The past few months... growth, style, color

I believe this occurred in July. My hair hit shoulder length when it was straightened and I was still trying to keep it healthy by not dying it a lot (and this was a rarity, me having it straight that is). Right below is my hair in its most natural state.

 HERE is after I dyed the top and bottom a L'oreal brown (no idea which one, but it was pretty) and the middle section is bleached out. Worn nice and natural.

 You can see the blonde in this picture :3 And how stinkin cute my low side pony was. It curled like that on its own. gah, I loved it!

 everything faded, like it always does. It got well past my shoulders. I'd say I was only about 6 to 8 inches away from my goal length but I was getting irritated with hair boredom so THIS was taken right before I shaved the left side of my head.

 

About a week later I bleached the shit out of my hair and trimmed it up since I had so many dead ends from letting it grow. Even if you treat your hair right it'll get split ends. But it was still long. However, I believe this was when I started to straighten again.

 

About a week or two after the bleaching I get my fist unnatural hair colors of 2012. My boyfriend looks like a 13 year old boy in this picture.

After lots of fading and boredom with that hair cut, I got a pro to give me a lot of layers. This is the closest to seeing the shaved side of my hair that I have in pictured, even now with it being a mohawk. Even though it was still long, I had basically been teetering on letting it grow still and saying "fuck it, I was born to have short hair!" Obviously short won out.

I find their licence plate very appropriate :)

Just thought I would share what happened to me growing my hair out. My personality. That's what.

Happy Dyings,
S

A bit of a photo dump :)

 

THESE are from September. The pink is Manic Panic Hot Hot Pink, the teal/green is N'Rage Twisted Teal and the purple was (in the first 2 pictures) Manic Panic Ultra Violet, but that faded I put a mixture of the Twisted Teal and Hot Hot Pink to make a similar purple. The final picture is after a lovely hair cut and a lot of fading.

REVIEW:The Purple was the first to go both times (although the mixture stuck much better). I've always had the problem with Ultra Violet. The Hot Hot Pink was second (as you can tell by my blonde bang in the last photo). And Twisted Teal almost refused to leave. It was SUPER long lasting and I highly recommend it! It was the one color that didn't need touched up in the month and a half I had it like that (although as you can tell by the last photo, taken October 6th, it did fade a bit towards the end).
GAH, I love how pastel and pretty it looked when I faded though.

 pinky pie, why we so crazy.....

While this color is very similar to twisted teal, it's a bit closer to the color I think of when we say Teal. It's green in some lights, and blue in others. It's Voodoo Blue by Manic Panic. I did this mid October and it's now early November and the fading has been minimal everywhere but the roots (which were still a little orange from bleaching). 

REVIEW: UNGH. This has been one of my favorite colors, and a favorite of people who run into me. I've gotten more compliments on this than on any other hair color, including Atomic Pink by Special Effects (which is gorgeous and long lasting if you like bright pink, btw). I've had hair stylist stop me to figure out where they can get it for themselves!

Now, I haven't washed this one very regularly which may be part of its longevity. Last month was pretty hectic but if it gets extra fadey I'll be sure to update you all on it. 

 Just for fun, he'res a picture of my ears being stretched to a 0 gauge. The tapers actually glow in the dark :P I can't for the life of me find them now that I have my silicone tunnels in, but I thought I'd share. You can catch a glimpse of the pretty pastels in my hair :3

Sorry I've been gone. I'm getting back into hair again. I cut it all off. It's a mohawk now. I still long for long hair, but it's just not my style.

XoXo,
s

Green Envy

I think it's been a long enough time of experiencing my Manic Panic dye that I can give you a product review. :) My first one for this blog.

Manic Panic Green Envy:
Just like any other fun dye, I applied it on blond (pre-bleached) hair and let it sit for about an hour, applied a little heat, and rinsed out. The bleach job was a little old, but it didn't harm my dye job as badly as I thought it would. This pleases me.

(this is my super sexy hair bleaching shirt. I ALWAYS wear it when I do my hair)

After my first shampoo, even though it ran a little it stayed pretty bright. almost 2 weeks later and it doesn't even run very much anymore when it's being washed. It's faded slightly, but mostly just it's depth. I do swear there's a hint of a blue sometimes in bad florescent lighting (as if the color is a little teal.)

Overall, a dye job that's lasted a full 3 weeks and regular shampooing with such minimal fading gets my stamp of approval.

I'll be dying my whole head this color after the 23rd (so it'll be nice and fresh for Phunk N' Ink) and since I'll be putting it over a full head of RECENTLY bleached hair, the longevity may be a bit better. If it can keep that deep shine the fresh unnatural colors have then I'll be one happy ass camper.

(My current state. The amount of new growth you can see just hints at how long it's been since my last root touch up. This was just taken a few seconds ago.)

I suppose if anything severe happens to the color I'll keep you updated. I'm using my oil treatments again, which may effect the colors. I'll let ya know.


Happy Dyings
XOXO
S

Fading

Oh blog, I've ignored you because I haven't known what to say.

Last night I shampooed the green in my hair for the first time. It faded badly, and bled to the blond because I didn't wash it all separately.

Always wash your hair separately if you don't want the color to bleed. Especially if you have your hair blond+unnatural color or two unnatural colors that are far apart on the color wheel. (red and green, blue and orange, purple and yellow are all on opposite sides of the color wheel and therefor MUST be shampooed separately. Red and orange, blue and purple, green and yellow are all next to each other on the color wheel. They will still blend a little if washed together, but the color blend will look much more natural because those colors are part of one another.)

I know this. But this was a quick dye job to begin with. I just wanted a little color to brighten up my life. I even have almost a centimeter of root growth. At least, I assume it's almost a centimeter because google told me it's about 1/3 of an inch. I'm American. I don't know the fancy metric system.

Anyway. Big tip: Unnatural dyes always stick better to hair that has just been bleached and has not yet been conditioned. It's "thirstier" that way. This will, in turn, increase the longevity of your hair color. If you already bleached a week or so ago and don't want to bleach it again just for the sake of color you can use a ph balance shampoo. Putting this in your hair before coloring (as I did this week) will help. Of course, the longer it's been since the bleaching job the less effective this will be.

For me, it's been about 3 weeks, so even with the shampoo the dye is still fading fairly quickly. If this is gonna be the case, as least know what you're gettign into so you won't be disappointed with the end results.

Happy dying. XoXo,
S


(dye pictured: Manic Panic Green Envy)