not another dumb blonde
Dec. 7th, 2002 07:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hiddenmuseI'm bleaching my hair. Well, okay, just a few front pieces - with an emergency back-up box of red hair color if it bombs.
The last time I did something like this, I was 15 and my mom somehow convinced me that my mud-brown hair would look great frosted. Mind you, I was in no position to make such an important decision about my hair - I was recovering from the trauma of having it cut too short the day before. For those that don't know what frosting is - have you seen people with dark hair and gaudy almost-white streaks in it? That would be frosting. Something best left to blondes.
After having strands of hair yanked through a plastic baby bonnet-style cap with a glorified knitting needle, you get bleach put on those streaks. The end result was horrific. Mom tried to convince me that it looked great, but I couldn't believe it. I thought it looked like shit. I spent the semester being heckled by my personal bully, Kevin, whose idea of fun was to call me "Clorox" or "Snow". Kevin was a putz who needed to get a life, but that's best saved for another time.
Thankfully, that hell only lasted a few months, because when my hair had grown out, I got the hairdo debacle cut out. Since then, I haven't let my mom come near my hair with a box of dye or a highlighting kit. I spent years getting my hair dyed at the salon, only to decide that I could do it just as well myself. My hair stylist had no problem with that, and actually complimented me on my handiwork on many occasions.
But, there was one thing that I was apprehensive to do myself - highlight it. I left that to the pros. My thing was to dye my hair, then have blonde highlights put on top. It sounds wierd, but looks really good. Once the color and highlights grow out and develop into roots, I just dye over it, and it still looks good. :)
Tonight, I'm taking a chance and doing the highlighting thing myself. Now, if you'll excuse me, it's rinse-out time. Or, maybe not. Another 10-20 minutes baking time. Darker hair takes a while to bleach, dammit.
p.s.: It didn't get "baby blonde" - except for maybe a few strands. Otherwise, it's a decent coppery/caramel blonde shade - and all I did was the front.
The emergency back-up box of red will wait until I need to re-dye ... or whenever. :)
The last time I did something like this, I was 15 and my mom somehow convinced me that my mud-brown hair would look great frosted. Mind you, I was in no position to make such an important decision about my hair - I was recovering from the trauma of having it cut too short the day before. For those that don't know what frosting is - have you seen people with dark hair and gaudy almost-white streaks in it? That would be frosting. Something best left to blondes.
After having strands of hair yanked through a plastic baby bonnet-style cap with a glorified knitting needle, you get bleach put on those streaks. The end result was horrific. Mom tried to convince me that it looked great, but I couldn't believe it. I thought it looked like shit. I spent the semester being heckled by my personal bully, Kevin, whose idea of fun was to call me "Clorox" or "Snow". Kevin was a putz who needed to get a life, but that's best saved for another time.
Thankfully, that hell only lasted a few months, because when my hair had grown out, I got the hairdo debacle cut out. Since then, I haven't let my mom come near my hair with a box of dye or a highlighting kit. I spent years getting my hair dyed at the salon, only to decide that I could do it just as well myself. My hair stylist had no problem with that, and actually complimented me on my handiwork on many occasions.
But, there was one thing that I was apprehensive to do myself - highlight it. I left that to the pros. My thing was to dye my hair, then have blonde highlights put on top. It sounds wierd, but looks really good. Once the color and highlights grow out and develop into roots, I just dye over it, and it still looks good. :)
Tonight, I'm taking a chance and doing the highlighting thing myself. Now, if you'll excuse me, it's rinse-out time. Or, maybe not. Another 10-20 minutes baking time. Darker hair takes a while to bleach, dammit.
p.s.: It didn't get "baby blonde" - except for maybe a few strands. Otherwise, it's a decent coppery/caramel blonde shade - and all I did was the front.
The emergency back-up box of red will wait until I need to re-dye ... or whenever. :)
