HOW TO: go from blonde to dip-dyed

This option works if you'd like to give the impression of having grown-out blonde hair without that in-between, yes-I-know-my-roots-look-horrific stage.  As far as I can remember, my hairdresser dyed my roots and, where the blonde started, she alternated between using bleach and dye to avoid a 'line', using the same 'weaving' technique you use when highlighting.

I would say this is the most time consuming option I've tried, and the effect was very minimal, although it did look natural and I was definitely happy with it.








When I changed hairdressers, she matched my natural colour and simply combed the dye through the hair. I loved this effect, as again she avoided a 'line' but pulled the dye down further so it was more obviously ombred.


While this method made the dip-dye more obvious than the first, it still looked natural. I'm not 100% sure why the first hairdresser used bleach as when comparing the two it seems superfluous, but obviously I'm not an expert!


(NB: while it was certainly a warm brown, it wasn't quite this red! I blame 'Warm Vintage' on my friend's Samsung...)

I decided I wanted to go a lot darker, with only a tiny bit of blonde on the ends, so my hairdresser (the same one who did Option 2) decided that the only way to avoid the dreaded 'line' was to tint the entire head of hair the same colour, quickly dry it off with a hairdryer, and then lift the ends with bleach for only about 10 minutes as they already had bleach on them from before.

It was a bit of an experiment and she admitted she hadn't done it before, but we were both really pleased with the effect! It's a really noticeable change and I've had a lot of compliments on it.









The 'upside down dip-dye' is also really easy to do at home.


My friend Issy has a lot of highlights in her naturally dark blonde hair but found her roots were starting to come through. Firstly, she bought a hair dye that was as close to her natural colour as possible and dyed her roots plus an extra 2 inches, leaving it to develop for 20 minutes. She then combed the dye down her hair a little more and left it to develop for a further 10-15 minutes so that the colour looked as natural and seamless as possible. She then rinsed it out and voilà!

Hopefully I've shown that it's not just brunettes and redheads that can try out the ombre trend; blondes actually have a lot of options when it comes to getting a dip-dye!