Dyeing your hair unnatural colors and more

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Do your own hair at home!

This lens is here to help anyone that wants to achieve unnaturally dyed hair with great results, whether going, pink, red, blue, purple or green.
Here you will learn how to properly lighten your hair in preparation for dyeing unnatural colors, tips on how to keep your color lasting long, how to protect hair from damage and other tips.

It will also help anyone out that wants to learn how to properly make synthetic dreadlocks, how to back-comb,seal style in install.

I've also listed helpful information on styling tools and more.

I created this lens because people always ask me how to achieve properly bleached and or unnaturally dyed hair at home. I get compliments almost every time I go out, so here it is a full lens for anyone young or old.

Atomic Pink

My favorite hair dye color.

Special Effects Semi Permanent Hair Dye Atomic Pink 4 Oz

Amazon Price: $12.50 (as of 06/04/2012)Buy Now

This hair dye color is truly atomic, it lasts a long time and takes a while to fade out. if you want a nice hot pink color that can be diluted into an equally beautiful but softer and lighter shade of pink using toner or conditioner mixed with the dye, then buy this! (It's smarter to buy this than Cupcake Pink because it can be used as is or diluted).

Important!

IMPORTANT

Failure to follow directions for bleaching hair and dyeing hair can lead to serious hair loss and severe damage. Make sure you have read thoroughly and have all supplies needed before going on with bleaching and or dyeing your hair unnatural colors, this goes for dyeing hair with permanent color as well.
**Be sure to wear gloves through the whole bleaching and hair dyeing process to prevent chemical burns, and stains.**

Originality

"It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation."

-Herman Melville

Best Hair Bleaches

and developers

These are 2 of my favorite hair bleaches that I have used on my hair, I never noticed damage, it never burned or bothered my scalp, and my hair actually felt conditioned and nice afterwards. Also my favorite developer.
Ion Color Brilliance 1 oz. Powder Lightener
Comes in 1 oz packets, or a 16 oz. tub and smells like flowers, no harsh smell, conditions and stays creamy.
Salon Care Prism Lites Lightener
Comes in 1 oz packets, or a 16 oz. tub and smells like green apples, a bit stronger smell than the Ion bleach but still not as harsh as other hair bleaches. Conditions nicely and stays creamy.
Ion Color Brilliance Sensitive Scalp 30 Volume Creme Developer
Ion Color Brilliance Sensitive Scalp 30 Volume Creme Developer works with all permanent hair colors or lighteners.
You can use 20,30 or 40 vol depending on your natural hair color.

Amazon

Great Hair Dye colors

Here are some of my favorite hair dye colors that I've either tried or like how they look on other people. Available for a great price on Amazon.com!
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Bleaching and coloring hair videos

Videos

Helpful tutorials and guides via You Tube for bleaching hair, dyeing your hair and more.
How to take dark/black hair to platinum blonde!
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My favorite Hair Lightener

Ion Color Brilliance

This hair lightener comes in a 16 oz. tub or 1 oz. packets from Sally's Beauty Supply, it's available online or in stores.

It is enriched with gardenia oil and coconut oil, Provides optimum conditioning and moisturizing during decolorizing,suitable for all applications both on and off the scalp and has a creamy consistency stays moist during the lightening process

Ion Color Brilliance Conditioning Powder Lightener is suitable for all application techniques both on and off the scalp. The creamy consistency stay moist throughout the entire lightening process. Enriched with a moisture-rich combination of Gardena and Coconut oil for optimum conditioning and moisture retention during decolorizing. It has a pleasant smell or as pleasant as bleach gets, which is a plus.

Helpful Links

Tips for bleaching hair, dyeing and more!

Great Links for hair dye, tips and hints and even links for fun and cute hair accessories and even Cyber dreads and lox!
About Bleaching your hair
This link takes you to a guide that just prepares you on bleaching your hair, and all of the basics.
Hair Bleaching Guide
Application Instruction & Tips for bleaching your hair, in preparation for dyeing unnatural colors.
About dyeing your hair
This guide gives you a quick run down of what to expect of dyeing your hair unnatural colors.
Hair dyeing guide
Application Instruction & Tips for dyeing your hair, after hair has been bleached (Or not if just dyeing over your natural hair color)
Great Guide with tips and hints
tips on how to do a strand test, how to remove dye from skin, how to use toner and more.
Special Effects
A great page that has people showing off their hair that they dyed with Special Effects semi-permanent hair color.
Hair Crazy
Just as the title says! This site is all about hair, has amazing photos of people with their dyed hair and even natural hair, great guides and even a shop to buy your hair dye and more!
Doctored Locks
A great shop that carries semi-permanent hair dye, fake hair, tutorials for making cyber dreads and more.
ApHogee
From Sally's Beauty Supply, this line of hair care products, will work wonders on damaged hair from a bad bleach or hair dye job. My favorite that I've use is the 'ApHogee Intensive Two Minute Keratin Reconstructor'
Cypherlox
A great shop that offers supplies for making Cyberlox or dreads, even offers cute accessories, fluffy boots and more!
IKickShins
A great store that offers hair supplies for making dreadlocks, cyber dreads and Cyber lox, also has a thrift store, and sells cute accessories and more!
Folica
A great store to find Hair styling products, tools,and a great list of brands to choose from.

ApHogee Products

ApHogeeApHogee repairs damaged locks, restoring hair to its natural beauty. Features hair care and styling products for hair types ranging from over-processed and over-colored to ethnic, these products tend to all forms of breakage and damage.

Biotin

Hair vitamins

Bioton 1,000 mcgBiotin is an important water soluble B Vitamin
Helps to support healthy hair,skin and nails
Also essential for the intermediate metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins and fats

**Note** 1,000 mcg might be a bit much for some people, so going with a lower mcg might be better.. maybe start off with a low number like 300 mcg.

got2b Smooth Operator

Smoothing Satin Drops

Other got2b productsgot2b Smooth Operator Smoothing Satin Drops seals the cutlicle, tames frizzes, and silkens hair.

-Non-sticky formula
-Contains a UV protectant
-Works with all hair types, but is especially suited for thicker unmanageable hair and wavy, curly styles
-Smells great, not overpowering.

Hair Shampoos

Some great shampoos for color treated hair
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Hair Conditioners

Some great conditioners for color treated hair
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Cyber Dreads

A little about Cyber Dreads

Dreads are made by back combing synthetic hair such as Kanekalon , steam sealed using different methods, some people choose to use steamers which can get kind of expensive. Others choose to use boiling water,a steam iron or a flat iron+damp washcloth combination.
Either method of choice, the synthetic hair needs to be sealed tightly with water+heat.. Each individual sealed and finished dread can then be mounted on lace or elastic and then tied into the hair over buns or pigtails.
There are many You Tube videos and tutorials on the links I've shown on this page on how to properly make cyber dreads, and how to actually put them on your hair.
Colorful Cyber dreads are great to wear for a party, a night out clubbing or even Halloween. They can be as colorful as you'd like, there are many possible color combinations to choose from.
The synthetic hair that you use for making the dreads are also quite cheap, which is great for people on a budget.

Basics of Synthetic Dreads

Synthetic Dreadlocks Basics This video does not cover sealing, just base creation. (There are 4 parts to this video)
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Sealing your Synthetic Dreads

This video covers the basics of dreadlock sealing. There are many methods and it is best to try as many as you can before you decide which one is right for you. (There are 4 parts to this video).
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Helpful Links

Styling, Intstalling, layering and more!

More links on how to style, fix, install and make cool color combos with your synthetic dreadlocks.
Styling Synthetic Dreadlocks
Learn how to style Synthetic dreads, create curls and remove fuzzies
Installing Synthetic Dreadlocks
There are many ways to install your finished dreadlocks, learn here how to.
Layering Dreadlocks (Falls)
A great tutorial that shows you how to layer dreads to give more height and volume.

Cyberlox

Cyberlox Falls are temporary synthetic "hair" pieces worn to achieve the ultimate cyber hair. Falls are reusable and very convenient to anyone who wants a quick, temporary change to their current hair style, as well as eliminating the hassle of installing extensions. Cyberlox Falls are made made out of a meterial called "tubular crin". Tubular crin is a very light weight, transparent-like, woven ribbon meterial in tubular form, much like a chinese finger trap. Cyberlox Falls are tip sealed to prevent from fraying and are mounted on stretchy, sturdy hair ties (elastic bands).

-Taken from Cypherlox.com

CYBERLOX

A video from a girl in Australia that makes cyber dreads and cyberlox.
Cyberlox
This video will tell you a bit about what cyberlox are.

In Vaggio Travel Dryer

Cute and colorful hair dryers by Tokidoki

In Vaggio Travel Dryer

I think these hair dryers are adorable, colorful and fun. Retails for $49 at Sephora online or in store.

Hello Kitty Mirror

that lights up!

Check out your new do in this adorable mirror or fix your makeup. Retails for $39.99 on Sanrio.com

Bright and colorful Makeup

Ebay user 'Shrinkle'

If you want to match your colorful hair with equally colorful makeup then the Kryolan brand is a good way to go. There are a lot of colors to choose from, including a day glow palette. She also has her own new line of makeup called 'SugarPill' and is really great quality and gorgeous.

Silly Farm

Kryolan Makeup

Kryolan Professional MakeupIf you like what you see on Shrinkles ebay store and would like to order some of the Kryolan makeup and do not have Paypal, you can find Kryolan makeup from Silly Farm at the following link: http://www.sillyfarm.com or just click the image on the side! :).

Ai Kiri's Zazzle

Cyber Gothic items from my Zazzle store.
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Reader Feedback

  • MagnoliaTree Feb 28, 2012 @ 11:01 pm | delete
    I love all your ideas. I've got a lot to learn. Nicely done lens.
  • kelliebob Feb 22, 2011 @ 6:25 am | delete
    Great lens! Life is too short to have boring hair.

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