Pink Hair Don't Care

This is not a picture from Pinterest. It's me!

So you know how I spent like two posts complaining about how I've done nothing with my hair?

The day I got it done, she gave me "bombshell curls" and it was too weird. The lighting also sucks.

In December, I finally got my Jade Thirwall-esque ombre and it was a masterpiece. My friend from work did it for me and it was an absolute steal (always make friends with hairdressers, people) - plus it started a trend at my work for girls getting ombre done. 

I know, I know, I'm such an influential hair person.

Excuse my face but my hair/ombre looks nice, right?

Well. It didn't take long for me to start jonesing for a change. However, I was starting a new job and didn't want to make any waves or get into any trouble, so I just kept it the same even though I was dying for, like, an undercut or some bright color.

Enter my perfect excuse: The Demi Lovato Neon Lights tour. Demi has fun colored hair, right? I totally needed to do fun colored hair.

Except - then I waffled about it, and then I got home from work late the night before we left for the concert and I was too tired to do it, but THEN. I needed it. I needed it more than I needed any other thing I thought I needed ever (except coffee), so Caitlin and I made a trip to Sally's and bought some pink hair color (as well as some purple and teal; we tried the teal in Caitlin's hair but it just left a greenish tint as she has relatively dark hair - much darker than mine).

The finished product for the concert! Ain't it something?

Now, this isn't my first time with pink hair. One could say I'm, like, intermediate levels with putting pink in my hair. The first time - I forgot to get gloves to put on the color, so I resorted to putting my hands in plastic sandwich baggies which is not convenient! So that's always the first thing I remember now. I also found that it's super helpful to wear a trash bag so you're not getting the color all over your clothes or body (it's also nice if you wash it off in the shower because if you hold out the bag while you rinse you can angle it right into the drain and not all over your shower!). 

Those first two times I used Punky Colors in Flamingo Pink and this last time I used Beyond the Zone in Bubblehead Pink. Overall I like the Punky Colors a whole lot more; it works as a conditioner as well as a color so it's kind of nice, considering my ends are bleached and that's where I'm putting the color. I also found in the past it lasted a lot longer than this color has - I did it a little over a week ago and I'm already due for a touch up. The color was also a lot more vibrant overall. However Beyond the Zone was a whole lot cheaper (we bought three bottles for twelve bucks or so), so if you're looking for something really noncommittal, I'd try the Beyond the Zone. What I'm really anxious to get my hands on is the Manic Panic Cotton Candy. Hello, vibrant!

No matter what I use, though, I really think pink hair is going to become my trademark. Well - that and a bow to match.

As always, thanks for reading and I love you very much!

x Kristin

My Hair Dilemma, part 2: Electric Boogaloo

As it's been a few months since I posted this super fun post, I thought I'd give you an update on the state of my hair.

I wish I had more exciting news for you on that front, honestly.

I know this picture is more of my face than my hair, but it's also one of the few selfies I've taken in the past couple of months that I've saved and also am not wearing a hat. I think that right there tells you a lot about how I'm feeling with regard to my hair, honestly, as I've not done anything to it since August. 

Seriously.

Not a single thing I talked about doing.

Am I just a huge chicken? Probably. For a good chunk of time I was one hundred percent sure I wasn't allowed to do any fun colors for my hair because of work (I think I mentioned that in my previous post) but that was squashed in early October so I literally have no excuse other than being a big fat scaredy cat when it comes to my hair. Well - that and not making concrete plans on what to do with it with one of the girls I work with. I've talked about all sorts of things with her: ombre, pink dip dye, dying it all dark, cutting it all off - we just haven't done it yet. 

Now we're at the point where it's the holiday season and I'm going to be seeing people who may or may not be pleased with funky hair colors, so that wipes out the pink for awhile, unfortunately (which is probably a good thing or I'd have a cotton candy pink rinse in my hair right now). I still want to do an ombre, but I'm really loving Jade from Little Mix's hair right now and would love to do something like that even more.

You are my hairspiration, Jade Thirlwall. (And makeupspirtation. And fashionspiration. A lot of spirations, basically.)

So now I'm stuck. I'm limited on what I can do because whatever I do is going to be immortalized in my grandparents' Christmas pictures and while I don't care about that, they do, and I want to make them happy because I haven't seen them in basically a year. I mean, I don't think they even know about my tattoo yet, so pink hair would be a lot for them to handle, you know? 

Sigh. Someday, I will do something about this mop on my head. Hopefully sooner rather than later before I end up just shaving it all off because I don't think that would be a good look for me, especially as I have a little bump on the top of my head.

As always, thanks for reading and I would love to hear about your hair dilemmas!

Love you lots!!!

x Kristin 

My Hair Dilemma

I have a lot of hair that's gone through a lot of changes.

That little collage? Only a snapshot. I've had my hair so short I couldn't put it into a ponytail, and so long and curly it was halfway down my back in full ringlets. In the past seven years or so, I've dyed it a lot too; I was in love with this dark, dark brown shade for a long time and I tried the redhead thing but it just went orange. I had pink hair for awhile and miss it every day. I style it and straighten it and change it up almost as much as I change my makeup look.

My hair is pretty important to me.

Lately, though, I feel like I'm stuck in a rut. Maybe it's because I work with two licensed hairdressers and a girl studying hair but it's been awhile since I've done anything fun with my hair. The pink was months ago and I haven't done anything to it since then except trim my bangs, so I think it's time for a change - but that's where the problem lies. 

I'm overprotective of my hair. I go and get it cut and immediately regret it for at least a week because it takes some getting used to; if I get it cut really short I regret it a lot longer because I miss being able to do things with it. I've used Prell on my freshly dyed hair several times because I've missed the natural color. My hair, as weird as this may sound, is one of my best assets and I don't like to mess with it too much - until times like now, when I get bored.

I've talked a lot about this dilemma I have with my hairdresser coworkers. They like the idea of dark (which I'm seriously considering) or a little bit of pink and they love the idea of the ombre that I've been itching for, but! I am terrified. I want to take the plunge. Trust me. I am so... Not sick of my natural hair color, but yeah I'm sick of it. I'm sick of blonde. Blondes don't always have more fun!!!

Hopefully soon I'll do something about it, even if I grab a box of dye from under my sink and slap it on (to the dismay of the girls at work). Maybe I'll splurge and get it done for my birthday! But it's time to not be so afraid of getting my hair done or it's going to get stagnant and I'm not going to feel good about my hair anymore - just frustrated with it.

As always, thanks for reading and I hope you're having a lovely day! :)

x Kristin