00:00Hair to me is an expression of yourself.
00:04You see someone walking down the street,
00:07the hair is like their halo.
00:10I'm Cynthia Alvarez and I'm gonna show you
00:12how to do a rose gold hair transformation.
00:14Before you see my hair transformation, subscribe below.
00:17I have been a celebrity hairstylist for about 12 years.
00:21My first like serious celebrity job
00:23was going on tour with Alicia Keys.
00:26Like at 21, I was like traveling to Australia
00:29and New Zealand and Asia and it was an amazing experience.
00:33I specialize in transformations.
00:35I like to use really vibrant colors,
00:38haircuts, extensions.
00:40I do a lot of wigs.
00:41I have really remained true to who I am
00:44and what I believe to be artistry.
00:46So the inspiration behind my rose gold hair transformation
00:50today is my son.
00:52He wants to transform his hair from blonde to indigo blue.
00:57And I thought that we could both rock like colorful hair.
01:02All right guys, so here we are.
01:04We're about to do the hair color transformation.
01:07Clip those sections away so that they're not getting in your way
01:10as you're coloring your hair.
01:12Now I'm leaving the section because I like to start from the back.
01:15As you can see, I have a lot of brown mixed in with the blonde.
01:20So I'm just going to place the color all over.
01:23Now, what's great about this color is that I can literally apply it with my fingers
01:29because it's not such a bold color, it won't stain.
01:34If you did have a bold color like a blue or a purple, I would suggest using gloves.
01:40And it's going down.
01:42So the reason why I chose Overtone color as opposed to any other brand is because this
01:50company has a healthy hair duo, meaning that it has the color care and the color conditioner.
01:57So you can literally maintain your hair color every time you wash.
02:02Quarantine folks, we're quarantined.
02:04Everyone's staying at home.
02:08Once I'm done with each subsection, I'm going to twist it.
02:12So that way it doesn't start getting mixed in with any other hair section.
02:18So while you're applying this, you want to go from the ends.
02:22See how I like, I concentrated the product on the lightest parts of my hair.
02:26It takes small subsections because I want the color to really penetrate each strand of hair.
02:32One of the reasons why I chose rose gold was because I also had to take into consideration
02:37the other colors in my hair.
02:40So like, yeah, I have the blonde highlights, but my base is a brown, like a warm brown.
02:46And so I wanted the color that I chose to complement my base color as well.
02:55I can't wait for this to be like over and I'll be a whole new woman.
03:03So before you apply any semi-permanent color, especially this color conditioner,
03:09you want to make sure your hair is clean and free of any product.
03:13You don't want to put too much product in it because you don't want to block your hair
03:17from being able to penetrate the color.
03:22Okay.
03:24Now this process would typically take me anywhere from maybe 30 minutes to 45 minutes to apply,
03:33and then another maybe hour to process.
03:37But because this particular product, Overtone, says that you can only process it for about 15 to 20 minutes
03:45because it absorbs so quickly, that makes me really excited because I have a child.
03:52I have to work.
03:53There are things that I need to do that I can do while getting cute,
04:00while still being really, really cute in the process.
04:02Well, I'll see you guys in a bit.
04:04Can't wait to show you my new hair.
04:16Okay.
04:21Oh my God.
04:23It looks so cool.
04:26I absolutely love it.
04:28I feel very rosada.
04:30I feel spicy.
04:32I feel like this is, I'm going to have a lot of fun in this hair color and I feel
04:38sexy.
04:39The amazing thing about this color is how simple and easy it was to achieve at home.
04:45I think in order for this color to work for you, you'd have to get highlights of some sort.
04:50And that I would definitely recommend you go to see a professional.
04:53So the first person who's going to see my hair is my child.
04:59I think he's going to flip his lid when he sees my hair color.
05:04We're going to be like the Bopsy twins.
05:06He's going to be blue.
05:07I'm going to be rose gold.
05:08I think that we're definitely going to be like the dynamic duo walking down the street.
05:13I hope I inspired all of you to just take a risk and have fun during quarantine.
05:22You can't do no wrong, really.
05:24This is all self-expression.
05:26Your hair is an extension of your personality.
05:29I think that we should all have fun with it.
05:32And let's make the best of these difficult times that we're in.
05:34Thank you guys for watching Refinery29.
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