Dye Meltdown
BY KAMRYN JENKINS, Freshman
BLYTHEWOOD- People have been dyeing their hair for ages and there is no reason to stop now.
Hair has been apart of society for centuries; during the days of the ancient greeks, women dyed their hair using chemicals commonly know as oxide and calcium hydrox to achieve the desired black hair. Egyptians shaved their heads,braided and dyed their black hair and wore it as a wigs.
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In the past three years dyed hair has taken over the world. Today’s dye craze first started with the Balayage; created by the french in ‘70s.
Balayage is a technique used to highlight hair with natural color. The point of the dye is to make the hair more luscious and lively.
From Balayage came formed Ombre, a new style of dye began the journey in ‘08. Much like the Balayage, Ombre uses natural colors.
The only difference between the two are instead of highlights, Ombre fades from dark to light. Many people have been using this technique to dye their hair Blonde Ombre, Fire Ombre, Reverse Ombre, Caramel Ombre etc.
Dye Evolution
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In the early ‘90s and 2000s colored dye in hair became a common thing for teenage rebels and rising rockstars. Brighter colors and wild highlights started making their ways out of the shadows of the common blondes, brunettes and redheads.
Punk Rock celebrities, along with many of their followers, help spread the trend of bright dyes and highlights. With their help bright dyes have become a normal aspect of today’s society.
Throughout the years people have been dyeing their hair for different reasons. During Greek and Roman times people dyed their hair black to show social status; the Germans dyed their hair red just for fun.
World Geography teacher Evan Pressman (who has recently dyed his hair gray and blue for the second time) dyed his hair because he had went through many other body modifications (nose and ear piercings) and finally wanted to do something with his hair.
Sophomore Kristen Kilpatrick has dyed her hair plenty of times. She dyes it because her mom doesn’t care much, in fact, she supports it.
“Well, if it expresses who you are, go for it!” Kilpatrick said.
The Melt Revolution
With all the bright dyes entering the market today, trends like Ombre are transformed from neutral fades to a bright collapse of colors. This new trend is called Color Melting.
The Melt technique has made its way onto almost every social media outlet and into the hearts of die hard fashion and makeup DIY fangirls. Much like its predecessor Ombre, Melt had to climb to greatness.
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Tip dyes were the first sign of Melt, the infamous Kool-Aid tips were taking over middle schools everywhere. But Melt has matured since then and “seamlessly replaces the ombré trend,” according to Mashable.com.
Now some may say Ombre and Melt are the same.
“The difference between this and regular highlights is that you use multiple shades to create the ‘melted’ effect,” George Papanikolas, Matrix Celebrity Colorist said.
“It’s a technique that makes literally any hair color look like it ~could~ have happened naturally,” Augusta Falletta, Buzzfeed Stuff wrote in ‘Here’s What You Need To Know About “Color-Melting” Your Hair.’
I’m Melting
The Color Melting craze has new hopes in 2016, as Galaxy, Sunset, Mermaid, and Pastel melt techniques began to take shape the future looks endless.
