It's currently the first day of Spring Break for myself and the movie Spring Breakers came out this weekend. Sadly all my friends have been busy so I decided to stay home and have some fun by myself (AKA binge on food and dye my hair). I decided after some deliberation that I'd try to recreate Cotty's look played by Rachel Korine. She has light pink hair with some dark roots, so I figured it would work in my favor since I wouldn't have to bleach my grow out in the process.
What you will need:
1. Hair dye from Sally's Beauty Supply in the color Party Time Pink by Color Jamz $6
2. White conditioner (I chose Suave coconut because I like the smell and it's .97)
3. An empty container
4. 4 Har ties
5. Shower cap OR plastic bag (Dollar tree sells shower caps in packs of 10, if you don't want to spend $1 tie a plastic bag around your hair while it's developing)
6. Optional: Gloves (I'm only saying optional since I didn't use any and my hands aren't crazy colored as I'm typing this. On a normal basis, or with darker colors I would recommend investing in some rubber gloves.)
7. A dark shirt to wear while dying your hair in case any hair dye comes off on it, it won't stain it.
8. Clean hair. Preferably blonde or light colored hair, darker hair will have very slight color change.
The process:
1. In an empty container squirt out a quarter size amount of hair dye.
2. Next, pour conditioner over the hair dye (about an inch-2 inches of conditioner should work), mix until you get a medium to pale pink color.
3. Separate hair into 4 equal parts, secure each with a hair tie.
4. Place hair dye mixture onto one of the four parts of hair, making sure to saturate from root to tip before moving on to the next section.
5. Repeat step 4 until all hair is covered.
6. Take some more hair dye solution and work all over your hair just to make sure there isn't any missing areas.
7. Cover with a shower cap or plastic bag.
8. Wait 45 minutes. Watch an episode on Hulu, the time will go by faster. ;)
9. Wash out in the shower until the water is running almost clear. Since this isn't a permanent dye the water won't run clear.
Some helpful hints:
1. If this is your first time place newspaper or towels all over the surrounding surfaces around you. Depending on the brand, these types of dyes can stain things forever, or be really hard to get off once dried. (I haven't had this problem with diluted Color Jamz, so they're really good for first timers)
2. Speaking of stains, make sure to wash off any dye that gets on your skin right away, unless you want splotches of discoloration on your face, neck, and ears.
3. Don't wash your hair everyday after dying it. Invest in a dry shampoo. The color fades pretty quickly since it's been diluted with conditioner. (I love Suave's dry shampoos, they're inexpensive and work amazingly)
4. If you hate the color or wish it was lighter wash your hair with a cleansing shampoo, it will help the color fade a lot quicker.
This is how my hair came out, I think next time I do it I'll add in two quarter size amounts of pink hair dye to make it a tad bit darker, and make it last longer.
Makeup:
Foundation-Covergirl Outlast Stay Fabulous 3 in 1 Foundation-805 Ivory
Face Powder-Rimmel Stay Matte-Translucent
Eyeshadow-LA Colors Trio-Iris
Eyeliner-Elf Liquid Liner
Mascara-Benefit They're Real & L'Oreal Telescopic Shocking Extensions
Blush-Elf Fuscia Fusion
Highlight-Elf Baked Blush-Pinktastic
Lipstick-MAC Viva Glam Nicki 2
UPDATE: Here's my hair after washing it with shampoo and conditioner once. Slightly lighter, but still pastel pink. If you want a dye that will last longer than Color Jamz I recommend Splat which you can purchase at Walgreens or Walmart for $8. In my experience Splat colors have lasted 3 months or longer whereas diluted Color Jamz last 3 washes.
Happy Spring Break! And if you try this out feel free to send me a picture of the results! :)
