My Hair And Its Changing Colour

Up until recently I'd been various shades of blonde for about 4 or 5 years. About a year ago I tried to go red and it was a huge mistake with many tears, haha. It really put me off changing my hair because of how attached I felt to it when it all went wrong and within a week or 2 I'd had a hairdresser friend sort it out back to blonde for me. But recently, after some gentle persuasion, I did decide to dye my hair again and it's been the best decision ever. Within the last 2 months I've had so many different shades in my hair and I haven't had a problem, I've loved it!



Before I started dyeing it a couple of months ago, my hair was the blonde above^. Even though I changed it from that, I love having my hair that colour. The first colour I went to from blonde was the light, pastel purple to the left<. I LOVE it that colour but with the particular dye that I use, it washes out fairly quickly (almost giving you a completely different shade each time you wash it which is quite fun). It's so easy to do though and so cheap, so I don't mind having to redo it every so often. 


           
  

So every time this was washing out, it would go to the silvery white (on the left<) sometimes with a few purple tinges and streaks in certain lights. I did get a couple of comments from people asking if I'd started using a silver rinse (trying to be funny about the grey hints of hair) but it's to be expected of people that aren't really into different hair colours/fashion and things. And again I really really loved it so I really didn't mind about the odd boring humour comment.

Then (in the picture below) I left it silvery purple at the top, added some darker purple through the middle and then some bright pink at the bottoms (which I liked best in a ponytail, looked super cool!).



When the pink in the bottom had started to fade, I left that and put some brighter purple through all of the rest of my hair (left<). But instead of using a dye that was already purple, I mixed a blue and a pink together to make a purple with a different tone. The blue and the pink that I mixed together were different makes of semi-permentant hair dye and the make of the blue one definitely lasts longer as since it's washed out and faded, the pink/purple has completely gone and just left a blue tinge (see below).

The picture to the right> is what my hair currently looks like. I've been busy over the last week or 2 so haven't really bothered with topping up the colour. I've got some whitey silvery bits with blue tinges at the top, some pastel-y purple through the middle and then pinks and some small bits of blonde I have left at the bottom. It's not my favourite this colour but I do still like it and I have had a couple of comments from people walking by saying they like my hair which is always nice! With the dyes that I'm using (mainly Directions and sometimes Crazy Color) it does wash out quite quickly and some people might find that annoying or a bit off putting but I love the fact that it's out so quickly so that you can try something else again. And hey, if you don't like it... it'll have faded enough within about 3/4 washes to put something over the top again. And if you do find  that you want to stick with a particular colour, there are ways of helping maintain it for longer or go the full hog, seek out a hairdresser and get it dyed permanently that way. 

I'm sure in another month or 2 I'll have another 5 pictures, all with completely different colours again. Who knows, I might even try some new colours instead of different shades of pink and purple. The possibilities are endless and it's so exciting! If you're hesitant about wanting to try an 'out there' colour, I'd definitely recommend it! Just do your research so you can achieve as close to the colour that you want :)

Chloe x