Achieving the Ombre Hair

Another wish granted before my birthday is getting an ombre hair.. Err, a semi-ombre hair for now. Ombre is a French word that means graduated color.  So an ombre hair is styled with graduated color from dark to light like this one:



I really, really want to achieve that color but then I am not sure if that's allowed in our hospital so I went for the safest one...

It took me a few days before I finally decided to get one. It was yesterday after my 4-hour-from-graveyard-shift-sleep when I felt the urge to dye and bleach my hair immediately. I remember I once told myself that I am never gonna bleach my hair... Well, I lied.

The first step I did was I Googled everything about ombre and hair bleaching. I also checked Abbie's and Helga's blogs and random videos on Youtube. I don't trust the sales ladies so I researched first before I headed to the nearest HBC store.

Here's a picture of me before I took the risk!



Here are the stuff I bought from HBC: 2 boxes of Kolours Zen Auburn shade (because I have thick hair one box isn't enough) 1 sachet of Hortaleza black pelan hot oil treatment, 2 sachets of Hortaleza bleach powder, 1 bottle of 9% oxidizing lotion, hair coloring brush and plastic mixing bowl. I followed Helga's advice about the bleaching except the part where you need help from another person. I did everything alone.



I decided to re-dye my hair first because the roots are coming out. And I want a red hair ombre effect. Here's me in the bathroom after the dye-ing stage.



And for the scariest part... here's the bleaching powder mixed with the oxidizing lotion... The smell is really awful. Thank God, my migraine wasn't triggered by the strong smell of the chemical.



Here's the first part of the bleaching. I bleached 1-2 inches from the tips of my hair then covered it with aluminum foil. I bleached my hair thrice until my desired level. I wasn't able to blow dry it because our hair blower is busted. I'm wearing my "daster" that I always use when I dye my hair.



Fast forward to the result.



As you can see, it didn't turn out the way I wanted because 2 packs of bleaching powder wasn't enough pala for my hair! I need more! The left side is more bleached than the right side. FAIL! Nevertheless, I like it. And I'm gonna improve it in the next few days.



What do you guys think? Any suggestions so I can improve my ombre hair?