My Diy Ombre Hair - includes hair striping kit for dark hair

My quest for Ombre Hair 

 My hair 4 weeks on keep reading to see my step by step from black to brown with ombre ends :)

 

Hey guys, i decided i would Ombre my hair, i have been colouring and cutting my own hair for years after a lot of youtube and google searching i decided to go for it

Starting out my hair had a build up of dark colour i would definitely say it was black so there was no other choice for me other than to strip it .

To strip my hair i used Jo Baz Max Strength Hair colour Remover

Jo Baz max Strength hair colour remover - Ombre hair

I bought this in B&M stores for under £5 which i think is amazing considering hair colour removers in superdrug are around £10 or £11 .
I used two boxes for my hair as its is long and thick, i wanted to make sure all traces of black were removed

My before picture

My Dark hair before being stripped

The Process for striping my hair took around 2 hours. I put a plastic bag around it secured it with a hair grip and blasted it with the hair dryer. On the box it recommends that this process is done in a warm room as it will take effect quicker . I would recommend you are in a ventilated room with an open window and use a hair dryer as the fumes are very strong. If you are using a hair dryer make sure to keep to dryer moving as you don't want to point it on plastic in one area for to long. Here is the results of  my black hair striped.

My Stripped hair using jo baz max strength hair colour remover

As you can see the jo baz hair colour remover done a really good job. My hair had now changed a shade of orange which is what i was hoping for.

Next i applied Nice n easy in the shade 117d Natural Medium Cool

My Fear when using this colour is that any time i apply a dark brown colour to my hair it turns black. Although i usually use Clairol Perfect 10 . The problem i come up against is  my roots are fair so i need a dark colour to keep everything even and this resulted in the dark black hair .

When applying the colour it appeared to me that it was going on black and i was freaking out . I had already spent hours striping my hair i could have avoided all the work and just strip the ends.
Anyway i applied the 117d hair colour between half and three quaters of the way down making sure to leave the bottom third of my hair free of colour.

I left the colour on for around 30 mins then washed it of .
After that i dried of my hair and got ready for the last stage of the diy ombre hair effect.

For this i used L'oreal wild ombres in shade number 3

wild ombre shade 3 my quest for ombre hair

Shade 3 in wild ombre is recommended for blonde hair, i had this crazy notion that it may make my hair even lighter than the wild ombre that was recommended for dark hair.

Keeping in mind the ends of my hair are now stripped and of an orange tone.

I applied the wild ombre to the ends and slightly brought it up further in different areas so i didnt have a straight line i wanted a more gradient effect .

Please beware that this process is very hard on the hair and proper after care needs to  be taken to restore health to your hair.

Here is my final look

My Final Diy ombre hair look

Keeping in mind this whole process took me around 7 hours i have to say i am more than impressed with the result. The top of my hair is a nice rich brown colour ( my hair didn't turn black ) i really love it  the ends have a nice warm orange tone.

I done this around 4 weeks ago and i have been treating the ends of my hair with Moroccan oil. i will give it another week and reapply the dark brown and the wild ombre, this will give my ends a more vibrant colour on the ends

Good luck in you quest for ombre hair

:)