My Little Pony(tail)

There has been a trend floating around the hair world for almost a year now. It’s aptly named the dip dye and obviously, I’m obsessed. I first learned about this gorgeous use of fun colors from Lauren Conrad and her blog The Beauty Department (I’ve linked to her original post, with full instructions on how to get gorgeous dip dyed locks.)

I actually tried this on my hair a few weeks ago and I couldn’t stop staring at it. The swirls of bright turquoise and purple had me completely mesmerized.  Since we decided against bleaching out the tips like Lauren did, the color faded a little faster than anticipated. But we gave it another go and this time we added pink to my turquoise and purple. The result; a dreamy My Little Pony, cotton candy, vibrant, gorgeous head of colorful hair.

And I’m in love.

For my hair, I’m lucky enough to have a hairstylist for a best friend (perk of life.) We were touching up my blonde highlights anyways, so the tone of my hair was already pretty light. Especially since it’s summer we upped the amount of blonde through the sections. Trust me, my colorist is a miracle worker.

We divided the hair section by section and took 1 inch pieces and painted the color on the bottom three or four inches of hair. Wrapped each individual section in foil and rotated each color. We let the color sit for a little longer than it said on the package just because we wanted it to saturate further.

We used Manic Panic in Atomic Turquoise and Purple Haze and Color Jamz in Raspberry Kamikazie from Sally Beauty Supply.

I would recommend using a color saving shampoo and rinsing with cool water; it will extend the life of your color a few days.

Obviously this isn’t a permanent hair decision, but it’s fun for the summer. Thankfully my workplace allows extreme hair colors so make sure you double-check with your own work before you take the plunge into this crazy color craze.

Chevrons

Last week, I was feeling super ambitious with my weekly manicure, once again I was inspired by some nails that I saw on Pinterest. There wasn’t a link to the original post on Pinterest, so I had to make it up as I went along. So I decided that I’d try to my own tutorial for my new favorite mani.

They aren’t perfect, but I really love they way they turned out.

My arsenal for this manicure.

Step 1: Gold base coat. I didn’t have a good gold shimmer so I had to make due with a couple other colors I had. Wait a good 10 minutes for the first couple coats to dry before you put on the v-shaped sticker.

Step 2: I used the french manicure tracers to make the chevron. I used the straight line manicure guide and cut it in half, then I overlapped the two ends and created the v-shape.

Step 3: Place the guide on your nail.

Step 4: Paint above and below the lines whatever colors you’ve chosen.

Step 5: Slowly peel off the chevron, and pray that it works! For the demo, I didn’t wait long enough and it ended up looking sad and sloppy. But I’ll show you anyway…

Step 6: Wait. I’m for real, wait at least a half hour before you put on your topcoat. I had problems with the black streaking through the white when I put on the Seche.

I hope that this inspires some of you to get creative with your manicures. It really wasn’t that hard to do and once I figured out what worked and what didn’t it was pretty simple. I would definitely recommend trying out some other colors or maybe just doing the chevron as an accent nail.

One coat: OPI Designer De Better…
One coat: OPI Warm and Fozzie
Sally Hansen White On
Sinful Colors Black on Black
One coat: SV topcoat