The ultimate beauty whore finally took care of her blinding black roots!!! I love beauty - and I love great hair - but I still get SO nervous when someone new touches my luscious locks.
With a bit of trepidation, I went to see the highly-sought after, West Coast Baliage specialist, George Papanikolas, at the newly opened (and amazingly chic) Andy Lecompte Salon. I've mentioned before that I often quip I have million-dollar hair (because of the amount of money I've spent on cuts, color, blow-outs, products, more color, more cuts), so needless to say, I can be a bit of a pain in the stylist's chair.
We were going for a sun-kissed, au-natural, bright look... I wanted the color gold (yes, like the commodity - the only thing worth any money these days!). When I'm meant to fill out forms that ask my hair color, I always write in "gold." It leaves men very confused...
Here's how it all went down:
I walked into the salon with THESE roots...
After a quick baliage (click HERE to get a play-by-play on baliage), my head was covered with a plastic bag. Armed with the October InStyle Magazine (which, by the way, is amazing - such great beauty tips and products and even better fashion trend forecasting), I was sent to the heaters.
After about 30 minutes under the heater, my hair was washed, my roots were glossed with a clear gloss (to break the darkness) and Joico's K-Pak (a heavy-duty conditioning treatment) was slathered on my locks to ensure a healthy, moisturized, tangle-free mane.
The outcome:
No more roots - just pure, golden sexiness!
(Directly after color - natural day light)
What do YOU think about the new color?
(That night - all glammed up for a bday!)To book George for your next baliage appointment, call 310-273-4100.
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8 comments:
Oooo!! LOVE!
Can I ask what level your hair is naturally? I'm a 5.5, but I'm wanting to go blond like this. My hair tends to show a lot of red tones when I go lighter though. Is that because I can't find a competent colorist?
You look amazing!!
Hi Andi -
Thanks for your comment! My hair is very dark naturally and although this is the result of years of baliage, I do think that competent colorist can achieve this look on anyone's natural color. You just need to lighten your base and/ or highlight your entire head.
As for the red tones, this is SO common - and has happened to me before. It means that your hair has become oxidized - I will be posting on how to maintain and achieve the hair color of your dreams next week - and discussing red tones.
xoxo,
Beauty Banter
you are seriously beautiful!! I just gone my roots done too recently :)
wow! modelesque! I wish I can go there butim in New York!
your hair looks great! i love it! i am going today to have my roots done! i am also a hair freak LOL
thanks to EVERYONE who wrote such nice comments about the new hair!!!
loves it!
xoxo,
Beauty Banter
You look gorgeous :)
You make me want to try going gold some day myself!
This is by far the most decadent color you've pulled off yet. It looks 24 Karat gold...So jealouse!!!
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