How I got lilac hair.

Ok so the easiest way I can think of to set this out is to show you a picture of my hair and then write what the dye was I used to get to that point.  The overall length it took me to get to this colour was probably on average a month.  It could of been quicker, but I was trying to damage my hair as little as possible, so I did 1/2 dyes per week and then did hair treatments in between to keep my hair in good condition! If you have any questions about anything I've done or want any advice on trying to get this hair colour ( or any other ) then just leave a comment and I will reply back as quickly as I can! :) Hope this helps some people who were wondering!  (If anybody wants links to the products I used or sites/shop names you can buy them from or prices, then just leave a comment!)

I'm going to point out now, I am not a professional hairdresser, and do not think I am. I've dyed my hair A LOT of colours for many years now, so I have some knowledge of what products I like/are good and what works/ doesn't work. 

 - This was the colour I had before the dyeing. Dark blonde and Black in my fringe. 

- I used Wella Hair streaking Kit to get the black out of my fringe. As you can see by the photo ( even though my fringe is pinned up ) I have no black in my hair. I was left with a few ginger tones after this dye though.  I would recommend this dye to everybody who is trying to remove a previous colour!

- Here I used SMART BLONDE platinum bleach and toner to try get rid of the ginger tones out of my fringe. It did lift it better, and my roots ( as expected ) went white! But it still remained ginger in my fringe.

- I used LO'real Paris Recital Preference dye in the shade 10.21 Stockholm ( Very light pearl blonde )... you can't tell on the picture but this lightened my hair to a very pale yellow colour. After this ( I forgot to take a photo ) I used  XXL Platinum blonde dye on my fringe to remove all traces of orange. This worked REALLY well, so it meant I was ready to begin toning my hair!

- Here I have applied Directions La Riche White Toner on my hair. I left this on for 45 minutes. The photo below is how it turned out after using this. It REALLY worked and got rid of the yellow tones in my hair! 

- As you can see the Directions White Toner worked REALLY well! I wasn't expecting that from it. It left some lilac tones in my hair which obviously I wasn't bothered about! I really recommend this!!

- Here I have Direction La Riche Silver Toner on my hair. And if i'm 100% honest, it did nothing. If you're someone who is going to follow what i've done, miss out the silver toner! It really did nothing at all! 

- Here I mixed my dye up ready for my hair. I used a cheap conditioner which only cost me 99p ( So you can understand how cheap this conditioner was ). I put as much as I thought I needed for my hair in a bowl, then added about a table spoon and a half of Directions La Riche Lilac, then mixed it with my Stargazer tint brush. 

- I left the lilac dye on my hair for 1 hour, then went and washed it off and used shampoo afterwards to make sure all of it was out of my hair. 

- And this is the beauty that came out after it! I'm impressed with how it turned out to be honest!  I used a lot of dyes, but that was mainly due to the fact I had black in my hair. otherwise I wouldn't of had to of used so many! I love the way this has turned out! and i'm 100% certain i'm keeping it this colour for a while. A bonus of this is when it washes out in 6 weeks-7 weeks time, it leaves it a silver/grey colour which I also love! 

- My hair did stay in good condition because of the products I used on it whilst dying it. I'll give a list of products I used to keep it healthy in another post, later this week!

- If you have any questions then feel free to ask and i'll reply as soon as I can :) 

It's happening! Lilac/Silver Hair!

So I've been building up to this moment for a few months now!! And finally it's time!! lilac hairrrr!

So this is the dye I've mixed myself. It includes Directions Lilac, and a load of cheap conditioner!

Next week I'll put up directions how to get it to this colour, and include photos of my 'journey' (if you want to call it that) to lilac/silver hair. When I was researching how to get it this colour I found there was lots of information, but no pictures. Lot of websites were telling you to have "pale yellow hair before applying toner "... Ummm, how pale is pale exactly!? So I took photos during and after every dye I applied!

Fingers crossed it helps people who are wanting to achieve that hair colour!

For people who are wanting to know my hair colour before I began to try get it lilac/silver..
I had two colours in my hair. Medium colour blonde, and black.  The black took up a big chunk of my hair though, so It has taken a few good bleachings to remove it and the ginger tones from my hair!