I have been doing my friend's hair for 2 years now. She is also a stylist. That helps because she understands hair limitations and endless oportunities of colors and looks. Her hair has become "my hair". I've turned it into my masterpiece and have been so proud of it. Last fall it was PERFECT! I was in love with everything about it. All the beautiful colors blended so seamlessly and was sealed with shine. Then my heart was broken when she wanted to "add dark" to "break it up" because she needed change.
She was in love....and I was happy but loved the before so much better.
It has been a few months and she needed change again (what am I going to do with her?! I mean should I be surprised? She IS a hair stylist). So I attempted a new balayage technique with a new product. And I'll be honest....it did NOT turn out how I wanted. I mean it wasn't horrible. ...and she got compliments. But we BOTH weren't happy with the results. I immediately felt defeated. Here sat my masterpiece, which was once flawless...and now it was just bleh.
On our way home from the salon we talked and brainstormed for hours it seemed. What were our options? 1. Start over 2. Go back to the old fashioned product and application method 3. Add dark through the ends again. After discussing every possible outcome we decided to go with #1.
We started over with a fresh canvas. We were both terrified to lost the blonde ends that she wore for 3 years. I tried to talk her up that it could be the "change" she was wanting and she could fall in love with it. Since we did these applications one day after the other we most definitely used OLAPLEX!
Her roots were so dark when I matched them to my pravana level system. We agreed she was a level 3. We cringed because we usually don't ever go lower than a 4 on our own clients. But we agreed it was better to have an even color throughout than her ends be lighter and have to touch up AGAIN. I added 1/4 of 6.45 to our formula to help fill the blonde. And I am VERY pleased with the result.
I have NO IDEA what her hair will look like in a few months. Lord knows I will probably end up on the troubled road of lifting a level 3 to a non brassy blonde. But for now, her hair can take a break with some OLAPLEX Stand alone treatments and be left a lone. Sometimes when something great gets messy, instead of making a bigger mess it's good to take a step back and start fresh. And because of that I am humbled and ready to transform more hair.
