Wednesday, 23 April 2014

The highlight of my week...

 photo 095305ec-364a-42a2-8fc0-a3064ea8be57_zps70433073.jpg Yup. I caved. I highlighted my damn hair.

The mission wasn't to go blonde, my hair isn't ready for that just yet, and I'm enjoying life as a brunette. I had dyed my hair with a semi-permanent medium brown dye about 3 months ago, which had gone practically black, (doesn't it always?) but it just hasn't washed out at all. So my very fair roots were about an inch long, followed by the previous lot of roots which were a darker brown but not as dark as the rest. It was beginning to look pretty bad so something had to be done.

As you know I'm currently out of work so can't exactly afford to splash out at the salon. So I took the plunge and bought myself a Jerome Russell B Blonde Highlighting Kit. This little box has everything in it! Highlighting cap, development cap, mixing tray, gloves, brush (with hook on the end, which I realised after turning the house upside down in order to find my crochet hook), the powder and developer cream. The cream is 40 vol which is the strongest you can get, only usually used to lift very dark hair. Well mine was very dark, with a massive buildup of colour underneath, I needed heavy duty stuff. No messin'. And I got it for only £6.49!

I had my mum pull my hair through the cap, an impossible task to attempt yourself, and whacked on the mixture, applying it to my roots last as they're virgin. The box recommends 35-90 minutes for hair as dark as mine... that's a preeeeeetty big gap, way to cover themselves if it all goes tits up. I know you shouldn't really leave bleach on for more than 50 minutes but I sat in the sun for another 5 to give it one final boost, then rinsed.

 photo beforeandafter_zps9fa6bc44.jpgI nearly died. The colour is gorgeous. I'm all blended!

This really is as good as any salon job, and it cost me like a tenth of the price.

I just face one problem now. I've got the bug. The blonde bug. That horrible period where you're between colours and could go either way. What do you do? Persevere and stick with your original plan of heading towards Zooey Deschanel hair? Even though you'll never be quite as adorable as she is, nor rock the fringe in the same way. Or do you go with the familiar, something you know works for you and that you can pull off, but that could potentially send you back into hair rehab with a head full of split ends, while you coat it with Moroccon Oil in your attempts to deny your addiction to bleach.

I found myself trawling through old photos on Facebook this evening, and feeling oddly nostalgic about my platinum hair. It was so much more me, and I always forget that until I look at photos.
The obvious answer is 'stop looking at the photos then' but once an addict, always an addict.

I'm just getting my hair back in good condition. After years of abusing it I'm giving it some well deserved TLC. I don't wanna go and undo all my hard work, do I? Say no Hannah, just say no!

I was going to leave you with a memento of my blonde days but am having some serious technical difficulties, I may not have any hair left by the time I'm done screaming at my pc.

Realist Hannah is telling me to stock up on brown dye, cos she likes being brunette, she says it's easier and healthier.

Stupid Realist Hannah.

What do you think?

x

2 comments:

  1. Hannah I Love your writing style. Your hair is looking gorgeous at the moment though, leave it for a while! My bet is on that you'll last until the sun comes out, everyone always goes lighter in the sunshine. I might try this dye on payday, wish me luck!

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  2. Aw thanks Molly. Probably best to just leave it be for the time being, it's hard to resist! Am enroling at college for hairdressing tomorrow so I'm gonna feel like a recovering drug addict at a rave.
    Good luck with your highlighting, it should work great :)

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