitant. but after reading many reviews, tips & tricks.. especially from Jen(frmheadtotoe) I got me some cojones to do it on my own again.

Here's an image of me BEFORE I dyed it. Excuse the glasses and "SURPRISED" Bambi look

Materials

20 Creme and Kaleidocolors violet from Sally's beauty supply. A total of <$4 :D

Steps:

1. Make sure you're working with dry hair, the bleach will work much better.

2. Use gloves every time your handling bleach/hydrogen peroxide

3. Place dye on the tips of your hair up to 4 inches from the bottom.

4. Cover the bleached hair with foil in order to keep heat in.

5. Leave the dye in for at least 10 minutes (Maximun 15! remember your dying this area TWICE)

6. Rinse hair thoroughly and dry using the cool setting.

MAKE SURE HAIR IS COMPLETELY DRY BEFORE STARTING THE SECOND PROCESS.

7. Repeat step 3 and 4 except place the dye up to 6 inches from the ends. (This is the Ombre effect/process)

8. Leave dye on for another 10 minutes.

9. Rinse and condition (DO NOT SHAMPOO)

"After shots" of the Ombré effects

I had only left the dye on there for ONLY 10 minutes because I naturally have dark auburn hair... I didn't want the dye to be too drastic. I'm not going for the skunk look. But I think I am going to intensify my ends a little more (2 inches from the ends). Note that it is better to do it gradually than hitting it hard at first... as it is hard to erase what you did.

Hope that I had inspired someone else to do it too :)