GOOD HAIR! The Blonde Experiment!

Ok, so Friday is here and even though I am technically a week over schedule, I promised I'd give an entire post devoted to my GOOD HAIR!  God knows this is like a Miracle on 34th Street if ever there were a Miracle on 34th Street, you know what I mean?

Back Story: I've been searching for Good Hair ever since I moved to NYC -- that is, for 1?! years now.  I've come really close to having it -- I've even had it for a few days, and certainly there are nights where I look Glam! But I HAVE NEVER HAD GOOD HAIR FOR EVEN TWO WEEKS STRAIGHT.  Meaning, sure there are great stylists here who can make me look great, but since I'm still a dancer, I don't have the time to Wash, Blow Dry, Straight Iron, Tweek and Spray the way they do at the Salon -- I sweat all day, so duh -- that Blow & Spray turns south fast!

Now I've bi***ed alot about this here in this Blog.  I even gone so far as to give a tutorial for aspiring stylists on It Girl Hair.  I included pictures and everything -- but still no results for myself.   At first, I was concerned with the right HAIR CUT -- but now that I've decided to grow my hair like all good little Ballerinas, I've now turned my fetish over to Color.  Why not just go natural? Well, because with all my Silvers coming in, natural turns to Goth really quickly -- and who wants to spend real money on a natural color? That's obscene.  So I have tried Red -- which promptly threw me into distress bc after one mess up and then a color correct, I realized well I actually wanted a Red-Brown. Now I've been going for Blonde.  And believe it or not IVE ACCOMPLISHED IT! YAY!  And I'm so happy I'm going to give you a Step By Step guide yourself.  

First Step:  Bleach.  THIS is NOT FUN -- especially if there is any red in your hair. It burns like the dickens -- your scalp peels off after and you look like a corpse.  Nevertheless if you really want to be a Blonde, ya gotta do it.

Second Step: WAIT. That's right -- you need to wait if you want any sort of pretty Blonde.  This because once your hair has been STRIPPED OF ALL ITS COLOR, it needs to heal before it will accept another color.  So yes, you must walk around and look like a corpse for 2-4 weeks... sure you can get it toned but it will still look bad and the toner will wash out in 2 weeks anyhoo because your very open follicles will not hold a color. a toner is actually a DEMI-PERMANENT -- meaning Temporary -- so unless you look fine as a Platinum, Baby Blond -- and so few REALLY do, WAIT.  Put on a hat -- and explain religiously when others want to compliment you that you actually haven't had it colored yet --that you've only had it bleached!  (PS those compliments? fake, out of shock. It is truly not pretty -- so dont event think of leaving it that way.  Only one person -- my friend over at BOOKISH, told me the truth, even though I knew it all along! I love Bookish! )  (PS NO! BROWN or BLACK HAIR-COLOR WONT "COVER" BLEACHED BLOND -- it will just turn it some sort of shade of Green, Purple, Blue, Gray -- this bc of a long complicated chemistry equation -- but trust me!)

 Third Step: FIND A COLORIST who 'gets it'.  Meaning: Someone who will let you explain Ad Nauseum all your little hang ups with color -- your dreams -- your ideas -- your fantasies; Someone you can show a bazillion and one competing photographs to as they patiently listen or fall asleep;  Someone who, after you change your mind a hundred times, will steer you back to your original purpose --who will remember why you did this little Blonde Experiment -- and the pain of it all i.e. the Bleaching and Flaking Scalp -- the weeks looking like a Corpse,  so you could be a Blonde: not a Chicken Out Brown with Blonde or a Red -- a real, live BLONDE.

Don't know anyone who'll do that for you? NO?  Well then, follow my lead:

1.) BOOK ERIN

She Won't Bite Too Hard!

AT PARLOR SALON RIGHT NOW! 212-673-5520

102 Avenue B, East Village, New York City  212-673-5520

 

Erin is amazing.  She also happens to be my Roommate and well, those two things combined mean I may just upgrade her room! First, Erin is a Painter -- a Real Painter!   So you see, she gets Color.  This makes us debate bc I'll see something as Blonde and she'll say, "No! It's technically a Peach, Pink Golden Brown -- but ANYWAY, my hair looks great!  It's a pretty, natural, Golden Blonde with Dark Blonde Low Lights and it looks really nice with my skin! See photo for the closest Illustration I could find:

Does my Hair really look like that? YEP -- except it's short and pixie like and I'm not a Model. (see why I need a Camera for Christmas?!)

So at any rate, I am so thrilled to have GOOD HAIR!  I think I may even keep the Color before I go and try something else!  I have a sneaking suspicion that Erin may just have the perfect Reddish Golden Brown up her sleeve....hmmm........she's brilliant -- oh and she uses Aveda Color, which while I deplore their extraneous packaging I do know they are "healthier" somehow. 

Anyhoo, IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF GOOD HAIR and haven't found the Stylist you Adore, Print out the Coupon Below and take it to Erin! She'll Fix You Right Up -- and will give you the full Madame B Treatment!