Page 54 - Cosmopolitan - USA (February 2020)

NURTURE
YOUR NATURAL
BEAUTY. Good news! You
actually can
highlight your
hair at home
Especially if your
natural color is dirty
blonde or lighter. Just
make sure to use at-
home highlighters
only on your hairline.
“Focus on the area
around your face,
where your hair is
naturally the light-
est,” says O’Connor.
It’s also much easier
to manage, since you
can actually see what
you’re doing. (I’m per-
sonally obsessed with
Clairol Nice’n Easy
Balayage for Blondes,
$15, ulta.com—it is
so simple to use and
looks v natural.)
Helllllp! I hate my new hair color
I F I T ’ S N O T
D A R K E N O U G H
Wait a couple of
weeks until you
can safely try
again—even the
healthiest of
strands can’t deal
with multiple
®
C H A P S T I C K T O T A L H Y D R A T I O N rounds of dye in
Tinted Lip Oil Collection one sitting.
(Meantime, maybe
6 Sheer Ways to Shine invest in a nice
hat?) Then try
Vitamin-infused Formula another round of
the *same* dye—
using a new color
will leave you with
a shade that’s way
off—and check it
every five minutes
before rinsing.
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3 D Y E light base (aka you’ll
J O B S Y O U need some bleach)—
J U S T without that, nothing
much will show up.
C A N ’ T D I Y
J E T B L A C K
Only for true at-home
P L A T I N U M savants—or those
Even if it’s technically prepared to live with
only a shade lighter a dye job gone very
than your base. Noth- wrong. Once you
ing is worth the risk of go this dark, you’re
burning off your hair kinda-sorta stuck with
or scalp (!). it until your hair grows
out all the way.
T R E N D Y C O L O R S
Hues like soft pas-
tels or bright neons
require starting with a
I F I T ’ S I F I T ’ S
T O O D A R K O R A N G E
If you used a Welp, you’ll
permanent dye, get unfortunately have
thee to a hairstylist. to wait for it to
If you’re dealing grow out, but you
with a demi- or can tone down
semi-perm job, the Cheeto a
rinse your hair bit by swapping
twice with a your regular
clarifying shampoo shampoo for a
to lift out some purple formula and
pigment. Look for using a color-
one with stripping depositing mask.
sulfates or “SLS” at And no, for those
the top of the of you thinking,
ingredients list I could just go
(they’re super harsh darker, you can’t
but great at getting hide orange hair
rid of color). Make with, say, dark
GET T Y IM AGES.
sure you follow with brown. You’ll just
a deep conditioner. end up brassy.