Split decisions

So I did a thing to my hair. 

And I thought I'd explain the pains of keeping this baby nice looking. 

First off, don't do both sides at once by yourself. I effed up the blonde part so bad the first time. It was orange in some places. And I missed some altogether. I missed a little black dye in the bangs too but I naturally have darker hair so it's not as bad. 

When parting the hair, make sure to get it right the first time. Once black is in the hair you won't get it the same blonde as the rest. I liked it straight down the middle. I took my time (a good hour and a half) to make sure I was happy with how I parted it. I had the parts furthest from the middle in bands, and the rest clipped with various types of hair clips to make it easier to alter the part. 

Now, if I could go back, I'd do what I did when I touched it up. After meticulously parting it again (it's better to miss a few blonde strands than to accidentally bleach a chunk of black. It'll be orange until you touch the black up, okay?) I put some conditioner down the black side of the line. Don't get any on the blonde side. Have a friend help if you can. 

After this it's simple. Just carefully dye it. When dying the black it's also very very important to not get black on the blonde. It's fucking hard to get out. Conditioner. I'd put it on more of the blonde than I did the black just because my experience with black dyes have always been messy. 

Now like I said, I have darker hair. You can't even see the roots of my black side. This is partially because my hair's color and partially because the dark black dyes fade to a nice natural looking black after maybe a week of being washed with my shiny silver shampoo (which helps keep the yellows from my hair). It looks good and there's no need to dye over it for me.

For the exact same reason though, I've had to touch up the blonde only a month and a half in.  And just as I'm lifting the last if the yellows I can see a thin line if dark roots poking out. I give it 2 weeks before its irritatingly noticeable. 

Don't get me starred in upkeep of these bangs though. Just styling them is a pain in the butt and I remember why I let them grow out now.