We will meet in the middle

Right, I haven't been posting for a few months but have been busy with lots of home chores and the marketing side of Y- Hair. 

Since I decided to build up clientele and make it proper business, I have been " flying" , full with ideas and energy. I am so excited and inspired. Have been doing lots of research about products, trends, techniques and new ways of a achieving different results. I hope I will have more time now to write on the blog and upload some of my work too. So watch this space:).

Being a mum and starting up a business it's not an easy task but it's great and fun. 

I even decided to grow some hair myself. 

 I know, the people who know me will have their eyes wide open with surprised when they read these lines but it's true.

The reason is that I find it impossible to find a good hairdresser in the area that I live in, that can cut a funky, short hairstyle- the way I want it.

Every hairdresser knows what I mean. 

So hopefully when I have some length to play with, I will be able to cut it myself in between cuts. I know- doesn't sound very professional but my ex colleges, my lovely hairdressing friends live too far from me and to maintain a good short hair it needs to be done every 4 weeks which makes it impossible for me to visit them that often when I have these lovely little monkeys at home. At least when it's a bit longer - my hair, I can leave it for about 8 weeks between cuts. 

Lucy, Alex, Nicky,  I will still be using your services guys. I miss you loads!

So back on the subject:

I will not have it long, but kind of mid- length. 

And that's the reason for this post too.

Have been checking up some photos and found some inspiration so hopefully My hair will manage to survive and pass my ears:)

I will try to take pictures going through the process so may inspire some of you too and see that it's not impossible to grow a Crop...

So here are the inspirations and a starting point.

Wish me luck and see you soon

 

Shades of Grey or No Grey at all

As the title gives it away, today’s post will be about “salt and pepper” hair colour.

I am big, big fen of grey colour- in clothes, make up, furniture…you name it, I love grey. 
Even in hair. Yep! But not all lengths and types of grey hair.
To prove what I mean I will attach a few pictures of Good and Bad grey haired ladies.

I absolutely adore short, cropped hairstyles in perfect white or 50% white 50% dark hairs. The longest length I think it looks good is- short bob. Thant’s it. 
Anything longer than that I don't like. 
It makes the woman look older, not looked after. 
Sometimes the hair texture is very difficult to absorb an artificial colours, but this is very rear and there are ways to be coloured still. 
I do recommend if you love your greys and you are very proud of them, they are even and all over your hair or if you have a few lovely white patches at the front, keep it, but cut your hair to a nice bob and it will look absolutely gorgeous. Especially if you wear funky glasses and red lipstick! Just the perfect combination. Or if you are extravagant lady which wears lots of colours or just black! I love it. And if one day i am lucky to have perfect white hair I will try those looks. 
It is not easy to look after white hair and to keep it very white as it absorbs smoke, grease from cooking and changes the shade of white very easily. If you live in environment where are smokers or you cook a lot, to keep white hair -white, you might find it very tricky. So you must look for products that scrape those tones and give it a nice white or slightly grey shade. You might at the end apply a fray tint or semi- permanent colour to make it look shiny and fresh, still in grey.

               

               

  

 

I will leave the comments for you:)

I will finish the post with some products you can use if you have and love your greys:

But every good make of hair products has a range for grey hair, o look after it and love it!

Who said: FRINGES?!

Hallo, hallo!!

Is the lovely weather making you think of changing your hairstyle or may be just to cut your fringe for a start?!

If you have been thinking about it for a while, don't think any longer and just do it.

It’s a great fun and very gentle step towards the brave decision to cut it all off- not the fringe, the length of your hair i mean:))) 

There are a lot of styles, lengths and options out there, Everything is trendy those days so don't be worried that you need to stick to specific one this season. 
My opinion is that you never should be guide from the trends any way because they not always suit every person, his/her personality, style, face shape and hair type too.

You just need to find very good stylist that you can trust and ask for advice. Always have some pictures by hand that you can show him/her and discuss. 

I have to say that everyone suits a fringe, just depends of the length, shape and thickens of it. That’s all.

A lot of ladies are worried if it’s going to be a hard maintenance, and if it’s going to be the right one for their face shape. 
Don’t worry! 
Sometimes it can be bit tricky to blow-dry it, but with the right guidance from your stylist you should be safe..and even if you find it difficult to maintain, its only a fringe and it grows very fast, so in no time you can have some length to try again something different. 

If you haven't had a fringe for a looooong time, my advice is to go for a longer version, may be a side fringe, so you get used to it and if you don't like it, you ca always clip it to a side or quiff it.

I have prepared a few starting points for you to check out and give you an idea. 
Hope this will help and will make it easier for you to decide to have one done…soon.

Good luck and be brave! It’s all good fun and its very exciting to have a change from time to time.

PS:
I always suggest to have a few low lights or some different colour through the fringe so you make it more of a statement and give it some texture.

Ok, I will start wit this one as it's may be the least bravest one. If you had a loooong hair for a looooong time and you feel like you need to change something but not sure what exactly to do yet, this is the step to take. Choppy layers, nice medium length - this is medium for me anyway, and long side fringe that you can easily blow-dry and style.

Suits every face shape.

This one is very similar to the previous one, but a little shorter and very suitable with people with glasses as the fringe just rest on top of the frame.
 Suits most of face shapes.

I love this one, as it's short, but not too short, it grows very fast and i give it a week or two and its ready to be cut again. There are a few very thin low lights through the whole hair which give lovely glow and freshness to the slightly boring brown.

Suits oval or round face shape.

Here is another side fringe but on a wavy hair with 3 different colours, giving it perfect texture. May be I would've done the brown slices a bit thiner, but this is just me:)

I love this one! Brave with a statement! 

Suits long, oval faces. Very lovely on girls with glasses too.

Lovely, full, thick and straight fringe with great colour combinations. Suits oval, thin, long, round faces. Easy to maintain and fun to have.

Superb colour combo and goes perfect with the bob. I love creating this cut, so please lovely clients of mine, if you are in any doubt or thinking about it, let me know!!

Very rock chick and sweet fringe, not too difficult to have, all you need is a round brush and a hair drier.

Oh Yes!! I love it! Such a deep, heavy fringe, perfect length!!

This one I choose for an idea for a short hair style with a different fringe.

Very laid back style and the fringe looks so natural, almost like it wasn't blow-dried or styled. So french?! Absolute favourite for long hairs.

Of course, as I am a short hair lover, this one has to have a space in the post. Very cool and extremely easy to have hairstyle and fringe. It looks good dark or blond. Face shape- round, oval, long...anyone who is brave enough to wear such a short cut!

A little tom boyish but at the same time very sexy and feminine. 

Aaah!! Very, very easy to have and style... the colour? Stunning with those fine slices of lighter brown- copper through the darker base colour. It does stand out so much !

Every face shape!

Soft, choppy fringe with very layered and thinned out bob. Fresh and very girlie.

Round, oval even square face shapes.

This is what we call- bold cut! Absolute perfection. I have to say though, that this is tricky to maintain if you would like to achieve such a perfection on every day basis. I wouldn't be that difficult if you have very, very straight hair. 

Face shape- long, oval.

Forever trendy and easy fringe, suits met face shapes. It can look a bit boring if there is no colour through it.

Similar to the first few ideas but on a very long hair. It's a bit long, more like a part of the rest of the hairstyle...

SO here there are, hope I gave you some inspiration!!

And don't forget, you always have to have fun and enjoy your hair style!!


PSS: I almost forgot...Don't use your straighteners too often through your fringes, ladies! It burns easily, gets split and it is very possible that you will need to keep it short for a loooong time as it will break and not grow...Just in case you want it long again:))