Playing with Hair Colour

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

   

Makeup Brushes Have Arrived!

So I thought since I want to start getting in beauty more i should invest in a make-up essential; make-up brushes. I seen rave after rave about Real Techniques brushes and have even gone into shops and looked at them, but since I don't have a ton of money and beauty isn't the most important thing priority wise at the moment I couldn't justify forking out that amount for each brush, however much I wanted to. So I scavenged around website such as ELF, but found myself in the end on eBay! Surprisingly I found this great  company that sell make-up brushes at an incredibly cheap price range; admittedly they come from Hong Kong so they take a while to get to you but with FREE p+p why the hell not?! 

I got this pack of 5 brushes for £12.39 which is an absolute steal in my opinion. In this set I got: a blush brush, a stippling brush, an angled foundation brush, a buffing brush and a flat powder brush (these brushes didn't come under these names, or with any names at all so this is just my interpretation). 

I only got these today so have not had a chance to use all of them yet however I have tried out the buffing brush and it works great, they are all artificial bristles so are not real hair; this allows you to use less product as it does not get absorbed by the brush. Theses brushes are very soft and smooth on your face, which I'm guessing would be good to use on sensitive skin as well (I don't have that sensitive skin). The handles are nice to hold in use and also allow you to stand them when not in use so they don't get damaged. 


Overall I think these brushes are a bargain for the money paid and do the job really well. As a novice with anything make-up brushy these have made a good first impression and I'm glad that these were my first investment. 

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