C: This is like my little sister does my hair

J: Hello, everyone. You may remember, this is Clara!

C: Hello! J: Who you have seen in many videos before, but especially

my "Having a carer" livestream, that we did, like, a week ago

J: Clara is my best friend, and she's my carer

J: and she's full of general awesomeness C: Aww...

We work together in all kinds of ways, and we also like to dye our hair

So we thought we would make a video about hair dyeing and hair care,

because people do ask me hair care tips.

We actually recorded this video, for the first time, a month ago,

C: We did!

J: Because Clara had very dark hair, and then she changed it to being this awesome orange.

J: Actually, it was bright red, wasn't it?

C: Yeah, a month ago, my hair was bright red and beautiful;

we planned the video to happen.

J: Then we realised that the old file is corrupted

C: There is some bits that survived; here's how we looked.

C: Yep, what you're looking at right now is how we looked a month ago.

C: My hair was this bright.

C: [?] really like it. I knew it was gonna fade anyway, but we'll talk about that in a minute

J: Let's talk about our hair history

J: I as a child would not let anyone come near my hair

because I had an unfortunate incident when I was four

My next door neighbours held me down and cut off my hair because it was the same colour as Barbie hair

and I wouldn't let anyone touch my hair with anything

J: And then I think when I was...

I got really ill when I was seventeen

In the hospital, they also had a hairdresser, so if you were long-term in the hospital,

you could go and get your hair done; feel good about yourself

C: Aw J: And I went in and I got highlights

J: And then I was on a modelling show

when I was nineteen, called 'Britain's Missing Top Model'

C: With great outfits, like this

J: Thanks...for that

Basically, it was 'America's Next Top Model'

with disabled British girls

and in the show they dyed my hair

ginger

and it just really suited me, and everyone was like, "Oh, I thought that was your normal/natural hair colour!"

My hair is actually lighter than this,

so when I get roots, my roots are paler than my hair, which is a bit weird and I think I look a bit bald

but Clara says that's not a thing

So, for the last ten years I've dyed my hair consistently the same colour

The colour I use is 645, Amber

from L'Oréal Prodigy--people ask me this all the time

Another thing I have to say to you is that I have recommended this colour to many people

and it does not come out the colour that it comes out on my hair

C: That should be expected!

J: Yes!

C: If you have used boxed hair dye before,

you already know it looks different on different people

C: If I put that on me, with my very dark hair,

obviously it's not going to look like it looks on you!

J: Tell me about dyeing your hair

C: Dyeing my hair

J: Oh, wait, can I just--just to check, are we gonna insert emo photos?

C: I would have to find them! (There you go)

They are not that good; there are way funnier pictures of this, but, unfortunately...

they are all in Spain

C: Anyway! Story with my hair. I don't know.

Very quickly: I've always loved red hair

I started dyeing my hair red

maybe eight...

years ago? Nine? I don't know. A long time ago.

I could never afford the £100 hairdresser

I am there with you

So I have always bought whatever strong red was on sale

at the drug store

J: I love that it was always whatever was on sale

Not even the same packet

C: No... Full-price just wasn't a thing

C: I have pitch black hair...

and just different shades

of brown

C: But! I'm an adult with my own money now

so I did it and I went to the hairdresser and I got it properly bleached

So, this is the result of bleaching my hair,

and what I'm using is Good Dye Young

C: Ta-daaa! J: Which she's a little bit obsessed with

C: That was too fast

C: Good Die Young is my new favourite hair product line

Maybe I might be biased because I know of them

because the lead singer of Paramore, Hayley Williams,

she's the co-owner of the brand, so

C: obviously I tried it because of them J: And she loves her

C: I love her deeply, very much

J: I think the really cute thing, though,

is that you love her and your fiance loves her just as much

J: You both have the same hall pass

C: Yes! Yeah. We do, yeah!

C: Anyway!

C: I bleach my hair and then I put Rock Lobster

from Good Dye Young

and that's how my hair was looking! Here's a quick montage of how that happened

C: Do you like my blonde?

E: Yes, but...

I don't want you to be blonde

C: I'm really, really living for this right now

C: Ta-da!

I love my hair. It's way more bright than I thought it would be.

This is after just one strip-down with bleach

The colour is so powerful

It smells so good, like...

I'm obsessed. I'm smelling my hair the whole time.

So far, 10/10 for Good Dye Young; I am so happy I went with them!

J: You look really cool as a blonde

You should do that some time.

C: Thank you! I thought it was really fun to be a blonde for like twenty minutes.

J: You could have been blonde for a week! And then dyed it more

C: No, no. Evelina hates it.

C: There we go.

J: No, I get that. I don't think I've ever fancied a blonde.

C: I do.

C: So, that's how it was looking. It was a really nice red.

But it's a semi-permanent

so I knew it was going to fade out into orange

and that is the beautiful this side of it

J: It's nice. It's [?] fire-y. C: Orange.

C: I really like it! I knew it was gonna happen

It's very, very Riot

J: Oh, OK...

C: Someone in the comments knows what I'm talking about, I am sure.

C: And on this side, I am wearing something very exciting

which is called Poser Paste

C: This is hair make-up

J: Also from Good Dye Young. C: Yeah, also from Good Dye Young.

J: Oh, my God, that does smell lovely. It smells like oranges.

C: So, that is just hair make-up,

which means that it's going to wash out, literally, in one--

J: How well does it actually wash out?

It does in one wash!

C: It's not sticky or anything. J: And it doesn't leave residue of colour?

C: No, I actually went to bed in my regular sheets

I forgot that I had it on

But nothing happened!

My pillow sheets were just as fine

J: That's amazing!

C: It didn't transfer at all

C: I'm really hoping when we go to LA this month

When we go to VidCon and LA this month,

C: I wanna buy-- J: Yes, like in two week's time

C: The painful thing if you don't live in the US

is how expensive it is to get it in here

J: Oh, because of Customs? C: Yes, because it's very affordable

C: But it's twenty-five of shipping

and twenty-five of customs

So if you are really hoping to try this,

because you won't regret it and it's really wasteful

to order one thing and pay

J: So now we have some really good tips for caring for your coloured hair

We're also going to supply some tips that we recorded

a month ago

So you can see the transformation in Clara's hair

and also what an incredibly grey day it is today

J: When you have dyed your hair,

[da-da!]

even if you're re-dyeing it, wait three days before you have your first shampoo and wash

Basically, in general, just wash your hair way less

C: than you used to J: Definitely.

C: Especially with a crazy or fun colour or whatever

this is

C: But if you really like clean hair,

then it's just...not the thing for you!

J: Yeah, because I curl my hair,

I only tend to wash my hair every four or five days anyway

C: Yeah, you should be washing it less

I suppose - I think every three to four days

C: You should probably push it a bit

Four or five.

J: Well, in that case, you can use dry shampoo

C: I do now!

J: Good, good. C: I didn't a month ago, but now I do

J: And when you're washing it, use colour-safe shampoo

C: I was recommended this one by my hairdresser in Brighton

They are called Lipstick & Gunpowder

That's very in-brand for me

J: Not sponsored, Clara just really likes her own personal branding

C: No, no, no! Nothing in this video is sponsored; it's just things I'm really passionate about.

C: I just really love the name and they did an excellent job.

But also with Paramore and all of that. I wish they sponsored me!

But, no, I have no relationship with Paramore, Hayley Williams, or Good Dye Young

J: But if Hayley Williams would like to call

C: Let us know if she likes my hair

C: And it doesn't have sulphate

C: Which is important J: Yes, next tip: use sulphate-free shampoo

J: Because they do not strip the oil from your hair

C: At the end of the day, all of this is if you can afford it

I couldn't afford it for many, many years, like I said before

and it's fine

At least just buy the one that is for colour hair from whatever

drug store brand you can find

C: Going from that conditioning tip,

I have a really good one that, again, my hairdresser gave to me

because none of this knowledge is mine

It's all borrowed

J: At least she's honest

C: ...Yes.

C: Like I said, I haven't been using sulphate-free shampoo

and I've been abusing box [?]

hair dyes

C: But, you know...as a punk kid, it was fine

Maybe not any more!

C: Pro tip that I got is, um--

this doesn't work with the box hair dyes, but if you buy a semi-permanent hair dye,

like the one I got from Good Dye Young,

ask them, if possible,

to leave some hair dye behind

Like, don't use all of it

and put it inside of your conditioner

and just mix it all well

C: And then like a month in, or a couple of weeks in - whenever you feel it's faded -

just put your conditioner in as usual, and don't be afraid to let it sit for half an hour

C: Put it up and wait

J: Well, there we go!

C: The colour should come back to life.

J: That's a good tip

J: My next tip would be

to wash your hair with not very hot water

J: When you're just about to step out, get your body out of the way

and pour freezing cold water on your hair

Seals the cuticles and it keeps the colour locked in

J: All right, the next bit is just about when you're on holiday!

Which I've been for a while

J: It's obviously very sunny out there, so I spent a lot of time trying to keep my hair away from the sun

because it's not just your skin that's affected by UV rays

J: You can also get UV sprays for your hair

which rolls into my next tip:

Don't use heated curlers

or heated tongs...or heat

'cause it's just going to damage it

J: If you've already got one way that you've damaged it with curling,

don't damage it another way

J: I used to perm my hair

C: Shock! J: Started doing that when I was fourteen, I think