Pravana: Have You Already Dug Into This Watercolor Hair Trend?
Wondering what to do with your tresses for 2016? Pravana may have the answer -- watercolor hair.
"Hair color brand Pravana's artistic color director Vadre Grigsby developed the hair painting technique to resemble that of watercolor painting," Mashable said. "The result is a head of tresses with semi-transparent colors intricately laid over one another."
To achieve the look, the hair is lightened (platinum or white blonde appears to be the desired base) before it is "painted" with Pravana's Vivid Locked-In dyes mixed with Vivid Clear, which serves as the "water" in the combination to tone down the intensity of the colors. However, Pravana advised, "As with actual watercolor painting, Grigsby's brush strokes are emotive and somewhat haphazard -- leading to a head of hair as unique as the artist who thought up the technique," the news source noted of the result.
The dye is semi-permanent, which means it will wear off after some weeks - good news for those wanting to change up their looks often or correct a less-than-desirable attempt.
Currently, some stylistas have already showed off their watercolor hair in social media posts, sparking a new hair color craze that may be the next best thing to ombre. However, as some will note, this look isn't exactly new. Remember galaxy hair or summer pearl hair?
However, some may admit this watercolor thing looks interesting. What do you think?
Another emerging hair fad is the glow-in-the dark rainbow hair, which appears to be a bolder, club scene version of the watercolor hair.
"Glow-in-the-dark hair dye comes to life either with a black light or in a very dark room," as stated in Today. In addition, this trend combines various bright hues.
Unlike the watercolor look, though, this one reportedly needs the skills of a professional to pull off. Otherwise, one risks hair damage.
As with the watercolor hair, the glow-in-the-dark dyeing process requires bleaching the hair to a very light color (close to platinum blonde). That's because darker hair color need more work. But if your hair is already blonde, the lightening phase can be skipped.
Further, it is worth noting that to keep the color on longer, you may have to wash your tresses less often. According to hairstylist Elizabeth Davis, some of her clients don't rinse them more than twice in a week. When you do shampoo, it's recommended to do so only at the roots of your hair.
Will you be exploring the multi-color hair dye movement? Tell us what you think!
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