Howdy! This past Friday was an absolutely awesome day from start to finish. I spent the first part of my day getting my hair right at the Shear Shop, the afternoon with my nieces, and a late dinner with one of my bestie girls to wrap it up. I have been counting down my next hair appointment since my last appointment because there is nothing better than spending time with my amazing stylist, Anna, while she works her magic. She is simply brilliant and even created customized colors out of our beloved Pulp Riot dye to achieve this look:

^^^ Peep a brand new OOTD coming soon!!

Pulp Riot Colors:

Red: Pyro + Fireball

Orange: Desert Sky + Lava

Blue: Blue Muse + Nightfall + Aquatic

To begin the roughly five hour process of this look, Anna started by bleaching my hair for a little over twenty minutes. The roots were the primary concern so we weren’t too worried about getting the rest of the color out fully as we were going to cover it up with similar colors from my last styling session. Once the bleach was washed out, it provided the perfect blank slate to paint over with and have some colorful fun!

Anna and I were both in agreement that we loved the Rainbow Ice palette we used last time but we wanted to go bolder with it. To accomplish this, Anna decided to mix dyes together to form custom shades that would further enhance each other. The first order of business was the red. Normally, Anna paints all of my roots with Pyro because it looks the best when it grows out. However, we bypassed full root coverage last time to include Lemon into the mix. While the Lemon was pretty, the regrowth was SO noticeable and that was my only request. The rest was up to Anna! To keep the growing out process as pretty as possible, Anna used a base of Pyro with a bit of Fireball for good measure to keep that red fiery and fabulous.

The next step in picking colors was orange. In the OG version of this do, we only used Desert Sky and it was a lovely shade but quite muted. To kick things up a notch, Anna still used a base of Desert Sky but mixed it with a healthy dose of the neon orange Lava. This was much more like it and the orange against the turquoise is *chef’s kiss*. The final color to figure out was the blue. We were beyond obsessed with the beautiful Blue Muse from the OG but it faded out into green territory. To combat this, Anna added one drop of navy blue Nightfall into the Blue Muse dye to form a true blue hue. She also added the tiniest bit of Aquatic as we were fresh out of the Blue Muse and Nightfall combo before all of my hair was painted.

Once Anna concocted my custom colors, it was time for the best part – painting it on! Of course, we always have to take a celebratory whiff of the Pulp Riot dye because it smells exactly like Sweet Tarts and it will never grow old. Anna carefully applied the blue dye, into the orange, and the red to wrap it up and all that was left to do was wait for close to an hour before washing it out for the grand reveal. And what a grand reveal it was!!

I think everyone in the hair salon gasped once my hair was dried, cut, and straightened because it was just SO good. Our last style was lovingly called Rainbow Ice and Anna officially dubbed this one Rainbow Brite because that’s what it is to the T. It is bold, beautiful, and pure summer fun. I have been growing my hair out and to see these gorgeous Pulp Riot dyes on more canvas was so exciting. I didn’t think it was humanly possible for them to look any better but here we are!

Thank you to my wonderful, genius, kind, hilarious Anna for always making my hair dreams come true for over twenty years. You have truly outdone yourself!! ❤

How often do you get your hair done? Did you change your hair up for summer? I want to hear from all of you, so leave me a comment and let’s chat! Much love. -Sarah