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Plastikhaar hotel lighting phenomenon

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Topic: Plastikhaar hotel lighting phenomenon
Posted By: delin
Subject: Plastikhaar hotel lighting phenomenon
Date Posted: July 23 2005 at 7:59pm

I don't know if it's my eyes or the PH hair...but after I looked in the hotel bathroom mirror, I wanted to throw a sack over my head. 

In my home bathroom...the color of my hair and the PH hair blend pretty nicely.  I couldn't believe the contrast staring back at me under different lighting.  The PH hair looked very red and my hair very ash...like I was wearing a little ash beanie with purple and gold streaks coming out the bottom.   I realize for those who wear the punky colors, not a problem, but I've got more of a natural look goin' on...or so I thought.  Thank goodness I was in Boulder Colorado...nobody gives a rat's a** what you look like there. 

I think in candescent lighting and natural light this blends ok...but I hope I never meet a good looking man in a hotel bathroom while I'm wearing these colors.

Has anyone else noticed the color thing?




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Posted By: amm
Date Posted: July 24 2005 at 6:47am
Awwww. No sacks, delin. Wear your head proud.

Yep. I have some pics of some installs in various synths and am a little surprised at how it didn't match as well as I thought. I always thought it was the flash that was bouncing off the hair but I think that was just denial. Blending is always the key.

A big mirror that can be toted outside and to various mirrors in the house for blending checks is a must for the natural install.

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Posted By: Kalika
Date Posted: July 24 2005 at 7:04am
I look like crap in ANY public bathroom lighting, hair or no


Posted By: zapevaj
Date Posted: July 25 2005 at 2:48pm
Flourescent light in the bathroom, right?

It's a fact of life that different fibers will reflect light differently. Flouro light is basically green, so one type of hair is not reflecting the light while the other is; so one is red and the other is green (ash). The only thing one can do is check the match in as many different types of light as possible (indoor/incandescent, flouro, outdoor daylight) before ordering the color.

-Rae


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