So, since I’m about to start the hair dyeing process again in the near future,
I decided to make a post of all the hair colors I’ve had over the years. Before
I got a red hair, I had some hair color “stages” which led me to it...
I started to want a red hair since I was a child. When I was 7-year-old I
brought this subject to my parents but they took it like a joke – they did not
know I would actually have a bright red one day! After bringing this request to
my parents, I knew I need to wait at least ten years to get what I wanted. No
parent would give a permission for a 7-year-old girl to have bright red hair!
I had desperately wanted to do something to my hair for years – anything
but the regular damn sandy brown color it had always been. I've always had long
hair which I think looked like pretty, golden hair for a child but when I got
older the color started to look like a bucket of sand to me. So, I remember
calling from the hair salon to my mom and got a permission to bleach two blond
highlights on the front (with a cost so overprized it now makes me sick to even
think of it)... That was in February 2006. But I was beyond happy for I had finally
got something done to change my regular hair!
Besides a bright red hair, a pitch black was my second option, but that wasn't so simple either. As a minor every
decision, even concerning my hair, was in the hands of my parents and I was not
allowed to dye it as “radically” as I would have wanted. But going towards the black
hair, I finally got to dye it dark brown at first... This was in 2007.
But then, I finally lured my way to the black hair. It was so lovely for
a long time, because that had always been my second choice whatever comes to
hair colors! This was in 2008.
At least I had started to dye my hair on my own! After the black hair
period I started to go towards the red, first dyeing the two strips in front of
my hair red and the rest remained black – I first dyed my hair like this on
March 3rd, 2008. That was a rather difficult hair to keep up so I didn’t kept
that too long, even I did like it a lot at that time...
Still, I was an idiot by going to a hair salon too often what came to dyeing my
hair and paid the outrageously overprized amount of money for it. And to my
experiences whatever you say to the hair dresser the final result is still
something else than what you asked.
But then, ah, I finally got red hair on 18th of August 2008 and even it
was very dark, dark red I was beyond ecstatic! I had waited that day for so
very long.
After getting down from the ecstatic cloud of my dark red hair, I
decided to take it in my own hands and bleach the hell out of my hair myself.
After two bleaches and 3-4 packages of bleach my hair was orange but it was evenly
orange and so, it was
brighter it had been since it was black – not every color from dark brown to
blond roots, like after being at the hair salon and simply just asking them to
bleach my hair. I wasn't going for blond but something bright enough to dye it
bright red, so bright orange hair was more than perfect base to put on the red
dye. So, for a moment in 2009 I had completely orange hair...
I had asked for a bright red hair at the hair salon but since I got a
dark red hair, I decided to start to dye my hair myself to actually get what I
wanted and to save a whole lot of money. After bleaching the
hair-salon-dark-red hair dye out of my hair I found the brightest permanent red
hair dye and even I liked the result, it still was too dark for my own taste.
Still, I kept it for a long time, dyeing my hair over and over again with the
ammonia red because I didn’t know about the semi-permanent hair dyes at the
time... My brother have said the darker red suited me better than the brighter.
After bleaching my hair from ammonia red to lighter again it got an
orange hair vs. blond roots massacre mess going on with my hair and my hair started to protest
after so many ammoniac treatments... But then I found out about shock colored
semi-permanent hair dyes and that was an epiphany kind of thing what came to
hair dyes and dyeing my hair.
When my hair was finally as red as I had always hoped it would be I just
stared it for so long and looked it from the mirror and I was so out of this
world because of the joy of having my childhood fantasy of having this red hair
finally come true! All my “brighter” and brighter shades of red happened during
2009 and from there on I haven’t changed my hair color – and have no plans to
change it!
P.S. I usually have a semi-blond phase between dyeing my hair red... My
dad liked it so much, he suggested me to keep the blond hair color and bleach it all the way. He have
said he will not change my picture in his phone to a red headed one again. Ha! I kind of liked the semi-blond hair, but I didn't feel quite "myself" with it.
The winter has felt like forever, especially those days between a
beautiful white coat of snow and those slushy days when the snow isn’t yet
gone... I can’t wait for those actually warm days when you can put on something
lighter clothing.
But now, at least the snow has melted and I can’t wait for the summer! I have
been using pants (yes, pants) almost through the whole winter but now I have
started to use skirts again. Oh, how I have been waiting for that.
Also, I have been able to put on my high heels for the first time since
winter! I have been using high heels every day about two weeks now and I can’t
even describe the feeling... No more combat boots!
Today's outfit consisted a pencil skirt with a silver zipper and a
translucent top which comes down like air.
Here’s some more photos from today:
I haven’t been using this necklace for a while but I think it goes well
with all the other silver details – and I like the text.
I thought that my “basic” dark makeup would go well with the dark outfit
and black nails.
I have been enjoying my red hair more than I can put into words. I love
how sunlight makes my hair shine!
Tomorrow it’s Friday and the weekend is finally here. I hope you enjoy the
springtime and you have had a great week!
Endless seeming hair crisis days are over and my hair is bright red
again!
So, goodbye faded pinkish-orange-yellow-mess! One of my friends said
once that I look like My Little Pony with my hair – she must be right!
And the roots, oh my God, the roots... They are probably the worst! And
also the faded, washed out red which has turned to orange. As you can see; dark
roots with faded red hair will show up like a plague.
Depending what brand of red hair dye I’m using, my hair can sometimes fade to
orange, but usually now it turns to pinkish color first and that’s why my
friend called it a My Little Pony -hair. Bleaching the roots makes my whole
appearance look a bit more bearable, but anyone can still see that the hair is
a work on progress... So what else there is to do but to dye, dye, DYE!
This time I had a little over one can of red hair dye left from last
time I dyed my hair, so I ordered three more cans, even I knew I won’t be
needing that many but I prefer having too much dye than too less – one of the worst
feelings what comes dyeing hair is when you run out of hair dye in the middle
of the dyeing process!
To be honest, I was feeling a little under the weather today and didn’t
feel like starting dyeing my hair, but I still decided to do it and I couldn’t
be happier that I did... I somehow think dyeing takes too much time and effort
to even begin with but after I’ve done, I always realize how easy it actually
is.
It took me three cans of hair dye and about 50 minutes to dye my hair – I
have never been so organized and fast in dyeing my hair as I was today!
One of my very favorite feelings is the moment just after I have washed
the red dye off of my hair and have bright red hair again. If the hair is bright
red even it’s washed and still wet, it’s always a good sign for me.
This is the result of the whole dyeing process! After dyeing my hair, I try
to cherish the red color as long as I can. I always think I will dye my hair at
least once in every two months but I always let myself slip from that. That’s
why I end up having hair crisis! But with blood, sweat, tears and red hair dye
it is all fixed up. I couldn’t feel any better right now, when I can walk with
my head held high again!
PS. Here’s a photo of my chubby cat winking at you:
Scary or cute?
A few days ago, I got a card from a post office and it said; "a
large letter item is waiting for you at a postal outlet" – this could only
mean one thing; my hair dyes had finally arrived!
The package could be retrieved on the next day so I had to wait... But on the next day I got the delivery
from the post office and couldn’t wait to open it.
You know the feeling when you’re opening a box and it feels like a
Christmas present – even you know what’s inside and it’s not Christmas? Yeah, I
love that feeling.
Well, this appeared when I tore the box open.
Now I have plenty of hair dye just begging to be used! The dark roots
are starting to sneak up on me again, for it took so long for me to get the
hair dye but I just have to endure the damn roots because even I’m aiming for
perfection what comes to my hair, I’m just not up for bleaching it again (and I
don’t want to destroy my hair). And with this short roots it would be a waste
of time and money – I mean, the roots are not nearly as bad as they were and I
hope that they would at least turn into dark red. I just want red hair again,
please? Thank you!
Yes, a super sexy after shower photo with glasses and no makeup. I prepared
a good base for the hair dye by washing my hair – and thus, secretly enjoying
my last days of being semi-blond. I dislike this current hair color more than
you know... but now I finally have the red hair dye, and I'm planning to dye my
hair on this very weekend!
I can't wait to have red hair again!
This post is about my style inspiration (and obsession); hair. The title
says this post is about hairstyles and colors but this is mainly about the
colors, because I like to keep my hair very casual – which recaps the
hairstyles I like in this post; straight, curled and braided.
RED HAIR
As far as I can remember, I have always wanted a red hair – since I was
a child. I had to wait for it until I was 16 years old, and then the color was
very dark red. After that period of time, I finally got it really bright red!
Here’s some delicious redheads:
BLACK AND WHITE HAIR
If I wouldn’t have a red hair, also what have interested me is black and white
hair – the other side completely white and the other completely black, right on
the middle of my fringe. But I have understood that it takes a lot of work (too much work) to keep it
up so I might just fantasize about it...
RAINBOW HAIR
This hair I don’t particularly desire to myself but I always love watching
photos of rainbow hairs – they are so inspiring to watch and to see someone putting
that much effort to get a rainbow hair is simply awesome!
So there you go – hair dyes which inspires me (and hopefully also you).
A tiny warning ahead; I will be posting quite many hair-related blog posts
in the future... I’m just so obsessed right now! Ha!
This is kind of “reblogged” from my other blog. I have never really paid
attention how many views my posts have got but now, when I was about to delete
them from my other blog, I saw that some of my hair related posts have got
pretty amazing number of views (at least to me)! In these days, between the two
of my blogs, those posts would belong here but since there has been such many
views I will keep them also in my other blog purely for the sentimental
purposes. I know I’m a bit silly...
Note: All of the pictures (except
the one of me, of course) are found around the internet. I do not own them!
