So only 24hrs left before Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland is open, and I’m super excited! So I know I have lots more important things I should do… “I give my self very good advice that I very seldom follow.” But instead I decided to join the tea party, and do my own fan (hair) art of a few of the characters. “Off with her head!” So here are some photos of me with different hair colours that I then edited to look like, The Mad Hatter, Cheshire Cat and the White Queen. (Yes I have totally fallen down the rabbit hole, but I’m in Wonderland!)

This is an old photo of me when I had red hair and after I had taken out braids. Then edited to look like the Mad Hatter. (Background, eye and text from movie poster.)

Another old photo of me when I had purple hair. Edited to look like the Cheshire Cat! (text from the movie poster.)

Me with my current blond hair, edited to look like the White Queen. (Background and text from movie poster.)

“Hi Anya,

I was just curious… how long, on average, does the color dye you reccomend last? I know Manic Panic lasts about a month. I also was wondering if your hair needs to be frequently rebleached to keep the color strong, because I know that right now over time the hairdye I use (after each time I redye it) stays in less and less time. It starts vibrant but still doesn’t stay long. I don’t know if I can rebleach my hair without it dying D: I don’t want dead hair, but I don’t want quickly fading colors. I can’t redye every weekend.

I also was wondering what kind of colors I should use to accent shocking blue. I want to keep my long hair and I want it to stand out like crazy. I’m getting this book for my birthday in a few weeks, I’m just curious so I can start preparing.

Any input you can offer would be epic.

- Curious”

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Hi Curious,

I normally only do consultation for customers, but if your intending on buying
soon I’ll make an exception.

Here is the answers to your questions:

“…how long, on average, does the color dye you reccomend last?”

In the eBook I don’t just recommend one product to use, as everyone is different and has different needs. (For example; you may want your colour to be permanent, but some else may only want it for a week before they go
back to school.)

So in the eBook I go through a range of dye products and brands, both permanent and semi. I provide a price and quantity comparison, star rating, how long on average each product will last and what brand are available in which country’s.

This helps you choose the best value for money, depending on your budget for dye. The star rating tells you what products I recommend, and which ones I don’t! It also helps you choose which one is best for you depending on how long you want the colour to last, and which brands are available to you depending where you live.

I try to cater for everyone as best possible.

“I also was wondering if your hair needs to be frequently rebleached to keep the color strong?”

No, definitely not. Re-bleaching the hair will cause unnecessary damage. The eBook covers the bleaching process, and how to avoid damaging your hair. Its also has heaps of tips on how to prevent premature colour fade. Frequent bleaching is NOT the way to go and will only cause serious damage to your hair.

“I also was wondering what kind of colors I should use to accent shocking blue?”

If you want totally contrasting colour that will stand out, I would suggest a vibrant orange to do next to the blue. You see orange is the opposite colour to blue, so when you put the two colours next to each other they really pop!

You can see what I mean here (where the orange and blue meet) :

"Rainbow Bright 2" by SomberxEcstasy

Hope that helps, and happy birthday in advance!
Peace,
Anya

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To grab your copy of  “ANY COLOUR OF THE RAINBOW- The Ultimate Guide to Alternative Hair Colour ” by Anya Goy, Vidal Sassoon trained hair stylist, click here:  www.rainbowhaircolour.com

Id like to share with you the art work of this very talented individual…Fukaini.

Fukaini’s vibrant art work is created with entirely with colour pencils, and black pen. I was totally inspired when I saw her work, not just for its detail and beauty, but also for the fantastic hair styles and colours. Fukaini’s creations are full of colour and have a totally unique style, amazing for a 19 year old! Check out her art work here: http://fukaini.deviantart.com

'Jealous' by fukaini

'Vinushka' by Fukaini

'Throw Up' by Fukaini

'Fish' by Fukaini

This is Megan.  Megan likes colour.  See Megan’s colourful hair. Megan made colourful hair with Special Effects and Punky Colours. Isn’t Megan beautiful?

Megan's Rainbow Hair

One day Megan met Ryan. Megan loves Ryan.  Megan married Rhyan. Megan wore a colourful dress. See Megan’s colour dress. Isn’t Megan beautiful?

Megan's Rainbow wedding

And they lived happily ever after with sunshine, lollipops and rainbows!

"Pollen" by Felicefawn.

Frizzy hair is normally curly or wavy hair that has not been styled correctly. The best way to see the hairs’ true texture is when its wet. When your hair is wet/damp look at it in a mirror, don’t comb but just give your head a shake and let it fall naturally. Can you see a curl or wave? If so that ‘frizz’ you have is not really frizz, but unmanaged curl.

For those who have straight hair but find it frizzy, this is actually a result of dry hair caused by a lack of natural oils. If your hair is naturally straight and frizzy use proctusts for dry hair rather than anti-frizz.

For those who have naturally curly or wavy hair that gets frizzy, here are a leading causes:

1. Brushing or combing you hair when its dry. This pulls all the curl out of place and creates static frizz from the friction of the brush. Instead you should brush or comb your hair in the shower when you have conditioner on your hair.
2. Blasting your hair dry with the hair dryer. This will just totally fluff your hair up. If you want to dry your hair with a dryer there are 3 ways to do this without creating frizz. Straight (using irons), body wave (using round brush) and diffused curl (using a diffuser). Other wise let your hair dry naturally with some leave in conditioner or product on it.
3. Running your fingers though your hair when its dry. Again your just pulling out that wonderful curl each time you touch your hair and are creating fly aways.
4. Humid, damp or wet weather. This mainly applies when you have blow dried your hair straight or done a body wave. The water in the air will cause you hair to revert back you its original curly state. Oil based products can help make your hair more water resistant, but best just to try and keep you hair dry!

A home recipe for anti-fizz product:

Ingredients:

- 2 Tablespoons sweet almond oil
- ½ Tablespoon vegetable glycerin
- 10 drops rosemary oil.

(NOTE:  All ingredients can be purchased  from health food shops, pharmacies or online.)

Directions:

Combine ingredients in a small spray bottle, add water to fill and shake well. Spray on towel dried hair (after you have shampooed and conditioned as normal) and comb through. Leaves hair silky, shiny, and gets rid of frizz.

Almond oil is rich in protein (repairs hair), vitamin E (improves scalp circulation) and mono-saturated fats (smooths the hair and adds shine).

Almond oil was used in biblical times to create traditional ointments. Almond oil is also popular in Africa for controlling frizzy afro hair.

My husband is getting these super funky irons for me for valentine. They may not be GHD, but I’m shallow that way, I just love colourful things that look good!  I’ll do a review on them once they arrive.

However Sally’s has discount offer on between Feb 7th-14th 2010, so if you want to grab a pair, now is a good time…

GVP Limited Edition Winged Heart Flat Iron

• 1″ ceramic plates Professional salon quality model
• Curved edge plate design to curl, straighten and flip
• Ceramic ionic technology eliminates frizz, creates silky shiny hair
• Instant heat up to 410°F
• Ceramic plates generate far infrared heat to straighten hair from the inside out
• Plates emit ionic reflectives which enhance hair’s condition and shine
• 9-ft. 360° tangle free swivel power cord

Price $59.99 $49.95 (Online only at Feb 7th - 14th 2010. Enter promo code: 555111 at checkout)

Damaged hair comes from a lack of proteins (Hair is composed primarily of proteins, 88%. These proteins are of a hard fibrous type known as keratin). This lack of  ‘keratin’ protein causes the cuticle layer of the hair shaft to become brittle and break. That’s why I recommend a protein based hair mask, to help replace the lost protein in your hair….

ApHogee Intensive Two Minute Keratin Reconstructor This concentrated blend of keratin and vitamins does wonders to restore strength and softness to hair. It is recommended on bleached dammaged hair. Size: 16 oz. Price: $9.99 USD $2 off Coupon Code: 444504

If you just was to try this product first you can get small sachets (Size: 0.75 oz.) for just $2.49 here: ApHogee Intensive Two Minute Keratin Reconstructor.

TIP: When doing any hair mask, wrap a warm towel around your head. The heat from the towel will open the hairs cuticles, helping the mask to absorb into the hair shaft more easily.

Hi Anya,

First I wanted to tell you how much I love your E-Book “Any Colour of The Rainbow” and your blog. Where I live  (small village in Germany) it is impossible to find a hair stylist who knows what he/she does, so I color/cut my hair myself and the E-book and blog really helped me.

So, now my question:

I have shoulder length, white-blonde hair with some yellow bits in it.  For my prom dance (is it the right word?)  I want to dye the bottom layer green (lime green from crazy color), top layer purple and leave my bangs white-blonde, or maybe dye them a dark blue.  Would these colors bleed alot when  I wash my hair?

And what purple do you recommend? I’m searching for a nice blueish purple that doesn’t look too bad when it fades and doesn’t stay too long,because my hair is kind of damaged and I don’t want to bleach it to get rid of that color,but I have to work in a shop  three weeks after the prom dance and colorful hair isn’t allowed there,  so my hair should be  back to the white-blonde it is at the moment when I start to work there.

Thank you so much for your advice

Prom Queen.

Hi Prom Queen,

Thank you so much for your email and for your kind words, I’m so glad you enjoyed the eBook and blog. Its great that its helped you with doing your own hair.

In answer to your question “…would these colours bleed a lot when I wash my hair?”

You may get a tiny amount of bleed, but it will not be noticeable. As long as you don’t have a dark colour next to a light one, as darker colours run more.

For example; If you had dark blue next to lime green, you may find the blue bleeding to the lime green. (Although as green has blue in it anyway it would just make the green more of a darker, aqua shade.)

Can I suggest you don’t use dark blue on your bangs, but instead use a light blue? Because the dark blue will probably still leave a residue in 3 weeks time, and of all the colours you want to put in your hair the dark blue is the most likely to bleed.

Here are my suggestions for dyes to use:
1) Bottom layer “Lime Green” from Crazy Colour is good.
2) Top layer light purple use “Violette” from Crazy Colour.
3) Bangs light blue use “Sky Blue” from Crazy Colour.

All these colours are light shades and will have washed out before
you go back to work. And because they are light, they will bleed
much less than a darker shade.

Also I suggest you colour you hair only a day or so before the dance,
so that the colours will be their most vibrant. If you colour it a week
before the dance you might find the colours have started to fade already
as they are lighter shades.

Hope that helps, and thanks again for your feedback.

Peace,
Anya

Hey Anya,

Thanks for your answer! Since the date of my dance has changed and I was kind of bored with my all white-blonde hair, I dyed a blue underlayer in it…

(NOTE: Prom Queen’s Blue and Blonde Hair.)

I know that this will probably affect my plan for the dance, but the blue is already washing out and there’s quite a lot time left for it to wash out.

Greetings from Germany ;D

Prom Queen.