In 2016, I started my natural hair journey
by throwing my flat iron in the trash.
I'm Veronica Austin.
I'm a beauty and lifestyle content creator
and I'm going to show you how to change the
color of your hair without the commitment
using hair paint wax.
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This is actually day three hair so it's not the best
but it took a lot of work to get
my hair from it's really damaged state
to super healthy state.
And there is no way that I'm going to risk that
by trying to do an at home dye job.
Hair paint wax has become wildly popular
in the curly hair community.
It allows us to change the color of our hair without
the damage.
If you're the kind of person where you feel like it's
just hair, it's just gonna grow
back, if you want to shave your head or if you want
to do drastic change, then go for it.
But for me, it's more than just hair.
My hair is a part of my identity, it's helped me grow
to love myself and be part of who I am.
So that's why today I'm going to go ahead
and use the hair paint wax to
change up my look.
So the first thing I'm going to do is,
I'm going to change out of this shirt and into
an old t-shirt.
So that way if I get any hair paint wax on it,
I won't have to worry about it.
Alright.
So this is the first time I'm ever using hair paint wax,
but I've read the instructions
and I've done some research and it says that
you should apply this to damp hair.
So you can either use a spray bottle like this one
or you can use a continuous spray
bottle, whatever you have at home.
Or you can go out and dunk your head in the
shower and get it wet.
And then I suggest using a cotton t-shirt
rather than using a microfiber towel just because the
cotton is gonna be a lot more gentler on your
hair over the microfiber.
So I'm going to go ahead and get my hair damp
and I'll be right back.
Judging by the texture of the product,
I'm assuming that this is not going to give my
curls any sort of structure or moisture that
it actually needs.
I'm going to go ahead and apply my products.
In 2016 I started my natural hair journey by
throwing my flat iron in the trash.
I'd finally gotten sick of all the flat iron burns,
exhibit A, exhibit B, and I decided
that I was going to embrace my naturally curly
hair and go on this journey and I'm so happy
that I did.
It's helped me grow as a person, It's helped me
accept myself, love myself, look in the
mirror and truly like who I see.
That's a good sound.
What I'm going to do for easier
application is, I'm going to section my hair in four parts.
So I am going to do this gently because I've
already applied product to my hair.
So I don't want to disturb my curl pattern
too much.
I think I'm finding that the easiest
technique is to rake the product through my hair.
I don't really want to have any sort of crumpledness up.
Using hair paint wax is a really fun way to change
up your look without the commitment.
Back in the early 2000s, I was an emo kid.
I dyed my hair every single color under the sun.
So this is just like giving me real nostalgia
and I'm glad that I was able to do this.
So what I'm going to do is I'm going to diffuse my hair.
For added volume during this process you can
take these double prong clips and you can
put them at your roots.
Sometimes the crown of our hair can tend to be
a little bit flat.
This just makes the process a little bit easier.
I'm blow drying on warm-low.
You're going to want to get really close to your scalp,
but not actually put the diffuser on your head.
So you want to start there and sort of
move your way around your head.
I'm going to go ahead and diffuse the rest
of my hair off camera.
So that way this process can go a little bit quicker.
So now that my hair is completely dry,
I usually go in and do something called SOTC
which means scrunch out the crunch.
Scrunching out that gel cast in your hair
will help your hair be less stiff and have
a lot more volume.
So I initially thought that this color was
going to be like a baby pink color,
but it sort of turned out to be like this
rose-gold-purple color.
It's hard to explain.
It's not what I expected, but it's definitely
still really pretty and I like it.
Alright, so here is the final product and I'm so happy.
Oh, my hair got caught in my lip gloss.
That's how happy I am.
My hair is still movable.
It's not crunchy and also it didn't stain my hands,
I was worried there for a second.
I always used to think that long and straight
hair was beautiful but now I value the health
of my hair, over the length of my hair.
And this is just a testament that I can still have
fun with my hair, but also maintain the
health and the look without the damage.
Thank you so much for watching my
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