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crazyfrog
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 Posted: 05/18/05 - 16:24 Post subject: at home hair color/highlighting kits
 why do they look SO easy on tv and even on the pictures in the instructions?
im begining to doubt that i will ever get glorious copper highlights unless i spend 100+ bucks at the freaking salon! 
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HYPERASHEL
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Posted: 05/18/05 - 16:26 Post subject:
we can heat up pennies real hot and melt the copper caot off the tin an into your hair. 
sorry, i have no advice on this topic really
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kristin31
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Posted: 05/18/05 - 16:28 Post subject:
I don't know. The one and only time I tried to highlight my hair was with "Summer Blonde" when I was about 15. I had orange streaks instead of blonde. Brunettes do not come by summer blonde highlights through home kits, apparently.
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airehead
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Posted: 05/18/05 - 16:30 Post subject:
I've been really lucky with L'Oreal preference.
But that's for all over hair color.
Highlights--left to a salon or a knowledgeable friend.
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Ms. Jenn
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Posted: 05/18/05 - 17:40 Post subject:
| kristin31 wrote: | | I don't know. The one and only time I tried to highlight my hair was with "Summer Blonde" when I was about 15. I had orange streaks instead of blonde. Brunettes do not come by summer blonde highlights through home kits, apparently. |
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ShannonG
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Posted: 05/18/05 - 18:00 Post subject:
You've got pretty dark hair, don't you? Don't waste your time with the home stuff; take the plunge and go to the salon.
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Floridaboiler
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Posted: 05/18/05 - 19:08 Post subject:
| HYPERASHEL wrote: |
sorry, i have no advice on this topic really |
I will have to tell Mrs. Boiler about this thread, maybe she can help
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crazyfrog
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Posted: 05/18/05 - 19:18 Post subject:
| ShannonG wrote: | | You've got pretty dark hair, don't you? Don't waste your time with the home stuff; take the plunge and go to the salon. |
yeah.
now its done and the highlights are a nice coper-y color, but not very even. but it doesnt look silly either and i have screwed up my hair much worse before...
besides, its all going to even out soon anyway. chlorine and sun will take care of that...
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rolling rock
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Posted: 05/19/05 - 06:23 Post subject:
i used to home highlight but it is waaay harder than it would appear on those commercials when they are all dancing around with those highlighting kits doing each other.
very hard to do the back of your own head, really hard to keep the highlighting consistent widths, some of mine were really, um, chunky. 
i'm going today; it's just easier and always looks more natural when someone else does it.
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brie k
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Posted: 05/19/05 - 06:45 Post subject:
I agree to leave it to the pros. It's only the first time that is the really expensive one. Touch-up highlights were not as costly. My experience anyway. I don't do color or highlights anymore though.
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Noley
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Posted: 05/19/05 - 07:48 Post subject:
I would go get it done as well. I used to do the home kits for highlighting, but the highlighting then turned to full coloring. There's something about getting too much hair when you do the highlights on your own...
I then got stuck into the routine of coloring my hair every so many weeks in order to not have roots. 
What a PITA.
I have grown my hair out to it's natural color and am going to go get my highlights professionally done this summer. There's no way I'm getting back into the root routine again.
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ShannonG
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Posted: 05/19/05 - 09:55 Post subject:
| nolefan85 wrote: | I would go get it done as well. I used to do the home kits for highlighting, but the highlighting then turned to full coloring. There's something about getting too much hair when you do the highlights on your own...
I then got stuck into the routine of coloring my hair every so many weeks in order to not have roots.
What a PITA.
I have grown my hair out to it's natural color and am going to go get my highlights professionally done this summer. There's no way I'm getting back into the root routine again. |
I am in the root routine right now (and my hair grows hella fast) but I am loving being a redhead too much still to give it up!
They say blondes have more fun but that's a rumor started by redheads so that we won't all join their little cult.
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Dancer
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Posted: 05/19/05 - 10:14 Post subject:
I can't go to my natural color becaue it includes a bunch of grey. Thanks to the hubby for giving me greys.
I go to a salon and get my hair highlighted (foil) and cut for about $50. (my hair dresser is also a good friend of mine and she way undercharges me!)
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