Well, I did it.
For at least the last 3 years, if not longer, I've wanted to dye my hair red for the winter. I've never had the balls to do so, because I was always afraid of what might go wrong. After all, we're talking about my hair here! My long, light brown hair!
A couple of months ago, I helped Krystal dye hers, the same color that I wanted to do mine. She kept asking me when I was going to do mine, the color came in a two pack. I put it off and put it off, for the same reasons - what if something went wrong? My hair is... my hair! Silly, but important to me! It's been the one thing I could usually count on to look fabulous, even when the rest of me may look like hell!
I decided Wednesday to do it. Although I didn't have time that night, things were a little crazy right before Thanksgiving.
I did it tonight!!!
First of all, the dye itself. Gross. Just gross. It comes in these tubes, like toothpaste tubes. Although definitely not as user friendly as toothpaste tubes. (Wow that was a geeky statement!) It was a bitch getting the dye out of the tubes once I got down to the last bit, and I actually pinched one of my fingers in the metal on the tubes - ouch! It looked like paint when it came out, and was actually kind of pretty. Then I mixed it with the white stuff, I can't remember the name now. It's white and creamy. Who knew that when you mix the two together, you get a concoction resembling purple snot! (Can you tell I'm the mother of a 2 year old boy? I see a lot of snot, I know what I'm talking about here!) The squirt bottle I got held 10 ounces. Somehow, in my strange mind, 6+6 equalled 10 at that point. (Hey give me a break I'm tired lately!) So I started mixing it in the bottle - which is ideally what you're supposed to do. I figured it would all fit. Of course, once the snot mixture got to the top of the bottle and I still had a tube and a half of the dye to put in, I realized how lame my math really was. So my mom said to put it into a glass. I did, and it overflowed the glass too. Then I put it into a bowl. 3 containers later, I was trying to pour the purple yuck out of the bowl into the bottle again, so I could put it on my hair. This was rather interesting, considering the bowl was much wider than the bottle. My hand was covered in purple snot looking stuff. It looked like... never mind I won't go there.
And the smell - horrendous. Absolutely horrendous. Talk about toxic. I was wondering if I was going to be high as a kite by the time this was all done, it was so damn strong. Thoughts were flashing through my mind of the mutations that might happen because of the toxicity of these chemicals. Would I grow an 11th toe? Or maybe my chromosomes would mutate to produce a super genius! Maybe that's why Kaden is so smart - past hair dying episodes. Maybe... okay I digress, I found myself staring off into space pondering the chemicals I was inhaling in large volumes. (Why don't bathrooms usually have windows - isn't that where we do a lot of toxic things?) I remember one toxic episode in particular, where I decided I wanted to go blonde. I mixed a bottle of peroxide, a generous amount of bleach, and a bottle of lemon juice. What the heck possessed me to do so, it definitely wasn't smart. I was much, much younger. When my mother arrived home and the house smelled like a really bad dry cleaner's, she was apalled at my mixture. Looking back, not a good idea I suppose. And for those of you wondering, it did NOT dye my hair blonde. :(
Anyway, off topic again.
The bathroom looked like a murder scene - imagine the red dye everywhere! I tied an old towel around my neck, and had a nightie on underneath. In my squirting metal toothpaste hair dye tubes, I got dye all over my nighty - the first casualty! The nightie and towel came off within 5 minutes. Maybe it's because I have long hair, but it was SO annoying trying to put this purple snot looking stuff in my hair with a towel around my neck! So there I am, standing in my panties, squirting this stuff into my hair. In the bottle it's purple, but when I put it on I start to see the red - especially on my skin. I had red on my hairline on my face, my neck, and red streaks on my boobs! Let me tell you, it was pretty sexy.
I got all of the snot looking stuff into my hair, and put the shower cap on. I got in the shower, and started scrubbing at my poor chest to take off the red streaks! Once I got all of the red off of my body, I went to wake Kaden up and let it set. Once he was situated with my mother, 20 minutes later, I was back in the shower, to rinse.
Yet another 15 minutes later, after rinsing and conditioning, I was done. My mother immediately asked how it looked, which to me seemed like a stupid question. (Maybe it's not to everyone else? Does everyone get asked this when they dye their hair and it's still wet?) How can I possibly tell how it looks when it's wet? All dark hair looks the same when it's wet - even darker. But I didn't say anything... I was polite. I told her I wasn't sure yet and went to my room to dry it.
Yet ANOTHER 15 minutes later (do you guys see what we go through for you!?) I was done drying, and ready for the big unveil. I don't have a large mirror in my room, so I had to go to the bathroom to see it. I walked in and intentionally didn't look in the mirror, nervous! I turned around, swishing my hair to make it all the more dramatic, and looked...
It looks fabulous!
It's definitely different, something to get used to. I've always had dark hair, but it had a lighter tinge to it. Now, it's dark. Krystal keeps calling it purple, but it is far from purple! It's a beautiful dark reddish color, with a teeny hint of purple. I just love it! Everyone that has seen it so far has said it looks nice, except for my mother. I guess that's what moms are for - to shoot down your dreams of being a redhead!
Pictures below - you tell me if it's purple - definitely not! It's gorgeous and hot. At least I hope so!
For at least the last 3 years, if not longer, I've wanted to dye my hair red for the winter. I've never had the balls to do so, because I was always afraid of what might go wrong. After all, we're talking about my hair here! My long, light brown hair!
A couple of months ago, I helped Krystal dye hers, the same color that I wanted to do mine. She kept asking me when I was going to do mine, the color came in a two pack. I put it off and put it off, for the same reasons - what if something went wrong? My hair is... my hair! Silly, but important to me! It's been the one thing I could usually count on to look fabulous, even when the rest of me may look like hell!
I decided Wednesday to do it. Although I didn't have time that night, things were a little crazy right before Thanksgiving.
I did it tonight!!!
First of all, the dye itself. Gross. Just gross. It comes in these tubes, like toothpaste tubes. Although definitely not as user friendly as toothpaste tubes. (Wow that was a geeky statement!) It was a bitch getting the dye out of the tubes once I got down to the last bit, and I actually pinched one of my fingers in the metal on the tubes - ouch! It looked like paint when it came out, and was actually kind of pretty. Then I mixed it with the white stuff, I can't remember the name now. It's white and creamy. Who knew that when you mix the two together, you get a concoction resembling purple snot! (Can you tell I'm the mother of a 2 year old boy? I see a lot of snot, I know what I'm talking about here!) The squirt bottle I got held 10 ounces. Somehow, in my strange mind, 6+6 equalled 10 at that point. (Hey give me a break I'm tired lately!) So I started mixing it in the bottle - which is ideally what you're supposed to do. I figured it would all fit. Of course, once the snot mixture got to the top of the bottle and I still had a tube and a half of the dye to put in, I realized how lame my math really was. So my mom said to put it into a glass. I did, and it overflowed the glass too. Then I put it into a bowl. 3 containers later, I was trying to pour the purple yuck out of the bowl into the bottle again, so I could put it on my hair. This was rather interesting, considering the bowl was much wider than the bottle. My hand was covered in purple snot looking stuff. It looked like... never mind I won't go there.
And the smell - horrendous. Absolutely horrendous. Talk about toxic. I was wondering if I was going to be high as a kite by the time this was all done, it was so damn strong. Thoughts were flashing through my mind of the mutations that might happen because of the toxicity of these chemicals. Would I grow an 11th toe? Or maybe my chromosomes would mutate to produce a super genius! Maybe that's why Kaden is so smart - past hair dying episodes. Maybe... okay I digress, I found myself staring off into space pondering the chemicals I was inhaling in large volumes. (Why don't bathrooms usually have windows - isn't that where we do a lot of toxic things?) I remember one toxic episode in particular, where I decided I wanted to go blonde. I mixed a bottle of peroxide, a generous amount of bleach, and a bottle of lemon juice. What the heck possessed me to do so, it definitely wasn't smart. I was much, much younger. When my mother arrived home and the house smelled like a really bad dry cleaner's, she was apalled at my mixture. Looking back, not a good idea I suppose. And for those of you wondering, it did NOT dye my hair blonde. :(
Anyway, off topic again.
The bathroom looked like a murder scene - imagine the red dye everywhere! I tied an old towel around my neck, and had a nightie on underneath. In my squirting metal toothpaste hair dye tubes, I got dye all over my nighty - the first casualty! The nightie and towel came off within 5 minutes. Maybe it's because I have long hair, but it was SO annoying trying to put this purple snot looking stuff in my hair with a towel around my neck! So there I am, standing in my panties, squirting this stuff into my hair. In the bottle it's purple, but when I put it on I start to see the red - especially on my skin. I had red on my hairline on my face, my neck, and red streaks on my boobs! Let me tell you, it was pretty sexy.
I got all of the snot looking stuff into my hair, and put the shower cap on. I got in the shower, and started scrubbing at my poor chest to take off the red streaks! Once I got all of the red off of my body, I went to wake Kaden up and let it set. Once he was situated with my mother, 20 minutes later, I was back in the shower, to rinse.
Yet another 15 minutes later, after rinsing and conditioning, I was done. My mother immediately asked how it looked, which to me seemed like a stupid question. (Maybe it's not to everyone else? Does everyone get asked this when they dye their hair and it's still wet?) How can I possibly tell how it looks when it's wet? All dark hair looks the same when it's wet - even darker. But I didn't say anything... I was polite. I told her I wasn't sure yet and went to my room to dry it.
Yet ANOTHER 15 minutes later (do you guys see what we go through for you!?) I was done drying, and ready for the big unveil. I don't have a large mirror in my room, so I had to go to the bathroom to see it. I walked in and intentionally didn't look in the mirror, nervous! I turned around, swishing my hair to make it all the more dramatic, and looked...
It looks fabulous!
It's definitely different, something to get used to. I've always had dark hair, but it had a lighter tinge to it. Now, it's dark. Krystal keeps calling it purple, but it is far from purple! It's a beautiful dark reddish color, with a teeny hint of purple. I just love it! Everyone that has seen it so far has said it looks nice, except for my mother. I guess that's what moms are for - to shoot down your dreams of being a redhead!
Pictures below - you tell me if it's purple - definitely not! It's gorgeous and hot. At least I hope so!
it is absolutely beautiful. Very sexy. You make an extremely hot redhead!
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