Nine Hours Later...

So, I have this friend named Amanda who is in hair school with me. I have colored her hair before; she usually liked to do a deep purple, brown color but it always seemed to wash out of her hair super quickly. Her hair faded to a red color that she was not a fan of and decided it was time for a major change. She came to class one day and was telling me about this color line called Pulp Riot that was supposed to be able to go on darker hair, last for nearly 30 washes, and be super vibrant.
After looking at the Pulp Riot Instagram page, she decided that was the next move for her hair. She ended up buying a few different colors, and I was so excited when she asked me if I wanted to color her hair for her. My automatic reply was YES! It isn't every day somebody comes to you and asks for bright, bold colors. The best part? She told me that I could use any techniques I wanted and basically do whatever I wanted to her hair as long as it was the colors that she picked out. Ideas instantly started going through my mind and I was so excited for the weekend to come so I could finally do her hair.

Saturday morning rolled around and Amanda came over early in the morning so we could get started. This was her hair before I applied any product to it.

First, we prepped her hair with a crystal gel that would remove product buildup from her hair. 

Next, we used a color stripper to remove all of the previous color she had on her hair

This is her hair post color stripper

The next step was to bleach it. She wanted to get her hair as light as possible so the color would show up extra bright in the end. And of course, we added a little bit of Olaplex to help save her hair from as much damage as possible.

This was Amanda's hair post bleach

At this point, the overall process had taken way longer than I was expecting. It was already 7:30 and I was just getting ready to start applying the color.

I got all of the colors into bowls and mixed up and was so excited to finally start putting it on her hair. I mixed the purple color with the blue color and added a bit of the black in order to have a darker color to use for a shadow root.

I applied the dark color for the shadow root, then I took the other color and blended it into that alternating which color I used with each section of hair. By the time the color had processed and been washed out it was definitely too dark to get a picture with descent lighting so I had to wait until I saw her at school the following Monday to see how it actually turned out. 

The colors ended up being really vibrant and she loved it. It was so much fun to just be creative with her hair. I already can't wait to touch it up in a few weeks!

Before & After