Do or Dye: Lauren Conrad’s Tie-Dyed Hair

Surprisingly, I am sort of into Lauren Conrad’s ombre’d, tie-dyed tips. Paul Mitchell’s INKWORKS (a professional, semi-permanent color treatment available in 10 vivid shades) is responsible for the multi-hued strands. If you’re as intrigued as I, read on for Colorist and Paul Mitchell Artistic Director, Lucie Doughty shares tips on how you can work with your stylist to achieve the look, if you dare.

I gotta tell you…if my hair were longer and if I weren’t terrified of hair coloring chemicals, I would seriously consider a slightly subdued version of LC’s ‘do.

Here’s how:

1. To get the full effect, have your stylist pre-lighten [see, THIS is the part that scares me to death] the hair to a pale blonde by using Paul Mitchell’s Dual Purpose Lightener and then the colorist can apply Paul Mitchell INKWORKS over the top.

2. Ask to have INKWORKS painted all the way through the strand or just on the tips like Lauren’s and then isolate each section in foil. Countless colors can be created from the Paul Mitchell INKWORKS color collection, so you can decide which color combinations work for you (to get LC’s look ask for Hot Pink, Green and Blue).   Your stylist can dilute them with any of Paul Mitchell’s daily conditioners to create beautiful pastel tones (like LC’s!)

So there you have it! Now who’s bold enough to toy with this one look du jour? Please share!

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5 Comments

  • I think this is gorgeous. And rather understated to some of the colour I’ve done in the past. If I had a job that permitted it, I would totally go for this look!
    -Sarah

  • I would love to do this but I’m also a bit terrified of bleaching my hair (I’m going natural, the ends are relaxed and I’m deathly afraid of breakage). Thinking of just bleaching some blonde extension pieces instead for a temporary look.

  • Love THIS!!! This is most definitely on my to do list once my hair gets about shoulder length. In my humble opinion this is quite conservative,bBut we’re talking about Lauren Conrad. Now I would love to see how somebody like Riahnna pulls this off.

    • The GlamSpot Aishia: Agree..it is sort of on the conservative side…which is exactly why I’d do it if I weren’t deathly afraid of hair color!

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