I dyed my hair pink!
I finally did it.
I have wanted to dye my hair pink for as long as I can remember. I did the Kool-Aid and temporary colours in high school, but never my full head or with a semi permanent colour. I was also in jobs where bright hair colours wouldn’t be appropriate. Some people may still say now is still not appropriate, but I don’t care. I’m am so happy about it!
I needed a change and didn’t want to spend a ton of money if I didn’t like it. I learned how to use photoshop to change my hair colour yesterday and tried it out.
I liked it and Chad did too. I didn’t want to go bright pink, it was too harsh with my face. So we went to the big Shoppers on the Lakeshore and I got my dye and also some new vitamins to try.
The vitamins are something I’d been wanting to try for a while, after reading about them on on Gala Darling’s site. They are Multi + Daily Glow and it says “Helps improve skin firmness, appearance & texture. Helps control acne. Maintains good health.” on the bottle. I started taking them today and I’m curious to see if they work. The reviews I’ve found are excellent.
I got a glass of wine, Barefoot Merlot, Chad brought it home the other day and it’s really good, got into some hair dying clothes and got to work.
I bleached it first with Feria 250 Extra-Bleach Blonding, wrapped my head in saran wrap and left the bleach on for 60 minutes.
I rinsed in cold water and used the Feria conditioner, then towel-dried my hair and let it breathe for an hour. After an hour I shampooed with Blue Shampoo to tone the blonde and towel-dried it to put the Pink in. I used a full container of Manic Panic Cotton Candy Pink and let it sit for 20 minutes, then wrapped it in saran wrap for 40 minutes more.
I rinsed with hot water and used the Feria conditioner again. I blow dried it and the colour was exactly what I wanted! It’s pink with blonde highlights. So awesome because I didn’t want a solid colour. Chad liked it and ever our neighbor thought it looked good. When I woke up this morning I was instantly in a better mood, and it didn’t stain my pillow case.
I got up and got dressed up for the day, did my hair and makeup and made Chad take pictures. I can’t believe how happy I am that I did this and I wish I’d done it sooner.
I love pink hair!
