(review) Wella Color Charm Paints (fuchsia, wild orchid, blue)

My Walmart randomly had a bunch of Wella Color Charm paints on clearance for $5.50 each- how did this happen?? I DONT KNOW BUT I HAD TO TRY IT 😂

My hair started out dark blonde roots, unbleached; and the bottom length of my hair was already purple.

I focused on dying the roots with Wella "fuschia", and "wild orchid" on the length. I let it marinate in a shower cap overnight.

My hair turned out awesome!!

Here are pics after 4 weeks and 4 shampoos, it looks great but of course it faded from the roots:

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Ok, so finally after 2 months I have enough blond roots to want to dye them again. This time I tried blue and used tge whole tube on my unbleached roots:

Blue did not impress me. It's really weak.

Winter Hair Dying Hack

With temporary hair dyes it's best to let the dye sit on your hair for as long as possible. A lot of punks I know just wrap a grocery bag around their head and sleep on it 😂

But here's something even better for winter months: put your dyed hair in a shower cap, and then slap on a beenie! You can walk around all day marinating, and people will never know 💜

#MultiTasking

(review) Artic Fox mixing Purple Rain Poisedon Blue dyes

Because Artic Fox is supposed to be "so fantastic"- I tried it on my virgin-dirty-blonde hair. Just slapped it all over my head, it smells good........ Results: my hair looked good until I washed with shampoo haha, of course!

I used a 50/50 mix of Purple Rain/Poisedon on one side of my head, and just Purple Rain on the other side. I wore a shower cap to bed and let the dye marinate overnight.

No dye stuck to my roots- if you really want color that lasts you'll need to bleach! The struggle is real. Why can't someone make a permanent blue violet hair dye?? ☹️

my hair after 1 shampoo/ after 2 shampoos 😲

The Purple Rain fades pink magenta.

Look at the difference that mixing blue into the purple did, that side is actually staying purple Yay 🙂

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Ok, and then I threw Poisedon all over everything

and got the perfect blue violet color I wanted ♥️

...but it still didn't stick to my unbleached roots 😂

Toning Blond Wig with Gentian Violet

I own two Paula Young "Shannon" wigs in color 14/26A#8 Sunkissed Rooted (medium Ash blonde with medium golden blonde highlights, with medium golden brown roots)-- it's a little too WARM toned for my liking 😝 too orange!

So I tried to tone it with gentian violet.

First I tried 2  tablespoons gentian violet in a bucket of water and let my wig sit 10min. No real change...

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 Second try I had 4 tablespoons gentian violet in the bucket of water and let the wig sit overnight... OK yes this made a HUGE difference! 😆 

Be warned it dyed the wigcap bright purple- this would be a problem if my wig didn't have bangs. 

I would never do this with a lacefront or mono top.

And warning: if my wig had been a more platinum I have no doubt it would turn out lilac.

Strawberry blond is my jam! 🍓

It looks very rose gold now, doesn't it?

More youthful and hipster 😎

How to Curl your Versafiber Wig by Paula Young

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I bought "Shannon" versafiber wigs with all the hopes and dreams of changing it's style up like real hair. I want *bouncy*curls! Paula Young says you can curl versafiber hair with a curling iron up to 350(F)- their tutorial video says to curl then clip the curl until cool. Is it seriously that easy?
 NOT IN MY EXPERIENCE.

Try #1: I did exactly what Paula Young told me to, curl then clip. I have a 1" curling iron. But when it cools and I removed the clips and finger-combed my versafiber the hair flopped flat. LAME.

 

So try #2: I wrapped cool hair back up in curled clips, then I lightly steamed them with a handheld steamer, and let dry before unclipping. (This is what you do if you want to create curls or waves in synthetic hair wigs 😉 if you want super loose waves undo the clips before the hair fully dries)

And again finger-combing = ugly, sad curls ☹️

Water boils at 212(F) so I didn't ruin the hair, don't worry.

OK- so try #3 we will go over the flat curls again with a curling iron. Not giving up!!

 

Well... it looks slightly better than the first try 🤷

Is this as much bounce as I get?! WTF PAULA?!

Paula Young says you can heat-style Versafiber hair and the new style will be "locked in"-- meaning you can wash the wig and it will return to your style. So let's test that theory! I drenched the wig in water, no shampoo, shook a little, and let dry...

WHY won't the back of the wig stay bouncy curls?!

That hair is disappointing ☹️

Final thoughts: Versafiber hair isn't special.