Yes, I finally got a chance to dye over my hideous roots, and I decided to go to the extremes and bleach my hair.... *gasp* In the past two times I bleached my hair, I really messed up and damaged my hair that I had to chop my hair off. Thank goodness this time, it was much more successful. It's still a work in progress though, I plan to dye my hair pink or purple or some unnatural color. I found these gyaru pictures on tumblr a couple months back that really caught my eye:
What do you guys think? Should I go for purple or pink?
Anyway, I'll explain the process of how I bleached my hair. Beware that while it worked for me, it might not work for you, so take caution. I already had dyed brown hair with my black roots showing (obviously, my hair is naturally black)
I used 2 boxes of Feria Extra Bleach blonde (since my hair is long), and I also used the T18 White Lady toner and 20 Volume Developer.
Left picture: How it looked before I dyed it. See my hideous roots? Yuck! Right picture: Color after bleaching it twice (yes I did this twice in a row) and rinsing out. The color was banana yellow-ish. My hair is pretty thick, so I had to actually use 1 1/2 boxes the first time, and the 2nd time I bleached it had some leftover so I bleached over the parts that were really orange. I didnt have much left so some parts of my hair was still orange more than yellow. I didnt take any more pictures after this, but after rinsing my hair out after bleaching my hair a 2nd time, I made a mixture of Wella T18 White Lady toner and 20 Volume Developer and placed it on my hair. I have to be honest here, it burned like hell, and I didn't leave it in that long. Anyway, I heard you're supposed to rinse it out right away otherwise the white lady toner can make your hair more grey-ish / purple if you leave it on that long. Anyway, i rinsed it out and the yellow parts turned more ash like - and it turned out like this!
Of course as you read earlier, it's not done yet. There are still some more gold parts at the ends, I might bleach and tone it again, but most likely I will dye it unnatural color. I plan to buy a wig to wear when I have to work, hehe.
Now for other things, here is some stuff I bought for myself and received as Christmas gifts. I haven't had a chance to take pictures of what I bought lately so I'll post some of my stuff here now..
I'm crazy crazy for eyelashes! There are so many different styles of eyelashes now that it's unbelieveable. The lashes above are from ebay (I highly recommend ebay for cheap lashes you can experience makeup styles with), Daiso here in San Francisco, and from my boyfriend's sister who is currently in Japan right now. I'm addicted to eyelashes and want to buy more. I'm thinking of buying some from ichibankao.com, I really want to try the Diamond lashes as well.
Dolly Wink #4 and Jewerich #1 - My bf's sister got these for me for Christmas, and I didn't even tell her to! I was so surprised when I saw the jewerich #1 because I been eyeing (get it??) those eyelashes for awhile..
Fake nails from Forever21 here in San Francisco! I was surprised since they weren't just the flat plain ones they sell here in the US but with actual 3d deco! They were really cheap too, like around 5 bucks. Very nice!
Left picture: Cute bandages! Since it's winter, I been getting a lot of cuts and rashes, and these bandages makes everything just a little bit cuter. And why use plain bandages when you can have these cute girly ones? Right picture: Socks!! I love these cute socks my bf's other sister sent me for Christmas. Yes, why use plain socks when you can have cute ones instead. Girlify and cuteify your life!
I got these cute furry earmuffs awhile back. The left picture is from Forever21 and the right picture is from Wet Seal! I love the colors on the left one, so bright and colorful! The right earmuff is perfect for the holiday season. (I used it on Christmas Day)
Sleepwear! I wanted more nice things to wear while sleeping instead of wearing my bf's shirts all the time (even though they are really comfortable!)
Anyway, that's about it for now. I'll post again real soon! If I don't post more then, I hope everyone has a Happy New Year!
