Whilst I was travelling around America I had the urge to dye my hair. I had dabbled with dying my hair in the past but never done anything drastic with fear and disapproval from people around me. As I have quite fair hair, that naturally has different tones I was warned it may not grow back the same. But I was on a life changing trip, constantly full of adrenaline and the urge for adventure, so I threw caution to the wind and decided that dying the ends of my hair couldn't do any harm as I could just cut it off if I didn't like it.
I was excited to try out some bold colours and as my favourite is purple I naturally went for that first. I didn't bleach it before hand as I thought my hair was light enough for the colour to take without, so I bought a box of dye and went ahead. I didn't really have a method other than putting pure dye on the tips of my hair and working a gradient upward by diluting it with conditioner.
The purple was great and I was so happy with how it turned out, but it faded quite quickly and as I was travelling constantly it would've been difficult to keep up. So I went for a different dye that (the bottle told me) was still purple just a bit darker; however as you can tell it came out a dark blue, however I guess it did have a purple tone. Either way I liked it as I had toyed with dying it blue originally. Funny story behind this dye job is that it occurred in a Las Vegas hotel bathroom using a paper cup (supplied by the hotel for the room) for mixing and two plastic bags for application (who needs gloves and a brush??).
I ended up loving the blue and re-dying it once I returned home to England. As it's washed out the colour has become a teal-ish hue which also looks quite nice (as you can see in the last picture) however I am scared the more it washes out the more it might turn green, so fingers crossed I don't have to cut it off!
I don't think I'll redo it anytime soon but I have loved playing with different colours. I've had so many compliments since dying my hair and think it's great to experiment a bit. Hair is so easy to grow back, why not have a go at changing things up every now and then?
Beth xo
I was excited to try out some bold colours and as my favourite is purple I naturally went for that first. I didn't bleach it before hand as I thought my hair was light enough for the colour to take without, so I bought a box of dye and went ahead. I didn't really have a method other than putting pure dye on the tips of my hair and working a gradient upward by diluting it with conditioner.
The purple was great and I was so happy with how it turned out, but it faded quite quickly and as I was travelling constantly it would've been difficult to keep up. So I went for a different dye that (the bottle told me) was still purple just a bit darker; however as you can tell it came out a dark blue, however I guess it did have a purple tone. Either way I liked it as I had toyed with dying it blue originally. Funny story behind this dye job is that it occurred in a Las Vegas hotel bathroom using a paper cup (supplied by the hotel for the room) for mixing and two plastic bags for application (who needs gloves and a brush??).
I ended up loving the blue and re-dying it once I returned home to England. As it's washed out the colour has become a teal-ish hue which also looks quite nice (as you can see in the last picture) however I am scared the more it washes out the more it might turn green, so fingers crossed I don't have to cut it off!
I don't think I'll redo it anytime soon but I have loved playing with different colours. I've had so many compliments since dying my hair and think it's great to experiment a bit. Hair is so easy to grow back, why not have a go at changing things up every now and then?
Beth xo
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