Hello!Today's video is going to be really fun and really echoey because
I'm recording in my bathroom. This video has actually been a long time
coming. And by a long time I literally meet a few years, because that's how long
it's taken me to get to this point where I'm sitting here with my dye ready, about to
colour my hair ginger. That was really high-pitched, I apologise. But I am so
excited that I finally decided to take the leap!
The reason it's taken me so long is because I just didn't want to bleach my
hair again. And the problem wasn't just my vanity and not wanting to damage my
hair. It was also because about half a year ago I decided to transition from my old
lifestyle into a more kind of natural, eco-friendly, green lifestyle and that
includes things like food, you know I'm now vegetarian, cosmetics and stuff like that.
Actually, if you like my makeup today you can click a video right here and that's
going to show you a tutorial on how I did it, completely with natural cosmetics
that are cruelty free and mainly vegan. So, good thing!
So that's why the idea of essentially applying toxins directly to my scalp wasn't quite sitting right with me.
But I kept thinking - well, there's no way that I can find
a non-destructive dye that's going to make my hair red. And then I thought,
you know what? There are so many different dyes out there that are vegan,
they're natural - as natural as they can get I guess. And I'm just going to try it and see
what happens! So the colours I'm going to be using are from a company called
Arctic Fox and I actually discovered them on Instagram because they're quite
big on social media. And I'm really glad I did because they a) have a really really
good shade range. Although I am going to be combining two of their shades to
achieve what I think is going to be one for me. And the shade by the way are
called Sunset Orange and Cosmic Sunshine. But that's not even it - the main reason
that I decided to try Arctic Fox over other brands is that they are
100% cruelty free which is really really important to me.
They are also 100% vegan. I actually cook vegan at home but I'm vegetarian when I
travel because when I'm traveling outside of big cities or the Western
world, it's quite difficult to maintain a vegan diet. But it's definitely something
I'm working on so I was really really excited to see that they were dedicated
to being vegan. And, number three, they actually donate 50 percent of their
proceeds to charities that target animal abuse so they are just really pro animals and I
love them. And I'm going to be completely honest about the process, I have no reason
to lie - I'm not sponsored by them. So yeah, cross my heart and hope to DYE. Get it?
Get it? Let's do this! Here are the things I'm going to be
using today. Number one, we have the hair dye - kind of important. Then here's a bowl
for mixing, I got some latex gloves to prevent staining my hands. Similarly here
I have some coconut oil which I'm going to apply along my hairline and then
an old towel. And I'm also wearing an old top which hopefully won't get too damaged but
if it does... hey, c'est la vie! So we're ready!
Are you ready to dye?
I'm not ready to dye!
Just kidding! All right, let's do this. So I am going to be
speeding this bit up because it's just going to be me putting this lovely
Sriracha-like thing on my hair. But there's one final thing I wanted to mention
which is - please don't forget to do a patch test and, if you're unsure about
how the color is going to turn out, a strand test.
So a patch test is something you do on your skin to make sure you're not
allergic to the substance. And a strand test is obviously just you putting it
on a strand of hair to see what the colour's going to look like. And I did actually
do it and I think that's what I'm holding right here so I can show you. But
it looked great.
I feel like I should clip. I'm going to find a clip.
No clip, but I found a hair tie so it's gonna have to do.
I'm actually so excited! Like just
seeing it on my strands already, I wish it just like would stay this color and this was
it. Ah! Alright, I've added a little bit more and
I'm kind of mixing it in a ratio of 1 to 1, but possibly like a little bit more of
the yellow. I know that yellow is probably not going to work as well but
it's going to make it more gingery as opposed to like a red shade which isn't
really something that I think would look good on me.
So yeah, orangey it is.
Cool, I think we're actually done here. So I am going to tie my hair back and
then let it sit for a while. And after that we're going to wash it off together!
The moment is here! I have had my hair up and drying for about two and a half hours.
The website says for at least half an hour, but as long as you'd like because
it's not going to damage your hair. And I'm ready to wash it out so let's go do that!
Just kidding, this is a party for one.
But I will come back and show you the finished results. Yay!
Well I've just rinsed my hair and
now I'm going to let it air dry. And by the way you want to use cold water not
hot water because hot water is just going to flush all that delicious color out
and that would be a huge shame. So I'm going to dry my hair and then report back!
So today is tomorrow already because I decided sleep on it. The light
was fading and my hair was wet. But I am finally ready to show you what it looks
like in daylight. Are you ready?
This is what my hair looks like and I am honestly so happy with the
color. I think considering that I dyed my virgin hair which is a medium brown I
would say this is really vibrant. So I left it on, like I said, for about two and
a half hours. So not even that long - some people left it on overnight which I was
a bit worried about. But next time I totally wouldn't be worried at all
because my hair is so soft. There's conditioner in the hair dye so
it's really soft and it smells incredible. I never described the smell of
this hair dye to you. It smells kind of like grape soda I guess. I've actually
heard from other people that they weren't huge fans of it.
But I don't get it - this literally smells like childhood. It smells so good to me,
it's really sweet but not overpowering. I really like it and yeah, now I'm going to
try not to wash my hair for quite a long time so that the color stays
vibrant and then I'm going to find a really good shampoo to use on red hair.
But I'm really really happy. Arctic Fox definitely didn't let me down. I'm going
to leave the link below if you want to buy these hair dyes. But I'm really happy!
I think this literally couldn't have gone any better and now I'm going to spend
the next few days just playing with my hair and staring in the
mirror a lot. So that's always a good sign. Andd I really hope you enjoyed this
tutorial. If you did please don't forget to give it a thumbs up and subscribe to
my channel for more sustainable living, loads of travel stuff - responsible travel.
And yeah, I hope to see you again soon! I put out new videos every Friday so I hope I'll see you then.