DIY FRIDAY: Colored Hair Dye!

Today's DIY Friday is one of my personal favorites and with summer coming up, I really think it will be fun for you all to experiment with it at home too! For those of you who have been following us on instagram (@buylovegivelove) you know that Jamie dyed the tips of her pink for Coachella weekend. After a week though, the pink slowly faded- tip: color hair dye fades VERY VERY QUICKLY, the more you dye it though, the longer the color will stay. Since Jamie didn't want to spend more money at the salon coloring her tips pink again (esp since it's fades so quicky), after much going back and forth, we decided to try it on her hair ourselves and it turned out great!

Jamie's inspiration for doing her pink tips for Coachella! image via The Beauty Department

Jamie purchased the pink hair dye herself at a local Sally's Beauty Supplies.

DIY INSTRUCTIONS:

1. you must use color on already blonde or pre-bleached hair

2. use a sandwich bag or plastic wrap to dip hand into the dye

3. put the color on the blonde or pre-bleached streaks you want colored

4. leave the color in for about 30 minutes

5. wash out the color with cold water

And the that's all! :)

It's always a little scary dealing with color on hair, but after trying it once, it definitely was a lot easier than we thought! The best thing about this is you can save so much money by doing this at home. You can always ask a friend to help you too so you can have an extra set of hands and make it a sleepover night! Hope this helps and good luck!

DIY Friday: Curling your own hair!

It's Friday!! Tonight is one of our good friend's birthday so we felt it would be the perfect time to do a DIY on curling your own hair. For a fun night out, the easiest way to dress up your look is to curl your hair, especially when it's normally straight (like Jamie & mine). You'll see below how easy it is for you to do this- all you need is hairspray, some clips, and a curling iron (the one we used is Hot Tools 1"):

Tip: clip up half of your hair to make it easier to curl the bottom half, also allowing the curls to stay longer! Remember to curl all the way up to the root of your hair.

Tip: After finishing the bottom half of your hair, hairspray the curls first so they stay, then put down the top half. For the top half of your hair, make sure to curl AWAY from your face as you can see in the photo above.

And you're finished! See how easy that was? Of course, it's always easier and more fun to have a friend there so you can help each other get ready. So grab your bff, and make it a "getting ready" pre-party. Hope everyone enjoys their weekend!