How To Do Red Ombre Hair

Cherry. Ruby. Scarlet. Blood. If I had to pick one color from the color wheel that has the most gorgeous shades, it would have to be red. So, does it come as any surprise that this gorgeous hue works like a charm to create beautiful ombre hair looks? Of course it doesn’t. Red ombre hair looks teeter the line between bold and classy with perfection, making sure you look like a sophisticated bombshell.

You didn’t think that was possible, now, did you?Now, though I do always recommend getting your ombre done by a professional hairdresser, I also realize that sometimes you just don’t have the dolla dolla billz to do that. So, if you would like to go the DIY way with your ombre (hey, that rhymed!) then just keep reading…

How To Do Red Ombre On Your Hair At Home

The basic principle of an ombre is that the top color on the top half of your hair gradually fades into a lighter shade towards the ends. While this is much easier to do on blonde hair as you can go straight in with your color, dark hair is a whole different ball game. You’ll need to bleach the bottom half of your dark hair before coloring it red.

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What You Need

• Old t-shirt
• Paddle brush
• Hair bleaching kit
• Red hair color
• Bowls
• Rubber gloves
• Hair coloring brush
• Hair elastics

How To Ombre

Let's do it !

1. Put on an old t-shirt that you don’t mind getting bleach and hair color stains on.
2. Put on your gloves. (Hair colors take forEVER to get off once it gets on your skin.)
3. Brush out all the knots and tangles from your hair.
4. Mix and prepare your bleach according to the instructions given on the box.
5. Part your hair down the middle and divide it into 2 sections.
6. Now, divide these 2 big sections into as many smaller sections as you want to make bleaching them convenient for you. Tie each of them up with hair elastics a couple of inches below your roots.
7. Start applying bleach to each section of hair, starting from the ends and pulling the bleach up with your fingers till right below your jawline.
8. Apply more bleach on the ends of your hair and gradually reduce the amount as you work your way up.
9. Leave the bleach on for the time duration indicated on the box, but keep checking the shade it has lightened to every 15 minutes. (Warning: Don’t leave the bleach on for more than 40 minutes as it could permanently damage it.)
10. Once your hair has lightened to your desired shade, wash the bleach off with shampoo.
11. Blow dry your hair completely.
12. Redivide and tie your hair up in the same sections as earlier.
13. Mix your red hair color in a bowl, following the instructions given on the box.
14. Apply the color to all the bleached sections of your hair, making sure to pull it up an inch above your fade line so that it blends seamlessly into your natural base color.
15. Leave the red hair color on for the duration of time indicated on the box.
16. Wash off the color until the water runs clear before shampooing and conditioning it with color safe products.

And now that you’ve successfully done your red ombre, let’s look at all the brilliant ways that you can style it!