So I'm still growing out my hair for Ben and I's dreadlock pact.
I really dislike long hair on myself. I have really fine hair and the only option I see is to wear it up and since I'm usually lazy, that means up in a pony tail...boring!
I really dislike long hair on myself. I have really fine hair and the only option I see is to wear it up and since I'm usually lazy, that means up in a pony tail...boring!
I read two rad blogs that have both inspired me to refresh my head!
The first is The Dainty Squid. The chick that run it, Kaylah has the most rad, rainbow hair, she recently posted a hair dying guide too, which is really helpful. So even though a rainbow head of hair would be awesome, I'm not ready for the commitment that is, constant hair bleaching! I normally just do sneaky bleached bits where re-growth can be hidden :P Talking about bleaching, I experienced my first ever chemical burn the other night when I got some hair bleach onto my skin. Putting my arm under a tap for forever seemed to be the key for that one.
Anyway, the second blog, A beautiful Mess, run by Elsie, gave me the idea to go for blue dye after her sis dyed her locks this awesome blue colour.
I went back to the dainty squid to get some dye brand recommendations....Kaylah recommends Special Effects when choosing blue dye. Unfortunately, or maybe fortunately, Special Effects has a billion and one blue coloured dyes, so I then had to further investigate, aka google, the exact blue I was after. I wanted a navy type blue, something that could go over my natural hair colour but still show through with blueness. Everyone raved about the colour "electric blue" so after tracking down a store that would ship to Australia, I was on my way. The bottle sat weeks on my counter and I finally stopped being lazy and dyed my locks...
I went back to the dainty squid to get some dye brand recommendations....Kaylah recommends Special Effects when choosing blue dye. Unfortunately, or maybe fortunately, Special Effects has a billion and one blue coloured dyes, so I then had to further investigate, aka google, the exact blue I was after. I wanted a navy type blue, something that could go over my natural hair colour but still show through with blueness. Everyone raved about the colour "electric blue" so after tracking down a store that would ship to Australia, I was on my way. The bottle sat weeks on my counter and I finally stopped being lazy and dyed my locks...
So happy and now I want to have blue hair forever! It's crazy enough for me and tame enough to still survive in Nambour without judgement, well I hope :P
P.S. Australia does have a brand of bright coloured hair dyes called Fudge. The only time I bought the blue Fudge dye, it didn't work! I even had it professionally done and the hairdresser was stumped why it wasn't working, so I get scared off Fudge blue, that was many moons ago though, back in the high school days, so perhaps they have picked up their game!
Can anyone shed some light?
