Hello! After a long weekend of travel, I had a blessedly easy week as I was due at The Shear Shop on Friday to get my hair done. I had been chomping at the bit to transform my hair for spring! Prior to my appointment, Anna and I were thinking of a blue and orange palette using Pulp Riot’s Blue Tux and Shag Rug. Then, that plan turned on its head as soon as I was in her chair! Anna showed me an array of colors that she picked just for me and we were definitely on a similar wave length. We both came to the same conclusion that instead of blue, why not do purple? Anna said her inspiration was a spring sunset and that perfectly describes the color palette we ended up using. Check it out:

^^^ Lol idk what I’m doing here but you can see the colors really well!

Pulp Riot Colors Used:

Top Left: Satire

Top Right: Shag Rug mixed with Lava

Bottom Left: Jam mixed with Lilac

Bottom Right: Pyro mixed with Fireball

Prior to this appointment, my hair featured a peacock palette with red, blue, and teal and I washed my hair every day to try and lighten the colors as much as possible. Pulp Riot’s formula has changed to increase the dye’s longevity and after multiple hair washes, the colors were still quite vivid. We were genuinely worried that the bleach wouldn’t lift all of it to achieve the spring sunset palette but we just had to give it a try. We let the bleach sit with no heat for about fifteen minutes and then turned on the heat for ten more. And you know what? It worked! There were a couple random spots that Anna needed to bleach again but by the time we were done, my hair was pale blonde and ready to rock.

Once the bleach was washed out and we could breathe easier, it was onto painting the hair. Anna and I were most excited because Pulp Riot brought back one of our favorite colors – the gorgeous marigold Satire and it was just what we needed for a sunset inspired look. We always mix Pyro and Fireball for my red and Satire is fantastic as is. However, both Jam and Shag Rug needed an extra dose of vividness. So, Anna created custom colors to brighten them up by mixing Lilac into Jam and Lava into Shag Rug. That was much more like it!

Rather than do our usual horizontal application of the dyes, Anna and I wanted to switch things up by going vertical. To frame my face, we used our red concoction and I love having that Lil Red right at the forefront. She painted underneath my hair and on top with strips of Satire and the Shag Rug + Lava combo. Then she painted the back half with the Jam + Lilac. She also applied Satire to the ends of my hair so we could get that pop of yellow the whole way through. All that was left to do was sit and wait for an hour as we eagerly anticipated the grand finale…

And this finale definitely deserved a standing twenty-four hour ovation because holy WOW! We were both amazed that my hair went from peacock to sunset in an afternoon because getting it all out with bleach was so up in the air. Everyone at the salon was oohing and ahhing and for good reason – this new do is everything! My hair feels strong and healthy and I will never be over the custom colors that Anna created. I am the only client of hers that she does funky colors for and she nails it every time. I am SO lucky to have her as my stylist and friend for over two decades!! ❤

Shout out to my wonderful stylist for creating this spring sunset magic. I am totally and completely obsessed!

How often do you dye your hair? Are you changing your hair color up for spring? I want to hear from all of you, so leave me a comment and let’s chat! Much love. -Sarah