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Your Hair-Saving Guide To Going BlondeYes, even going light has a dark side -- but there's no need to fear straw-like strands with this guide |
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And in addition to plunking down dollar bills, you should be prepared to spend some of your precious time. A lot of time. I'm talking like an entire day.
"You're going to be in my chair for about six to eight hours, sometimes more, and that sort of time commitment requires pre-meditated scheduling," Moon says.
The worst thing you can do to your stylist is schedule an appointment for a "color change" (for which stylists typically allot three to four hours), without letting him know you expect to go full-fledged blonde. I learned this the hard way. I scheduled my first appointment for for 5 p.m., but I soon realized I'd be in the salon past midnight if we tried to do the transformation in one night, so I scheduled a second appointment for the following weekend. In total, I spent three hours in the salon on my first visit, lightening my dark brunette hair to a light brown. Then during the following visit, we spent nine hours making the full transformation. That's a total of 12 hours.
The moral of the story: Be prepared for the time commitment, and communicate with your stylist so he can schedule accordingly.
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