Note: This is a sponsored post.
Remember how a year or two ago, beauty magazines and blogs were talking a lot about balayaged hair? Balayage, or ombré hair, was THE hair trend back then. Women wanted ombré hair; it was all about that hair colour gradient midhair to the tips. A year or two later, it’s back. And it’s a trend that’s not going anywhere; heck, it’s here to stay.
The good thing about balayage is that you don’t have to worry about needing to retouch your roots every 4-6 weeks. The transition of lighter shades amongst the dark creates another dimension to hair and gives that oomph to just one solid colour.
My hair at its longest length with purple balayage
I too jumped on the balayage bandwagon a year ago. Y’see, ombré hair isn’t just about having a light colour transition from dark. It’s having that gradient of colour along with your natural one. My version of the balayage was a purple ombré from my natural dark brown/black hair. I absolutely love my balayage. Even though my hair is a lot shorter now, it still works. 🙂
As awesome as balayaged hair is, it is still about a $200 salon job, which isn’t something most women can afford on a monthly or even bi-monthly basis (I have to stretch mine to at least 3 months). Introducing L’Oreal’s latest home hair colour kit for creating that beautiful ombré hair – the Preference Wild Ombrés that creates a graduated lightening effect for that professional balayage look. It’s the first of its kind of an affordable balayage solution.
What’s good about this kit is that it only lightens hair to a maximum of 2 levels. This means that your hair cannot go any lighter in a single application regardless of how long you have it on (but please, stick to the instructions nevertheless!) unless you do it again on top of lightened hair with another kit.
To be honest, I’ll have to say I was originally rather skeptical about what the results would be like. I wasn’t sure if it would look good. This was until I saw the results on 2 ladies and I really was impressed. If I didn’t know better, I thought it was a salon job! The hair still felt soft and the gradient of dark to light was good without any harsh lines.
If you’re looking to try out the balayaged look, this could be something you’d be interested in. It’s available in 2 shades: No.2 for dark blond to medium brown hair and No.4 for light blond to blond hair. It’s available at selected pharmacies and supermarkets for AU$19.45.
BUT WAIT!
If you’d like to know more about how to apply this, to see this in action and to learn about how to maintain your hair colour, boy oh boy, do I have something oh so fabulous for you! 😀
