Chalk Pastel hair

So back around when Hannah (one of my bestest friends) was leaving for Scotland I tried out another one of those little Pinterest tutorials. For sometime now I've been quite intrigues by colored tips, whether it be ombre or aqua tips. Of course, I wouldn't dare to do colored tips with permanent die and even semi-permanent and temporary hair die scared me. I had recently heard that people had been trying to do temporary color with chalk pastels and researched a little bit about the technique before trying it myself. The first time I tried it I id purple tips, my roommates (as well as Hannah) seemed to love it, however the color was incredibly bright and since I did it for an evening not many people saw it. Unfortunately I didn't even get any pictures. I did however figure out that it makes an absolute mess of your hands and anything you touch in my case it was my door, the bathroom door, the vanity, my comb, my brush, my blow dryer, my straighter and my curling iron. I should also mention that it took quite the extended period of time, especially when you include clean up.
However the second time I tried this it went much better! For Valentine's day i decided it would be a nice change to have a pink/red streak in my bangs.

 

It's hard to see in this lighting, but this is in the morning before class.

This is it halfway through the day, started to fade a bit already.

The first step in to get this little bit of color is to go out and find a set of chalk pastels. I bought mine at Michaels for around six dollars and it had a great variety of colors. Depending on what portion or section of your hair you would like to have colored as well as its size, there are different methods in which to do the next step. The first time I did this I do believe I simply took my wet ends after I was out of the shower and applied it that way. That however lead to lots of knots, which lead to lots of combing, which took much of the pigment out of my hair. The second time I took a large glass of water and simply dipper the section of hair I wanted colored in. This wasn't so bad but still made a bit of a watery mess (I would suggest having a dark colored towel on hand). One way that I have not tried but would suggest, is taking a spray bottle (I do believe you can find one at the dollar store) and simply spraying the sections of hair you would like to color. After you have wet your hair you will start applying color. Most of he website I looked at suggested wearing gloves but I blatantly ignored this both times. Yes, I should have listened. The color makes a very large mess and gloves definitely would have been helpful since the color tends to stain the hands for a couple of hours. Twirl a small section of wet hair and run the chalk pastel down each and every side of the section. Continue doing this on all portions of hair you would like colored, applying generously as much of the pigment will come out in the following stages. After all the desired hair has been colored, take your blow dry and gently dry the hair, taking a come to gently take out any knots. Be careful doing this as the more you comb or brush, the more pigment will come out of your hair. One your hair has been dried and is generally knot free, "seal" in the color using a flat iron or curling iron. This will keep the pigment more vibrant for longer.

 And then your done. Easy peezy, I know. Just be careful you not wearing a super nice shirt as it will have some color on it. You may also want to take a wash cloth to your face and neck as I found I had some of the pigment there. Try it, it's great!