How To Unleash Your Blonde Bombshell
Find out if you've got what it takes to be a blonde bombshell. Determine the best blonde for you and how to get it. Watch this video and prove that blondes do have more fun.
Step 1: Fair Hair Factors
Not everyone has the complexion, the budget or the moxie to go blonde. Consider these fair hair factors:
• If you were blonde as a child, it's likely you can pull off the Goldilocks look.
• If you can shell out $50 to $250 to a professional colorist every eight to twelve weeks, you've got a blonde budget.
• If you're ready for some extra attention, whether it's positive or negative, you've got the confidence of a blonde bombshell.
Step 2: Levels of Light
How blonde you can go depends on natural coloring. It's only logical that women with fair complexions look best with fair hair. But women with golden tans or caramel skin can wear golden highlights well. However , if you've been blessed with olive skin or a dark complexion, blonde will do little for you; in fact, it could make your complexion appear green.
Step 3: Your Best Blonde
Whether your inner blonde bombshell is golden blonde, ash blonde, or platinum…is determined by the warmth of your skin tone and the color of your eyes. To understand if your complexion is warm or cool, take a look at your freshly scrubbed face.
If you have ivory, peach or yellow tones - you have a warm complexion.
If your skin has pink or blue undertones - you have a cool complexion. Warm complexions need warm hair and when you're talking blonde, that means literally - goldilocks.
If you've got ivory skin and light eyes - try a gold or strawberry blonde. With a warm, golden tan and big brown eyes - opt for beige blonde with gilded highlights.
But if you're complexion's cool, avoid any yellow shades. Cool ladies with blue or green eyes and can wear wheat blondes or take it all the way to platinum. Those with hazel eyes, should stay ash blonde overall, but a few warm streaks will bring out the gold flecks of their eyes.
Step 4: Consult A Colorist
If your blonde ambition is serious, you'll need the help of an experienced colorist. Professional colorists calculate precise formulas, know key concepts of highlight placement, and understand how the condition of your hair affects it's ability to take color. In short, they'll help you find the most flattering shade of blonde and make sure you don't damage your hair beyond repair.
Step 5: Seal The Deal
Blonde hair is easily bleached in the sun and needs a shield of protection. A professionally-applied toner or gloss seals the deal.
Step 6: A New Do For A New You
A color change calls for a change of style. It doesn't have to be drastic. Consider a few face-framing layers to play up the new dimension in your hair or sexy, side-swept bangs. Be sure to trim off any damaged ends from the color process.
Step 7: Buy Blonde
To extend the life of your goldilocks, buy products especially formulated for blonde hair. Avoid hair products with alcohol listed as one of the first ingredients; it can rob your hair of vital moisture, turning your blonde mane into a head of straw.
Step 8: Lighten Up
Lightening up your make-up ensures you'll look like a blonde bombshell and not a blonde bimbo. Opt for brown mascara instead of black. Try some sheer gloss instead of your usual lipstick.
Step 9: Behold Your Bombshell
Remember - blonde bombshells come in all shades. So whether you're sandy, gold or platinum, work that hair!
