Experiments in Hair Colour

Wandering the mall on Friday, I noticed that hair colour was going for 1/4 the usual price on a certain brand. Now, I'm naturally blonde, but tend toward mousey-dark at the roots in winter when my head gets less sunlight. So of course I grabbed the opportunity for a "lift", hoping to brighten up the hair a bit. I grabbed the shade nearest to what I thought I wanted, and was off!

Sunday was the Big Day. Pulled on the gloves, mixed up some seriously ammonia-laced chemicals, draped the towel and applied the colour.

Ten minutes later it was time to wash it out, but it looked rather darker than "blonde" usually is... Oh well, I thought. It usually washes out dark, but then looks lighter when it's dry.

Was I ever wrong!

Not only was it still pretty dark-coloured, but now I had reddish tints! And the blonde ends had darkened too...

After the surprise (shock) wore off, I decided I actually like the way the colour turned out. My son reckons it makes me look younger (always a plus!). I've got a basic idea of what a darker, chestnut-brown colour might look like - something I've been too chicken to attempt until now. And with a nice cut I think I could take the plunge to something dramatically different!

Not what I expected, but not altogether bad. However, I know now why the colour was so cheap...