Giveaway + How To Style Your Colored Hair

Ok friends, as promised here I am with a giveaway for you all.

You know that recently I underwent a hair makeover under the #HairIsFashion for Lakme Salon Show Stopping Hair initiative. Now one of you lucky girls can win a makeover for yourself worth Rs 1500 from a Lakme Salon near you.

Here is what you have to do:

1. Follow @shilpagandotra and @lakmesalon  on twitter

2. Tweet what is your personal style when it comes to fashionable hair - don't forget to tag @shilpagandotra and @lakmesalon use the hashtag #HairIsFashionWithOEW

3. Comment below with the URL of your tweet, your email id (so that I can contact you if you win), and your city.

If you don't have a twitter account you can do the following:

1. Like http://www.facebook.com/OurExternalWorld 

2. Like www.facebook.com/LakmeSalon

3. Share the giveaway image on Facebook

4. Comment below with what is your personal style when it comes to fashionable hair and don't forget to mention your facebook id, facebook url, email id and your city

Reshares on twitter and facebook are welcome!

Winner will be chosen based on how unique your tweet is. All girls living in India who have a Lakme Salon nearby can participate.

Contest closes 7th March 2015 midnight (India time)

And now, once you do get your hair highlighted here are two ways to style them. If you have bright colors like mine then you would like to keep it sober for office while you can flaunt the color for an evening out.

For Office: I put my hair into a pony tail while the fringe is combed to one side. My hair is naturally wavy but if you want this same hair style would look perfect on poker straight as well as curly hair. If I have a lot of meetings I like to keep my hair straight and pinned up in front.

Giveaway + How To Style Your Colored Hair - For Office

Lakme #HairIsFashion 'Show Stopping Hair' Makeover

Hi friends, if you follow me on twitter you must have read my tweet about how I was scared about getting highlights done to my hair since I have never colored my hair before. Well that day I was actually sitting at the Lakme Salon Punjabi Bagh (New Delhi) to try out the 'Show Stopping Hair' experience that Lakme has launched. These are hair styles that you can get done for yourself which are as stylish as hair that you see on the  fashion runways! As they say #HairIsFashion

Lakme #HairIsFashion 'Show Stopping Hair' Makeover

There are three prominent hair coloring trends being offered:

The Aubern Blend - this is a bold colored look where streaks of red color pop out from your hair.

The Helix Flair - a combination of golden highlights and a bit of color with asymmetrical cuts.

The Pixie Crop - for short haired girls this one has bright hues of brown and orange throwing in the right amount of texture to stylize your hair.

After a consulation with my stylist Mr Suresh I was coaxed into getting the Helix Flair done. Yes I say coaxed because I really wanted to play safe with the Aubern blend - I kept telling him that I only wanted a deep burgundy done in the Aubern blend style. But he explained to me why he was suggesting the Helix Flair. My hair is wavy and jet black. He told me a burgundy color won't show up properly and that getting caramel brown highlights on my black hair would really soften the look and stand out without giving me a drastic appearance change. He spoke to me about my professional profile and understood my apprehension in getting a drastic change done. He also said that burgundy looks better on slightly deeper skin tones and a golden would go well with my skin tone.

See the below picture - this is the Helix Flair - you can understand why I was so skeptical about this - it is drastic as compared to always having lived with black hair!

Lakme #HairIsFashion 'Show Stopping Hair' Makeover
(Image taken from Lakme Show Stopping Hair book)

So, after a lot of discussion and cajoling, I finally gave in and let him do his work. He showed me this entire book of possible hair colors that we could work with and the perfect golden shades for my hair. As they say sometimes its better to leave things in the hand of experts.