My DIY dip dyed hair
I dip-dyed my hair! Successfully. Myself! Hah. This is something I’ve been wanting to do for quite some time now but the cost was always so prohibitive and I admit, I was scared to do something drastically different to my hair. I first dip-dyed my virgin hair last month with the help of my sister but I didn’t buy a strong enough bleach, so my hair wasn’t light enough for the colour to show all that much. Plus, it faded pretty quickly. This week, I got hold of a stronger bleach, got another bottle of dye and took the plunge myself. Ta-dah!
It’s still not as obvious as I had hoped under artificial light but under the sun, it’s a pretty dark flaming red. Exactly how I had hoped it would turn out. I suppose I would need to go lighter for it to show regardless of the lighting conditions but I didn’t want such a light red, it looks almost orange. In the end, I’m pretty satisfied, especially considering it’s a DIY venture. Best part, I didn’t have to spend over a hundred bucks at a hair salon to get it done. For anyone not earning much of an income besides the occasional tutoring money, not murdering my wallet was a priority. So yes, hello pretty ends! I just hope the colour stays and doesn’t fade too fast.
Can’t say I posted much this week. I was pre-occupied with completing The Rosie Black Chronicles because the books were due on Friday. I also spent a fair bit of time clearing out my room. That is how I came across the two books that contributed to my love for reading. You can read more about that in my post, The Sparks that Made Me Fall in Love with Reading.
REVIEWS
BLOG POSTS
- [14 Jan] Genesis by Lara Morgan ★★★★
- [16 Jan] The Sparks that Made Me Fall in Love with Reading
- [18 Jan] Equinox by Lara Morgan ★★★★
- [19 Jan] Retrospect #3: January 19th
BLOGGERS & BLOGGING
- Kristy and Melissa @ Book Nerd Reviews own up to ARC envy. It’s just that they love books so much, it’s difficult to contain the jealousy when others have books they are desperate to get their hands on.
- Annie @ The Runaway Reader is trying to figure out commenting etiquettes for bloggers, especially when it comes to what she aptly terms ‘courtesy comments’.
BOOKS
- Renae @ Respiring Thoughts recommends epistolary novels, particularly for readers who aren’t so much into this kind of books.
- Kelley @ Another Novel Read wonders how everyone feels about pop culture references in books.
- Rachel @ As Told by Rachel is trying to come to terms with the fact that there just are too many books for anyone to be able to read every book they want in their lifetime. It’s a fact, so all we can do is find ways to deal with it.
- Echo @ InkBerry Books rants about things that repel her from books before she even reads them.
- Brenna @ I Have Lived A Thousand Lives talks about why she enjoys series and wonders why anyone might not like them.
CHALLENGES
- For those of you still deciding on challenges to take on, Chiara @ Books for a Delicate Eternity joined the Australian Women Writer Challenge 2014. If you’re interested to find out more, hop on over to the AWW challenge site.
RATING & REVIEWING
- Bekka @ Great Imaginations implores everyone to stop posting spoilers. If you must, she (and I too, for the record) beg you to appropriately mark those spoilers! It’s good practice, seriously.
READING
- Sandy @ Tea Between Books presents the different types of readers complete with illustrations. Love it!
- Sarah @ We Heart YA tells us straight up that she doesn’t mind spoilers and once in a while even skips ahead to the end. There’s something about knowing what happens that captivates her when she re-reads books.
- Nikki @ The Paper Sea says she is a slow reader and all attempts to speed up hamper her enjoyment of books. I’m with her when she asks, how on earth do people manage to read 300 books a year?!
- Trish @ Between The Lines tells us she’s been putting off reading books she’s been looking forward to. They’re on her shelf but she hasn’t read them. Craziness? You decide!
SOCIAL NETWORKING
- Kelly @ Effortlessly Reading encourages everyone to join Twitter because that’s how she met so many wonderful people.
Staring at it, I realized that the night sky isn’t really black, which is the way I’ve always thought of it. It’s actually a dark shade of blue, the darkest possible.
How was your week? What is one things you’ve been wanting to do for the longest time but still didn’t get round to until today?
I can understand not wanting to admit to jealousy – but sadly, I am just too honest for my own good lol.
Great idea with the temporary dye, I might try that. And yes, you are right, it would be scarier on dark hair due to the bleaching – I didn’t think of that (I did see about the bleach, but didn’t think how that could go wrong on dark hair). But, luckily, you have done an amazing job and it looks great :)
Thank you so much for linking to our ARC Envy post :) It is one of those topics that seems to be a little “taboo” as people don’t want to admit it if they do feel a little jealous every now and then – but I think it is only natural (in small doses) when you are so passionate about books.
Your hair looks amazing! I would love to do that, but I am too scared to do it myself (I have blond hair, so any mistake would be too noticeable). You have done a great job with yours!
I agree with you on that. All the more then did I think your post on ARC Envy was interesting and actually very relevant, even if (as you said) some of us just won’t admit to jealousy, however slight. Haha.
Thank you! :) You could always try temporary dye first. It’s actually scarier to do it on dark hair because it needs to be bleached first and it’s not exactly possible to test it first.
Thanks for the shout out! I love your hair! I’ve wanted to do mine in a similar way, but I’m too nervous to do it myself.
My pleasure! And thank you :) Well, since you have blonde hair, you don’t need to go at it with bleach. Means you could go and try temporary dyes! Or try Kool-Aid. A lot of ‘how-to’s are floating around the Internet for those solutions.
Ooh, your hair turned out so pretty! :) I’ve contemplated trying out hair chalk, and might actually give it a go this summer. And thanks for sharing all the links that you found – I love going through them, haha. Have a nice rest of the weekend, Joséphine!
Hi Sophie! I have never heard of hair chalk before. Onward to Google to find out what this is that you speak of! Sounds like it’s more of a temporary colorant? Either way, I’ll find out in a while. Hoho. And you’re most welcome! I like putting them together because posting them like that makes it easier to find them again than simply bookmarking in my browser for future reference. You have a great week! :)
Thanks for including my post.
Your hair looks great, I only recently starting dying my own hair but I don’t think I’m brave enough to dip dye!
My pleasure! :)
I’m more afraid of dyeing all my hair. Haha. I figured if a dip dye job goes awry, there still is enough hair untouched to cut a nice bob.