Long Live Juicy!

This morning I woke up too early! The neighbors alarm was going off, & I know her house has been broken into a lot lately so I called the police to go check on her house. That's how my morning started, After that Began wrapping the gifts! fun fun fun and finally hung the stockings! I picked up new stockings for everyone in the family, I grabbed the cutest bright pink Juicy Couture one for my self! To get one click here There in the fragrance department.

The Product:

I even managed to color my hair today, I was working one day and I noticed a freelancer for Chanel at our location that day and her hair color was gleaming! She was also a former Hair Stylist and She said she used the Clairol Natural Instincts! So I was determined to look for it to tone my copper highlights back to red! The colors I used was 22 Cinnaberry Medium Auburn Brown & 23R Rasberry Creme Rich Medium Auburn. The box said theres antioxidents and vitamins like C & E. So thats a plus. One thing that does bug me though is that most box color says "Ammonia free" Well theres some chemical in there thats opening the cuticle to deposit the color in the hair shaft and it would be nice to know what it is. I actually did an experiment in school where we used our Paul Mitchell color and compared it to different brands including professional and store bought. Chemicals are chemicals and the only difference between store color and professional is, the personal stylist themselves (whether personal your doing it yourself or professional, getting it done by a licensed cosmetologist.) When mixing color as a stylist you know exactly what your putting in, box color you have no idea. We even tried calling the number on the box to find out whats in there instead of ammonia and what level the developer is because 10 minutes is fast, and to go from dark brown to a lighter deep beautiful red shouldnt happen too fast unless theres a strong developer which can be damaging.


The Result:
I needed two boxes to color my hair of course because I have more hair than chaka khan! It took forever to to apply but any color does, cream is always harder for me to apply because my hairs long, dry and theres so much of it. The 2nd formulation came out a little more watery so was easier to apply and easier for my hair to absorb. I combined 1/2 of each color in one bottle and applied both so It was even.



I love the way it came out, Its deep. I even bumped into loraine who inspired me to get this particular color and she said it fades nicely! which is great because i tend to get copper highlight and when I get over them color my whole head red! then I have a red base for the highlights when i want them again, haha. I love it!
xoxo
April aka Velvet red head (for the time being)