NEW HAIR BY ASHLEIGH HODGES AT JAMIE STEVENS

Would you believe that I had silver hair on and off with crazy colours for 3 years? Crazy! It was definitely time for a change and I felt like having something a little different this time.

I was kindly invited along to the Jamie Stevens hair salon in London to have my hair done by an angel called Ashleigh Hodges. I had heard many good things about her as she's in high demand, award winning and is even a part of the hair team for TV show, The Voice.

I had a skin test the week before my hair appointment to make sure I didn't react to the dye. I then had a consultation with Ashleigh about what kind of style I wanted. I knew in my heart that I wanted to stay blonde, but I really wanted to tone the colour down. I showed Ashleigh some photos for reference and couldn't wait to return the following week for my transformation.

Jamie Stevens Salon

9 Russell Gardens

Kensington

London

W14 8EZ

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0207-371-1944

My hair grows incredibly fast (I guess I am blessed!), so my roots would need re-doing every 6 weeks. I could sometimes go longer, but would feel really unhappy with the block of dark roots against the rest of my white hair. 

This was how my hair was looking before my treatment started. As you can see, it was very white, with outgrown roots and was looking extremely unhappy. 

The following Friday was my appointment and I couldn't have been more excited for a complete change! 

Ashleigh put fine baby lights through my parting and lightened my neutral regrowth my one shade. This was left to develop for fifteen minutes. It's barely noticeable as my roots are very dark. As it grows out, my roots will stay dark and blend softly. This is something that was really essential for me for my new look.

Ashleigh then in with a hair colour primer called Matrix Colour Sync and blended my regrowth colour down to a much softer brown. As requested, Ashleigh kept my blonde (so I can still do temporary crazy colours when I fancy!), but toned it down to a much creamier blonde. In all of the colour changes, Ashleigh used Matrix Bond Ultimate to try and nurse back three years of over processed blonde hair. 

This was left on a short while to develop and then it was time to wash everything out and condition. Ashleigh used a gloss to blend the brown and blonde shades together and rinsed everything off with Biolage New RAW Repair Shampoo and Conditioner. This sealed my hair and left it feeling super soft, silky and like hair should feel.

I am trying to grow my hair now (I haven't had super long locks in years!), so I didn't want to have too much hair chopped off. However, I know I was carrying around dead hair, so a good hair cut was very much needed. 

Ashleigh cut away about 2.5 inches of my hair and shaped it to a style that suits me. Due to over processing my hair, I had a lot of broken hair around the front of my face. Ashleigh worked with this and cut it into a style that looks natural with the rest of my hair. Incredible.

Finishing off with a brand new product from Matrix called Brass Off Blonde; this leave-in cream was applied to my damp hair and restored the moisture. I'm really hoping to get this product when it launches next month!

The treatment finished with a blow dry which was lovely as I usually just blast my hair with my hairdryer at home. To finish everything off nicely, Ashleigh then added waves to my hair to add texture and volume.

Here's the finished look!

I am SUPER happy with my hair and couldn't be happier with the result. It's in much better condition now it's been treated and had a cut and I feel much more confident now my roots look more blended and natural. 

I can't thank Ashleigh enough for her hard work that day and I completely recommend her for all your hair needs. I'll definitely be going back there in the future!

Disclaimer: Complimentary treatment was offered in return for an honest review on my blog. All words, opinions and photographs are my own.