color my world

Another day, another hen party on the veranda.

Curl up and dye, anyone?

Ali wants to go even blonder yet!

High*lights here, low*lights there - not too shabby!

It's a "beach bum" blonde ....

Not "doll's hair" blonde; not straw...

⇧ Before, here;  then last week ⇧

Went from walnut to chestnut - 

Now Blondie!

Ali said this color was exactly what she was visualizing.

Me too. Yay!

 

Not all Texans have hats.  Not all have bunny rabbits, either.

Ali just happens to have both!

See? Blondes have more fun!

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Avast, Ye Scurvy Dogs!

Talk Like A Pirate Day, right?

*Yeah, right! That's it!*

hair today

⇧ This is done professionally .....   This I did myself ⇧

Of all the things.....

If someone told me one year ago,

That I would have (nearly) reached my weight-loss goals,

And my life would be structured thusly,

I would have  . . . - - - . . . 

So now, here's me giving fashion tips and advice!

On types of permanent hair color.

Blondie types. Of all things! Learning to do hair colour
is like learning to cook - it can set you free!

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G is for golden.

V is for violet.

N is for neutral.

A is for Ash.
B is for Blue

Then there are numbers within these groups.
The higher the number, the blonder/lighter.

The kind I like is ION (link)

They have a whole line of everything.

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YouTube Video

 Ion Color Numbering System

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Think of a base color. And I then add high*lights.

Which are a little lighter.

Then I also add low*lights - which are a little darker.

The garland of flowers is purely optional!

The 40% Hydrogen Peroxide helps prepare the hair 

and allow the color to adhere better.

Especially over darker hair, or grey hair.

45 minutes of that. Give or take.

The tones - (gold, ash, etc) can neutralize, or

cancel out tones opposite in the color wheel.

I put the color on right from the tube, right on over the H2O2.

Or mix it with the Hydrogen Peroxide in one step.

45 minutes of that. Then rinse, and condition.

I put a little high-light color here:

A little low-light color there:

Kinda random patterns.

Not banded or striped; but from root to tip.

High Maintenance?

One of my objections to getting my hair done in 

the first place (it was a gift from my boss)

is the cost of maintaining it. 

By learning to do it myself....

It costs just a few dollars.

(That is, if it looks ok)

Just for grins, I took the on-line sample exam for HairColorists.

I passed already the first time. I KNEW it was 

science like Nursing. pH is everything!

I do my hair colour every 2 weeks. Trying new combinations.

I guess it's the protein - my hair grows really fast!

 In Nursing school, 

we would sneak up and do little procedures on each

other. We were so curious and eager to learn.

People in "beauty school" change hair color every week or so. 

Same thing. It's just not recommended.

But my hair is really strong and healthy.

If anyone wants to come to Dallas, they can tug on my hair as proof.

Just remember - don't hurt Nursie!

Wear gloves and follow the label instructions 

whenever you do anything like this. H2O2 makes heat!

Hydrogen peroxide is very very (very) strong at this strength.

This is what it can do to your skin! Even at 3% dilution!

So 40% is not to be taken "lightly!" 

Just a note: The top picture is the color that 

 the professional stylist gave me to start.

Remember? Here's a link.

I had a freaking near-death experience over it.

Now I love it! Same thing, but now I love it.

(Now I see what different tones can do!)

Had to laugh at myself. What was I thinking? Or not.

Not just a non-scale victory, but a statement about my overall

mental health and outlook.  (And I don't even wear over-alls!)

YouTube Video

"Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?"

Culture Club

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PS: No, I don't really want to hurt anyone!

Hope your weekend  wind-up is going nicely!

beauty shop 'till ya drop

Welcome to the Chateau de Chatte!

I got my first victim volunteer for hair coloring this weekend!

How and why this happened, I'll never know.

I didn't ask her - she asked me. So I said "Yes!"

What's the worst thing that can happen?

Like a kitchen disaster, or a binge on a diet,

the worst thing that can happen is that

IF we mess up,

THEN we fix it!

And LEARN what went wrong,

to keep it from happening again and again.

It's cool that she trusts me with her hair!

This is Ali before, during and after.

We went with real subtle highlights and lowlights.

And blue, ash, and gold tones.

And a huge amount of Hydrogen Peroxide.

But only 20% cuz she's a Newbie.

She tends toward red, so I avoided the violets and neutrals.

It's not only time in a bottle -

It's science! 

I had more fun than she did!

And it was a total success. She loved it!

No hair fell out. And she is still talking to me.

So it's all good. 

YouTube Video

"Hair"

The Musical/Movie

Oh say, can you see my eyes?

If you can then my hair is too short!

I might have mentioned that I was raised by hippies.

My sister is a 70 year old aging hippie.

My Mother would have been 90 this year.

 Something about the world of hair

is very healing for me.

Like that bicycle. Very healing.

Thank you for reading!