Ask the Q-Tip: I Want to Be a Ravishing Redhead but I am a Dark Brunette

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It is time for another installment of Ask the Q-Tip. Beauty questions answered by the underrated beauty blogger and cotton bud, Olivia. This question comes from Roni who has been dreaming about the hair color she always wanted but hesitated when it came to the damaging consequences.  Can she achieve her dream hair color without bleaching?
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My Vintage Popular Underrated Need-to-Know Posts

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Can I brag? Wait, why should I ask for permission? After all, everyone else seems to brag about their great beauty hauls and great swag on their blogs and YouTube.  I have neither to brag about.  I just want feel proud for writing so many non-review beauty posts in my 6 years of blogging.  Mind you, they were not easy; I wrote them to keep this blog alive which sometimes leads to stupid misadventures.
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Ask the Q-Tip: Can I Use 20 Volume Developer with Demi Permanent Hair Color?

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I am starting something new like you didn't know from the picture below.  I am going to try to answer beauty questions aimed for the everyday beauty lover.  From the hits I get on this blog, I will start with a simple one from hair color.
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What is the Difference Between Hair Color and Toner?

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I had realized I haven't covered the toner category in hair color.  Many of you may not know the difference between hair color and toner.  They both contribute to coloring but in different ways.

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The Written & The Unwritten Rules of Hair Color

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I won't pretend I don't know much about hair color.  I do know because I have a notebook on it.  I have one because I don't want to go through the mistakes I went through in my youth.  My hair never melted or anything, but I did have to cut it to an inch in length.  That made me realize, I never ever wanted to damage my hair that bad again.  I had to understand hair color!

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The Continuation & The Preview

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This post has to do with a few notices I have to mention.  Yes, it is about beauty and it won't bore you, or at least I hope it won't.
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Hair Color: The Colors, The Developers, and The Additives

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Many of you have been reading my Definitive Haircolor Guide and I am quite thrilled by that! I also know there are many more questions about the various colors available today, especially the non-natural colors. Some are just semi-permanent jars of fun, others are important color additives. In this post, I hope to shed light on some of these products.

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The Bleaching of Gray Hair

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Many of you become stumped when it comes to gray (grey) hair.  You think it can't be bleached when it can.  Like non-gray hair, bleach will do what it is suppose to do, remove pigment.

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