Change is good...eventually

I woke up one day last week and looked in the mirror. I saw my black hair and a tired and wan complexion that the black hair did nothing for. I decided then that I wanted a change. My look was not matching the happy, vibrant, ready for spring person on the inside. Something brighter and natural...woodsy. I had my hair red for years, had the black for a few months....hmmmm. Off to Boots! I never knew there were so many shades of one colour! I settled for a golden, chestnutty brown. And so the circus began....

I get home, slap the dye on my head, sit around like a boob for 30 minutes, wash it out...and it's still black...with light brown roots...errr...oops. Back to Boots! We need some colour stripper or pre-lightener here. So one box of pre-lightner and more brown dye and off we go again. Let me warn you now that pre-lightener stinks to high heaven! And I had to leave it on my head for almost an hour. The result ...a ginger colour that was green tinged...oh my! Green is so not me!

So with a bit of hope I slepped the brown dye on praying it would get rid of the green as well. Nope! It was chestnut bright with a slight green tinge...oh my! Now what? Thankfully a friend knew what to do. Off to Sally's Beauty supply to get some proper colour remover that does not strip your hair...just removes the colour....and more brown dye of course (I am thinking at this point it would have been cheaper to just get it done professionally...but I am an adventurous sort).

Thankfully it all went well and I finally had a proper colour. But my hair was fried. So I treated myself to a new hair cut and I am loving the look!