00:00I am the most fearful about just the whole thing in general,
00:03because people are starting to get in my head.
00:05They're like, are you sure you want to do that?
00:07That doesn't seem like the best choice.
00:09But deep down, I know I want to do this,
00:11and it feels right to me.
00:13Hello, my name is Chloe Lukasiak,
00:16and today I am going Auburn.
00:18But before we get to my transformation, subscribe below.
00:22So I have wanted to go Auburn for about three years now.
00:27Every single time I come to Emily's studio,
00:28I'm like, should we go red today?
00:30Everyone's always discouraged shit.
00:32They're like, you are known for your blonde hair,
00:34but I've wanted to do it for so long.
00:36And because times are so crazy,
00:39and I'm just like, I'm young, why not?
00:42So we're just doing it.
00:44I have always been blonde since I was little.
00:46And then once I started getting older
00:47and my hair started getting a little darker,
00:49I started doing a lot of blonde highlights and lowlights
00:53and just changing the tone of the blonde.
00:54So 19 years later,
00:56and I'm really ready to do something different.
00:57Hi, my name's Emily Dawn,
00:59and I'm a hairstylist in Los Angeles.
01:01I started my career working in a salon,
01:03and now I have this private studio,
01:05which we are in right now.
01:06I've worked with Chloe for six years.
01:08We started doing, you know, red carpet looks.
01:11Chloe has been a really fun client to work with
01:14in terms of her hair color,
01:16because she's let me do every shade of blonde possible on her.
01:19And for the last three years,
01:21she has been begging me to take her to this Auburn color.
01:23She came in, she sat down in my chair,
01:25and I was like, let's do this.
01:27It's your time.
01:28I'm like nervous, but it has to be done.
01:30I'm so excited.
01:31I'm thinking we should do this so it's really dimensional.
01:34I don't want you to feel like you just have red hair.
01:37I want you to feel like you have highlights in it still.
01:40Are we doing it?
01:41Are we doing it?
01:42We're doing it.
01:42I'm gonna mix.
01:43Okay.
01:43Are you ready?
01:44I'm ready.
01:44100%.
01:45Oh, yes.
01:46I've got three different bowls mixed,
01:48so I want to do something that is a bit more of a pop.
01:52So before I apply the root to Chloe's hair,
01:55I am going to put a protectant all around the hairline,
01:58so that she doesn't have a stained Auburn forehead.
02:01So I'm going to start with Chloe's root,
02:03and then I want to freehand paint,
02:05so I'm just going to start, like, pulling different pieces.
02:13Next, we're going to go to the shampoo bowl,
02:15and I'm going to apply a gloss.
02:18So I've just rinsed out Chloe's first color gloss,
02:21and I just didn't feel like it had enough of that pop.
02:25So we're going to go back.
02:26We're going to do it again, which is totally fine.
02:28I do this all the time.
02:29This time, I'm going to throw a little hint of, like,
02:32a cherry cola color in it,
02:34because I want something that has more of that, like,
02:36red-brown color.
02:38All right.
02:38I love the color.
02:39I think it's exactly where we need to be.
02:41I don't think we're doing this again.
02:43It looks great.
02:44Now I've just blow-dried her entire head,
02:47and honestly, it looks like she has a whole new head of hair.
02:52I'm going to go through,
02:53and I'm going to use a flat iron to wand her hair,
02:56and I'm going to do different directions to create waves,
03:00so that we get this sort of tousled, sexy textured look
03:02at the end of this.
03:03So to complete the transformation,
03:05I am going to use an auburn pencil
03:08to just give a few little hair strokes
03:09and complete the overall look
03:11so her brows look more aligned with her new hair color.
03:15Are you ready?
03:16Yes.
03:16Are you ready?
03:17No.
03:18No.
03:19Yes, yes, yes.
03:22Oh, no, no, no.
03:31I am obsessed with my new hair.
03:34This look definitely boosts my confidence.
03:36I just feel like a completely new me.
03:39I'm ready to take on the world.
03:41Chloe's reaction in the mirror was so much better than I anticipated.
03:46I mean, I knew she was going to be really excited, but again, it was a bit of a gamble.
03:49We were doing a huge transformation.
03:50So, Chloe's reaction was epic.
03:54I love working with Emily so much.
03:56I love her attention to detail.
03:57I love how much she cares about hair.
03:59Emily did a wonderful job, and I'm really happy we did this.
04:03So, I was like really scared that I was going to look in the mirror and not really vibe with
04:06it and be like,
04:07ah, maybe I'll get used to it.
04:09But like as soon as I turned around, I was just like shocked by how much I loved it.
04:12She looks amazing.
04:13She looks beautiful, and I can tell that she feels really beautiful.
04:16So, that is something that is really important to me is the confidence level that I have just watched a
04:22client walk away with.
04:23I waited three years to change my hair, and I'm really glad I waited, and I really love it now.
04:28But if you have a feeling that you should change your hair, just do it.
04:32Life is too short.
04:33It'll make you feel good.
04:34And at the end of the day, it's always hair, so you can change it back, or you can cover
04:37it up, whatever.
04:38But live your life.
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