Hair | Beauty on a budget

When it comes to hair there are plenty of tools that are way to expensive and the heat can damage your hair. I only have a straightener and a curling wand that I hardly touch because I like to do my favorite hair trick which is heatless waves. using this trick it will save your hair from daily damage and tons of time.

Step one: take a shower at night before bed and wash your hair.

step 2: once your hair is wet from the shower, towel try your hair a bit so it lightly damp still.

Step 3: brush through the hair to make sure there are no knots.

Step 4: add any product that will give your hair more hold but its optional.

step 5: Split your hair into two sections and braid both halves. once both sides are done you can go to bed with the braids in and when you wake up your hair will have nice beachy waves.

here is a video to further explain.

Recently, I have been in a major need for a dye job on my hair. It was about a little less than a year since I dyed my hair. I wanted to give it a break plus it can be very expensive getting it done by a professional. When I would get my hair cut and colored it would run me $80-$100 dollars at the salon because I have such long hair. Back in high school I dyed my hair with a box dye so I thought I’ll turn to my old favorite way of doing my hair. It was pretty simple so I don’t know why I stopped using box dyes from the drug store. Therefore, this past weekend I randomly decided that enough was enough and I was going to dye my hair myself. I went to Ulta and they were having a sale on hair dye. It was about 15% off each box and they were originally about $7 each. I got four knowing that I will for sure need three and the fourth will be extra when I need to do touch ups on my roots in a few months. I got the Garnier Fructis HairColor in “50-Truffle- Medium Natural Brown”. This was perfect because my hair is naturally a couple shades lighter than this color so it wasn’t a dramatic change.

Some tips to dying at home would be:

1)make sure that you didn’t wash your hair for a few days because hair dye attaches to the hair better when oily.

2) I mentioned this earlier, but it is extremely important to buy more than one box of dye for your depending hair length.

3) read the directions in the box completely because dyes can differ from box to box. Also you don’t want to miss a step and mess up.

4) make sure to wear old clothes and use old towels just in case you get the dye on them.

5) before dying make sure that you brush through your hair and section off the part you want to start with from the rest of the hair.

6) I recommend using a brush while dying so you can evenly cover your hair.

7) final and most important even when you think you have enough hair dye on your head keep adding! make sure your hair is completely covered so you don’t have any patches with no dye.

Below is an after picture of my hair. It is darker and the color is even throughout my hair.

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