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Well, here is the stupid thing I was alluding to. It’s mostly a filler chapter, but yeah.
Harley’s Plea for Help, Chapter 3
“Well, that took a while,” a relatively deep female voice smoothly drawled. The plants placed right next to the window pulled away, no longer blocking the pathway inside. The two figures who were perched right outside the windowsill took the invitation and climbed inside, the shorter of the two looking at the woman who had spoken and smiling widely.
“Auntie Ivy!” Marinette happily exclaimed, making the redhead across from her grin back.
“That’s me. It sure is nice to actually see you in person, little Marigold,” she held out her arms for a hug, which Marinette instantly ran in to accept. “Video calls are never quite enough, are they? You’re so tiny! Are you sure you eat alright?”
“Auntie Ivyyyyyy,” Marinette whined, knowing full well that Ivy was just teasing her.
“So, what took you all so long?” Ivy asked Red Hood, even as she kept her arms wrapped around her soon-to-be daughter in law. “Usually you bats are all about getting back on the streets to punch people, we didn’t think you’d be bringing her in at almost one in the morning.”
Hood shrugged, thumbs hooked in his pockets. “Your little garden fairy nearly gave us the slip. Went straight out the back exit instead of doin’ anything showy like we half expected and we almost missed her.”
“I stopped as soon as I noticed who they were, I swear!” Marinette pulled away from Ivy, holding her hands up in mock surrender. “I didn’t expect Momma to send them to babysit me before our first full day being in Gotham. In hindsight, though, I really should have.”
“Yeah, you should’ve,” Ivy agreed with a smirk, ruffling Marinette’s hair and making her pigtails go a little crooked. “And I know for a fact that you’ve done some stunts off your balcony back in Paris, so at least I know you can be responsible and hold yourself back from doing the same here. Must get that from me, because we both know it doesn’t come from Harley.”
Marinette and Hood both had to laugh at that. Being responsible was definitely not a trait that Marinette could have inherited from anybody in her family tree, that was for sure.
“Are ya makin’ fun of me in front of my daughter?” the comically scandalized voice announced the arrival of one Harley Quinn, who walked into the room in white onesie pajamas with a poker print on them. All of the “joker” cards were crossed out heavily with red sharpie, and a few of them had black-sharpie devil horns and handlebar mustaches vandalizing them. Marinette even caught one such card with a googly eye on it, the matching eye having fallen off and leaving only a small circle of since-dried hot glue where it used to be. “If you guys are gonna be that way, fine! Ivy dyes her hair!”
“No she doesn’t,” Marinette deadpanned, clearly fighting against a giant grin. The corners of her lips gave her away, they never stopped twitching with repressed mirth. “But you do. I got the pictures to prove—- aah!” Harley tackled her daughter to the ground, attacking her with tickles immediately.
“Take it back! My hair is naturally blond!”
“Yeah, naturally— hahahahaha! Sandy blonde! You— hahaha! Have just as much brown— stop I can’t breathe! hahahaha!— as yellow!”
“Hmph,” Harley finally backed off, crossing her eyes and looking away from Marinette with an exaggerated pout. “How dare you reveal my darkest secret?”
“I was a natural redhead even before I got my powers,” was all Ivy had to say, looking all too amused at this turn of events. “Your original costume completely covered your hair.”
“Don’t worry, Harley,” Red Hood butted in, reminding the three girls that he was still here. His tone suggested that he was definitely smiling under his helmet. “We found out about your hair dye years ago.”
“I just cover up the brown parts! It’s not like I’m changin’ much,” she argued before standing up again. “Thanks for gettin’ my cupcake back safely, little birdie. Oh, that's right! I made cupcakes! Hang on, lemme grab one for your trip back!” with that, she span on her heels and ran back further into the apartment. Marinette dashed over to Hood, immediately shoving him to the window.
“Quick, save yourself! Momma can’t bake for her life!” she whispered urgently. “I’ll say you were called away for an emergency, just hurry!”
“It’s not even a lie, getting away from Harley’s baking is an emergency,” Ivy agreed, waving as the vigilante took their advice and fled. It was only three seconds later that Harley slid back into the room, nearly falling due to the feet of her onesie having pretty much zero friction. Her face immediately fell when she saw that her victim was gone, leaving her standing there with a cupcake that was about twice as much frosting as actual cake, covered in sprinkles like a kid’s craft project that was smothered in glitter. The frosting was also shapeless, just heaped on the cake like a half-melted scoop of ice cream. She sighed in despair.
“There goes my chance of giving a bat diabetes. You guys warned him, didn’t ya?”
They both nodded shamelessly. “We’re not that cruel, Harley,” Ivy defended, getting up from her spot on her cushioned armchair and wrapping an arm around her fiance’s waist before she kissed the top of her head gently. “Hood got our little Marigold back safe and sound, and he’s even started a garden at his apartment. He doesn’t deserve to be poisoned by you.”
“I thought you said he got a single cactus at the flea market last month,” Harley deadpanned, making Ivy shrug.
“Might as well be a garden for him, and it’s something he’s not likely to kill so that’s a plus to me. He’s actually taking really good care of the little baby.”
“Speaking of garden!” Marinette gently took the sad excuse of a pastry away from her mom and sat it down on a side table before ushering both of them over to the living room and onto the sofa. “My garden back home is growing so big, I don’t think I can keep everything much longer. I barely have room to walk on the terrace, with all the vines and leaves and branches. Got any ideas of what I can do?”
“Of course! Do you have pictures, Marigold?”
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Slipping back through her hotel window at six in the morning was risky, since it involved climbing the wall and hoping nobody saw, but her classmates were so unpredictable that it was the only way she could be sure nobody would find out that she had violated curfew and snuck out. Of course, having Red Robin waiting outside her mom’s apartment’s terrace to escort her back helped. At least she knew that no street cams would record her comings or goings, and his grappling hook made the whole scale-the-hotel-wall business much more efficient.
Once she was inside, she sighed happily. “Thanks, now—“ her apology was cut off as Red Robin held up a finger to tell her to wait.
“Hold that thought, be right back. Don’t move.”
Thinking, rightfully, that something was wrong, Marinette obeyed. She watched Red Robin leap off of her hotel balcony and disappear into the streets. Immediately, she began a search to make sure her room had been left untampered— everything important had been packed in the backpack that she had taken to her mom’s place, but still. Could never be too careful. By the time she finished checking for bugs or any signs of snooping, Red Robin landed back on her balcony.
“Here we go.”
Turning to face him, Marinette opened her mouth to ask what the problem had been— only to tear up a little and walk over to the vigilante.
“Oh, my hero. Truly, my one and only savior. Knight in shining red Kevlar. I’m running on two hours of sleep and you have read my mind!” The pigtailed drama queen eagerly took the coffee that he offered her, and he sipped from a larger cup that looked like he had grabbed it from the same place. Marinette almost instantly sighed in gratitude when the hot drink lightly scalded her tongue. This. This was the elixir of life.
To his credit, Red Robin was able to restrain himself to merely an amused smirk. Probably because he was running on just as little sleep as she was. “Sorry it’s only a small, I figured it was best to have something you could finish quickly and easily hide the evidence for. If you need more caffeine, I happen to know that Wayne Enterprises has a very good coffee shop in their main hall. You’ll be touring there today, right?” He asked, taking another sip as he waited for the answer that he already knew.
Marinette nodded absently, drinking in the euphoria of her coffee as she tried to both savor it yet finish it as quickly as safely possible. When she came up for air, she said; “Yeah, that’s right. We’re touring Wayne Enterprises for most of the day, having lunch there, and leaving for dinner after the tour. Then we have a visit to the Gotham Museum of Fine Art, and we’ll stay there until about eight-thirty before heading back to the hotel.”
Red Robin nodded, then turned and looked out the window at the slowly rising sun. Sunrise was always a bit later in Gotham, partly because of the abundance of high-rises and partly because of the thick cloud cover and ever-present fog on the edges of the city making everything seem darker than it should have been. He had to be at work soon himself, which is why he had been chosen to escort her to the hotel in the first place, but that meant that he had to be heading off.
“Alright. We arranged for a bodyguard we trust to keep an eye on your class during the WE tour, but he doesn't know who you are or that we’re the ones who asked. We’re still in the process of arranging someone to shadow you after the tour, but we’ll tell you about that once it’s solidified. Until then, follow the usual self-defense procedures if you suspect anyone of following you. You have the panic button we gave you?”
Marinette nodded, gulping down the last of her coffee and carefully putting it in her room’s tiny trash can. “Got it. Thanks, again. Seriously,” she met his eyes— or, probably did since they were hidden behind that weird white film that the whole Batfam had covering the eyeholes of their masks. “I mean it. For listening to me, for listening to Mom. It means a lot. I’ll keep the panic button on me, and I’ll use it if I think I can’t handle a situation on my own. I’ll cooperate with the people you get to watch over the class, and I’ll do my best to not get into any trouble. No promises, but I’ll do my best,” she maintained eye contact until Red Robin nodded, hiding his expression behind his coffee cup. After a second, he cleared his throat.
“Well then. We’ll contact you once we have anything to say about your intel. Until then, I gotta go. And by the way?”
Marinette tilted her head curiously as Red Robin paused for just a moment on her balcony railing, aiming a smirk back at her. “Yeah?”
“Welcome to Gotham.”
And if she couldn’t help but smile widely as he grappled off into the fog-veiled sunrise? Well, only she had to know. She wasted no time closing and locking the glass balcony door, and pulling the curtains over it completely. Once that was done, she couldn’t help but do a little shimmy of Joy. She was caffeinated, she met Auntie Ivy in person for the first time, she got to sleep next to her momma— and she was in Gotham! Technically her hometown— or town she was conceived in? Didn’t matter. Point was, even with the chaos and dark energy clouding the very air, she couldn’t help but feel like she belonged in that city. Like that was where she was always meant to end up, where she could thrive and the environment that she was made to thrive in. The environment that she was born to start fixing.
She beamed at herself in her bathroom mirror as she gave herself one more once-over. Yeah, so far her visit to Gotham was going much better than she could have hoped. Now, she just had to make sure it stayed that way.
Three businesslike raps sounded against the door to her room, just in time for Marinette to feed Tikki one more cookie and straighten her purse on her shoulder. Madame Mendelieve’s voice called out from the other side of the door in her usual no-nonsense bark;
“Dupain-Cheng! Room check! It’s time to get up, we’re meeting down in the lobby in ten minutes.”
Marinette ran up to the door, not quite able to contain her energy, and swung it open with her trademark large, beaming smile.
“Way ahead of you, Madame Mendelieve!”
Her science teacher blinked, adjusting her glasses on her nose as if she couldn’t quite believe what she was seeing.
“Ah. You’re already awake and ready?”
Marinette giggled and nodded. “Yup! I was so excited for the tour that I could barely sleep! Does the hotel breakfast include free coffee?”
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The hotel breakfast did, in fact, include coffee. What it did not include, however, was free coffee that Marinette could reasonably stomach. Especially after the heaven in a cup that Red Robin had gotten for her earlier, the watered down motor oil in the hotel lobby had been unbearable. She had barely managed two sips before regretfully throwing the rest away. Which is what brought her to stand in line at the very same coffee shop that Red Robin had mentioned was in the main hall of Wayne Enterprises, as the rest of her class mingled and waited for their teachers to check their tour group in and their tour guide to arrive.
“Hmm. Sorry, this is my first time ordering here,” she apologized when she reached the counter, gaining a slight lopsided grin from the barista at the register. “Um, I usually like strong coffee, with a lot of caffeine, but I also like something sweet. I don’t need anything too complicated though, do you have any recommendations?”
The barista gave her a customer service smile that seemed just a tad softer at the edges than usual. “Sure! So, we can add an extra shot or two of espresso to any of our drinks, to make it stronger and give it an extra kick. If you’re looking for good sweet flavors, the classics are our white chocolate or caramel. But we also have a seasonal syrup right now that I personally love, which is our cinnamon butterscotch. Did you wanna try that?”
Marinette smiled widely. “That sounds delicious! Then, if I could have your largest size café latte, hot, with… two extra shots and that syrup? Does that sound good?”
The barista actually let loose a soft laugh, already keying in the order. “If you’re a coffee lover and a sweet tooth at the same time, then you’ll love it. If not, come back during your tour’s lunch break and I’ll make you something else.”
Marinette made a little more small talk as she handed over the proper cash for the order, and grabbed her drink after just another minute’s wait. She turned around, taking a sip of the unsurprisingly heavenly coffee and started off to join her class.
Only to realize none of them were where she had left them. She sighed, starting to reach into her purse to see if anyone had texted her about where they were going, but a heavy presence stopped her. She could feel him approaching from in front of her, slightly to her right, but she couldn’t hear him at all. On guard, she straightened up and turned to observe the potential threat.
A security guard. Marinette blinked, running over what she had been told earlier that morning. Was he..?
He seemed to notice her instinctually defensive posture because he raised his hands to show he meant no harm. “Sorry, didn’t mean to catch you off guard,” he apologized. “I’m the guard that was assigned to your tour group. I offered to stay behind until you got your coffee while the rest of your group went ahead and got the run-down on all the boring rules and whatnot of the tour. Figured you’d already know everything they had to say anyway, you’re the class president right?”
Marinette relaxed her posture, nodding and sending the man a relieved smile. “Yeah, that’s right. Well, that explains why they left without me then. Usually Madame Mendelieve is strict about following rules though, how’d you convince her to go on without me?”
The man chuckled, jerking his head to show that she should follow him as he began to lead the way to a side door. Marinette kept her guard up just in case, but wasn’t too worried. If nothing else, she was still in the middle of a super crowded building and the other security guards around didn’t seem concerned. She could easily yell for help if she needed to.
“Well, can’t you tell it was my devilish charm?” He teased, grinning. He waited until she rolled her eyes to continue; “but really, I’m like a second tour guide. She made me show a lotta proof that I’m actually assigned to you guys and not just faking it, not that I can blame her. Eventually she saw the logic in my suggestion and agreed. See, there they are,” he pointed casually ahead of them in the large side hallway they had entered. Sure enough, near the end of the hallway was her class at what looked to be the tail-end of a standard rules-and-guidelines speech from the tour guide. “By the way,” the guard spoke up again, holding his hand out. “My name’s Jason. You’ll be seeing me more often, since I’m supposed to guard you guys for all of your visits to the Tower. Call me if you need help with anything, ‘kay kid?”
Marinette grinned, now positive that this guy really was the guard that Red Robin had said was assigned to her class. She switched the hand she was holding her coffee in so that she could properly grab Jason’s hand for a shake.
“Got it, Monsieur Jason. Let’s both hope I don’t end up needing your help though, I think that would be easier on both of us,” she joked, earning a chuckle from the large man. And— yeah, now that she was relaxed, he really was big, wasn’t he? Then again, Marinette didn’t always realize when people were a bit larger or more buff than they should be. Living with her dad had seriously skewed her perception of the normal size of an adult male (which, she learned when she was seven, most definitely was not almost seven feet tall and muscled enough to make a pro wrestler jealous). But she would like to think she had gotten better in that aspect, and Jason was definitely a big guy. A little over six feet tall, she thought, and though the guard outfit hid a good portion of his physique, she could tell he carried enough muscle to do serious damage if he wanted to.
With a wave, she left him to join her class and sipped at her latte. She had figured that the Bat Clan’s criteria for civilians that they would put to guard her class had to be high, but now she had to wonder just how high. Most police officers or security guards were fit, sure, but not like Jason. Casting a quick glance back at him, she confirmed that he had quite a few faded but visible scars. Again, more than your average officer even for Gotham. Who had they tasked with her class’ safety, exactly?
An elbow in her side distracted her from her thoughts, forcing her to blink and stop her cup from going back to her lips. The grin of none other than Adrien Agreste greeted her when she snapped out of her own head long enough to pay attention to her surroundings. He jerked his head to indicate that the class was already starting to move off.
“Come on, Mari or you’ll get left behind again,” he teased. She grinned back at him, rolling her eyes but falling into step beside him as they followed at the back of their class. “If I didn’t know any better, I’d think you were gonna marry that coffee. You haven’t zoned out that badly in years,” his tone was light and cheery, but Marinette didn’t miss the concern in his emerald eyes. She sighed, gently bumping her shoulders against his in silent reassurance.
“I’m fine. Just didn’t get much sleep last night, that’s all. But this really is good coffee. Elixir of the gods,” then, just to provoke him, she took a giant gulp of the still steaming hot drink. Adrien grimaced in pained sympathy even though Marinette didn’t seem affected at all.
“Oww, Marineeeeeeeeeette,” he whined. “Don’t do that, my throat hurts just watching you guzzle hot coffee like that,” he complained, rubbing at his neck to make his point clear.
“Wimp,” she teased, unrepentant. Adrien just groaned dramatically.
“I’m not a wimp, you’re just concerningly used to burning your throat from the inside out,” he accused. “Anyway, how’d it go?” He was being deliberately vague, but it was obvious to her what he meant. He was only one she had told about visiting her mom, after all, just in case she needed a quick getaway.
In fact, he was the only one of her friends that she had even told about her biological parents. Alix knew too, but only because of time shenanigans. Marinette was fine with it now, but still.
“It went great,” she smiled widely at him, keeping her voice low but casual. “If I have a chance, I’ll introduce you sometime during the trip. I have a feeling you’ll love Auntie Selina, but I have to meet her first. All I have so far are stories.”
“Fair enough,” Adrien agreed easily. “But you don’t have to, you know that right? I’d love to meet your family, but I’m also fine just being your pseudo-brother like I have been up until now. I know it might be a bit… uncomfortable, for you.”
“Nah,” Marinette shrugged. “Nerve wracking, maybe. But that’s also about half the things that I do in my life period, anxiety is no joke. I’ll catastrophize for a while, but I know you’ll love them and they’ll love you.”
“Sounds like they have paw-some taste,” he didn’t even miss a beat with his puns, earning a playful glare for his efforts.
“Never mind. You’re a heathen. Disowned. Who are you?”
“Mariiiiii,” he whined, causing them both to laugh for a while before focusing on the tour.
So far, so good, Marinette thought.
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Hair Headcanons: Interlude
Part 1 (Cuivienen) here.
Hair colors! This isn't so much about culture but it's important to my headcanons nonetheless! Cowards are out here drawing elves with boring hair when it could be so much better /lh! I (tragically) can't see hair dying as being very common since: 1) bleaches and chemical dyes (which the Noldor totally could've invented) damage your hair which elves are all about keeping healthy, and 2) that's not applicable for natural dyes, but so many elves have dark hair and I'd imagine having your natural color would be considered more attractive anyways, especially with how long they typically keep it (which would take an absurd amount of dye to color) the roots would grow out like crazy once you stopped keeping it up. But just because they wouldn't dye their hair, doesn't mean they can't have interesting colors! Especially once you take a little poetic license on what Tolkien canonically described... This post was a big inspiration on how elves would think of Aesthetics re: hair, and also just fits the Vibe.
Onto pretending to know stuff about biology! Elves are mammals (I assume) which means that they can't have naturally blue or green hair, since mammals don't produce the right forms of pigment for it (though this is magic so ignore that if it sparks joy) but we get lots of elves described with silver or grey hair, clearly not from age, and Galadriel's hair is described as being both silver and gold- the impression I got was that it was streaked, not all one color, which gave me the idea that elves can have patchwork-hair: not just natural highlights and lowlights but streaks of different colors (Also brought to you by my dad's galaxy brained take of 'elves can see in ultraviolet wavelengths and have patterns in their hair like flowers have to attract bees'). How does this work? Codominance? Doesn't matter, it's cool. Elf genetics don't work like human ones. I also think that elf hair has different- finishes I guess? Not just based on texture. So while Super Shiny is an option, there are also elves with a more diffused shine that looks more matte, and a whole range in between. While Shiny is probably preferred, and more common in those who've spent time around Ainur or their stuff, I do think there are Looks that they'd like more with matte hair. (This is the big difference between "grey" and "silver"- even if they're the same color the shine is different.)
Some notes on the colors: Vanyar/part Vanyar are canonically the only elves with golden-blond hair, but I also think that elves get way more specific with hair colors than we do, so while only Vanyar have golden hair other elves might have colors that we'd consider blonde (i.e. platinum blond, strawberry blond, or dirty blond for Teleri) and some might have gold adjacent (red-gold, bronze, copper for Noldor). Also, I know the only elves explicitly with red hair are Nerdanel's family, but I think taking that at face value is boring (especially since I don't see Mahtan as being Unbegotten). I made sure that all the hair colors were at least mostly-plausible for humans, so if hair is described as "shining blue" I'm just taking poetic license, don't go around imagining them glowing electric-blue (unless that sparks joy ¯\_(ツ)_/¯), but rather the blueish shine some black hair has. Same with "greenish"- it means ashy blond/brown, not algae growing on them like a sloth.
Anyway! Onto the overly descriptive headcanons! (With tl;drs at the end of each section)
The Vanyar all have hair like light. Gold is the usual, all different shades from the pale brilliance of the reddest stars to the warm orangey glow of a hot fire, to the pure shine of Laurelin's rays. Some have silver hair as well, like a haze of light breaking through clouds, or Telperion's radiance. They are the only kindred to see the rarest of colors: pure, brilliant white that shines nearly blue, like the crackle of lightning. Their hair is often darker at the roots, like a gradient display of ambient light. (Most common: Thematically Appropriate gold. Fanciest: Pure white thanks to OxiClean (not sponsored). Most attractive feature: the Shinie)
The Noldor have hair like the earth and its treasures. Black seems most common, but often it will look plain at a glance, and in the light its true colors will be revealed- deep greys and rich soil brown and dark dark bronzes and coppers, and sometimes even the barest glint of sapphire- though true black is not uncommon either. All shades of brown and dark-russet red can be seen, sometimes metal-shining, sometimes flat and deep like stone. Silver is rare and prized. Hair often grows out streaked in different shades of their color, or even of others. Silver streaks in dark hair are considered quite attractive, but the rarest and most beautiful color is shining true-reds- like forge fire and magma and molten metal- closely matched by true black subtly streaked with blue-black and red-black and every other color giving a near iridescence like the oil found underground. (Most common: Off-blacks. Fanciest: Fire red but literal. Most attractive feature: Pretty color- shinie like magpie nest, want to touch, Steal.)
The Falmari have hair like the sea shore. Silver like light glinting off water, or the morning mists over the sea. Greys like clouds rolling in- near white to deep and dark like a brewing storm. Pale creams and browns are most often seen, like sand or driftwood, some nearly greenish like seafoam. Their hair can be darker too: the deeper greys and browns of a stormy sea, sometimes greenish again, and rarely blue-black. The favorite colors, though, are those like seashells- the Falmari's hair tends to streak like the Noldor's, which lends itself well to the artistic stripes and gradations that inspired the comparison. Cream and tan, grey with silvers, and most attractively a pinky-yellow and rosy brown. The rarest is a shiny off-white mixed with the lightest creams and silvers and almost-pinks, the iridescent pearl to contrast Noldorin oil-slick. (Most common: Ashy/dirty blond. Fanciest: Light pinky strawberry blond with rose brown streaks (ideally in a pattern). Most attractive feature: Pinterest cottagecore colors.)
The Sindar have hair like their forest. It's similar to the Falmari who split from them, but frequently darker and with less of a shine. Star-silver is rare- far more common is tones of grey like stones and tree bark, often with streaks in varying shades- most beautifully demonstrated in "birch hair": near-white patterned with near-black. Grey-and-silver like aged wood is equally prized. Green tones appear as well- in greys like lichen and in browns like the forest floor. Browns in general are often seen, from fresh-fallen timber to dying leaves to mushroom brown-and-cream, though the more saturated shades of chestnut appear more frequently to the east, among the ranks of the Laiquendi. The Iathrim typically have both the lightest and darkest hair: stars and loamy soil are more frequent within Melian's boundaries, though among those with purely Sindarin heritage, true hair like shadows was only found in her descendants. (Most common: Grey like Thingol's lack of humor. Fanciest: Very light silver (bonus if it's got a subtle pattern). Most attractive feature: Patternpatternpatternpatternpa-)
The Nandor have hair like trees. All shades of greys and browns like branches and bark and the creatures that live between them: most beautiful when they mimic the animal, gradient like squirrels and streaked off-whites like deer and striped darker like owls. Also often found are creams and tans and yellows like raw wood, sometimes tinted greenish with growth, sometimes silvery with age. And vibrant reds and oranges and yellows and browns like nuts and fruits and berries, which rarely dapple and stripe together into the brilliant blaze of an autumn forest. (Most common: Brown. Fanciest: Chlorophyllic forest-fire cosplay, the more colors the better. Most attractive feature: Pattern pattern CARNIVAL!)
The Avari-true Avari, who have remained East and Easter still- have hair like hidden things. Blood and bones and obsidian stones. Browns and reds and yellows striped like jasper, the grey of cave walls and still deep water, the pale cream of polished ivory left forgotten, the near-green tan of an antler weathered on the ground. Their hair does not often shine like those who followed the gods, or pattern the same as the groups who have remained as one over the long-years, but the colors in shadows that some wear are no less beautiful for it. (Most common: Dark reds probably. Fanciest: Black with very thin stripes of color. Most attractive feature: The AestheticTM)
#tolkien#elf biology#hair headcanons#my headcanons#i refuse to tag all the kindreds#the elf classifications are a little wonky here-laiquendi counted as sindar instead of nandor and the avari not divided#but thats because i was running out of appropriately poetic comparisons#also i really dont know enough about the avari ;-;#JIRT WHERE ARE THE AGNOSTICS. WHERE ARE THEY JIRT.#absolutely gonna draw the most common vs fanciest hair at some point because my ideas slap#also very iconic of thingol to go from 'literally the most boring nelyarin hair color' to 'hot damn thats FANCY' because his wife is magic#i specifically believe that ainur and their stuff are magic-radioactive and elves are like those animals in chernobyl that can adapt to it#not like the black mushrooms because those thrive while there are probably some consequences for the quendi#not like. necessarily bad ones. but you cant get dunked face first in concentrated magic without changing a bit#so thats where stuff like the shiny hair and glowy eyes come from#actually SHOOT thats giving me really cool ideas for elves being shaped by the ainur they interact with most#like thats why orcs are the way they are: because they were shaped by morgoth and his beasties#imagine a devotee of orome with teeth-too-sharp growing keener and faster and ever more thirsty for the hunt#a devotee to varda whos eyes shine even more than the amanyar- who can see too far and hear their name from a distance they shouldnt#the noldor in their discipleship to aule are hard to burn and quick to craft- their projects consume them and metal-song is a second speech#ok that got off topic and i really dont need another long headcanons post to work on. but. later maybe.
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Michael Clifford hair timeline
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As some of you might know, this blog started from the frustration of missing certain things in the 5SOS fandom. I’m a 1D fan, I’m used to seeing masterposts about anything and everything. That’s very much not the case in the 5SOS fandom. So I figured, if it’s not here, I might as well go and do it myself. A while back I came to the conclusion there doesn’t seem to be a proper detailed timeline of Michael’s hair journey. So of course, I decided to make one. I heavily underestimated the amount of time this would cost, but I (mostly) had fun making this. So, now I would like to present you with the finished result. It should have every hair color ever in here, but if I somehow missed something or got something wrong, please let me know. I’ve tried my best to be as thorough as possible, but I only became a fan in 2020 and basically had to work my way through 5SOS history for this.
I used Michael’s instagram as a guide and filled in the gaps with interviews, tour diaries, etc. Thankfully he documented most of his hair changes on instagram, which made my job a little easier. So let’s get going!
I have combined 4 pictures into a collage, to prevent having to post close to 50 pictures below each other. The order of every collage is left to right, top to bottom.
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So we start with Michael’s natural hair color,. This is a picture I found on Google, I have no idea about the exact date. But this is his natural hair before he started dying it. The next picture is the very first time he dyed his hair, this was a red-ish brown. This picture was posted on January 2 2013. Then later on in the same month he decided to dye his hair darker, to a chocolate brown, which he posted a picture of on January 27. His first bold color happens about a month later. On March 30 2013 he posted this picture of himself with dark blue hair and some lighter blue highlights in his fringe.
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The next change comes June 19 2013. When the blue has been mostly removed, you can tell there’s some blue left in the fringe from the highlights, and the rest of his hair still has a blue-green tinge to it. This picture is a screenshot from the 5SOS vs. food video, Michael did post a picture of it on instagram captioned: “when I went blonde for a day”, but the color of that one is quite saturated. So is a better representation. After that, we move on to galaxy hair! The first picture with this hair was posted on instagram on June 19 2013. I thought this was a separate color from the 3rd picture in this collage, but it’s possible it’s the light playing tricks. Picture 3 was posted on June 26, exactly a week after the previous one. On July 6 we move on to the next change, bleach blonde! I think this is the first time he bleached his whole hair. Since the previous color’s were all darker than his own hair, he wouldn’t necessarily have needed bleach. As seen in the first picture of this collage, his hair wasn’t bleached yet. Except for the highlighted fringe. I assume a color removing product was used to get most of the blue dye out, because he said he went blonde “for a day”, which doesn’t indicate fading to me.
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The bleach blonde seem to stay for a while, because the next change is almost 3 months later. September 28 2013 brings the reveal of the smurf blue hair. This obviously fades over time, leaving a light, almost pastel blue color as seen in the screenshot I included from their Australia/New Zealand tour diary, opening for One Direction. As October 21 comes around we get a brand new color, bright pink! This faded into a pastel pink as can be seen in the screenshot from this thank you video, posted on November 24.
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Up next is reverse skunk, as posted on instagram on November 26 2013. This seems to last a good while, because the next change doesn’t come until 2014, judging by this twitcam from January 18 where the reverse skunk hair is still present. February 10, is when this picture of the purple hair was posted. Moving on to March 21, we get dark red, or maybe dark brown with red highlights, it’s hard to pinpoint what exactly this color is. There is no instagram picture for this one, so I’ve used a screenshot from the 5SOS Livestream to show this one. While writing this I discovered in this video, posted on March 13. where his hair was also this color already. The 4th screenshot from the Don’t Stop video, to demonstrate how long their hair lasted. The video was released May 18 2014. So I’m assuming it was filmed somewhere in (late) April.
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The next hair color in line is brown, the picture in this collage was posted to on May 18. However, going back through Michael’s instagram it seems like he already had this color at the start of the There’s No Place Like Home tour in Sydney, on April 30 2014. It’s likely he dyed it right before the start of  tour. The next change comes a little quicker, the earliest I could pinpoint this brown/blonde combo is May 18 at the Billboard music awards 2014. I can’t pinpoint, when exactly he got it done, but I’m assuming it was close before the BBMA’s. Moving on, we’re getting to the iconic green hair era. Again it’s hard to pinpoint when he exactly got it. There’s only 1 picture of it on his instagram, which was uploaded in July. The picture I used is from the Capital Summertime Ball 2014, held on June 21. The website describes it as “his new green hair”. So I’m assuming this is where he debuted it. After green we get this mystery lilac type color. I only found it in this Target Prank video on the 5SOS Youtube channel. Since they are promoting 5SOS1, which was released June 27, 2014, the video can be narrowed down to late June, early July of 2014. That’s as close as I could get it. I even went back to check if maybe they pre-filmed this in february/march and this was the faded purple hair, but the timeline still holds up.
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September 1 2014 is when we see a new hair color appear on instagram. For (what appears to be) the video of Good Girls Michael bleached his hair to a white blonde. A better picture is the screenshot from the Good Girls video I included. The next change we see is on September 4 at the 5SOS performance for the iTunes festival 2014. This means that either he bleached his hair a while before September 1 or it was just a transition before the red with the orange undertone. This color fades throughout September judging by the pictures on instagram. I probably should have included one in here, but you can easily find them if you look for them. However on September 29 it seems the color got a refresh, looking nice and bright again.
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The first picture in this collage, posted December 17 2014, shows the hair fading again. Then on December 18, at the People Magazine Awards the hair seems refreshed again. It looks to me as if the color has a slightly less orange undertone as well. But that’s hard to determine from 1 picture. The next picture, posted February 4 2015 shows the red has once again faded.  After the red he moves on to this purple color. The first time we see it on instagram is February 18 in a video from the studio. The picture used for illustration was posted on February 27. 
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A better view of the violet/purple hair can be seen in the screenshot from the Japan Tour Diaries part 1. In part 2 you can already see the color fading again. The next picture, posted February 28 2015 shows and even more drastic fade, where his hair has turned almost blonde again. Then around March 15 his hair goes fully white blonde again. At the start of the ROWYSO tour in Portugal, May 4, Michael’s hair is still blonde. However 2 days later in Spain, on May 6, he seems to be back to a violet/blue color, like he had previously. 
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Then May 24 2015 we move to the next change, (jet) black hair (sorry, it had to be done). On July 16 a touch of color is brought into the hair, with addition of a few colorful streaks in his fringe. right on time for the start of the next leg of the ROWYSO tour that starts in Las Vegas. On July 23 he seems to have added a feather extension in the mix. This may have just been a temporary thing, because I can’t find any further evidence of this beyond the 1 instagram picture. Then August 29 brings a drastic change. From black we move back to blonde.
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The blonde seems to last for quite some time. Judging by this performance of Hey Everybody, his hair was still blonde on November 11 2015 (the video was uploaded on the day of the performance, I checked). But then November 22 brings us red hair at the American Music Awards. Judging by other pictures on his instagram this seems to be a more true (less orange) red than in 2014. The red slowly fades, first to a more orange toned color in Bali (picture posted January 2 2016). And eventually it fades all the way to blonde wint a soft hint of red/pink in the 3rd picture, posted January 25 2016. Shortly after he premieres a teal hair color at the G’day USA red carpet on January 28. 
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The teal color sticks around for a while, even during the first leg of the SLFL tour. The last I saw of it was on March 12 2016, at the Philippines show. Then in between the Asian and Euopean leg the color changes from teal to brown, as seen at the Sheffield SLFL show on April 5. Then in the break between their last Dublin show (April 27) and their Vienna show (May 12) he bleaches his hair again. After this the era of Michael frequently coloring his hair seems to be done. He stays blonde, at some point he grows it out until only the long parts of his hair are still blonde. As can be seen in this picture posted on October 16 2017. Then at the start of the Meet You There Tour in Japan (August 2 2018) the colored hair makes a brief return with this pink moment. It doesn’t seem to last long however, since I can’t find a lot about it after Japan. So it may have been a temporary thing.
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October 9 2018 he posts the first picture in this collage. It’s very possible this is faded pink from the previous picture. Or maybe he dyed it a lighter shade later on. After this the colored hair stops, but we do occasionally get various shades of blonde. The second picture, from November 16 2018, shows a caramel tone to his hair. In the third picture, posted on October 21 2018, we see sort of a dirty blonde. We end this timeline the way we started, back to natural hair. because of quarantine the bleached blonde grew out and eventually disappeared once he cut it. So we have come full circle. We started with natural hair and we are ending it with natural hair. If we get any more changes in the future I will be sure to add them to the timeline.
Finally, a few facts, for fun. 
In total, Michael has had 29 color changes in a span of roughly 8 years.* 
He’s had the most colors in 2013 and 2014 (both years he’s had 8 different colors)
The orange red was the color he had the longest, 150 days to be precise (based on the information available).
* Not counting fades or the “blonde for a day. Since they are part of 1 color or were just used to transition to another color. Also not counting the various shades of bleached blonde in the last collage, since it’s hard to tell if they are actually different, or if it’s light. I did count the transition from blonde to natural.
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curiousscientistkae · 2 years
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oh yeah since I have new peeps here is a rundown of myshe ra kiddos +finally adding some i never talked about. Ages are just to show gaps between kids, they are not "canon". Under the cut stuff. I uh....ramble
Glimmadora:
Harper-20, eldest daughter/child. Born Feb 1st. She/Her, Demi-Bi. Heir to Brightmoon, gets called 'AJ' (Adora Jr) a lot by Glimmer since she looks and acts a lot like Adora. Has shoulder length two toned blonde hair (top half light like She-ra, bottom darker like Adora) with sparkles at the edns, sparkling purple eyes shaped like Adora's, tan skin like Glimmer, glasses, sometimes wears a hearing aid in her right ear. Has cream/purple wing markings on her back that later will turn into feathery cream wings with purple tips.
Sound based powers (cause my brain was like light and sound) but still can create light stuff they just make sounds also. Also can turn invisible. Being unable to control the powers as a toddler, she lost her hearing in her right ear. Everyone in the family knows sign language.
Smart af, witty, as the eldest of all the kids can be protective to a fault, anxious, wants to not fuck up and be a great queen. Will overwork herself and is a perfectionist, though can be forgetful. Is a great shoulder to lean on/be listened to.
Grows to 6' (she got them angella genes (who is alive in this au, not micah) and athletic build like Adora. Named to match the 'er' at Glimmer's name, her sound powers, and the Lyra constellation. Glimmer was the one to have her.
Mira-13, youngest daughter eldest twin. Born July 9th. She/Her, Lesbian, about 5 mins older than Micah. Powerless Princess. Got her great aunt and grandpa's hair color, pale skin (same as Adora), ice blue eyes shaped like Adora's, freckles on face. Usually has hair in ponytail held up by that butterfly pin from princess prom. Also almost always has a red cloak around her. Called 'Mimi'
Born with no magic and not connected to the moonstone (long story short in my au, First Ones cannot use magic without help or it will kill them. Mira got the most FO genes thus she cannot use magic. Whole ass idea i need to explore). Tries to make up for it with fighting skills. While she doesn't show it a lot, she hates the fact she is powerless and will not grow wings either.
Clever, rebellious, loves to explore. Can have a temper to her, wears her heart on her sleeve. Natural born leader. Butts heads with her mothers the most and has run away a few times (once for a very very long time heh). At the end of the day, she doesn't want to be in the shadow of anyone/wants to make her own mark.
Grows to 5'6", chubby build like Glimmer. Named to match the 'ra' in Adora's name and the 'Mi' in Micah's name. OG she was going to have healing powers before I got rid of that so it was also sort for Miracles. 'Mira' is a star, one that is an actual shooting star. Adora was the one to have her
Micah-13, youngest child only son. Born July 9th. He/Him and They/Them. Demi-Boy. Bi, about 5 mins younger than Mira. Has spell powers. Messy, chin length dark purple hair (the same shade as the bottom half of Glimmer's hair), sky blue eyes with sparkles and shaped like Glimmer's, freckles on face. Light tan skin (between his sisters). Has purple wing markings on back and later will get purple feathered wings. Called MJ (Micah Jr) or Mickey
Like his grandfather, great aunt, and Ma before him, he can use spells. Struggles with it but eventually learns he is best at defensive ones. They look up to many of the guards in the castle and wants to be one when he grows up.
Quiet, soft spoken, nervous boy. Def keeps his twin sister from doing something totally stupid. Trusting, sometimes too much, can hold grudges if wronged badly. Tries to see the best in others. Named to honor his grandfather, they want to live up to them and be a great sorcerer
Grows to 5'11, more avg/a bit stocky build. Named to match the 'Mi' with Mira and as Micah is dead in this still (i made them a long time ago) after him. Adora was the one to have them.
Scorpia's Kid
Onca-13, only child of Scorpia. Born May 4th. They/Them. Non-binary Pan. Magicat/Scorpion. OG a scorptra kid but Catra no longer with Scorpia. Has medium length snow white hair, usually in a small pony tail, light brown skin, amber eyes (only iris has the color not the whole eye). Cat fangs and white cat tail. Has those scorpion shouler pads and venom their fangs (not as strong as their mother's) and blue blood. No fur. Called 'Onc' or by Scorpia her 'Lil' Kitling'
Has electrical powers like Scorpia. Venom will only make the part they bite numb, does not fully knock anyone out. Is quick on their feet.
Laid back, quick to adapt, resting bitch face, can be a little lazy, sometimes acts without thinking, and easily distracted. Before growth spurt, they were small and grew a hatred of being seen as always needing help. Just a gentle giant really.
Grows to 6'3, strong build like Scorpia. Named after the latin species name of the Jaguar.
(i so need to work and the following kids more rip)
Bowfuma
Robin-18, eldest son/child of Bow and Perfuma. Born March 20th, He/Him. Gay. Dark brown skin, dark brown, short hair, dark brown eyes. Wears glasses. Has plant powers. Called Robby. Heir to Plumeria.
Plant powers are a WIP kind of, might be like Perfuma or a little dif but is connected to the Runestone. Knows some archery but prefers a crossbow.
Self assured, he knows who he is and what he wants to do, fair-takes both sides of an argument into account. Is the least likely to cause shit. Can be messy and hates when his things are moved. Procrastinator.
Grows to 6', lean build. Named after both Robin Hood, the archer, and the bird
Eliza-16, only daughter. Born Sept 15th, She/Her, Aro/Ace. Dark brown skin, dark brown hair in two braids, dark brown eyes, freckles. Needs glasses but wears contacts. Powers allows her to talk to animals. Called 'Liza'.
Also connected to the runestone, Eliza and talk to animals. She actually started to talk to them before speaking to her parents. When she talks to them, to others it sounds like she is making the animal sounds.
Passionate and loves animals. While her cousin Mira puts her energy into trouble, she puts it into being outside and building things or helping her mom and dad. Hates being stuck inside. Can be whimsical. Loves to be challenged and doesn't back down from stuff, even when maybe she should. Can be a bit dense.
Grows to 5'8", lean build. Named after Eliza Thornberry.
Ash-15, youngest of their siblings. Born Nov 23rd. He/She/They genderfluid. No real label-uses queer. Medium brown skin, medium length, wavy blonde hair, dark brown eyes. Freckles. Has no powers but does not mind it at all.
Unlike his younger cousin, Mira, Ash does not care they do not have powers or are not next in line for the thorn. They are happy to just learn from their father or others. Kind of a jack of all trades.
Has a big heart and a love for all life. Once she is set on something, she sees it through to the end. Very observant of the world and what goes on in it. Can be impatient and doesn’t always take things seriously. Jokes way to often. Free-spirit
Grows to 5'10", thin build like his mom. Named after the type of tree which you could use to make a bow.
Seamista
Newt-18, oldest and only son of Sea Hawk and Mermista. Born Dec 11th, Trans Man He/Him, Pan ace. Dark brown skin, dark brown eyes, short blue hair. Has no runestone powers but can still turn into a merman when in the water.
Newt was next in line for the throne but stepped down, not liking the idea of being a king. He likes to spend time at the beach, swimming, and enjoying being in the sun. Usually keeps his sisters from killing each other.
Hard worker, does not usually slack off, does hate being in the spotlight. Humble. Good at reading emotions. Can lose track of time easily. Has his mother's dry sense of humor. Will faint at the sight of blood
Grows to 5'7", build like Sea Hawk. Named for the salamander that is associate with fire. And with it being an amphibian and transitioning from one stage to another, kind of works there also.
Sandra-15, oldest daughter. Born Mar 7th, She/Her, Pan. Medium brown skin, brown eyes, dark long brown curly hair. Has water based powers (still a WIP whoops). Can turn into a mermaid when in the water.
After her brother stepped down, she is now the heir to her kingdom. Still working a bit on her powers but is connected to the runestone. FIGHTS with her sister all the time.
Very much a girly girl, loves pink, skirts, sparkles, all that jazz. Takes her role as princess seriously. Dutiful and punctual. Hates messes, likes things to be neat. Does not like things randomly being dropped on her.
Grows to 5'8", Mermista's body build. Nickname is Sandy and is called that the most. Named cause yeah....sandy.
Yamuna-12, youngest child/daughter. Born Apr 13th, She/Her, Greyromo/sexual Lesbian. Long blue hair though will dye it many colors, usually orange, light brown skin, brown eyes. Water powers. Cannot fully turn into a mermaid when in the water, just gets webbing and gills.
She can control the temperature of the water around her, freezing it or boiling it at will. Is a great sailor
Pure Sea Hawk child, pretty much his clone. Wild, hyper, will set shit on fire. Takes pride in everything she does. Will blurt out things without thinking and can be pushy. Doesn't like to be told to do things. Zero filter.
Grows to 5'2", small body build. Named after one of the largest rivers in India.
(these guys are VERY WIP so not much to them)
Ada-Entrapta child, on the younger end. Adopted, trans woman, het. Does love robots and what not, helps their mom out a lot. Probably can run on little sleep and still be fine. Name was given to me by my good friend Dorku named after Ada Lovelace, a mathematician and first computer programmer. Very close with Onca
Luka and Felix-Catra's sons, adopted. Both magicats. Catra moves away from everyone and wouldnt really come into focus until much much later when Mira runs off. Luka and Felix idk ages yet but are only a year apart in age. Luka means light (he is one of Catra's lights now) and Felix is a cartoon cat. Would become close friends with Mira later on
(im too lazy to proof lmao and free to ask questions or change stuff up lmao god)
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midasinc · 3 years
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Okay I'm gonna jump on the "should Enjolras be blonde" thingy as well because of a headcanon I've had for a while.
So imagine, Enjolras with strawberry blonde hair. I know that I guess in a way it's still blonde (kinda. It's probably up for debate), but I just love it so much.
Enjolras who gets asked whether he dyes his hair whenever the seasons go from spring/summer to autumn/winter cause the sunlight doesn't lighten his hair anymore and it turns more ginger when it's darker. (I know that sounds ridiculous, but as someone with strawberry blonde hair I can confirm that you absolutely get this question a lot.)
On that note his hair happens to look just a slightly different shade on ever photo ever because the way the light falls just makes such a difference for some reason. (In modern au).
However if the light hits it just right (usually around the evening) his hair can literally look like straight up gold.
Grantaire dies a little every time this happens.
Enjolras growing up seeing almost no one with the same haircolour and feeling a bit weirded out. Especially when people start to tease him for being a redhead while another person could go what do you mean red? He's obviously blonde.
But eventually he starts to realise how cool and interesting and beautiful his hair colour actually is and he becomes proud of it.
Enjolras, Jehan and Feuilly just making redhead jokes "well yes of course we're prepared to do whatever it takes to win this revolution. We're redheads, we don't have a soul anyway."
Actually he can make both redhead and blonde jokes and you know he absolutely does.
I had more points but I can't think of them right now :( should have written them down somewhere.
Anyway, strawberry blonde Enjolras is just 👌🏻 in my opinion. Especially since I've seen so many fanfics say stuff like "Enjolras's hair falls around his face like a halo" or "the sun caught fire in his hair." It just makes sense to me.
Aaaand maybe I also just want some representation for my own haircolour :')
oh my god wait this is like my natural hair colour but mine is darker. where half of the people think im ginger and everyone else thinks im brunette and it’s just the most inconsistent colour skcnskcnsoxn
BUT THIS IS SO CUTE!!!!! I REALLY LOVE THIS
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princessjungeun · 4 years
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Reaction to Dying Hair For Comeback: Twice x Reader
Request: twice reaction to the 10th member who is also their gf dying her hair for the first time for a comeback?
Nayeon
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You had never dyed your hair in the entirety of being in Twice. Your fans strongly preferred you keep your hair natural. They loved the dark brown wavy hair you had and always told you that. So when you had to bleach it blonde then dye it lavender, you were beyond worried. Nayeon promised you fans would love it and that if you didn’t like it you could always dye it back after promotions.
“You’ll look beautiful Jagiya, don’t worry they’ll love it as much as I do”
Jeongyeon
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Jeongyeon decided to come with you when you went to get your hair dyed for the first time for a comeback. You thought it was for support and it mostly was, but there was a small part of her that just wanted to take pictures of you in foils. She’d send a picture of your foil covered hair to the Twice group chat saying how you looked like an alien.
“Can I throw you over my shoulder and pretend I stole you from Area 51?”
Momo
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Momo knew how much you valued your curls. In your contract you personally told the company that you wouldn’t sign unless you had control over your curly hair. So when you come back to the dorm with a dusty rose colored mane, she was shocked. She couldn’t believe how beautiful and different it was from your old black hair. She just couldn’t look away.
“Oh my god Y/N! It looks so good come closer so I can see!!”
Sana
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For this comeback you were given a choice of what color your hair would be. However, during the first year of Twice you promised Sana that she could choose your hair color when it came time to dye it. Years passed and you never had to, fans simply loved your natural hair color. So when Sana was able to pick out a color she couldn’t decide. She’d sit for hours scrolling through fan edits of your hair to see which ones she liked best.
“How about pink? No purple! Red! Blonde?....No I got it! SILVER!!!”
Jihyo
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Jihyo knew you were not excited about getting your hair dyed for comeback. For the past few years you’ve gotten away with wigs and extensions to substitute for dying your hair. But this time the company insisted you get the real deal. Jihyo would be there telling you it wasn’t as bad as seemed.
“It’ll be fine just relax”
Mina
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Mina hasn’t dyed her hair as much as her other members for sure. So she understands why you’re worried about possible hair loss or damage. When you come back to the dorm in tears because the ends of your hair are partially fried, she wouldn’t hesitate to help you fix it. She’d patiently trim away the little split ends and angel knotted hairs. Thus, leaving you with a slightly shorter but very cute hairstyle.
“See my love? It’s good as new.”
Dahyun
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Dahyun has dyed her hair so many times everyone wonders how she still has hair, let alone a scalp. Your girlfriend knows how easily it can be to damage your long curly hair. This was the reason why you never really dyed your hair as well. When your company told you you were to go platinum blonde you damn near passed out. However Dahyun came to your rescue and said you two should switch hair colors. She claimed she’d look better platinum blonde and you a honey brown. You were extremely grateful she was willing to do such a thing.
“I told you I always have your back jagi”
Chaeyoung
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Chaeyoung has tried all types of cuts and colors with her hair. So she had no trouble helping you find cute styles that complemented your new color. She didn’t hesitate to do this when you came to her in tears because you hated your new dark purple locks. She’d look at you and grow shy when you smiled at her in satisfaction.
“Yahhh don’t look at me like this. You’re too pretty!”
Tzuyu
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Tzuyu hasn’t had her hair dyed many times and when she did it was always more of the darker colors. She didn’t exactly know what to tell you when you came to her panicked because you had to dye your hair sky blue for this comeback. She’d tell you it’s be ok even though she was unsure of her own advice. However when you came to her the next day, sky blue tresses flowing down your back, she was relieved. She’d make you pose so she could take picture of you to post.
“Pose for me! You look so pretty Y/N-ah!!”
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loulougoingsolo · 4 years
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DIYing a Bold Hair Choice
So, as we all know, we live in troubling times. I've personally been living in quarantine-like arrangements for about a month now, and although I've been mostly doing alright, some things have proven to be hard. I was supposed to have my hair professionally cut and dyed this week, but I had to cancel the appointment, and at the moment, I don't know when I'll get to visit the salon for the next time. So, I had to take matters (or scissors) to my own hands.
I'm a DIYer, but I've never cut my own hair. I've also had it professionally dyed since I was 15 or so. For a short period, I only had it bleached and cut by a pro, but then dyed it myself with a pretty intense cool shade of red - but other than that, and a few toner touch ups, I've always relied on professionals. So I was in a bit of a pickle, when I realized that I'd have to either DIY or have my grey roots grow wild for months. And because my hair is short, the roots way too grey for my age, and I had all this time ln my hands, there was really only one way this could go.
When I go about a DIY project, my first step, always, is thorough research. I had an idea for what I'd attempt to achieve, so I went on Youtube and searched for diy haircuts. I got some good tutorials, but most of them were for long hair - and I also got suggested GMM episode #989, in which Rhett and Link battle in cutting their own hair (wigs). Can I just say, they predicted the Tiger King craze long before Netflix:
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So, I immediately figured I would not be able to follow yhe hair styling tutorials of this GMM episode. First of all, I could only find one pair of scissors even remotely sharp enough to cut hair. They were not sharp enough. Secondly, the longest part of my hair barely reaches my chin. I would need to really commit to every snip I make, or I'd end up with a bald hair style, instead of bold. As attractive and gorgeous some people are with a fully shaved head, with my head shape, that was something to avoid at all costs.
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Another thing I was worried about was that I'd probably end up cutting my own finger, like Link. I've always found it extra difficult to see my own reflection in a mirror and try to do accurate motions according to the reflection. Simply put, my brain gets confused. Also, I don't really have a way to see the back of my head through the mirror at all. How the crap am I supposed to cut anything?
At this point, I understood that the actual haircut was going to be the tough part, so I decided to focus on the dye. Since I cojldn't just go to a big supermarket to buy the equipment, I had to order the dyes online. At this point my plan was simply to buy a multitude of wild colours to mix and match according to my mood, so I ordered a tub of Midnight Blue, Daffodil Yellow, Flamingo Pink and Cerise dyes, all by the brand La Riche Directions. These dyes are semi-permanent, sonI knew they wouldn't cause permanent damage to my hair, and at this point, that was kind of my goal - whatever I do, I don'g want to ruin things too badly. But, because I'm familiar with semi-permanent dyes, and I've had pretty much every shade on the spectrum on my hair at one point, I knew I might require an extra step to see results. Which is why, "just in case", I added a hair lightening kit to my order. I figured, I'd make some lighter strands on top, to have some colours show properly.
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By the time the dyes arrived, I was already pretty fed up with my grey roots. I watched the GMMore which followed the hair cut episode. Rhett, who won the haircut challenge, got to decide what colours would go in Alex's hair. Alex had done the smart thing and bleached his hair professionally to be dyed in this episode, but he somehow agreed to letting Rhett and Link add the colours.
When Rhett explains everyone how he and Link used to dye eachother's hair back in the day, I realize that even though I'm technically watching a DIY hair tutorial, they aren't actually doing it themselves. It's quite different to put dye on someone else's head than your own. (Also, something I didn't notice back when I first saw this episode: Link says it would be crazy for him to have his hair dyed, but looking back, he most certainly had his hair dyed at this time.)
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It was slightly alarming to see that Alex was worried about how things would go. I could hardly expect to achieve anything much better than the guys, since at least they had the studio lighting and a full team to help rhem not screw up. I had a mirror in my dark toilet, which is barely big enough to stand in.
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I also forgot to buy vaselkne, which was a big mistake - although I don't think it's even possible to buy a container that big here. Why would they have that at Mythical in the first place? But something about seeing how much trouble the guys were having controlling the unmixed streaks of dye and all that vaseline made me worried.
At this point, I need to tell you that seeing the blank canvas which was Alex's hair, I, now the proud owner of a 40 % bleack kit (which apparently is the strong stuff), decided I was not going to waste energy by trying to dye my hair without bleaching, only to find out that the colours didn't show. So, I mixed the bleach, put on a worn-out t-shirt, used hand lotion to vas up my forehead, neck and ears, and then just went for it.
I did watch quite a few proper tutorials. They taught me, firstly, that 40% was a no-no. Secondly, never bleach something that has already been bleached, especially, if your hair has multiple colours. Forth, never start from the roots, as they get bleached faster (this ended up being the only rule I followed). And, above all, go to a professional.
So, I added the bleach to my hair. First I tried sticking to just a few strands, but then a blop of the bleach fell on the wrong spot, and I figured, why not just go full head. I did. I left the stuff on for maybe 20 minutes, and after that I got scared and rinsed it off. Then, I used a silver toner, and was left with a fascinating mix of orange, yellow and white hair - and a strand of persistent green from my previous dye. But it was blond enough for my plans.
Alex had a beautiful mix of blue, pink and purple in his hair - and that accidental splash of green - and after considering thoroughly, I decided to go for these colours, too. I mean, pink, purple and blue are my jam. Also, as much as I wanted to go full rainbow, I figured it would be an impossible task to keep the different colours from mixing, and that might result in brown, which is the colour of defeat. So, I went with midnight blue, flamingo pink and cerise, and wasn't too concerned aboit getting the colours mixed together.
This is how Alex's hair looked on the episode, before he rinsed the extra dye off:
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I couldn't find any good photos of his hair after it was rinsed, but tgere was one which suggested only a faint shade of blue stuck.
And finally, here's what happened with my hair. Now, I'm not posting my face here, just the hair. Imagine a white blop with green eyes below the hair, and you'll get the idea. In the first two pictures is my hair during normal times, and just before I diyed it. It looks particularly nasty in the just before hack job pic, because it was adviced not to wash your hair before bleachkng to save the scalp - but as you can see, this was not a fun thing to see in the mirror each morning:
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After I had dyed my hair, I did some snips here and there, and also, because I was able to borrow a hair clipper from my dad, some clipping - which in my books, saved the day. The haircut is pretty botched, but I actually absolutely love the colour. And the criss-cross shave despite it being pretty bad - it also looks badass in real life. The picture taken outside shows the pink colours more accurately, but the cut shows better in the other pic. There are a couple of ways I can style this later on, but I kept styling to minimum for starters, because I didn't want to cause extra damage to my hair:
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So, this has been the story of how I diyed my hair during quarantine. My mom loves the whole thing (I showed it to her yesterday while taking them groceries), and although there are some spots in the back which could have more colour in them, I'm pretty satisfied. I know my hairdresser is going to weep when she sees me, but she'll get over it.
So, in conclusion: Would I do this again? Yes, but I'd definately leave the cutting and bleaching to the pros. Also, now I can't really bleach again for a while. But I'm actually thinking about taking the dyes I have to my hairdresser so she can dye my hair properly with them, in a healthier way, once all this chaos settles and it's safe again. I'd probably need a slightly darker, permanent colour to the roots, but I absolutely love these insanely bright colours. And I'm so going to try the full rainbow this summer, too.
Would I recommend this to others? Yes, but with caution. The direct semi-permanent colours are safe and won't damage the hair, but bleach does. My hair is naturally a tad too dark to show bright colours properly, so I took the risk. I was also mentally prepared to shave the whole thing off and wear my mythical hat for the summer - but I'm happy that wasn't necessary. If you aren't willing to risk damaging your hair, stick to semi-permanents.
To end this post, here's a selfie I took yesterday on my grocery store trip in full safety gear (I have a paper mask under the scarf):
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Stay safe! Do things that make you happy! BYMB! 💗💗💗
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so last night i realised i had almost hit 500 posts on this account. and then i had the brilliant, genius idea to make a post with 500 facts about monster house for my 500th post.
this was not a genius idea in any way shape or form.
i am not a genius.
but i did it anyway, so now i present to you:
five-hundred-fucking-facts about monster house
enjoy. 
KENZI
1) Kenzi was abandoned as a baby 2) She was adopted by Monster House 3) She does not know when her birthday is 4) Her best friend growing up was Toby 5) Kenzi thought she was a vampire when she was a kid 6) She went around biting people’s necks for weeks 7) Kenzi loves photography, Instagram, and modelling 8) She has ran four marathons and six 10ks 9) She has been dying her hair since she was 14 10) Kenzi’s favourite chocolate brand is Cadbury’s 11) She loves cooking and hosting parties 12) She hates being human and wishes she was a monster too 13) She is almost fluent in French 14) Kenzi has no idea what she wants to be when she’s older 15) She never wants to leave Monster House 16) Kenzi is always chewing gum
HARLOW 17) Harlow dyes her hair black 18) She plays drums because her dad told her it was for boys 19) She plays basketball because her dad told her it was for boys 20) Her mum died three years ago and Harlow has never got over it 21) She lives with her dad, their relationship is recovering 22) Harlow won’t leave the house without a beanie 23) She loves video games like overwatch and call of duty 24) She is absolutely shit at video games 25) Doritos are her favourite snack 26) Harlow has lost count of how many cousins she has 27) If she could be any monster, she’d be a vampire 28) She’s in a college band called ‘4am’ 29) They’ve played three actual gigs so far 30) Harlow wants to be in a famous band 31) Harlow does NOT want to ever get a real job 32) She writes a lot of songs 33) Nobody will ever see these songs 34) She hates the beach 35) The only thing she hates more than the beach is spelling errors 36) She also hates vegetables and weather over 20 degrees C 37) She loves the sound of rain and thunder 38) She hoards TV boxsets and prefers them over Netflix 39) She loves antique stores and charity shops 40) She has an impressive vinyl collection
TOBY 41) Toby is bisexual but prefers guy 42) He’s known he was bisexual since discovering Tom Holland 43) His favourite superhero is Iron Man 44) Spider man is a close second 45) Toby wanted to be a superhero when he was a kid 46) Now he wants to be a super villain (#edgyteen) 47) He’s enrolled in school part time 48) Avoiding sunlight makes school difficult 49) The kids at school joke that he’s a vampire because of this 50) They don’t know why that’s so funny 51) He plays bass guitar but never lets anyone else listen 52) Except Matty. Sometimes he joins in with the ‘drums’ 53) Toby loves going to the skate park at night 54) He once wrote a 500 word essay on why the moon is better than the sun 55) He knows every constellation and loves stargazing 56) He loves sitting on his dad’s balcony and watching the stars 57) Toby doesn’t know who his mum is 58) Metal and rock music is his favourite 59) He chews on his finger to satisfy his desire to bite things 60) Sometimes he’s tempted to see if he could bite his finger off 61) He never has 62) Toby loves tomato ketchup 63) Immortality intimidates him 64) He only wears band tee shirts 65) He starts wearing beanies everywhere after meeting Harlow 66) Toby idolises Harlow 67) His favourite food is pancakes with chocolate sauce 68) Kenzi makes him pancakes to apologise after they fight 69) Toby buys her bars of chocolate to apologise 70) Kenzi and Toby bicker a lot 71) They are also best friends 72) Toby’s favourite period of history is the Roman emperors 73) Caligula was his favourite emperor 74) Toby almost turned Kenzi when they were 14 75) He despises pop music 76) Kenzi and Toby fight over nothing more often than pop music 77) Custard makes him want to throw up
KAI 78) Kai has six older sisters 79) He is one of two guys in the witches coven 80) He speaks French and Italian (almost) fluently 81) He volunteers at the local animal shelter 82) He does not get along with his family 83) Kai tries to fit in but he isn’t very good at it 84) He gets very upset if his hair doesn’t look right 85) He struggles with dysphoria but his parents won’t let him get T 86) Kai loves doing jigsaws and watching reality shows 87) He listens to music to drown out his parents arguments 88) His oldest sister Natalia is his favourite 89) She cut his hair and bought him guys clothes after he came out 90) Natalia plays board games with him and helps with homework 91) Kai loves baking - especially banana bread 92) He hates bananas but could eat banana bread all day 93) Being a witch is hard and he’s really really bad at it 94) Kai once turned a dining room chair into a frog 95) He also turned his mother’s earrings into a donkey 96) They never let him keep the animals 97) Pop music and indie rock are his favourites 98) Kai is scared of the dark 99) Science and maths make no sense to him 100) He plans on leaving the witches coven when he’s 18
PHILLIP 101) Philip is a history professor at Seabrooke University 102) He was born in 1893 under the reign of Queen Victoria 103) He campaigned with the suffragettes - and even broke a window once 104) He is a hardcore liberal and despises the conservative party 105) He attended the 1908 summer Olympics held in London 106) He once had a fling with a maid of George V’s 107) Phillip had entered a competition to be on the titanic 108) He was an engineer during world war 2 109) His nose was broken at a protest for women to be given degrees 110) Phillip has been married three times 111) The first died, the second left him for another man 112) The third was a Vegas marriage about 30 years prior 113) Phillip is straight - but he’s experimented extensively in the past 114) He does the newspaper crossword puzzle every morning 115) He bans TV until after 3pm 116) Phillip moved to Monster House in the 70’s 117) He despises the movie ‘Twilight’ above all else 118) He is the one who decided to adopt Kenzi 119) Phillip is essentially in charge of Monster House 120) He adores barbecues with his family 121) He hates Russia, incorrect grammar, and coffee
MATTY 122) Toby brought a stray dog in one day 123) The next morning, a toddler was asleep in their living room 124) Phillip decided to keep him 125) His hobbies include chewing people’s shoes and phone chargers 126) He has broken exactly seven bones 127) There is no soul clumsier than Matty 128) His face is full of freckles and his cheeks are always red 129) He runs everywhere 130) He wants to be a footballer or an astronaut when he’s older 131) Matty breaks Phillip’s morning TV ban so he can watch cartoons 132) His favourite game is fetch 133) Toby created a machine for him that throws a ball over and over 134) Matty hates it - he likes playing with an actual person 135) His wolf form is small, fluffy and a little too blonde 136) Phillip has been assured that he will get less blonde as he grows up 137) Toby once tried to enter him in a dog competition 138) They won £20 and bought the biggest ice creams they could 139) Matty loves porridge almost as much as he loves shoes and Toby 140) He has an imaginary friend called Boris who he blames for everything
CALLIE 141) Callie is half fae and half human 142) Her full name is Calypso, but everybody calls her Callie 143) She cannot tell lies, but is excellent at talking around the truth 144) She’s introverted and shy - but also amazing at public speaking 145) She wants to be a legal aid barrister 146) Her hair is naturally brown but she dyes it red 147) She plays acoustic guitar in 4am - the same band as Harlow 148) Her roommate is a werewolf but she doesn’t know about it yet 149) She has travelled to France and Italy 150) But she wants to travel the world 151) Her bedroom walls are covered in maps 152) She has an emergency supply of snacks in a room at all times 153) Her biggest dream is to have her own library room once day 154) With a secret bookshelf door, of course 155) Her lava lamp and beanbags are her prized possessions 156) She does not have a good relationship with her parents 157) She struggles with insomnia and rarely sleeps 158) Coffee is her one true love 159) She adores long car rides and she adores driving 160) She works part time at a coffee shop 161) Her car is her other prized possession 162) Callie can devour bags of skittles in an instant 163) She forgets everything in her personal life 164) And remembers everything in her academic life 165) She loves fire and will sit and stare at it for hours 166) Sometimes she goes to the local aquarium to study 167) Change is her worst enemy - everything needs to be consistent 168) She has been a straight A student all her life 169) She goes for a long walk every Saturday afternoon 170) Callie writes songs when she’s feeling bad
MILO 171) Hiding antlers in public is the bane of his existence 172) He is part of a group who want to tell humans about monsters 173) Milo does not particularly like humans 174) He has curly blonde hair that is usually a mess 175) One of his eyes is darker blue than the other 176) He loves blanket forts and fairy lights and hot chocolate 177) He has a part time job delivering pizzas 178) This means he gets a discount on pizzas, which he takes advantage of 179) Percy Jackson is the main reason he’s doing a classics degree 180) He enjoys writing fantasy books in his free time 181) He is reasonably fluent in Ancient Greek and Latin 182) ‘Out of Bounds’ signs are a welcoming invitation to Milo 183) He will explore everything and anything 184) Milo wants to travel to South America the most 185) He has two mums 186) They both adore Callie 187) He goes rock climbing in his free time 188) This is so he can climb trees, fences, and monuments better 189) He claims he’s climbed several mountains 190) Callie does not believe this claim 191) He was not raised in Seabrooke and had few monster friends as a kid 192) Milo is a nymph 193) His father is one of his mother’s best friends - also a nymph 194) His ‘father’ taught him to garden and to bake 195) Milo never called him dad - he was always Uncle Barney 196) He loves growing his own flowers 197) Nymph magic allows him to grow the most beautiful plants and flowers 198) It also allows him to bake exceptional cakes and cookies 199) He adores his younger brother and sister 200) He is double jointed and left handed
KENZI AND HARLOW 201) Making out is their favourite pastime 202) Harlow spends most of her free time at Monster House 203) They enjoy joking about how ‘platonic’ their relationship is 204) Kenzi loves cooking for Harlow 205) They spend a lot of time watching TV shows together 206) Stranger Things and Friends were their last binge-watches 207) Harlow is always invited round for Friday Board Game Night 208) Kenzi constantly steals Harlow’s clothes 209) Harlow loves playing with Kenzi’s hair 210) Harlow loves holding Kenzi’s hand 211) Harlow just loves touching Kenzi as much as possible 212) They both have a years pass to the local petting zoo 213) Kenzi goes to all of Harlow’s band gigs and basketball games 214) She wants to set up a cheer leading squad for the basketball team 215) Harlow just wants to see Kenzi in a cheerleader costume 216) Harlow asked Kenzi to be her girlfriend 217) Kenzi said I love you first 218) They’re planning on getting an apartment together after graduating 219) Also a dog 220) Harlow adores getting Kenzi to play (and fail at) video games 221) Kenzi is a massive flirt - Harlow does not appreciate it 222) Harlow once stabbed Kenzi on the hand whilst cooking together 223) Kenzi and Harlow do not cook together 224) They bicker a lot 225) But Harlow adores Kenzi more than anything else, and vice versa
TOBY AND KAI 226) Toby only got the guts to ask Kai out because his dad made him 227) They are polar opposites in just about every way 228) Toby didn’t know what being transgender meant before meeting Kai 229) Toby calls Kai ‘sunshine’ 230) Kai calls Toby ‘grumpy guts’ for the most part 231) They fall asleep on the phone together a lot 232) They also fall asleep in the same bed a lot 232) Kai’s parents do not like vampires so they don’t know about Toby 233) They met through the Monster House toddler group when they were kids 234) They both went to the Monster House study group as kids/teenagers 234) Nowadays, they ‘study’ in Toby’s room instead 235) Kai drove Toby mad up until very recently 236) It wasn’t exactly love at first site 237) Toby threw up on Kai - the hatred only grew from there 238) Over time, Toby developed a soft spot for Kai 239) Nowadays, Kai still drives him crazy, but in a good sorta way 240) They have every intention of moving in together after school ends 241) Kai has a drawer of clothes at Toby’s place 242) Toby has punched six people in defence of Kai 243) One was an eleven year old. He has no regrets 244) Toby frequently takes Kai stargazing 245) Toby also taught him how to skate 246) Kai speaks French to Toby and he loves it 247) Sometimes Kai takes Toby to volunteer at the animal shelter with him 248) Their biggest fights are over pop music and science 249) They plan on getting a turtle when they move in together 250) Kai loves sitting on Toby’s lap 251) He also loves stealing his sweaters 252) He also loves fixing his hair 253) He frequently picks flowers for Toby and spends hours arranging them 254) Kai also loves falling asleep on Toby 255) Toby kisses Kai’s cheek a lot 256) Toby adores Kai, but he rarely admits to it 257) He took Kai to a Troye Sivan concert in February 2019 258) Kai sends Toby selfies a lot throughout the day 259) Toby saves every single one to his phone - but won’t admit to it 260) Toby’s dad r e a l l y wants him to marry Kai
CALLIE AND MILO 261) They met when they were both searching an abandoned church 262) They thought the other was a ghost 263) For the longest time, Callie was ‘ghost girl’ in Milo’s phone 264) Their first date was in Starbucks 265) But they tell people it was back in that abandoned church 266) They are both too terrified to ever go back to that church 267) They have plants to travel the world together 268) Callie’s phone background is Milo and his messy bed head 269) Milo’s background is Callie in one of his sweaters 270) Callie hoards Milo’s sweaters 271) Milo practically lives at Callie’s apartment so he doesn’t mind 272) Callie only really sleeps when she’s with Milo 273) Milo likes playing with her hair while she reads out loud 274) The sound of her voice calms his anxiety 275) Callie frequently plays guitar and sings for Milo 276) He considers himself her number one fan 277) Callie likes listening to him ramble about history and classics 278) She often falls asleep while he talks - he never seems to notice 279) Callie drives Milo everywhere 280) Milo always makes the best road trip playlists and snacks 281) Milo’s mum’s adore Callie 282) They go for family dinner every other Sunday 283) They are going to Greece together over the summer holidays 284) Their opinions on monster politics differ wildly 285) Callie enjoys teaching Milo how to play guitar 286) Milo grows his own flowers to give Callie 287) He also enjoys cooking for her 288) Sometimes he brings her breakfast in bed 289) He usually gets a blowjob in exchange for this 290) They make a game out of fucking in as many places as they can 291) This has included: the grocery store, a church, the forest 292) Milo’s parents frequently bring up marriage 293) They’re both quite content with how things are 294) One day, they’d both like a small wedding in Europe somewhere 295) Zoos, petting farms, and aquariums are their favourite dates 296) Milo is basically Callie’s pillow 297) Callie writes songs for Milo 298) Her parents do not approve of her dating a Nymph 299) Callie’s roommates adore Milo and love that he basically lives there 300) They fight about how much wardrobe space Milo takes up frequently
BACKGROUND CHARACTERS 301) Callie’s roommate is a werewolf 302) She doesn’t know that Callie isn’t human and vice versa 303) Werewolf roommate (Arya)’s family is originally from India 304) Arya loves escape rooms 305) Callie loves petting Arya in wolf form 306) Milo is the only one who questions why there’s a wolf in the kitchen 307) But Milo still feeds Arya-in-wolf-form blueberry muffins 308) Bruce the Minotaur has lived in Monster House forever 309) Nobody really knows where or when Bruce came from 310) He has a very distinctive Greek accent 311) Bruce makes the best waffles 312) And he knits a damn good scarf and woolly socks 313) Which is incidentally what everybody gets for their birthday 314) Sheryl the Siren is like a crazy aunt to the kids in Monster House 315) She auditioned for X Factor once - she didn’t get in 316) Her vocal inspirations are beyonce and mariah carey 317) Sheryl is married to Mary-Anne the Mermaid 318) Mary-Anne lives in the coves behind Monster House 319) Sheryl loves singing for Mary-Anne 320) Maybe it’s the water-clogged ears, but Mary-Anne enjoys the singing 321) They had a beautiful beach wedding twelve years ago 322) Kenzi was a flower girl, Toby was a page boy 323) There is a ghost living in the attic of Monster House 324) It never seems to come out 325) Bruce sits outside the attic door each night to keep it company 326) Sometimes it likes to play drums with pots and pans 327) Nobody really has a name - it’s just ‘the ghost in the attic’ 328) They leave cookies for it at Christmas - they always get eaten 329) Sometimes Matty gets there first 330) Grace the Gorgon is an interior designer 331) She wears a veil-like head cover to hide the snake hair 332) Most humans just assume the head cover/snake hair is a new trend 333) Grace constantly redecorates Monster House 334) The house usually puts everything back overnight 335) Monster House does not like change 336) Grace is a wanted felon for the murder of a man named Perseus 337) Humans seem to be destined to forever walk past Monster House 338) Thus, Grace has never been caught 339) It is rumoured that she was once called Penelope 340) Nobody quite knows what Perseus did to warrant murder 341) Nobody quite trusts Grace with a knife, either
SEABROOKE 342) Seabrooke is a small, sleepy seaside town in southern England 343) It is the suburban hot spot for Monster life 344) Seabrooke has a population of 4,500 345) Around 250 of these are monsters 346) For some reason, Seabrooke has it’s own university 347) Nobody really knows why - it’s possible Phillip had a role in this 348) Seabrooke has two primary schools, a secondary, and a sixth form 349) It gets a lot of tourists during the summer 350) Everybody hates the tourists - especially Monsters
WITCHES COVEN 351) When Bruce the Minotaur gets sick - he can’t be taken to the doctors 352) The Witches Coven is the main place Monsters go when they’re sick 353) Witches are difficult creatures and the Coven are no different 354) If you get on their bad side, they’ll refuse you service 355) The Witches Coven therefore practically run the town 356) There are three families that make up the Coven 357) Admittance is only to witches with the blood of prestigious families 358) Kai is part of the Witches Coven 359) Kai’s family practically runs the Witches Coven 360) There is a lot of tension between the Witches and Phillip 361) Largely because they both have a lot of influence over Seabrooke 362) Regardless, Phillip still genuinely likes Kai 363) The Witches tend to be high maintenance and spoilt 364) The parents are like the worst white suburban soccer mums ever 365) Regardless, they are excellent at healing magic 366) But also excellent at ruining your life 367) They have definitely killed a few monsters - but it cannot be proved
LOCAL NEWSPAPER 368) The Daily Seabrooke is ran by shapeshifters 369) Nobody remembers when the TDS was started 370) Philip adores it for the crosswords 371) Apparently the crosswords are ‘out of this world’ 372) TDS is ran by a group of crazy looking students 373) Of course, they’re shapeshifters, so they’re probably all 1000+ 374) The shapeshifters behind TDS don’t mingle with other monsters 375) At least not as themselves 376) They report on human politics and news as well 377) Only monsters are sold the copies with monster news included 378) Half of TDS is gossip about the people in Seabrooke 379) Nobody is really safe from their snooping 380) Their methods include being a literal fly on the wall 381) Most breakups, Witches Coven drama, and Vamp/Wolf fights are put in 382) TDS is extremely controversial amongst Monsters in Seabrooke 383) Kenzi thinks it’s fucking hilarious
SEABROOKE UNIVERSITY 384) The University is crawling with monster life 385) Several professors are monsters 386) Most notably are Phillip and Steven 387) Phillip teaches Modern History 388) Steven teaches Medieval History 389) Phillip is a Vampire, Steven is a Werewolf 390) They have a competition for who gets History Professor Of The Year 391) This competition frequently gets out of hand 392) Everybody knows about their rivalry, few knows why 393) Nobody knows how long the two have worked there - most say forever 394) That wouldn’t be far from the truth 395) Steven happens to be Arya (Callie’s Roommate)’s father
MONSTER HOUSE 396) Monster House is practically alive 397) It constantly expands and shrinks 398) There are always exactly as many rooms as are necessary 399) Only the first floor can be seen by passersby 400) And they often walk straight past it 401) Ordering pizza is a nightmare 402) It’s like the human brain cannot comprehend where it is 403) Even though it’s in an incredibly obvious location 404) When they do see it, they see only a normal house 405) The construction of the house makes no sense 406) There are rooms hanging over nothing and stairs leading to nowhere 407) Sometimes bedrooms move and finding them is a nightmare 408) The living room and kitchen like to switch places 409) On Monday’s the kitchen is green and nobody knows why 410) It is black and white the rest of the time 411) It is almost impossible to paint or decorate Monster House 412) It prefers to do that itself 413) Somehow the bedrooms always look exactly how they are wanted 414) At least they save on paint - that shit is expensive 415) Unfortunately, Monster House doesn’t clean itself 416) Toby has registered several complaints about this
LULU 417) Lulu’s full name is Lucifer 418) It has been living in the basement since the beginning 419) It has only been seen by four people 420) Phillip and Kenzi are two of those 421) They call it Lulu because Kenzi couldn’t pronounce Lucifer as a kid 422) The nickname kinda stuck 423) Lulu gets fed raw fish every morning 424) They just dump a bucket full down the hatch in the kitchen 425) Sometimes Toby threatens to feed Matty to Lulu 426) This causes Matty to have nightmares and sleep in Toby’s bed 427) So that one kinda backfired on Toby 428) Nobody actually knows what kind of creature Lulu is
MISC. FACTS 429) Harlow’s favourite song is ‘Lights Down Low’ by Max 430) Seabrooke is not on any map - nobody knows why 431) I really regret this 432) Never ever try to write 500 facts it will not be fun 433) Callie’s favourite kind of law is criminal law 434) Particularly fatal offences 435) She also likes land law because she’s fucking weird 436) Kai got into reality TV because of his sisters 437) One of the arcades in Seabrooke is monster themed 438) Toby works there on Saturdays - always taking the night shifts 439) Kai really wants to own his own bakery one day 440) He tried to get the local bakery to hire him but he’s too young 441) Kai also wants to live in France or Italy 442) He also wants to be on reality shows and get a fake tan 443) (Okay. Toby is pretty sure he was joking about that) 444) Kai always has to wish on a lucky star 445) Milo wants to be a published author one day 446) Kai has tried to run away from home twice 447) His parents put a tracking spell on him and found him too fast 448) Toby wishes he could skate at the park with the other kids 449) But he also secretly likes that everyone finds him mysterious 450) Toby used to have a (massive) crush on Kenzi 451) Now they’re both pretty gay 452) Everyone is gay tbh 453) Monsters have no concept of heteronormativity 454) Kenzi’s favourite colour is pink 455) Callie’s favourite animal is an octopus 456) Kai has a picture of him and Toby stuck on his bedroom wall 457) Kai has had a crush on Toby since they were kids 458) Coming out as trans wrecked Kai’s relationship with his parents 459) It is seen as a disgrace for witches to have male sons 460) Men are submissive in witch culture 461) Kai’s parents frequently misname and misgender him 462) The kids at school are much more accepting 463) Kai came out when he was 14 464) Toby has actually been one of his biggest supporters 465) Natalia has been his main supporter as well 466) Toby likes Kai a lot more since he came out 467) Kai feels more real to him now - and irritates him less 468) Toby doesn’t know how long Kai has liked him for 469) Kai is pretty open about being trans 470) Seabrooke is quite accepting, even if his parents aren’t 471) Kenzi is terrified of being rejected by the monster community 472) She really wants Toby to turn her so she can be an actual monster 473) She wears contact lenses so her eyes look purple 474) She doesn’t really like school and puts the bare minimum effort in 475) Harlow is taking four a levels - a difficult thing to do 476) Fuck this was the worst idea 478) Harlow channels her anger out through drumming 479) It’s therapist mandated so her dad cannot stop her 480) Even though he very very much wants to 481) Harlow’s favourite video game is overwatch 482) Her mains are lucio, junk rat, bastion and rein 483) Harlow despises spelling and grammar errors 484) Matty likes stealing Toby’s tee shirts 485) Between Matty & Kai, Toby barely has any clothes left 486) Which is fine as far as Kai’s concerned 487) Matty is like a little brother to Kai 488) Originally, Callie & Arya were part of a polygamous relationship 489) I cut that out, though, because I couldn’t think of a third girl 490) Seabrooke tends to have mild weather 491) During the summer, the heat can spike to 25-30 C max 492) It rarely snows, but it does rain a lot, and there’s a lot of wind 493) Most of the houses in Seabrooke were built 100ish years ago 494) It has a train station - nobody knows why - it’s the last stop 495) There is a Seabrooke museum ran by a vampire and a Fae 496) There is a secret monster section in the back 497) Idle Town by Conan Gray reminds me of Seabrooke 498) As does This Town by Neil Horan (I think that’s the name idk) 499) Fuck you to @livvywrites for not stopping me 500) I am never doing this again
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Hey!!! I love love LOVE your hair and I really want something similar, and was wondering if you had any tips? Do you dye it yourself, or go to a hairdresser, and how often do you fix it up? xx :))
oh damn, thanks so much! 
But to be perfectly honest anon, it’s a lot of work haha! Now, I started the process (again) in January, where I went from the being dark, the same shade as the dark in these pictures, to bleaching the left side. 
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and the front! 
I wanna be perfectly clear that I do this at a salon, with professionals, my cousin is working there, which is why I can afford this shit, and the bleach is not normal bleach, but made for damaged hair. I dye my hair all the time, (Brown, blonde pink, blue, split, red, purple, back to pink, etc oofh), so they’re pretty careful with it. 
Then, last week, after I cure the hell out of my hair all the time, use coco butter and is just generally very careful, I went back and dyed the dark side a tad darker, to get better contrast, and went over the blonde part to fix it up, and dye it a cooler shade on top. Notice I said dyed it cooler, NOT bleached! No more bleach for me, except my roots! 
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Then, because none of these are my natural color (honestly I have no clue what that even is at this point oofh), I have to go in and fix my roots every 6-8th week, at the salon, and fix my bangs, because my hair grows like holy hell. 
And THEN, then comes the every day care! 
I have a horse which I try to ride every day, and I do yoga quite a lot, so I naturally have to shower every day, and every time I’ve had my helmet on I have to wash my hair. I use a purple toner shampoo and conditioner on the blonde side, but that’s hella expensive, so I try not to use it on the darker parts to not waste it. 
Also, I cure it a lot, and sleep with coco butter in it over night at least once a week! 
Well, that was long and probably very un-intersting to most of ya’ll, but I hope it helped you, anon! Let me know if you decide to do it, and how it turns out! 
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Utilizing Pool Dye? Is It Negative or great!
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Choose Your Own Colours.
I’m not sure where this story came from, or what it’s purpose is but it was floating around my head a little bit this evening so I decided to write it out on the way back from class. Thanks for reading guys. xx
“Hold still…”
“Quit fuckin’ poking at it!”
“I need to see if it’s fuckin’ broken!”
“Oh you got a medical degree now, huh? Jesus Christ! Get off!”
“Fine, asshole! End up with a fuckin’ wonky-ass snout. See if I give a shit!”
Mandy released her brother’s chin and stepped back, shaking her head.
“You want me to wash your shirt?”
Mickey smeared his forearm across his upper lip, grimacing at the sight of thick, sticky blood as he pulled it away.
“Yeah. Thanks.”
He tugged the splattered tee over his head and handed it over almost shyly. Their fingers touched briefly and Mickey sighed through his mouth, ignoring the clogged up feeling of his nose as he eyed his sister.
“You okay?”
Mandy folded the shirt over her arm, smoothing the creases out of the grubby fabric before answering.
“Yeah. You didn’t have to … you know.”
Mickey shrugged one pale skinny shoulder and sniffed experimentally, wincing as pain spread across his face from the bruised cartilage of his nose.
“I had to tell him I lost the cash at some point.”
Mandy smiled and tucked a long strand of dyed hair behind her ear.
“Picked a fuckin’ weird time. He was pissed at me not you.”
“Won’t make that mistake again then, will I?”
“Just admit you did a nice thing, dickwad.”
“Fuck off.”
Mickey frowned and pulled a packet of smokes out of his jeans pocket. His fingers were shaking a little but not that badly now. He heard the soft whoosh of a lighter and bobbed his head gratefully as Mandy leant over to light it for him.
“Hey, you got anything to do right now?”
“Dad wants me to shake down a couple assholes to make that money back.”
Mickey doesn’t say that it can wait but he doesn’t seem to be in any hurry either so Mandy decides to try a little olive branch and see what happens. They are always at their closest after a disaster and Mandy wants to offer her brother something to show her gratitude.
“I could do your hair?”
Mickey runs a hand over the short dirty blonde lengths and scowls
“There’s nothin’ fuckin’ wrong with my hair.”
Mandy shrugs and nods to the ‘Out For Justice’ poster on Mickey’s bedroom door.
“Might suit you darker.”
She wanders through to the kitchen with his bloodied shirt whilst Mickey finishes his cigarette and cleans up his face with a mostly-clean sock he has plucked off a radiator.
“You think it would look okay?”
Mickey asks self-consciously when she comes back in and Mandy smiles encouragingly, holding out a length of her own her.
“Like this or …”
She gestures to her fringe which is streaked with red
“Red maybe? I can mix a couple of colours to get a really dark red?”
Mickey shakes his head quickly
“Nah, I don’t like redheads.”
“Okay, so black?”
Mickey licks his lip and glances back to Steven Segal, staring down at him like a fuckin’ badass.
“Sure. But don’t fuck it up, okay?”
Mandy rolls her eyes and points toward the bathroom.
She works quickly, knowing that Mickey’s patience is always limited and they barely say a word to each other as she coats the short, fair lengths with dye.
“Stuff smells like shit.”
“Gotta leave it for twenty minutes.”
Mickey pulls a face but doesn’t protest.
“Okay, face me and do not fuckin’ move…”
Mandy orders and fights a smile at the almost comical freeze of her brother’s body. Mickey doesn’t give a shit about much but he is a weirdly precious about his hair and although he is shit at styling it and ends up clumping it in weird spikes, he always tries.
Mandy dabs a tiny amount of dye on a comb and with the concentration of a surgeon, sweeps it lightly along Mickey’s right eyebrow.
“What the fuck?”
Mickey grits but maintains his statuesque freeze.
“You want to have pale eyebrows and black hair? No? Then hold still.”
Mandy grunts, applying the same careful stroke to his left. She is not normally up close and personal with her brother, and certainly not this close to his eyes. Their mom’s eyes. Mandy swallows and pushes the memories away with a defiant huff.
“Okay I’ll get you a beer. Sit still, DO NOT touch your hair or face!”
Mickey pulls a face at her retreating back but folds his arms across his chest obediently anyway. Beneath the scowl he is excited. Changing  his hair colour isn’t going to change all the other shitty things in his life but it is something new and right now, Mickey desperately wants to feel renewed.
*
The first time Mickey told Ian that story, he was drunk. They were slouched in a booth in a club in Boy’s Town and Ian had been lazily fingering the lengths of Mickey’s hair when violet coloured lights hit them both, sending silver fragments of colour across Mickey’s pale roots.
He’d asked when Mickey first dyed his hair and not really expected much more than the usual shrug and single word answer that accompanied most direct questions about Mickey’s past. However, the whisky had been flowing freely all evening and Ian had sat rapt as Mickey leant a little bit closer to him and told him about it, almost yelling to be heard over the din of the music.
“So yeah, that was it, man. It was the first time I ever felt like … like I made a proper fuckin’ choice about what I looked like. Clothes were always from Iggy, soap was whatever shit Mandy stole, couldn’t grow a fuckin’ beard back then… but this,”
Mickey ruffled his hair affectionately
“This I chose. It was … choosing my own colours, ya know?”
Mickey hiccupped and grinned at Ian, running his hand across the golden stubble on Ian’s jaw, completely oblivious to the intense effect his words had on his boyfriend.
“Mmm. I really do like this though. Maybe I should grow a beard now or something? I’m a fuckin’ bald eagle except for my pubes, man. No fuckin’ chest hair, no proper hair on my legs … shit is freaky.”
“No way! You’re perfect, Mick.”
Ian shouted back over the bass, Mickey’s grin widened and he slapped Ian’s cheek lightly with a small laugh.
“Nah, you’re fuckin’ perfect. Big ol’ freckly alien mother fucker. Mine, you know? My fuckin’ space man.”
Ian watched Mickey’s hand trail up his thigh, inviting and demanding in equal measure and the way when he looked back at him, his pupils were blown and Ian could swear that his boyfriend’s scent had spiked too, taking on a heady aroma of sex and raw masculinity that Mickey didn’t seem to even notice. Ian swallowed dryly and ran his hands through as much of Mickey’s hair as he could, touching every liberated strand with all the love in his heart.
They hadn’t made it out of the club. They barely made it to a locked bathroom stall that Mickey kicked his way into, terrifying the two boys already in there.
“Times up, assholes!”
“You can’t do that!”
One of them had protested as Mickey shouldered his way in, dragging Ian by the wrist, crushing the four of them in together.
“Well it looks like I fuckin’ am. If you’re still here when I get my dick out, I’m gonna put your fuckin’ eyes out with it.”
Mickey snapped, his attention solely with Ian as he began to unbuckle his belt and fumble with the button of his jeans.
“Is he serious?”
The other kid had asked Ian whose air of passive amusement flicked like a switch as the guy shot Mickey a filthy look of distain.
“Yeah, he’s fuckin’ serious, you little twink bitch. Get the fuck out!”
“Jesus! You two are fucking crazy!”
Ian leant in close to the second boy and bared his teeth in a fairly passable resemblance of a deranged smile, his eyes dark.
“You have no fucking idea.”
The boys exited swiftly, already forgotten as the door banged shut behind them. The music from the club was distorted but clear and Ian swayed with the base, his arms linking around Mickey’s neck, drawing him in close. The kisses were hard and wet, a clash of tongues and teeth, slipping to biting kisses along jaws and throats. Ian turned Mickey around and slammed him into the wall of the stall, covering his body with his own and nosing through his hair to find the natural colour beneath, recounting Mickey’s story in his head.
“You made a fuckin’ good choice, Mick. Blonde is sweet and all but black … mmmmm.”
Ian bit Mickey’s neck sharply causing his boyfriend to hiss a breath through his teeth.
“And hairless ain’t freaky, it feels amazing in all the right places.”
Ian thrust his hands down the back of Mickey’s pants, grabbing his ass hard and shoving his jeans down roughly.
“And any fucker who lays a finger on you is gonna have me to deal with, I will fuckin’ destroy them.”
Mickey grunted, pushing back against Ian and reaching back to grip a fistful of Ian’s shirt
“You gonna protect me, huh? Treat me right?”
Mickey’s tone was teasing but he clenched around Ian tightly making his boyfriend gasp and squeeze his eyes shut.
“Always.”
Ian growled, and kissed the tattooed digits clinging to him. He built up a rhythm which Mickey matched, gradually increasing their speed until the stall was rattling alarmingly and they were both sweating and swearing freely, completely lost in each other and not giving a single fuck about the rest of the world.
Mickey came with his forehead pressed to the graffitied wall, the bulk of Ian’s weight leaning into him, Mickey’s sturdy legs supporting them both despite the tangled denim pooled around his knees.
As they left the bathroom stall, several pairs of eyes followed them to the sinks and Ian settled a protective hand on the small of Mickey’s back, daring anyone to say a damn thing. Mickey washed his hands nonchalantly and splashed water over his face, tipping his head back to push wet fingers through his hair.
A couple of men smiled appreciatively but looked away as Ian rolled his neck and made eye contact that could not be confused for anything other than naked aggression.
“Your boy does have nice hair. You weren’t lying.”
One of them ventured with a giggle, watching Mickey neaten himself up in the mirror. Ian smirked, eyes narrowing to slits and took a step forward.
“I missed that, buddy. What the fuck did you say?”
“He called me your ‘boy’,”
Mickey answered casually, turning from the mirror and stepping up beside Ian, who snapped his fingers and cocked his head to the side looking at the men like they were his next meal.
“Shit. That’s what I thought he fucking said.”
Both Southsiders kept their faces straight until the bathroom door closed behind their former audience and then fell about laughing.
Mickey pulled Ian in for another kiss and gently butted his forehead against Ian’s own.
“You’re hot when you’re intimidating assholes for me.”
“Learned from the best.”
Ian murmured fondly then on impulse he neatened Mickey’s shirt, smoothing his hands across broad, capable shoulders.
“You chose the perfect colours, Mick. You know that, right?”
Mickey ducked his head, a shy touch of pink on his cheekbones adding to his spectrum of colours.
Looking around them, both men suddenly realised they had managed to empty the bathroom. Mickey quirked an eyebrow and gave Ian that particular grin that assured Ian things could only possibly go one way. Ian nodded and they tumbled back into the battered cubicle.
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How to apply henna to hair
Henna is the powder obtained from crushing the leaves of the plant Lawsonia Alba. This powder when mixed with water has the power of dyeing both skin and hair. The plant is originary from the north of Africa, the Middle East and the southern parts of Asia (like India and Pakistan), which is why henna is such a big and visual part of those cultures. Luckily for the rest of the world, henna is now widely available in many different countries, so we can all benefit from all its goodness.
Natural henna dyes a dark red colour. There are also some other powders marketed as henna but claiming to be able to dye hair blonde or black. These products are usually mixtures of henna with other plants or with other artificial additives. That doesn’t mean you can’t get the benefits of the henna from those products; as long as there’s a percentage of henna in its formulation, you will get good results from it. But natural, pure henna should look red-mahogany once the process is complete.
The actual henna powder before mixing it looks greenish in colour:
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You will need:
- Henna powder
- Warm water
- A bowl and a spoon to make the mixture
- Thick lotion, vaseline or oil
- Two old t-shirts
- Hair ties you don’t mind changing colour
- Latex gloves
- A shower cap
- Lots of free time
There are many different recipes all over the internet to prepare henna, but this is how I do it and how I’ve found the best results:
- To start off, my hair is curly-ish, but it’s also pretty fine, so it tends to get somewhat frizzy. In this moment, I wear it a little past shoulder length, and to coat all of it in the henna paste I use a bit more of half the bag of powder pictured abouve. There’s no exact quantities to this, but there is a learning curve. The first few times it will be messy and complicated, but it becomes easier with time.
- I mix warm water with the henna powder. The temperature of the water only makes it easier to dissolve the powder into it; it doesn’t serve any other purpose and it’s more conformable to apply it once the mixture is cold.
Some recipes I’ve read call for an acid (like lemon juice or vinegar) to “activate” the henna powder and also to leave the mixture to rest overnight before application. I have tried all those methods and some others as well, and I haven’t found a difference in result. So I prefer not to use acids as I find they make my hair even drier and I mix it the moment before applying because there’s no difference in the result.
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Henna powder does not dissolve easily and you’ll probably find it clumps. The goal is to get a smooth paste, but that’s virtually impossible. The thickness depends on what your preference is. I usually make it the same thickness a greek yogurt would be, so once it’s on my head it doesn’t stream down my neck as much. If your hair is on the thicker side, you may want to have a lighter consistency so it reaches the roots of your hear more easily.
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This mixture above looks super clumpy and it was quite so when I applied it. Do as I say, not as I do!
- Once the mixture is ready, you want to protect the skin you don’t want coloured. I like covering my forehead, ears, sides of my face, neck and upper shoulders in vaseline or thick oil, because I find this works better as a barrier rather than a lotion that could be absorbed into the skin, but all of those options are valid. Put on an old t-shirt you don’t mind having stains on. I’d very much recommend using latex (or similar) gloves. You are going to be working with your hands and unless you cover them, they will get stained a nice orange/red colour. If you decide to use your bare hands (or get henna in any other part of your body) they will get stained for a few days, but will fade eventually.
- Comb your hair out to make sure you don’t have any knots. Henna is best applied over not completely clean hair. You want to dye your hair, not your scalp, and being on second or third day hair guarantees there’s some of your natural oils covering your scalp so it doesn’t get dyed as much.
- Work in sections. I find it easier to start from the bottom and work my way up. I grab a glob of henna from the bowl with my hands and start applying it to each section of hair, starting at the roots to make sure they’re well covered and ending at the tips. If you have very long hair, you will benefit from tying up the sections of hair you’ve already done so they’re out of the way.
The first few times you apply henna is going to be super messy. You will get drips of henna all over you and all around you. But once you get used to it, it becomes a breeze. I have been dyeing my own hair for years and I make almost no mess at all. Having someone there to help you definitely reduces the difficulty, though.
- You will maybe find you’re left with some extra mixture once your hair is coated completely. Usually, more is more when it comes to henna, so just put it all in your hair and make sure your ends are well covered. On the contrary, just mix some more if you feel you don’t have enough.
- When you’re done, put on the shower cap and make a turban over the shower cap with the spare old t-shirt. The point of this is to keep the henna wet and warm, that’s when it’s the most effective and the red hues more apparent. If you have a towel you can hang around your neck and that you don’t mind getting stainer, by all means use it. The henna will at some point drip down your neck.
- Clean all surfaces where henna has dripped throroughly. This includes the sink, the floor, the counter top, sometimes even the walls (it gets wild) and all parts of your skin it has touched.
- Brace yourself for having to wait a long time. Most commercial dyes work in 20-30 minutes. But henna is no weak ass commercial dye. If you are blonde or have light hair, I envy you and you will only need around 1.5/2 hours for the henna to work its magic in your hair. If you are a brunette like I am, the recommended time is 3.5+ hours. When I want to dye my hair I make sure I have no commitments for the day, put it on in the morning and rinse it off in the evening. Hang out happily with yourself, watch a movie, read a book, prep your meals for the whole week! Just make sure you’re not dripping into sofas, chairs, etc.
- Once the waiting time is over, I like to rinse my hair with just water. At the beginning, I used to shampoo the henna out of my hair, but now I find it’s more effective to use just water until all the mud is out of your hair. Henna will probably dry out both your scalp and your ends, so I like to apply a thick hair mask from roots to ends and rinse it off once it’s made its job.
Results: As I’ve said before, henna will only dye your hair in the orange/red/auburn hues realm, but it really depends on what colour hair you’re starting with. If your hair is blonde or fair you will get a very intense colour that has the potential of making you look like a natural redhead, but once the roots start growing, it will be very noticeable. The darker your hair is, the less full-on dye job it’s going to seem and the more “I got beautiful red highlights all throught my hair, eat your heart out” is going to look. Using henna over bleached hair is no use. Firstly, because you probably want to use henna to avoid the damage of commercial dyes. Secondly, because henna just doesn’t work well over hair that’s been recently colour treated with commercial dyes, peroxides, etc.
The moment right after the henna has been rinsed off and a couple days after, the colour in hair tends to look very bright, but as the days go by the pigment oxydizes and the colour gets more subdued.
This is already too long, so I will write another post with the advantages and disadvantages of applying henna to hair and link it here ~~
ADVANTAGES OF HENNA
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Subtle Fantasy Colors from Overtone!
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I normally don’t cover haircare products on TAB mainly because I’m natural and the natural hair blogging community is fairly well saturated. However, today’s feature is about color and actually goes well with the Pantone Color of the Year Ultra Violet, that I’ve been highlighting. Now when it comes to color, I’m no novice. I’ve been coloring my hair (or extensions) since about 2007/2008. I’ve done standard drug store/beauty supply box dyes, I’ve done Wella, BAQ henna rinses on my natural hair and my preferred ones which I’ve been doing since about 2013 are actually color rinses rather than dyes. I’ll dig deeper on that in a bit (yes, this will be a bit of a long post) but let’s just say although I’m not a licensed beautician or anything, I understand the mechanics of dying hair. And long before fantasy colors were trending, I was dabbling in that world with navy, teal, dark green, fuchsia, and purple thanks to process friendly rinse (NOT dye) brands like Manic Panic and Creative Image Adore.
In the past two to three years, fantasy hair colors (i.e. pastels, gray, rainbow hair, etc) have trended across Instagram and in the mainstream beauty space. If you’re unfamiliar with dying hair and especially what it means to “lift” hair, here’s the crash course. It’s very easy and literally a one step process (typically) to go darker than your natural hair shade because you’re only depositing color - just add the dye or rinse to your hair and you’re done. It takes more work and processing to go lighter. If you want a clearly visible lighter hair color (i.e. pastels or vibrant bold hues) on your current dark hair, you need to bleach first (developer + bleach powder) to at least a strawberry or honey blonde shade and then deposit color. And depending on how much lighter you’re trying to go from your natural hair shade, you may need to use some pretty strong developer which comes ranging from 10 to 40 with 40 being the most intense lifting power. If you just want something subtle, you can deposit a dye or rinse and depending on your starting color you may end up with something visible under low light or under sunlight (depending on the strength of the rinse/dye).  
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As a general rule, aside from when I used to apply BAQ henna to my hair and scalp when I was newly natural, I DO NOT color or do any kind of chemical processing to my natural hair. When I want to wear a new hair color, I turn to extensions and full lace wigs. And because I love to do an ombre from a natural-ish dark brown/brown-black shade into some form of fantasy color, it means that when rocking colorful wigs/extensions, I always have to first bleach using 20 developer to the ends and then deposit the color. I use a 20 developer because it lifts enough in one application for me to see visible results but I don’t have to be concerned about over processing. Why? Because if you’re buying extensions they’ve already been processed somehow unless you buy truly virgin hair - which tends not to be in typical African American textures. So, when I buy an Italian Yaki or Coarse Yaki unit in natural brown, there’s at least one texturizing process that’s already been applied. Bleaching it means at least a 2nd process and actual dye rather than a rinse would be a 3rd process. The more you process hair, the more you damage it and reduce the life of a unit. And if you’re doing a home color job, it’s best to be as gentle as possible to prevent over processing and damaging the hair (especially if it’s the hair growing out of your scalp).
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I say all this to say, Overtone offered to send me samples of their hair color and after doing a bit of researching and learning that it was a rinse and not a dye, I was hyped to check them out. They sent me their Extreme Purple deep treatment and the Extreme Purple daily conditioner as well. The deep treatment is the rinse which will deposit the initial color and the daily conditioner basically acts as a touch up to condition while maintaining the color of the hair. They also sent me a tester amount of their rose gold deep treatment but I currently don’t have any units light enough for the color to even appear and I didn’t feel like bleaching anything. So, I’ve tabled that experiment for the moment. I actually did this color project right before NYE for NYE and my baby shower. But if you follow my on Tales of a Mommy 2 Be, or either of my IG accounts, you know that I’ve been rocking my natural hair almost exclusively for the last 2 months. So, this weekend I washed and conditioned the unit I colored using Overtone’s conditioner - and am now rocking the new look as you see above.
Now, one thing I really loved about Overtone’s FAQs is that they were very honest about what results you could expect to achieve. For instance, they make it clear that if you apply their rinse over previously colored hair (especially a fantasy color), you may not end up with the shade you purchased from them (i.e. adding red rinse over previously colored blue hair can get you purple). And they specifically noted that because it’s a depositing rinse and not a dye, if you’re brunette or darker, unless you bleach your hair prior to applying their colors, you may be left with a more subtle color. The reason I bring this up is because one, it’s important to manage expectations especially for hair color newbies. And two, there are other brands out here lying to people saying they can lift brunette and dark hair to super light fantasy colors without the use of bleach - and this just isn’t chemically possible. Looking at you Lime Crime with your Dark Unicorn dye.
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Anywho, back to my experience. So, I have lots of wigs lying around and I opted to pull out an oldie but goodie to test the Overtone color. I chose an Italian Yaki wig I’ve had for about 3 years now and one where I originally bleached & dyed the ends using a teal shade from the Adore rinse line but that ended up depositing as this awesome forest green shade (see collage). I loved this color because I bought this wig for my trip to Seoul and Tokyo years ago and it was just an awesome unit! I even touched it up many times to keep that awesome green shade. But it was time for a change as the unit was now faded to bleach blonde ends, a sad looking greenish middle and the untouched natural brown roots. Now, because I was going to use a unit that had been previously colored, I already knew a few things:
Rich fantasy colors from Adore don’t fully rinse out no matter how hard you wash - even after washing the hair twice with Dawn dish soap (a beauty hack to strip color!).
Because they don’t fully rinse out, as vibrant as that purple hue from Overtone was, the likelihood that the end result would be that Extreme Purple was 50-50.
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So, knowing these things, I was really open to seeing what would come of this project and I wasn’t going to be angry if the color wasn’t awesome. I applied color from the ends up to a little bit higher than where the green had been placed to ensure that the green would be completely covered. However, to hedge my bets, I did put the wig in a plastic bag and then left it in my cap blow dryer on high for about 20 - 30 minutes to help the color penetrate better. (Note: the blow dryer trick can work on anyone. If you’re dying your real hair, you can just cover with a plastic cap or bag and the heat off your head will help to make the color penetrate better).
What I Love About Overtone:
The Deep Treatment is actually really thick like a slightly goopy paste, making it easy to apply. The color sticks to where it needs to be and it’s not messy like when I usually use my Adore rinses which are very runny. I recommend using a tinting/color brush versus your hands so that you can be more precise.
The smell is divine, it’s minty fresh. Now, I don’t mind Adore rinses either because it’s not funky. But Overtone knocked it out of the park with that scent. I was able to apply this while my husband was home without him complaining about the smell.
Although I’m not vegan, it is a vegan friendly product which is also sulfate free.
Rinsing out with Overtone was WAY easier than when I use Adore. Adore rinses (for as long lasting as they are) never fully rinse out. You’ll stand there for 30 minutes trying to wash that rinse out of the hair. And every time you wash your hair afterwards...yup you’ll see color in the water. Overtone clearly deposited color, but didn’t stain my sink (I used the stainless steel kitchen sink just to be safe because I’ve definitely accidentally dyed my bathtub a time or two!).
Even though I didn’t get that Extreme Purple hue, I did get an obvious color change, which lets me know that this product is a strong color depositing rinse. That makes it a very good alternative to traditional hair dyes.
After washing and using their Extreme Purple Daily Conditioner, very little color rinsed out and my navy hue still looked very vibrant.
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What Could Be Better:
Honestly, nothing. I like that they’re truthful on their website about potential results. I liked how easy this was to apply and that it wasn’t stinky. And most importantly I liked that even though I didn’t end up with a purple color, I still had a clear color change.
The Results:
As you can see in the opening post pic and in the one immediately above, it’s not really purple, except for at the very ends of my hair which were faded to a true blonde. However, the color I got, I LOVE because it’s everyday wearable. As much as I love bright fantasy shades, the reality is that I do have corporate clients I consult with - it’s not okay to go into meetings with bright pink or purple hair. I’ve been trying to do brown into navy ombre for a while but truth be told, Adore’s Royal Navy rinse would always deposit as teal on dyed blonde hair. For whatever reason, the previous Adore teal rinse mixed perfectly with Overtone’s Extreme Purple to create this beautiful subtle navy which is slightly visible, but isn’t shockingly bright. So, I give Overtone two thumbs up as they gave my beloved Italian Yaki unit new life!
For more info on Overtone or where to buy visit www.overtone.co or follow them on IG @overtonecolor
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Wiggins Hair-HOW TO HIGHLIGHT YOUR HAIR WIG AT HOME AND FAQ ABOUT HAIR HIGHLIGHT?
Highlighting hairs is one of the finest experiences a hairstyle lover must perform. As a change of complete color of wigs, every time is a quite tedious task; therefore most of the youngsters and celebs prefer to add few highlighted shades to original hair color. This will instantly transform your look. If one goes for the option of salon hair coloring then it might affect your pocket.
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This is the major reason why people prefer to color their hair at home. Yet most people found it a bit time consuming and also challenging when you do it for the first time. Here we present you with few handy tips to provide you ease to perform your colored wigs with highlights.
1. Confirm whether you are ready for DIY highlights at home?
A readymade home uses a DIY coloring kit had made it quite easy to highlight your shades. But if you want to go for some highlighting like balayage then you must be sought professional help as these will require a special type of expertise. Whether you highlight you colored with at home or at salon one thing should make sure to keep a gap of at least 14 days between two successive highlightings.
2. Choose your highlighting color wisely:
Irrespective of place you choose to color your hair you have to devote some time to choose your highlight color wisely. You can experiment with different shades of colors on your hair wigs. Starting from everyone’s most favorite brilliant blonde shade many more are there to add to your list as shades of brown, red for your new hue. If you want to go more out of the box with your highlights, you can even opt for pastel lavender or a pretty rose gold hue. Plus you also have to decide on whether you want to go for full or half head highlights. The highlights can be thinner or chunkier as per your wish and suitability to your face.
3. Highlight your hair wig:
After choosing the suitable shade for your hair wig do apply them on hair strands. The guidelines for applying highlights keep on differing depending on the product kit purchased. It comes with the instructions for how to apply highlights on your wigs hair.
TAKE CARE OF YOUR HIGHLIGHTED WIGS:
After highlighting the hair wig you need to amend your hair care routine so preserve your high end. Because the color-treated hairs need a little more care than normal hairs. Highlights can change your look quickly. Luminous and natural-looking hair can be done with a simple and simple blonde or brown highlighting package. You can opt to change your look with many gorgeous and trendy hairstyles with highlights.
Highlights your hairs will enhance the color of your hair, pull out cheekbones, and even slender faces. They illustrate the lines of your hair cut; build dimension and the sense of fullness.
Just go through these simple steps to highlighting your hairs.
❤  Perform the style of your hair as usual.
 ❤  Use a bleach kit if required and keep your hairbrushes handy.
❤  Apply dye from the middle of the strand to the bottom.
❤  Be careful while applying highlight color.
We guess you have already aroused interest in highlighting our hairs now. But tons of questions are tackling your mind right now. You may want to know a lot of things, such as how to highlight your hair at home? Does it take so long to illuminate the hair? How much can hair be highlighted? How much does it cost to have your hair highlighted?
So, just have a look at the FAQ about highlighting your wig hair at home.
HOW FREQUENTLY TIMES CAN I COLOR MY HAIR WIGS?
There's no set solution. They'd do that every 7-8 weeks with someone. You should even highlight your hair every 10-12 weeks. If you have the time and resources, you can do it more Unless your hair grows very fast, it seems to overkill monthly, particularly because blonde highlights normally hurt your hair. If the growth is not significant, you should do so every 3-4 months, because the highlights are very natural and not that radically different from your natural color. You'd do that every 6-8 weeks if you had darker hair.
HOW MUCH TIME I MIGHT NEED TO HIGHLIGHT MY HAIR EXTENSIONS?
Although it depends on the length of your hair, it depends on how much you get colored and how long your hair is. If you expect to have a 1/2 head and they generally advise you to give an hour when you book appointments, a full head takes longer. It also relies on how dark your natural color is and how bright the highlights you like. The darker the hair and the lighter the highlights, the longer the procedure will take. It would depend on how much focus you receive, how busy the salon is the person who does it. It would take me nearly three hours. Give them a call at the salon and ask them to know better.
HOW MUCH MONEY I HAVE TO INVEST IN HIGHLIGHTING MY HAIR WIGS?
When you apply multiple shades of color to your hair, prepare to pay rates ranging from $60 to more than $300. It also offers the impression of more volume, but for it, you would have to pay more.
Based on many variables, the cost of highlighting hair differs dramatically.
About our place
Because of the rivalry, locations that have a saturated number of salons appear to charge lower. In the other side, luxury towns might house well-known salons that charge comparatively higher prices.
In the Salon
In order to emphasize hair, most salons will charge you the national average rate. The success of the salon and the expertise of its stylists can influence the price, however.
The Form of Highlight
 Two basic types of highlights are available, respectively partial and absolute. The former clearly costs less than the latter.
Other models are available, such as the "ombre" that gives a gradient effect to your hair color.
Color of hair
If you are a blonde, you'd definitely spend extra. The designer says that it costs $20 more to dye natural blondes than to add highlights to brown hair.
Length of hair
If you have longer hair, you will also actually pay extra for the highlights, as your stylist would have to apply additional coloring to finish the look.
Hair straightening will start to feel dry and brittle, so it is important to use the right tools at home. Still add vegetable oil to your hair. Using a low-detergent shampoo is also a good option. Just when you use your skin every day with a moisturizer, you shouldn't forget your scalp. Try stopping items for styling. Stop having your hair wig cleaned too much. Do not only use a comb or a hairbrush to unwrap your hair. Don't do the highlights very much.
5 Useful Tips
Take out Time to do touch-ups.
A big advantage to making your own highlights is that any time your roots start to appear, you don't have to run to the salon. Even so out of nowhere, noticeable roots can appear to surprise you. Pick up a second box of your own at-home highlighting set, instead of waiting for the last possible minute (we're all guilty of this sometimes!), and keep it on hand. That way, without a ride to the shop, you can solve your root cause. 
Stay away from heat:
 Although we're suckers for voluminous waves and super smooth, straight locks, giving the hair a break from heated styling is often well-advised. Instead of searching for your hot instruments every day from time to time, grab a heat-free hair styling tool. Choose from one of the following choices and style it out!
Hold brass at bay
There can come a point where the highlights have an orange hue. Once a week when you find that your strands are becoming brassy. The pair together neutralizes undesirable shades of orange and black.
Purchasing a premium dye for hair
Top hairstylists recommend that quality hair color should only be used to illuminate hair. Before buying, check that it is a professional hair care line product and that the pack is not tampered with. You should buy the product after running these tests to highlight your hair at home. Pick a highlight that is at least 2 shades lighter than your skin tone. It will highlight your hair and contrast with your skin tone as well.
Do a strand search.
A strand test helps you determine the exact processing time needed before starting the whole process to achieve the degree of lightness you want on a piece of your hair," Next a small quantity of highlights will be added to a small part of the hair. Wipe your hair clean after ten minutes and see if your perfect amount of lightness has been met.
See, how easy it is to highlight your hair wigs at home that too likes a pro. With these simple steps highlighting will be no issues for a beginner also as all the dilemmas in your mind hopefully get cleared. So, go ahead and present yourself with a new look that too without much effort. For any help you can always find our experts online at our website.
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UNice: How to Highlight Hair at Home and Faq about Hair Highlight,
Hair highlighting/lowlighting is changing a person’s hair color, using lightener or hair color to color hair strands. There are four basic types of highlights: foil highlights, hair painting, frosting, and chunking. Highlights can be done in natural or unnatural colors.
What are hightlights,
Highlights are simply pieces of hair that are lighter than your natural color. If your base color is brown, you can add highlights that are a lighter brown, or even have brown hair with blonde highlights. For blondes, blonde highlights incorporate lighter blonde shades. It’s important to note that there are different types of highlighting techniques, too.
Why hair highlight is so popular now,
There’s a reason why everyone considers highlights at least once in their life. A few well-placed streaks can add dimension and movement into hair that otherwise feels flat and stagnant. Highlights can easily transform your look. Quick and easy blonde or brown highlighting kit can achieve luminous and natural looking hair There are many gorgeous and fashion hairstyles with highlights you can choose to transform your look. In a word: Highlights can accentuate hair color, bring out cheek bones, and even slim faces. They show off the lines of your hair cut, create depth, and the illusion of fullness. There are many questions you may want to know, such as how to highlight hair at home, ow long does it take to highlight hair, how often to highlight hair, How much does it cost to highlight your hair, Keep reading, you can find all the answer in the article.
How to highlight hair at home,
Here is a simple guide for you 1.Style Your Hair As You Normally Would 2.Find a Bleach Kit 3.Gather Your Brushes 4.Only Apply Dye From the Middle of a Strand to the Bottom 5.Be Careful and Use Common Sense In order to give you detail complete guide of how to highlight hair extensions, we provide you a video for you.Just share with you a fast and easy way to hightlight your hair at home in just a few simple steps.
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How long does it take to highlight hair,
It always depends on your hair but the whole service with toner and everything should take about two hours. 1.it depends on your hair length, meanwhile, it depends on how much you get highlighted and how long your hair is. If you intend to get 1/2 head and when you book appointments they usually tell you to allow an hour, a full head takes longer… if you’re trying to plan something maybe allow an hour and a half, just to be safe, 2.It also depends on how dark your natural color is and how light you want the highlights. The darker the hair and lighter the highlights the longer it will take to process. (Depedning how dark your hair is, and how light you want said hilights to be) 3.Then you also have to take length, thickness, and style into account. If you have Long, thick hair, applying will take about an hour and a half. If it’s shorter, or thinner, it’ll take about 45 minutes. So you’re looking max 3 hours. But it’s worth it 4.It will depend on how much highlighting you are getting done, how busy the salon is, the person that is doing it. Mine take close to three hours. Call the salon and ask them they would know better. Conclusion In the most general of terms, given median averages for all factors considered, a highlightings ervice can take anywhere from 1-3 hours, including styling time. Naturally, shorter hair will likely be at the lower end of the scale, but not always.
How often to highlight hair,
It doesn’t have a fix answer.For someone, they’d do it every 7-8 weeks. You can highlight your hair every 10-12 weeks also.If you had the time and money, you can do it often.Unless your hair grows really quickly, monthly seems like overkill, especially since blonde highlights generally damage your hair. You can do it every 3-4 months if the growth is not noticable since the highlights are very natural and not too drastically different than your natural color. If you had darker hair, you would do it every 6-8 weeks.
How much does it cost to highlight your hair,
Average Cost of Highlights and Lowlights Expect to pay prices starting at $60 to more than $300 as you add different shades of color to your hair. It also gives the appearance of more volume, but you’ll need to pay more for it. The cost to highlight hair greatly varies depending on several factors. These include: Your location Places that have a saturated number of salons tend to charge lower due to the competition. Upscale cities, on the other hand, might house well-known salons that charge comparatively higher prices. The salon Most salons will charge you the national average cost to highlight hair. However, the salon’s popularity and its stylists’ skills may affect the price. Type of highlight There are two basic types of highlights, namely, partial and full. Obviously, the former costs less than the latter. There are other styles available such as the “ombre” which gives your hair color a gradient effect. Hair color You’d likely pay more if you are a blonde. The website indicates that coloring natural blondes cost $20 higher than applying highlights on brown hair. Hair length You’d also likely pay more for the highlighting if you have longer hair, as your stylist will have to apply additional dye to complete your look.
How much to highlight hair at salon,
One of the factors that affect the highlighting cost is the salon you choose. That said, giving you a sample of prices from different establishments will provide enough idea on how much you’d spend for highlights. Following are some salons from different locations and the fees they charge (the pricing is available on their respective websites): Cost Cutters (Wisconsin) Cap highlight: Starts at $54.95 Full foil: Starts at $64.95 Hair Cuttery (has 860 locations in 16 states) Partial highlights (max. 12): $50 Full highlights: $75 Milas Haircuts and Salon (Arizona) Ombre highlights: Starts at $99 Hair cap highlights: $55 Partial highlights: $55 Full highlights: $69 Salon Visage (Tennessee) Partial highlights: $65 to $100 Full highlights: $85 to $120 Partial Balayage: $80 to $100 Full Balayage: $100 to $130 Partial highlights over base: $85 to $120 Full highlights over base: $120 to $155 As you might have noticed, the highlighting style also affects the cost. Some of the above salons also indicated additional fees for longer hair or other colors. You might also encounter salons that charge per hour. Most establishments who do, according to Angie’s List, have a $25/hour rate. Of course, the best way to match your budget and the expenses is to check the prices online and contact your preferred salon first.
How do I maintain my highlights,
Lightening hair can make it start to feel dry and brittle, so using the right products at home is key. A weekly treatment is also a must. Always use a plant oil on your hair. Use a shampoo with low detergent. Just like you use a moisturizer on your face every day, you shouldn’t forget your hair! Try to avoid styling products. Avoid washing your hair too often. Don’t use just any comb or hairbrush to detangle your hair. Don’t do your highlights too often
Gorgeous highlight hair wig you may like
Highlights are beautiful, but not all people will look good with them. Looking to add some flair to your brunette hair, Whether you have dark or light brown hair, here are our favorite brown hair with blonde highlights. 1.Hot selling ombre wig with highlights
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2.Charming green/red hair wig with highlights
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3.Gorgeous purple hair wig with highlights
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Lucy Hale cut her hair into a beautiful lob in 2020, and since then it's been shorter and shorter until it settles perfectly over the shoulder style, no wonder her pictures have splashed across so many hairstyles. Lucy Hale rose gold hair On Inspo Pinterest boards. When Lauren Conrad first chopped her long hair this fall she didn't go straight up to chin length. women feel more like women who will have shorter hair. women don't understand. Lucy Hale has now been rocking a shoulder length. Lucy Hale short hairstyle Bob for several seasons and the style has become one of the most popular haircuts for the summer. The only downside is that it makes simple styles like a ponytail almost impossible. But Hale and professional hairdresser Kristin Ess are proving that even the shortest bobs can be pulled back into a fancy fluff. women say you cut your hair. Lucy Hale short haircut And you're like No I've never cut my hair in my life it's a big deal.’ I feel like women understand and know that the star of new CW show Katy Keene's Lucy Hale has a talent list, she is an actress and singer and known for her excellent fashion choices. Lucy Hale hair color However, despite all her abilities, there is something constantly spoken about by her short hair. The marsupial, about eight inches from its brown locks, has been years in the making, Hale said. Since then the Pretty Little Liars alum has just gone shorter and darker with her hair. The haircut inspired fans and other celebrities to cut their hair in a similar way. Lucy Hale straight hair But despite all the praise the actress has received, there are people who prefer her hair longer and often tell Hale that preference. It was the most liberating thing I've ever done, Hale said about his original snap decision to cut his hair too long. Lucy Hale medium hair And while the actress has no plans to grow her hair again she is still constantly told by women that she prefers her long locks to the longer of her short hair. I can't tell you how much time women spend.you have to take your hair off again. Lucy Hale curly hair As I Hale long hair revealed in a recent interview with Cosmopolitan. Thankfully the Katy Keene star gives the perfect response to the women who dared comment on her trademark short hair. I'm not cutting my hair for you. I cut my hair for myself and I feel great in. Lucy Hale new hair This way the 30-year-old shared. Switching your hair color as Lucy Hale has been none lately and for good reason. actress told Cosmopolitan.com taking a role with or out of color during a Facebook Live Pretty Little Liars Aria haircut in the past she couldn't really play. Lucy Hale's hair Half the pin up flat make it sweet and beautiful. And it's nice to know that you're not the only one addicted to your straightener in. The early 2020. the ends of these brown locks are jagged cut to sit on. The jawline, giving a fine movement up to the mid-length ends. Lucy Hale curls This casual hairstyle is perfect for those who want to manage a low-fuss look with regular trimmings every 4 to 6 weeks. Only a small amount of product is required for brightness and texture. Lucy Hale went for a short and sweet hairstyle here. Lucy Hale long hair The jaw-length bob has a closed center piece and thin kinky waves along some added tissue. Hair is what connects a woman's entire appearance and emphasizes the beauty of her face. Taking this into account it is vital that you style your hair in a. Lucy Hale blonde Sophisticated way that makes your overall effect eye appealing. Lucy Hale includes styles designed for short hair. Lucy has a square heart-shaped face, so short blunt. Styles are not usually recommended as they can create a box appearance. Lucy Hale hair short This helps to create a more balanced look for fighting Lucyâ waves and angled cuts. The side part is also a good choice for him, as squares and heart shapes should avoid the center parts in most cases. The mastermind behind every look is celebrity hairdresser Kristin Ess, who is also the lady behind Jenna Jewan Tatum's gorgeous waves. There are people who are happy with scissors, and then there are celebrities. Lucy Hale ombre hair To prove my point, Lucy Hale's new haircut is even shorter than the old one but the fellow actress seems to have zero regrets about her recent chops, and possibly even shorter. Saturday July 21 Instagram the 29-year-old happily shared a recent jaw photo of her 'do grazing' on Instagram created by none other than hairdresser Kristin Ess who has worked with other stars such as Lauren Conrad.looks similar. Lucy Hale pink hair This week Lucy Hale is making a triumphant return to TV screens as Katy Keene's titular character in the forthcoming Riverdale spinoff. And while she is fully prepared to embrace Katy's dress-heavy wardrobe on display she is also opening up about her own personal style. In a new cover interview with. Lucy Hale red hair Cosmopolitan Lucy got more specific about how her style and her persona have changed since her Pretty Little Liars days and how much the fact that cutting her hair has changed her life. Lucy has always tried hairstyles; she has been sporting short hair for several years and even went blonde at one point but saying goodbye to her eight inches of hair. Lucy Hale ombre Was a big change for her in the best way possible. It was the most liberating thing I've ever done, mag's now stylish tousled chin-length bob. I can't tell you how much time women spend.you have to take your hair off again. Lucy Hale bob hair Enough to say that the constant chameleon always debuted a brand new chin length bob that gave the actor Pretty Little Liars a lot of new hair to try out hair color down to the follicular Lucy Hale and passing on Instagram this year and surprised fans. Hale is constantly changing things thanks in part to his longtime stylist Kristin Ess.
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