I dip-dyed my hair!

Oh my goodness it's been a while! My final exams and working two jobs had been getting on top of me a little bit over the past few months but at long last I'm back and ready to blog! 

So my best friend and I, in a moment of complete madness last week, decided to book ourselves hair appointments at the last minute. Why a moment of complete madness? Well, we didn't opt for trims, let's put it that way. Whilst my friend got her long hair (which was about half-way down her back prior to the appointment) chopped into the cutest little pixie 'do, I decided that I was going to get my hair dip-dyed. 

I had always been a bit apprehensive at the thought of getting my hair bleached in any way, shape or form, and I would certainly never have the confidence to bleach my hair myself. I've heard, and even witnessed, a few horror stories regarding self-bleached hair, and I didn't want to risk not applying the bleach properly and damaging the hair follicle (which can result in permanent damage and loss of hair). I was also a bit nervous as, even though my brown hair was fine, it was very soft and shiny, and I worried that the silkiness of my hair would be lost during the bleaching process. No matter what anyone says, hair is already dead, and bleached hair cannot be "restored" or "repaired"- eek!

My friend and I usually have our hair cut by the same stylist, and so bleach was applied to my hair first, and whilst I waited for it to kick in, my friend had her long locks chopped off. The bleach was applied to my hair and left for an hour and a half. There was a horrible moment when I looked at the hair and saw that it was orange. Not even strawberry blonde, but tangerine orange. Me being me, I completely freaked out, but my hairdresser confidently reassured me that when bleaching brown hair, the hair will first lighten to an orange colour, before turning honey blonde, then light blonde, then white. My hair was bleached until the light blonde stage, and oh my days, I absolutely love it! 

I had to get a good two inches chopped off of my hair, seeing as I hadn't had it cut since April, but it feels so much better now - a lot healthier, which is bizarre seeing as bleach actually strips the hair but hey ho! I went on a little shopping spree for new hair products, and that will be on its way soon! 

Thanks for reading, I hope you have the loveliest of days!