The Hair Update

Before I get on to the hair, I'd like to say a massive thank you and hello to all my new subscribers *waves* it's lovely to see lots of new faces, and to say thank you, look out for a giveaway coming your way very soon.

As the majority of you will know, I was having my hair stripped and dyed lighter last Thursday. Although I love my brunette locks, I have just felt that throughout the winter, my hair was too dark, and it really washed me out, especially without make up and fake tan. So with summer round the corner, I decided it was time to bring a bit of the old blonde in me out, even if only a few scattered highlights.

As I have a hair dresser that comes to my house this painful 10 hour process was down in more comfortable surroundings.

So this is me that morning;;


Yes 10 hours worth of hair battering, but my hair was so dark, everything had to be done twice, and washed and dried inbetween, hense the time it took. So here I am, complete with sexy towel with the first lot of peroxide starting to strip the colour.


After 40 mins, the second lot of peroxide was applied, and a further 40 mins later, I looked like this, eeeeeeeeeeeek!! (And I can't believe I am posting this picture, because it's bloody awful!) But at least you can see it worked, the peroxide turned my hair bright orange!

Then it was on to the actual hair dye. I had a 7.13 and a 7 mixed together, which I now think was too light, I wanted more of a 6 base. Again, my hair had to have dye on it twice, and finally once washed and blow dried, I had half a head of highlights put through it. So 10 hours later, 5 washes and blow drys and several hair colours, this is what I ended up with;;

I'm still really unsure how I feel about this colour. I've always gone for quite bold looks with my hair and this is just a bit, dare I say it, "blah". At first I thought it was the base colour I didn't like, but now I think it might be the blonde-ness in the highlights. Everyone says I'll get used to it, and they all really like it, but I don't feel like me, as strange as it may sound. And it's certianly no Jennifer Aniston is it?!

I'm going to try and hold out for another few weeks, just because I feel bad about the money spent on it, but I'm just craving going slightly darker.

Loves,

Bringing Back The (Semi) Blonde In Me

Hello ladies,

I don't think many of you will know, but I have only been a brunette since November 2008. I used to be very, erm...blonde before:

However, I really fancied a change, and went over to the darkside, going for a golden brown. Ever since then it seems to have got darker and darker: 

Now I feel like it's too dark when I don't wear fake tan, and I have to use more bronzer, so on Thursday I am going through the long long process of having the colour completely stripped out, my hair dresser predicts that I will have to have it stripped twice because it's so dark. I want something lighter, while I won't be going back to peroxide blonde, I am having highlights put in, but I am going for a 6 base all over. The end product should be in the same sort of family as these lovely ladies, or at least I hope so! 

Whatd'ya think?

Loves,

Hair Scare!

Hi Girls,

So on Tuesday I had a bit of a hair trauma, I was getting ready for work, blowdrying the underneath of my hair when suddenly a load of it snapped off in my hand! I started panicing, and running my fingers through the hair and there were strands coming out. Straight away I called the hairdresser telling her that my hair was breaking, and ever since was worrying that I'd have to have it cut really short as it broke quite high up.

So this morning the hairdresser came, looked at my hair, and once I told her that there was a burning smell after I turned off the hair dryer, she said all I've done is put the hairdryer on my hair for too long and I've burnt my hair. So panic over, I'm not losing my hair! She did say however that for my hair to have done that my ends are very weak, and that I'm going to need to get a heavy duty treatment, and treat it once a week over night. So thank god all she had to do today was give me a trim. It looks fairly shorter, because she had to really go to town with my layers in order to get rid of all my ends.

This was the finished result:

I'm quite happy with the length it is because it means I can now use my 12 inch extensions, as before they were pointless because they were the same length as my hair. So I pulled them out and clipped them in, and this is me with extensions:

So very happy I have healthier ends AND I can use my extensions. Good times.

Loves,

xoxox