Ash Brown Hair for Morenas: Tips, Color Information, and Where I got mine

Wedding is in 4 days. AGGGGHHH! I don't actually know what I'm feeling, but all I know is I can't wait for it to happen. :D

In the next few days to weeks, I'll muse about my wedding journey - from choosing of suppliers, essential tips, realizations, actual wedding, and of course, my beauty rituals; starting with the hair, of course!

Here's my pre- medium ash brown hair, which was previously colored by Vivere as well; this is a honey brown tone and I'm glad that it didn't end up looking brassy on the ends despite coming from a heavily bleached (due to highlights) situation.

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THE PEG

This is my hair peg. I want my locks to still look brown, but with a halo effect of ash on it, if you know what I mean.

At first, I was a bit hesitant to go for ash brown because I was afraid that the greenish/grayish tone will result to a muddy- looking complexion, but thanks to the expertise of my stylist, Alben of Vivere Salon Glorietta 1, we were able to pull it off.

First, I had a hair cut because my ends were already begging to be cut. I just had the dry ends trimmed; I still want to have long hair to sport soft boho curls on my wedding day.

Now join me in my journey to Medium Ash Brown hair! For starters, Vivere uses Schwarzkopf as their brand of hair dye and I'm sharing with you the colors my stylist used.

First, my hair was pre- lightened with Schwarzkopf #12 from the Highlifts color family. We were off to a good start as I felt that my hair needed to be pre- lightened first for the Ash tone to come out evenly and for my regrowth to unify with my lightened ends; it's exactly what Alben did.

Next, the ash brown color was applied. Alben used Schwarzkopf 7-1 and 8-11 from Naturals color family for the ash brown tone.

After 2 hours of pre- lightening and toning, my hair's ready. See the ash tone? :D

Voila! Ash Brown hair for morenas, achieved!

Some notes on getting ash brown hair, especially if you're morena:

1. It is important to pre- lighten the hair first because Asian hair is rich in pigment, which makes it virtually hard for any new color to come out accurately, not unless you are sporting bleached/blonde hair to begin with.
2. For morenas, a warmer ash brown is best; that's why I chose Medium Ash Brown; anything darker than this will just make my hair look dark brown and anything lighter, methinks will make my skin tone look muddy.
3. Work with your stylist and discuss the outcome that you want properly, but expect that you will achieve around 80% of your desired color only just because the pigments in our hair always get in the way.
4. Double coloring can make your hair dry so don't forget to opt for hair treatment after!

That's all for my new hair! I'm totes ready to get married LOL. Again, here are the colors I used:

PRE- LIGHTENING- Schwarzkopf #12 (Highlifts)TONE- Schwarzkopf #7-1 and #8-11STYLIST: Alben (0928-8941551, 0917 3950916)BRANCH: Vivere, Glorietta 1

Btw, Vivere's sister companies, Ooh La Lash, Hey Sugar Waxing Salon, and Nail-A-Holics have opened new branches at Unimart Greenhills! Visit them at Mezzanine level, Unimart, Greenhills, San Juan.

Color starts at P2,500.00 at Vivere Salon. For more information, please visit VIVERE SALON on Facebook.