Color Tutorial

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First blend your two images in a regular side.
Set a new layer to SCREEN filled with this gradientImage hosted by Photobucket.com made by: pessimistchick.
This is what it should look like before cropping:
http://img106.echo.cx/img106/126/headyer4ad.png
Since I like to make my cropping even, I cropped mine to 398x398 then resized it to 98x98.
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Set a new layer to SOFT LIGHT filled with #000000.

Go to Adjust>> Hue and Saturation>>Hue/Saturation/Lightness, -39 saturation and 0 lightness.

Go to Adjust>> Brightness and Contrast>>Automatic Contrast Enhancement, Lighter, Mild and Bold should all be selected.

And you come out with:
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