Opal Hair! Have you heard of the latest colour trend? This super dreamy colour combo is giving us serious Coachella hair inspiration! Even Kylie Jenner has been seen sporting her take on the trend at this years Coachella! Read on for everything about the trend and how to get the ultimate festival hairstyle for Coachella 2016.

OPAL HAIR TREND | COACHELLA HAIR

So, let’s explain the hue. Opal hair pulls inspiration from the opal gemstone, and for obvious reasons! The mix of pastel hues creates a dreamy, mermaid-like hue. From more intense colour to washed-out looks. After the first weekend of Coachella, we’ve seen these rainbow pastel locks everywhere!

To achieve the perfect opal coachella hair, the hair is lightened and toned to a super ashy platinum shade. This colour is super similar to our Ice Queen Platinum Blonde #60, so it’s perfect to recreate the look on a set of ZALA Hair Extensions! Once the hair is at the perfect grey-ish hue, a mix of whimsical pastels are added throughout. Of course, this trend works best on platinum gals, but we’ve seen those with darker looks rock the look too!

The key to this look is not only the colours, its the placement. To mimic the iridescence of the opal stone, pastel colours are applied in layers throughout the hair. It’s not just one shade, its a multitude of colours from root to tip! And we LOVE the effect for the ultimate festival locks! If you’re a bit of a commitment-phobe and want to sport the opal hair trend at Coachella this year, hair extensions are the perfect solution! Simply dye a few pieces of of your ZALA Hair Extensions your desired opal hues! Remember to always test your product on one single strand first, gals! Once dyed, leave to air dry before styling into your festival look!

What do you think of the opal hair trend? We are seriously hypnotised by the dreamy dye trend at ZALA! Pair with our GLITTER ROOTS TUTORIAL and you’ll be sure to have your magical Coachella hair on point! Don’t forget to show us your festival locks with the hashtag #zalahairextensions

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PUBLISHED 20TH APRIL 2016

How to tone tape hair extensions. Choosing the perfect shade of hair extensions online can be difficult, especially for blondes! Since blonde is typically a tricky shade to match, toning your hair extensions can ensure you achieve a perfect colour for your natural hair! Are your hair extensions too warm? Want to remove unwanted yellow tones? We’ve put together this full guide on how to tone

For blondes, our lightest shades at ZALA are our Beachy Blonde #613 and Ice Queen Platinum Blonde #60. If your hair is white blonde, go with our lightest #60 keeping in mind this shade is quite ash-toned as is 🙂 If your hair has a little more depth, our Beachy Blonde #613 will be perfect for toning.

You will need:

• 100% Human Remy Hair Extensions. To demonstrate, we are using 20 pieces of ZALA tape hair extensions in Beachy Blonde #613. You can see from the before shot, this shade is very warm toned.
• Purple/violet toning shampoo. For the purpose of this guide, we are using the Fudge Clean Blonde violet toning shampoo. However, any good quality purple or silver shampoo will work a treat as a light form of toning!
• Towel
• ZALA Tangle Teaser to remove any knots/tangles
• Hair straightener
• Rubber band/elastic (for toning tape hair extensions). To ensure you leave approx a 1cm gap between the adhesive tabs and the hair that product is being applied to. This is important so that the adhesive is not affected or disrupted for application

 

HOW TO TONE TAPE HAIR EXTENSIONS

1. Fill your sink with warm water
2. Ensuring the adhesive tabs remain completely dry, submerge the rest of the hair into the water so that the hair is damp prior to toning. 
3. Add a squeeze of your purple shampoo to the water and swish around until completely dissolved. 
4. Once the water is a deep purple colour, dip the hair into the water. We are working with 10 pieces at a time. Massage the product/shampoo throughout the piece to ensure all the hair is toned. Make sure you work quickly to avoid overtoning the hair – this should only take you approx 20 seconds!
5. Once the hair appears to be the colour you desired, set aside on your towel and repeat process on all pieces. Leave aside for 3-5 minutes.
6. Starting with the piece you toned first, rinse the hair thoroughly.
7. Coat each piece with a high moisturizing conditioner and leave for 5-10 minutes before rinsing. It’s important to leave the conditioner so that the hair is deeply conditioned and retains it’s original soft & silky feel.
8. After rinsing, set pieces aside on your towel and leave to air dry naturally. 
9. Once completely dry, brush through each piece to remove any knots and tangles.
10. Give your tape hair extensions a little TLC and smooth over with a hair straightener. Remember to always use heat protectant!

How to tone tape hair extensions – Before & After

 

And there you have it! Everything you need to know on how to tone tape hair extensions! Your ZALA’s will be the perfect cool-toned blonde and ready for application. Remember when toning to always test your product on one single piece first to ensure it achieves the results you want! Want to watch the full tutorial? Click Read More >-->

Glitter roots! At ZALA, we can’t get enough of this trend for the perfect festival hairstyle! We’ve put together this easy peasy glitter roots tutorial to get you the most magical locks this festival season. Paired with a super soft & silky set of ZALA Hair Extensions, you’ll be sure to have the dreamiest locks out there!

GLITTER ROOTS – HAIRSTYLES FOR COACHELLA

1. First things first, apply your ZALA Clip In Hair Extensions. Hair Extensions are the perfect accessory for the ultimate dreamy festival hair. For this look, we are using a QUADLUX Ice Queen Platinum Blonde #60 20 inch set. 
2. Next, style your hair as desired. This look works best with a middle part, and we paired our glitter roots with some cute half-up buns! To create the two buns, take a medium sized section from the top of your hair. Twist then wrap around and secure with an elastic! Once secured, you can play around with the shape and size. Repeat on other side. 
3. Now time for the fun part! Glitter! Choose your shade, texture & sparkle! We’ve even seen gals sported a gold leaf take on the trend. Take a generous amount of your hair gel & glitter into a small mixing bowl. Mix together to combine! Don’t be afraid to add lots of glitter as this works best with extra pigment!
4. Once combined, start applying to your roots working outwards. Make sure you use light, feathering strokes to create a smooth blend. Build up to the intensity you are happy with and use a plastic comb/hairbrush to blend and ensure everything is seamless.
5. You can leave the look here or add some extra dimension with more chunky glitter or small stars/hearts! Simply place randomly on top of the glitter <3 Don’t worry about being too neat or even, we think the less order, the better!

And, you’re done! We are in LOVE with glitter roots for the perfect festival look! Make sure you keep your eyes peeled on our YouTube channel for a full tutorial on this look. You’ll definitely want to see this festival look come together & sparkle!

PUBLISHED 15TH APRIL 2016

Festival Hairstyles 2016! Festival season is well and truly approaching, which means its time to get your festival locks sorted! Over flower crowns? So are we. Which is why we’ve served you up the latest hair trends for some serious festival hair inspo.

FESTIVAL HAIRSTYLES 2016

HAIR RINGS

What’s not to love about these metallic accessory adorned look?! Hair rings are the perfect touch to any braided look and the possibilities are endless! No matter what braids you’re sporting, amp up your look with some super cool hair rings. They are easy peasy to apply and come in silver, gold, rose gold and even embellished rings for a super boho look. We’ve also seen some edgy metal hair accessories in the likes of studs and safety pins!

GLITTER ROOTS

This new hair craze is a new level of sparkle! We can’t give enough of glitter roots for the perfect festival hairstyle! If a festival isn’t the time to sparkle up your roots, when is?! We love the look as you can play around with all types and shades of glitter. Glitter roots look ultra magical paired with cute space buns! They’re also perfect if you’re needing to cover dirty roots or regrowth!

HAIR TATTOOS

Yep, that’s right! Hair tattoos are now a thing. We’ve seen the silver & gold temporary tats throughout festivals, but the new way to sport them is in your locks! And we love it! Hair tattoos make the perfect statement piece and can be paired with a variety of styles. Apply as you would your regular temporary tattoo and breeze through festival season like a golden goddess!

Which style will you be rocking? We are in love with ALL of these festival hairstyles 2016, it’s hard to pick! One thing’s for sure, we’ll definitely be rocking our ZALA Hair Extensions, the perfect festival hair accessory!

PUBLISHED 13TH APRIL 2016

Mink vs Human Hair Eyelashes! We often get asked about the difference between our mink and human hair lashes. The battle begins as we break down the characteristics, differences and benefits of each. Read on for the full comparison of mink vs human hair eyelashes.

Mink vs Human Hair Eyelashes

Both fibres are premium quality and considered to be the finest lashes on the market. Although mink and human lashes look super natural once applied, there are some slight differences worth noting!

HUMAN HAIR FALSE LASHES

• Appearance

Handcrafted from 100% Virgin Human Hair. Human hair lashes are a very fine fibre which means they create an ultra look once applied. As the hair is cut to size, each strand has a blunt cut rather than tapering to a fine point.

Human hair lashes often have a very thin or clear lash band which creates a seamless look once applied. We love human hair lashes for natural, everyday looks!

• Durability

Although this fibre may not hold its shape as well as other styles, Lash Romance human hair lashes last up to 15 applications!

• Cost

One benefit of human hair lashes is the price! Although they are super high quality, you will find human hair lashes to be the less expensive option.

MINK HAIR FALSE LASHES

Our Mink

• Appearance

Handcrafted from 100% Mink Hair. Mink Hair lashes are also a very fine fibre, however mink hairs will taper to a point which mimics the shape of a natural lash. This tapered point creates a super natural, fluttery look. Perfect for achieve volume and thickness!

We love mink lashes as they are so fluffy and full! These are perfect for more dramatic looks as they do have a thicker lash band. Although thicker, we use a super flexible cotton band with all our mink styles for easy of application. And don’t worry! Our mink hair lashes are 100% cruelty free & made with love.

• Durability

Given the higher quality of mink hair, 100% mink lashes will last up to 25 applications! If stored safely in their box, your ZALA Lash Romance mink lashes will hold their curl and look super pretty for up to 25 wears.

• Cost

With their premium quality, mink hair false lashes can be the most expensive option on the market. However, ZALA Lash Romance mink styles offer a super high quality range for competitive prices! Mink lashes are the only option if you are after super thick, fluffy eyelashes!

Which do you think wins the battle? We love BOTH at ZALA to suit all needs! Check out our full range of false eyelashes HERE. Let us know which if your favourite style <3

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PUBLISHED 8TH APRIL 2016