Aveda Hair Highlights
Thursday, August 12, 2010 at 12:00PM I recently visited the Aveda Institute in Covent Garden to get my hair highlighted. I was still reeling from the Herbatint debacle, although since then the Jigami highlights had muted the orange effect. I hadn’t visited an Aveda Salon in about 7 years so I was pleasantly surprised by the product development since the last visit like the Chakra Balancing Mists and Damage Remedy Restructuring Shampoo. Unfortunately I didn’t have much time to browse because I was immediately whisked away by my colorist Susan.
yummmmm smell the lavender and roman chamomileSusan was very professional. She did a thorough color consultation (not too ash, not too golden, thanks!) and I haven’t seen such neat, tidy, and tightly folded foils, since well, ever. After waiting for 35 min for the magic to happen I was rinsed, shampooed, and left with a luscious treatment smelling of lavender and roman chamomile for a further 7 minutes. I was told this was to help take out the brassiness which my hair color had accumulated after a few summer holidays in the sun. After another shampoo plus conditioning and a short blow dry the results were exactly what I was looking for.
By definition hair dye can never be truly natural (you are actually trying to change the color of your hair remember!) However, what I like about Aveda is that they do use a lot of botanical and organic ingredients along with the synthetic chemicals. Maybe after one or two more trips to Aveda the remnants of Herbatint will no longer be visible.
et voila!
Reader Comments (7)
Katherine, you have a really gougers hare! I'm looking at my bob cut and sighing for my long hair :).
I have an idea of a project and would like you to be involved. How can i get in tough with you? I haven't found your email address on a blog.
Victoria
Hey Victoria thanks for the nice comment! Email me Katherine at naturalbeautee dot com.
Thank you for your response. I just sent you an email. Hope to be hearing from you soon ;)
Hi Katherine,
I would like to ask you as you had highlights done at Aveda and at Jigami.Wgich one did you prefer?And I know it's difficult to ask which one is better but my hubby is going to pay for my highlights and I really do not want to go to mainstream bleachy look anymore,hence asking for advice which one should I choose.Aveda sounds great and I love the colour,how long did it last until its started fading out?Although I understand that it is not completely chemical free,is that right?
Many many thanks for your advice.
Julia
Ohhhhhhh Julia that is a difficult call. They both had their positive points:
Aveda
+ great color
+ didn't fade at all
-because it didn't fade at all my roots looked much worse sooner
- more nasty chemicals
Jigami
- color was fine, but not as good as Aveda
- faded some but
+ faded in a nice way that didn't make my roots stand out too much
+ less harsh chemicals
My gut wants to pick Jigami for you but you need to weigh up your priorites in terms of the specific kind of results you want and how important detoxifying your hair colour is. Good news is that you can't go wrong with either option!
Wow thats an amazing hair colour :)
i know im a little late for this post but im just discovering your blog. Any chance you still remember the names of the colours they used at the Aveda salon? Also could you do a post on the hair products that you use usually, shampoo conditioner etc?
Thank you xxx
As with all good things in life, better late than never! I will definitely blog about hair products soon!