blue hair eventually.....

dyed my partners hair blue and purple and WOW did i out do myself this time. i mean i have been doing my own hair for nearly 20 years and have a good grasp on what to do (yes, i can still recall the first jar of manic panic i dipped my hands into without gloves and slapped it on my hair that i bleached with a stolen bottle of Garnier Nutrisse bleach from my moms collection when i was 10 years old.)

but i really outdid myself this time.

i did like a checkered pattern with the blue and purple for some chunky streaks and it looks amazing! so i felt inspired to fix my own hair.

I had dyed over my hair about 2 weeks ago with lunar tides Fuchsia. and this was put over faded lunar tides magic charm (a DARK pink). i didnt bleach my hair and i tend to let my hair go a solid 6 months before i bleach again these days. roots just dont bother me as much as they used to and ever since i had some hair loss from medical stuff, i try to damage it the least i can.

but i was not vibing with this color for some reason. It was pretty and the pink did a good job blending into my nearly black brown roots. but for some reason the color was making be feel weird. i have had my hair in the pink/red/orange pallet for over a year now and something about it was just feeling off. it would look good for a day but i think it was doing some weird color theory stuff with my skin and making me look so pink. the orange really made me look too golden. i have a very neutral undertone so i tend to take on the color of my hair in my face (no my skin is not just stained lol)

and i dont like being pink. so i saw how stunning the blue looked in my partners hair and wanted that. Since the pink was fresh and this would be a big color change i tried the One 'n Only Colorfix Semi Permanent Hair Color Remover. in my 20 years of doing my own hair vivids, i have NEVER once used a color remover. i only follow the color wheel or do a bleach bath. but i wanted to give it a go since it claimed to be less damaging and i saw good results online. reviews said it was stinky, but no one really makes it clear how stinky.

im used to bleach, but oh my god this was so bad. the fumes made be gag. i had to run outside. my eyes, ears, lungs, everything was burning. i have NEVER had a product create this bad of fumes i was ready to call poison control thinking i messed something up. i got it sloppily on my head but i couldnt wait the 15 min to let it work and ran to the shower.

never again will i try something like that. my hair was this weird brown red tone since it did not fully process and did a bleach bath anyways when i went in to do my roots. but then i messed up again after bleaching. i knew i should not have put the color i had on my hair. it was a neon ultra violet from strawberry leopard. now i like this brand, but i always test my color on my hand just to see what the undertone will look like and it didnt stain my skin at all.... this was clearly a very light, NEON, color. but i did it anyways.

this left my hair patchy, which i am not shocked or mad about. i knew and i did it anyways. id rather go around with blue hair that looks 5 months faded out than the weird bleached situation i had going on. 

but today my package with lunar tides Blue Velvet came in and i am so excited. while the blue i have now it wrong and patchy, it already feels so much better. i feel like it instantly color corrected my skin and i am less pink in the face. my foundation matches again or at least doesnt look weird.

i am also thinking about doing a few raccoon tails with a black semi perm dye i have. i havnt had coon tails for 15 years and i crave them. im off to go slap some dye on my head, this time i will turn out right since i tested the blue on my hand and it is PIGMENTED. i could probably dilute it but i just want max coverage to fix this mess i got going on right now lol.

this kids, is why we follow the color wheel though.