The Reverse Ombre.
Posted in News on November 16th, 2011 by Reagan
Tags: Hair Color, Ombre hair, Reverse Ombre
I got a question a few months ago from someone asking if I thought a reverse ombre would look good.
My first thought was “No way, do not do it.”.
Then I saw this picture. And I love it.
But I still say “No way, do not do it.”
Because…
this looks hot on her, because she has interestingly striking features. Also, she appears to be Scandinavian and her hair is very light naturally. The beauty of the ombre, is that it is so low maintenance, and it looks so natural. The sun naturally would lighten our ends. This is all the horrible upkeep of platinum hair, and once you’ve got roots coming in it is going to look like a big blocky mess.
Imagine this: Dark Roots, a block of Platinum, a block of medium, a block of black. Even if you have the world’s greatest colorist, after just two or three weeks, this would look like you need to find a new colorist.
Don’t do it! You’ll regret it! Just look at this photo with me and awe at the interesting hot girl.
But if you DO do it, send me a photo, pronto.
(did you know ‘Pronto’ is one of my favorite words? It is, but I hardly ever get to use it!)
Photo seen here
I agree altho it looks amazing on her…Dont Do It! i can only imagine the blocky mess :p
I can see why this is a pretty picture but I think the brown on the ends just looks dull and boring. It looks like in real life it might look mousy and dead on the ends. But I do agree it is a pretty picture. I don’t think anyone should actually attempt this unless they are about to cut all their hair off the next day.
Personally I don´t like it at all, not even in the picture.
I saw this on your Facebook page and thought you were about to praise it and got scared that i would lose my love for you..but I am so happy you said no when I opened the main page. Agh, I can love you still!! As a colour tech of many years, I am weeping for this model. Nevermind the upkeep, but how horrid her hair will look the next time she washes it is my fear. The bleeding of black onto the blonde, the awkward fading as this was probably put ontop of no pigment, the horror! Seriously, people need to understand that some colours are not wearable. They are artistic and beautiful and tons of fun to do for us, but are not meant to be sported by the average person on a budget with a 6-10 weeks hair maintenance routine. Think of how avant garde runway looks trickle down into trendy wearable styles and treat your hair the same way- draw inspiration and let your colorist have the final say. This is serious business! / end rant
I agree. This girl is very editorial, and while it look amazing in the shot, I can’t imagine that if I saw her on the street I would think the same.
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I do not like the look of this. However, I was wondering if ombre is just ‘blonde-brown’ or if can be ‘brown-black’? I’m a brunette and I’d like to have a darker brown to ‘seep in’ on the end of my hair. Any suggestions?
This reminds me of Utah hair, circa 2004. Yikes. It got the best of us
Hm. I thought the reverse ombre was dark roots, light ends. :/
I let a stylist friend of mine do the ombre look on me, even though I was totally against it. I should have stuck to my guns, because she ended up doing a dark brown on the root of my hair, with blonde ends. Guess it would be low-maintenance if my hair were naturally brown, but it is a very very light blonde naturally-so in a couple of weeks, the whole look was very strange! Blonde roots, brown middle, blonde ends. Weird.
Although I don’t like the picture above, I can’t help but wonder, would the reverse ombre really be that bad if someone had naturally blonde (not platinum blonde) hair and did the tips brown, or maybe even red? Please reply and tell me what you think!
I did a reverse ombre with my hair. its a deep red on top then brown black at the bottom. its okay maybe a little too trendy for me
I actually want to try this, but with my natural color, not blonde. I’m naturally red/auburn and I think it would be fun. I would probably want to try this with a demipermanant dye.
My hair is naturally a darker (level 8ish) ash blonde and I have been coloring it dark (3G) for awhile now. I’ve tried going back blonde a few times but no one is ever able to get close enough to my natural shade. (My skin tone doesn’t do well with yellowish blondes and platinum is too harsh for my taste.) It’s getting longer and to the point that root touch ups are a hassle. I am looking for a way to gradually fade out my darker color for my naturally lighter one. I searched for reverse ombre because I like the subtle contrast of the regualr ombre, but there isn’t much info out there. I figured I could let my roots grow out again and work from there. What is your advice about reverse ombre for my hair color situation?
Thank you!
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I definately want to do this. However, keep my natural light brown roots
I actually have a red to black ombre that happened after I started growing out old black hair dye. It looked dreadful for several months, but now I really love it.