Hair by Heather

Cute Little Updo / Dresswork

Heathen — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:18:47 +0000

Here is a little updo I did on a long haired doll tonight in class.

Taken with a camera phone so I apologize that they aren’t the world’s best pics.

From Black To Blonde

Heathen — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:50:40 +0000

As you know I have been gradually working a friend from a black dye job (over previously lightened hair) to a blonde colour.

She has been a challenge since she was so chemically treated to begin with, and is also hispanic, which tends to make the hair want to go a brassy orange rather than blonde.

But here she is, a very lovely honey blonde.

Homemade Brush Cleanser Recipe

Heathen — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:12:03 +0000

1 c. distilled water

.25 c alcohol (90%+)

.5 tbsp liquid dish soap

.5 tbsp gentle shampoo (baby shampoo is a great choice)

1 tbsp of a spray in liquid leave in conditioner

Mix these together by stirring gently (you don’t want your detergents to start foaming up), and pour in to the bottle of your choice.

I find this is a great replacement for my MAC brush cleanser and much cheaper as well.

Fun with Colour

Heathen — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:16:22 +0000

A couple of weeks ago I decided to cut off all the hair I had been trying to grow out. I really liked the cut, but wasn’t sure what to do with the colour. Then last week I decided the perfect thing would be to colour it nice and dark and add some popping bright fuschia highlights.

Here is the before colour (but with the new haircut)

Here is the new colouring! I love it!

From the top so you can really see the colour!

The Faux Hawk

Heathen — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:24:03 +0000

Front view of the faux

Side view of the faux

Colour Correction

Heathen — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:19:07 +0000

By far the hardest thing for most stylists is colour correction. There are so many other factors in hair colour than just picking a colour out of a swatch book, throwing it on someone’s head, and getting the results that you wanted.

Here is a classmate of mine. She had put black colour over her previous platimum blonde heavy weave. Now she is wanting to go back to her natural hair colour. The process took several hours and included tint remover, Redken’s Colour Fusion, and Shades EQ for toning.

Here is the before shot. You can see about 1.5" of natural regrowth and her black colour.

Here is the after shot. A beautiful chocolate brown.

An Outside Shot

Now, she is wanting to work in a few caramel / honey highlights so keep stopping by to see the updates.

Highlighting, Weaving & Slicing

Heathen — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:12:08 +0000

Here is a lovely young woman getting some blonde highlights before her first day of high school. How exciting!

Front view

Back View