I took the Ombre Hair Plunge!

Thanks to my great stylist, April, at Pageboy Salon and Spa, I decided to take the Ombre plunge! We've been talking about it for almost a year now, and I knew I wanted to try it back when all of the celebs started wearing this style about a year ago.

April is very skilled with color and I knew she wanted to try it as well. I was somewhat of a guinea pig for her, but it turned out great!

Just as an aside, my hair was partially highlighted about 9 weeks ago before I went in this time.

This was before I went in to the salon and right before we started:

First, she applied a darker base color to take away my highlights. She applied this, followed by a little bit lighter of a base color all the way down my hair shaft leaving only the ends exposed with no color:

I wanted the base to be as close as my natural hair color as we could get. We definitely achieved this as it was spot on. We rinsed the base color out and I was shampooed. I dried my hair and this is what we were left with:

The ends weren't as light as we wanted, so she mixed a lighter color and applied it using a baliage technique where you take the color on a brush and paint it on instead of using high lighting foils. She painted most of the bottom with the lighter color and went up a little higher on some pieces to make the look more sporadic and random instead of uniform:

I was shampooed a final time and it was perfect! I now have ombre hair! Note: I am not trying to be a model in the following picture, rather, I am hiding the dye stain on the side of my face from dye falling during my coloring!

I realize that the ombre look is not for everyone. I think if you're looking for something that is easy to maintain and natural, this could be a good look for you since you don't ever have to worry about having roots! haha! You have to be willing to wear your hair a little messy to make this look work.

I think ombre hair is spot on with the Boho trend that we are seeing everywhere for spring.