September 2009 Archives
Now that school is back in session, and the upcoming fall season is upon us, it's time to think about spicing up your color. No matter what color you are naturally, there is always something you can add to give a subtle change to your look. Rich tones are really a big hit for fall, as well as low lighting for those lighter natural colors.
Even if you have lightened your hair for the summer, you can easily add some richness by streaking a few darker strands through your hair. It's easier to add some low lights to your hair that are a within a few shades of the color your hair is at the time, than to go and dump a darker color all over your head. Not only is the low lighting an easier transition, but even the smallest changes can make a big difference.
If you have blonde hair and want some darker tones put into it, using a natural toned color would be the best option. It adds natural tones to the hair, and doesn't usually turn your hair odd colors. Now if your hair is really light and you are going dark, the natural shades can soak in really quickly and go darker than the shade you actually put on. So you have to really keep an eye on it while it is processing. This is where you can adjust the amount of time the color is on. If it looks like it is getting really dark, you can go ahead and rinse it off in 10 minutes or so. If you leave it on too long you can end up with almost black hair. Especially if your blonde hair is color processed from the start. If you do want to darken your whole head, be really careful when choosing colors with ash base tones, as this can cause the hair to turn green since that is the underlying base color. If you have really gold or bronze blonde hair, the ash colors would be a good choice to eliminate the golden tones and soften the look of your hair. So when hi-lighting, taking the color off to soon before it has finished processing will leave your hair orange for sure. This is just the opposite of darkening the hair. When darkening you are just depositing color, but for lifting you have to lift all those colors out to get the blonde shade you want.
Even if you have lightened your hair for the summer, you can easily add some richness by streaking a few darker strands through your hair. It's easier to add some low lights to your hair that are a within a few shades of the color your hair is at the time, than to go and dump a darker color all over your head. Not only is the low lighting an easier transition, but even the smallest changes can make a big difference.
If you have blonde hair and want some darker tones put into it, using a natural toned color would be the best option. It adds natural tones to the hair, and doesn't usually turn your hair odd colors. Now if your hair is really light and you are going dark, the natural shades can soak in really quickly and go darker than the shade you actually put on. So you have to really keep an eye on it while it is processing. This is where you can adjust the amount of time the color is on. If it looks like it is getting really dark, you can go ahead and rinse it off in 10 minutes or so. If you leave it on too long you can end up with almost black hair. Especially if your blonde hair is color processed from the start. If you do want to darken your whole head, be really careful when choosing colors with ash base tones, as this can cause the hair to turn green since that is the underlying base color. If you have really gold or bronze blonde hair, the ash colors would be a good choice to eliminate the golden tones and soften the look of your hair. So when hi-lighting, taking the color off to soon before it has finished processing will leave your hair orange for sure. This is just the opposite of darkening the hair. When darkening you are just depositing color, but for lifting you have to lift all those colors out to get the blonde shade you want.
Continue reading Ash and Natural Hair Colors for Fall.
Adjusting your ATV valves is important in maintaining peak performance and reliability. Though adjusting your valves is not difficult, is does require some patience and accuracy. On a single cylinder engine you have one set of intake valves and one set of exhaust valves. This will make for easy adjusting. When you’re adjusting a twin cylinder engine, there are two sets of exhaust and intake valves. The adjusting will be the same, just work on one cylinder at a time.
Before you start I recommend cleaning your ATV. Where we are going dirt is not allowed! Make sure you have a manual or know what your settings are. Take off your seat and remove any plastic needed to reach your valve covers. Once you reach your valve covers you will have to know which cover is your exhaust and intake. The easiest way of knowing the difference is that the exhaust valves will be located close to your exhaust pipe. Hints: The name exhaust. The intake valves will be located close to the carburetor or fuel injector. Again, hint the name intake because the motor must intake gas to run. Setting your valves sets the proper length of time to be open and closed while running.
Before you start I recommend cleaning your ATV. Where we are going dirt is not allowed! Make sure you have a manual or know what your settings are. Take off your seat and remove any plastic needed to reach your valve covers. Once you reach your valve covers you will have to know which cover is your exhaust and intake. The easiest way of knowing the difference is that the exhaust valves will be located close to your exhaust pipe. Hints: The name exhaust. The intake valves will be located close to the carburetor or fuel injector. Again, hint the name intake because the motor must intake gas to run. Setting your valves sets the proper length of time to be open and closed while running.
Continue reading How to Adjust ATV valves.
