Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Following Shell's lead - new dark blonde / burnt brown / coppery colour...!!

Well, I had an AMAZING 3.5hrs at the Aveda Urban Therapy salon, and all I can say is WOW!! You get a scalp, neck and shoulder massage before they even look at your hair!!

(To cut a long story short, I got an amazing deal - �300 of appointments for just �60, which is less than just what I had done today - cut, blowdry & colour - and the other appointments are facials, pedicures, manicures, makeovers, etc etc. Deal of a lifetime!)

So...

I knew I wanted to go dark/er, but wasn't sure how dark I could pull off, being naturally pale blonde all my life. However, my roots have been going darker for the past year or so, so I at the very least wanted to go as dark as my roots - but that looks like a dull colour, and sort of 'nothingy', so wanted to go darker, and warmer.
Had a consultation with the colour expert, and decided on a warm light brown with a hint of copper & gold, which I love. I like to think it makes me look pale rather than the red that my old blonde used to make me look, as i have pinky-red skin (though you can't tell that in my profile pic as I had 2 layers of St Tropez on for a charity ball at the time, to cover up the sunburn I got the day before!!

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(Going darker is difficult for me, as my eyebrows and lashes have remained white-blonde like my hair used to be, and I'm allergic to the dye - so I could never go black or anything, as I'd have to use that much brow powder I'd look like a clown!)

Cut-wise I went about 5" shorter! I haven't stepped in a salon for nearly 2 years because of a horrible IBS experience I had in one, and have been trimming my own hair whilst dying it, so was of course in a bit of a state, so we cut off all the damaged hair, and a bit more besides. Also had LOADS of short layers put in, to give it movement and interest - and means I can wear it sleek, mussed up or flicked out.

My fringe is pants, basically because we left it alone - he has an idea that would suit me, but needs it a bit longer to do it properly, so we've taken the hit this time, hence why my fringe looks a bit lifeless.

Now - pictures! Unfortunately I was tired & bit poorly when I got in, so had an hours sleep on the sofa - so I've wiped most of my makeup off and spoilt my hair, but thought I'd take the pics anyway, using my webcam (hence the poor quality). Think you can tell pretty well anyway:

As you can see I can wear it smooth, or mussed up a bit like in the last pic - also in that pic please ignore the scary eyes, I was half asleep and trying to open my eyes super-wide to compensate!

Hope everyone likes!

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