Need pics of highlighted/colored hair pleeeez!!!!!!!! (pics inside)

[zzirvingj]

I wanna color my hair in a few months and it's going to take me that long to get my nerve up to do it b/c I had a horrible hair coloring experience last year.

Anyhow, can ya'll please post pics of your highighted/colored hair (relaxed or natural). Doesn't matter if they're you're pics or someone else's, celebrity hair pics or whatever.

I love looking at different hair colors and this person's site (not sure if she's a member here, but I remember she used to be on nappturality) I like to use as a reference cause she's had so many colors and I love her hair:

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/coffyisis/album?.dir=c517&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/coffyisis/my_photos

Was thinking about doing this color:

http://new.photos.yahoo.com/coffyisis/album/576460762317418963/photo/294928803149896561/168

 

[pebbles]

I don't have any pics to add, but I like the color you're interested in using on your hair. It's VERY nice!!

 

[Priss Pot]

I have color in my hair. You can probably see it in the pics in my siggy and in my fotki. I think that my hair color is a combination of various permanent colors that I've put in it this past year and a half. The last 3 colors put in my head were

1. Texture & Tones in Cherrywood (I loved this color)
2. Texture & Tones in Honeyblonde (too light, so the next day I put in another color.......)
3. Optimum in Light Red Brown (I forgot the rest of the name, but I know that it's sold in a tube at Sally's).

 

[SUPER SWEET]

Love the color you chose...any copper or cinnamon tone will look beautiful.

 

[Nightingale]

I knew I wasn't her only album stalker! I'm getting highlights today, will post pics as soon as I can.

I wanna color my hair in a few months and it's going to take me that long to get my nerve up to do it b/c I had a horrible hair coloring experience last year.

Anyhow, can ya'll please post pics of your highighted/colored hair (relaxed or natural). Doesn't matter if they're you're pics or someone else's, celebrity hair pics or whatever.

I love looking at different hair colors and this person's site (not sure if she's a member here, but I remember she used to be on nappturality) I like to use as a reference cause she's had so many colors and I love her hair:

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/coffyisis/album?.dir=c517&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/coffyisis/my_photos

Was thinking about doing this color:

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/coffyisis/detail?.dir=c517&.dnm=724a.jpg&.src=ph

 

[czyfaith77]

I just colored my hair the first color. I have to admit that I was scared because I had some bad hair encounters with color. Gymfreak told me about Tracy's Boot Camp which was helpful. Also Aphoghee Treatment for Damage Hair, Aphoghee Keratin Reconstructor Conditioner, Aphoghee EFA Oil and Profectiv Anti-breakage Strengthing MegaMoisture are my colored and relaxed hair friends. My hair colr is has taken nicely, and as long as I balance protein and moisture I have no problems.

Here it is. I had to come back and paste it in.


Tracy
Bootcamp 2004 - For colored girls who consider

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suicide when the breakage is just too much!!!

For all my colored girls (and those considering it) - since I'm in the throes of my new color joy, and getting back to my "color plan" I decided to post and let you guys know the schedule and the products I plan to use to maintain it. The most important thing I found about having healthy double processed hair is making sure you do all the preemptive strikes, so that you don't have to correct havoc - but instead you stave it off....

The key is balancing protein and moisture and protecting the cuticle. It is a A LOT of work...so for those who like a simpler regime and are on the fence about coloring, let this be your guide.

So today - because rinses are key in cuticle protection for my hair, I added a rinse - Sebastian in Glorious Gold. It reddened the color a little - but not by much and it did correct a few spots I missed, or didn't process as much, and it blended everything fairly well....it still needs some work, but I can live for now. If you love your color and you don't want to change the tone - you can use clear.

Next, a VERY mild shampoo is in order. The idea is to minimize the cuticle degradation as much as possible by using something that doesn't strip, AND preserves color. I went and got some Neutrogena Triple Moisture Shampoo and it's EXACTLY what I was looking for. It contains tons of oil - which works well in sealing that parched cuticle - and is very very mild.

Another thing I'm going to do to make sure the cuticle stays happy is a sealing treatment (just one, the heat too often can be a bit much on colored hair if you do it TOO often, as well as pull color from the hair) about 3 weeks after I color. I wet my hair, towel dry gently, and put some Olive Oil on my midshaft and ends, and wrap about 6 locks of the now oiled hair in foil. Then I go over the foil with a flat iron. I just squeeze and move - no sliding - to get the heat evenly on each part of the shaft. A few seconds is enough to do the trick. But be careful not to touch your damp hair with the iron.

Then, very importantly, you need to be sure your hair is getting enough external protein . Relaxing breaks the protein bonds in the hair....and changes their shape so the curl "relaxes". Color attacks the pigment - which is also made up of proteins (and yes, melanin) and removes, and then deposits color, in the place of what it just removed. A VIOLENT process on relaxed hair. As such, you MUST add protein FAR more often (at least in the beginning) than most relaxed heads. Once a week at minimum. I'm going to use Elasta Breakage Control Serum and Pantene as a follow up.

But we all know protein can make the hair brittle, and colored hair will err on the side of brittle without much help - so you need your moisture too....but we aren't talking the five minute version we might ordinarily do on reg relaxed heads. you need both a FULL protein treatment, AND a full moisture treatment.

To make sure my hair gets equal amounts of each, I use a protein treatment one wash, with heat for 30 minutes and then follow with a 5 minute moisture treatment and then the next wash is a FULL moisture treatment (which for me means 30 minutes, no heat - the heat doesn't matter so so much if you like it, but be advised that wet, hot hair leaches color and you MAY want to skip the heat on the moisture treatment to be safe. For moisture, I'm most likely going to use any number of goos moisture conditioners I use and like including: Kenra MC, Dudley's MC, Humectress, Pantene Intensive Restoration, Feria Color Moisturizing Conditioner and many more. I also have the Neutrogena mask - so that might be a staple if I end up liking it. I alternate like this for 4 weeks up until my next touch up.

Which brings me to - relaxers. I ONLY use a mild on my hair. because I color, the milder the relaxer the formula the better. You might be able to take a regualr if you must, but I don't recommend it. It rarely works out well. I relax anywhere from 4- 6 weeks after my color application. Any sooner and you risk the chemicals reacting with one another which can mean some breakage. I don't take the chance. I wait. Yes - you CAN do it 2 weeks after you color - but I prefer to be safe than sorry.

Once you're washing, conditioning and relaxing on schedule, the other thing to consider is daily maintenance and handling. When I wash I am always EXTRA careful - esp the first few weeks out. No massaging all my hair on top of my head - I pour the shampoo into my hand, use the pads of my fingers to get up and under my hair to my scalp a nd I make sure it clean and then I smooth my hands downward over the rest of my hair and squeeze the shampoo down to my ends - like milking a cow. I also try to USE shampoo as infrequently as possible the first few weeks - both to prevent fading and to prevent to much snarling and roughing of the cuticle.

I also NEVER put a comb in my hair without some kind of lubricant - leave in if wet and a little oil if it's dry. When you dont color you can break this rule occasionally. When you color, you can almost GUARANTEE breakage if you do. I don't take the chance.

Then I make sure to put a little oil on my ends and seal them a little more often than I do when I'm not colored. It also really helps cut down on breakage. Serums have the same effect - once again Neutrogena, as well as some Vitamin E oil will be my choices.

Many of you have PMed me to ask for my new regime now that I've colored. Here it is. Read it and weep!

But truly, it's worth having color for me- and it's not nearly as onerous as it will look in this 20 page post!

I hope it helps someone.

 

[Healthb4Length]

I just colored my hair the first color. I have to admit that I was scared because I had some bad hair encounters with color. Gymfreak told me about Tracy's Boot Camp which was helpful. Also Aphoghee Treatment for Damage Hair, Aphoghee Keratin Reconstructor Conditioner, Aphoghee EFA Oil and Profectiv Anti-breakage Strengthing MegaMoisture are my colored and relaxed hair friends. My hair colr is has taken nicely, and as long as I balance protein and moisture I have no problems.

Here it is. I had to come back and paste it in.


Tracy
Bootcamp 2004 - For colored girls who consider

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


suicide when the breakage is just too much!!!

For all my colored girls (and those considering it) - since I'm in the throes of my new color joy, and getting back to my "color plan" I decided to post and let you guys know the schedule and the products I plan to use to maintain it. The most important thing I found about having healthy double processed hair is making sure you do all the preemptive strikes, so that you don't have to correct havoc - but instead you stave it off....

The key is balancing protein and moisture and protecting the cuticle. It is a A LOT of work...so for those who like a simpler regime and are on the fence about coloring, let this be your guide.

So today - because rinses are key in cuticle protection for my hair, I added a rinse - Sebastian in Glorious Gold. It reddened the color a little - but not by much and it did correct a few spots I missed, or didn't process as much, and it blended everything fairly well....it still needs some work, but I can live for now. If you love your color and you don't want to change the tone - you can use clear.

Next, a VERY mild shampoo is in order. The idea is to minimize the cuticle degradation as much as possible by using something that doesn't strip, AND preserves color. I went and got some Neutrogena Triple Moisture Shampoo and it's EXACTLY what I was looking for. It contains tons of oil - which works well in sealing that parched cuticle - and is very very mild.

Another thing I'm going to do to make sure the cuticle stays happy is a sealing treatment (just one, the heat too often can be a bit much on colored hair if you do it TOO often, as well as pull color from the hair) about 3 weeks after I color. I wet my hair, towel dry gently, and put some Olive Oil on my midshaft and ends, and wrap about 6 locks of the now oiled hair in foil. Then I go over the foil with a flat iron. I just squeeze and move - no sliding - to get the heat evenly on each part of the shaft. A few seconds is enough to do the trick. But be careful not to touch your damp hair with the iron.

Then, very importantly, you need to be sure your hair is getting enough external protein . Relaxing breaks the protein bonds in the hair....and changes their shape so the curl "relaxes". Color attacks the pigment - which is also made up of proteins (and yes, melanin) and removes, and then deposits color, in the place of what it just removed. A VIOLENT process on relaxed hair. As such, you MUST add protein FAR more often (at least in the beginning) than most relaxed heads. Once a week at minimum. I'm going to use Elasta Breakage Control Serum and Pantene as a follow up.

But we all know protein can make the hair brittle, and colored hair will err on the side of brittle without much help - so you need your moisture too....but we aren't talking the five minute version we might ordinarily do on reg relaxed heads. you need both a FULL protein treatment, AND a full moisture treatment.

To make sure my hair gets equal amounts of each, I use a protein treatment one wash, with heat for 30 minutes and then follow with a 5 minute moisture treatment and then the next wash is a FULL moisture treatment (which for me means 30 minutes, no heat - the heat doesn't matter so so much if you like it, but be advised that wet, hot hair leaches color and you MAY want to skip the heat on the moisture treatment to be safe. For moisture, I'm most likely going to use any number of goos moisture conditioners I use and like including: Kenra MC, Dudley's MC, Humectress, Pantene Intensive Restoration, Feria Color Moisturizing Conditioner and many more. I also have the Neutrogena mask - so that might be a staple if I end up liking it. I alternate like this for 4 weeks up until my next touch up.

Which brings me to - relaxers. I ONLY use a mild on my hair. because I color, the milder the relaxer the formula the better. You might be able to take a regualr if you must, but I don't recommend it. It rarely works out well. I relax anywhere from 4- 6 weeks after my color application. Any sooner and you risk the chemicals reacting with one another which can mean some breakage. I don't take the chance. I wait. Yes - you CAN do it 2 weeks after you color - but I prefer to be safe than sorry.

Once you're washing, conditioning and relaxing on schedule, the other thing to consider is daily maintenance and handling. When I wash I am always EXTRA careful - esp the first few weeks out. No massaging all my hair on top of my head - I pour the shampoo into my hand, use the pads of my fingers to get up and under my hair to my scalp a nd I make sure it clean and then I smooth my hands downward over the rest of my hair and squeeze the shampoo down to my ends - like milking a cow. I also try to USE shampoo as infrequently as possible the first few weeks - both to prevent fading and to prevent to much snarling and roughing of the cuticle.

I also NEVER put a comb in my hair without some kind of lubricant - leave in if wet and a little oil if it's dry. When you dont color you can break this rule occasionally. When you color, you can almost GUARANTEE breakage if you do. I don't take the chance.

Then I make sure to put a little oil on my ends and seal them a little more often than I do when I'm not colored. It also really helps cut down on breakage. Serums have the same effect - once again Neutrogena, as well as some Vitamin E oil will be my choices.

Many of you have PMed me to ask for my new regime now that I've colored. Here it is. Read it and weep!

But truly, it's worth having color for me- and it's not nearly as onerous as it will look in this 20 page post!

I hope it helps someone.

Great advice! THanks for sharing. I have a question though, I've waited for about 6 weeks now and I am ready to put in a permanent color. I have about an inch of NG, when I apply my color (I'll be lifting to a ligher shade) I'm obviously going to have to do the roots, when I'm ready for my relaxer touch up in another 6 weeks will the relaxer and the color have a negative effect? Meaning that when I apply the relaxer, overlapping will be inevitable...will breakage occur at that spot? I see why you say to apply a MILD relaxer (I will do that) but I was wondering if apply relaxer over colored hair=a recipe for disaster? Please help, thanks!

 

[RainbowCurls]

I've got a few different hair colours in my blog. Might not be what you're after though!

 

[Healthb4Length]

I've got a few different hair colours in my blog. Might not be what you're after though!

You're hair looks gorgeous! I love the color, I actually wanted to dye the back sections electric blue when I reach my dream length (waistlenght)

 

[RainbowCurls]

You're hair looks gorgeous! I love the color, I actually wanted to dye the back sections electric blue when I reach my dream length (waistlenght)

Thanks! I think electric blue chunks would look awesome on waist length hair.

 

[Healthb4Length]

Thanks! I think electric blue chunks would look awesome on waist length hair.

You're welcome! I taught it would look cute to have the blue hair underneath and top hair black (work). I could always wear my hair in a low bun and only the black top would show, but if I decided to wear my hair out, say in a flipped style it would be nice cause then I would have a peek-a-boo effect without the blue being overwhelming.

 

[RainbowCurls]

You're welcome! I taught it would look cute to have the blue hair underneath and top hair black (work). I could always wear my hair in a low bun and only the black top would show, but if I decided to wear my hair out, say in a flipped style it would be nice cause then I would have a peek-a-boo effect without the blue being overwhelming.

That sounds cool.
You know, you could do it now, with some clip in blue extensions
(BTW I am always trying to convince people to get 'crazy' coloured hair, I think I must be obsessed with it. Clip in extensions are a good temporary, no-damage way to do it though)

 

[zzirvingj]

BUMPING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[zzirvingj]

I've got a few different hair colours in my blog. Might not be what you're after though!

Your hair is nice

 

[naturaline]

i have loads in my album (its a semi-P colour so it kinda luks differnt in soome pics) i think the last time i dyed it was at the start of the year (or the end of last not sure lol)

heres a couple

hth
x

 

[naturaline]

seems like my pics arent workin but your should be able to see then in my album.

hth
xx

 

[seeminglysweet]

i have highlights in my album.

 

[Ambitious1013]

I use Clairol's Textures and Tones in Bronze. I've been really happy with this product and my results.