Outfit of the Day: Cute and Casual for Class

Shirt: H&M

Camisole: American Eagle

Skirt: Charlotte Russe 

Oxfords: Target

Necklace & Ring: American Eagle 

Nail Polish: Revlon Minted 

Ombre Hair at Home

Ombre hair is a trend that started Summer '11 and has been gaining popularity ever sense. I sported the look in July briefly on my long journey to obtaining blonde hair. Now that I'm back to an auburn shade I'm missing the highlights that remind me of those sunny summer days. This time I didn't want to pay salon prices to get this beach bum look so I took it upon myself.  Keep reading if you want to find out how I did it...

Step 1:

Separate your hair into two sections. If you have layered hair try to separate it by length.

Step 2:

Take 3 inch wide sections and tease the hair. This insures that the highlights look ultra natural and you avoid that 90's chunky highlighted look.

Step 3: 

Apply the bleach to the sections of hair that are remaining loose from the teased sections. I used Clairol Nice 'N Easy Hairpainting Blonde Highlights.

You should end up looking something like this.....

Attractive, right?

Now for some people this may be the end of the process after washing out the bleach. However if you have red tones in your hair you will want to continue to the next step to avoid orangey tones.

Step 4:

Next I applied an ash blonde dye to the ends of my hair to cancel out the brassiness in my hair. If you live near a beauty supply store and want to just buy a toner by all means go for it. This however, is probably the easiest, most fool proof way to do it.  Just make sure you buy a dye with "ash" or "cool" in the name. 

I lucked out and got John Frieda Precision Foam Colour in 8A medium Ash Blonde on sale for less than four dollars :)

So here's the end result. I really like it, I'll probably repeat the process to intensify it in a few weeks. I didn't leave the bleach on for that long because I don't want to be too harsh on my hair all at once.