Ombré hair tutorial {in reverse} // part I

I get a lot of Formspring questions and emails about how I got this ombré-hair look and I've said (about a million years ago) that I would do a post about it and well, there ya have it!
And it's only the beginning. That's right yall! This is a remix. Lemme just explain things a little. When I say "in reverse" it's because I'm not going to do anything to my hair ends (aka dip them in bleach), I'll just dye the top part of my hair; I'm still debating whether or not I want to lighten my ends a little. Oh and it's "Part I" because I'll do another post with a precise step-by-step on what I did to get my ends light and what products I use to make my hair not look like hay yada yada yada. That post will be live next Monday!

Anyway, this is super simple as you will see and the one trick that I really insist on is ALWAYS brush in/massage your hair dye into both parts of your hair. So for example, if you're bleaching your ends, make sure you brush your hair (while bleach is on) to create nuance (NOT contrast). You want to have a smooth transition between the darkest part of your hair, to the lightest. That obviously goes for when you're doing the opposite (what I'm doing in this video).
The dye I used was the Nice'n'Easy Colorblend Technology in 114 light ash brown but it came out a little lighter than I wanted it to. The reason why I got the "ash" one is because I'm kind of terrified of reddish tones. Don't get me wrong, it looks great on a lot of people, but me, I just like cooler tones. So if you want cool tones instead or warm ones, get any dye that says "ash" or "neutral" OR "cool"!
Another recommendation: OILY HAIR. Makes the dye grab on a loooot better.

Last but not least, I look completely possessed in the video; I didn't want to make it last forever so I just sped it up to the max and it's like three minutes of condensed face twitches. So. Watch the video at your own risk!
Also, you get to see my funny accent! You can make fun of that too. It's totally cool.
(Oh and I haven't completely mastered this video-editing business so apologies for the quality & for it looking so bright.)

Tada!