Pink Haired Princess

I'm in a bit of a quandary as to where to go next with my hair. Below is my most recent hair colour time-line. Starting at the top left, I mixed a random concoction of maybe half a bottle of Manic Panic Ultra Violet (purple) with Bubblegum Blue and Lilac by Crazy Color. I don't know exactly how much of each I used, I was making it up as I went along until it looked like I had enough dye in the bowl (I'd guess at half or 1/3 of each bottle). It came out a beautiful bright, vivid, purple, faded to violet, then a dusky lilac until it's practically grey. I thought it faded pretty fast. I'm down to washing my hair as little as possible (dry shampoo is my BFF), but even without washing, it still fades week by week. Although when I look back it was the middle of April I first coloured it, then by the end of May (top right) it was so pale but my dark roots still weren't noticeable, so I touched up the colour (bottom right) without needing to bleach it. Again I ju...

If you follow my Facebook and/or The Shoe Girl Diaries , then you'll already know that I now have blue hair! A slight change to my regular turquoise. When I was lilac and looking for a new colour, I decided to go purple. I did the research, bought the dye (Manic Panic Amplified 'Ultra-Violet'), then my Mum freaked out at the colour in the bottle, telling me it would stain her new bathroom and I was banned from using it. A strop a 3 year-old would be embarrassed by and a whole lot of sulking later we compromised by using an unused tub of Manic Panic Amplified 'Atomic Turquoise' I had left over from before the lilac phase. It was that or the unattractive yellow/bleach period I was in, so there wasn't much choice really. I wasn't best pleased that I hadn't got my own way and although I like the turquoise, I'd already had months of it and wanted something different. So when it came to what to do next, I had an idea that I hoped my Mum would go f...

Some of you may know I've been contemplating a new hair colour for some time now and I finally took the plunge last week. I say 'plunge' but actually when it comes to colouring or cutting my hair, I am surprisingly nonchalant about the whole thing. I'm not someone who will cry for days over a botched fringe or bad dye job. Yes I would like 'perfect' hair every day and yes I often have 'bad hair days', but it's not the end of the world, it will grow back and if it's bothering you too much, there's hats and scarves and all sorts of pretty disguises! I know you were interested in a step-by-step guide for how to go about a big change like this and what to use, so here it is. My main tips are: *if you're looking for a vivid 'unnatural' colour, it's likely you'll have to use bleach first to get the desired look unless your hair is already light blonde (colour on dark brown or black hair will just add a sheen/tint). When y...