Quick Update: My Hair

Hi everyone! So I know it wasn't that long ago since I dipped dyed my hair pink, but after 2 weeks in Europe where I wasn't able to care for it with colour protection products it was pretty faded, so I've re done it (or rather my sister re did it for me!) but this time purple!

I used the Schwarzkopf Live Colour XXL in 94 Pink Purple but it is only supposed to last 6-8 washes so we will have to see about that! When we were doing it the tube looked pretty small but I ended up not even using half of it so if it does wash out in 6 washes I can do it again.

I'm not sure what colour I expected my hair to turn when I decided I wanted it purple and bought the dye as my hair is pretty much the colour on the box but it looks really pretty, but it's just not the shade of purple I had envisioned when I imagined doing it purple but it wasn't what I got. Don't get me wrong though - I'm really happy how it turned out and I think it looks better/me more than the pink did.

Also another thing that's happended with my hair that didn't go at all to plan is well... this! I cut a little bit!

I had a braid in my hair that I did in Europe, but the day after I came back I had a job interview and the braid was looking a bit tacky so I tried to take it out. Then I got tired and it wasn't coming out so I made the stupid decision to cut it out. I thought because it was at the back and bottom of my hair, no one would notice it, and no one did... until I put it in a pony tail! I forgot that cutting it would make it too short to tie up so now I'm left with that little stumpy bit of hair. I think low side pony tails will be the way forward until it grows back a bit.

And also it's so obvious in the photo how different my hair colour is! It's not that noticable normally but I think with the flash on it really picks out the red in my hair from where I dyed it. The brown underneath is my natural colour although it never really was that brown as it lightened like highlights in the sun!

Thanks for reading (:

Pink Ombre Hair!?

Hi everyone! So guess what! I now have pink hair - not my whole head though, just ombre/dip dye (I'm not entieryly sure what the different between the 2 are except I think dip dye is a clean cut line whereas ombre fades) and I love it!

My sister did her hair last summer and I came across the dye in the cupboard and though why not use it on my hair? I'd recently read Louise's (Sprinkle of Glitter) blog post on her hair - which you can read HERE - and she has just had her hair dip dyed pink professionally so I thought why not give it a go! So my sister very kindly gave me the rest of the tube and did it for me as I can't reach around the back myself!

So before my hair was a variety of browns due to the sun and various dying attempts that never fully washed out which you can read about in my next blog post - so stay tuned for that!!

I used Smart Beauty hair colour which is a semi-permanent hair colour. It comes in a tube and in the packet there is also a handy little brush. It takes 40 minutes to develop which in comparison to other hair dyes I have used seems quite long.

I asked my sister to take a before, during and after shot so you could see the difference a little more clearly!

Before

During

After

I've got to be honest, I'm not sure how long it will last as I didn't bleach my hair before I used it so I'm trying to minimise the amount of times I wash my hair by using dry shampoo and not washing it if I'm not going out but I'm loving it at the moment and it has given me more confidence and I can't wait to experiment more with my hair in the future!!!

I hope you enjoyed reading this - let me know your thoughts! What would you love to do with your hair?