Dying My Hair...

Hello lovelies!

Today's post is pretty boring to most of you, but to me - I am mega excited. I just love it when the time comes to refresh my colour, the whole new freshly dyed hair is just one of the best feelings. Going out to buy the dyes is also pretty exciting for me (is that just me, or?) 

SO, my colour of choice this time is my favourite, green. I  was quite limited to what I could have as my hair is in pretty bad condition at the moment, so I could only bleach my roots - therefore the colour needed to go over my current shade of minty green. 

This post is just a little insight into how I do my hair, for all of you wanting to know. 

My hair before the dye...

I hope you guys realise the embarrasment I am having to face by this post... I mean, just look at those roots! They're the absolute bane of my life, but they seem to spring out of the blue so quickly! 

This is the bleach I use usually each time I dye my hair, as I find it gives really good, and quick results. Also, it doesn't contain any ammonia, and is made from natural ingredients. It gets a big thumbs up from me! You can buy this in most Superdrug stores, for £5 which is a total bargain.

How I bleach my hair...

PLEASE excuse the awfull photo...

Anyway, as you can probably see - I don't do my own hair. My good old Mamma does it for me, and I must say she does a good job. So, since I didn't need to bleach my hair all over, she just applied it to the roots, using tinting brushes. It took her quite a while to ensure that it had been applied everywhere, as this is crucial so you don't have any unsightly patches! (Also, if you're bleaching the whole of your hair, do be carfeul not to do it too often, as my hair is terrible at the moment due to excess bleaching.) 

Once you're happy that you've got to each area, you need to put a plastic bag over your hair. You may not want to leave the house or send a Snapchat to your crush, but it helps the hair take the dye better.

SO once you've left that on to develop (DO NOT EXCEED 60 MINS!) you then need to take your hair out of the bag, and give it a good ol' brush.  However, you do need to be gentle and don't tug too much as your hair will be fragile. Your hair should then begin to look as atractive as mine does here...

After that, move onto the next step ( and also the best one..)

Applying the Colour...

When it comes to coloured dyes, in my opinion you cannot get any better than Directions. It's been around for years, and you can always depend on these trusty little pots of joy and colour. You can buy these in most little beauty shops, I get mine from a little shop in Doncaster called Xtras, where each pot is £3.99. When dying my hair green, I ALWAYS go for my fave, which is 'Spring Green', it looks like a grungy dark green in the pot, but once applied on the hair, it goes neon. It is truly beautiful. If you're not really wanting to resemble a Christmas Tree, then Directions also offer lots more colours, from pastel pinks, to bright oranges. 

ENOUGH of the blabbering- I (well my mum, does actually..) apply the colour straight from the pot onto my hair using a tinting brush (NOT THE SAME ONE AS YOU USED EARLIER ) making sure you use lots of dye, don't be sparing with the colour, unless you want to be as patchy as a patchwork quilt! 

Once that's applied you need to leave it on for precisely 15 minutes.

Now is the exciting part guys! You get to wash it off and see the water run your desired colour! 

Here is my hair afterwards (however, it is still wet - so the colour will probably alter slightly.) 

Whenever I have green hair, I feel like a little alien, although it's much like marmite. You either love it or hate it. My sister hates it, and says I resemble a bogey! I won't even repeat what I said to her on here.

SO, there was my pretty boring little post showing you how I dye my hair, featuring lots of pretty unflattering photos! I hope that I might give you some inspiration to go out and be bold, and maybe even dye your own hair a crazy colour! 

See you tomorrow my lovelies,

and never be afraid to be unique, it adds something new to the world that wasn't there before.

Lots of Love and Sparkles,

Yasmin xx