Little My is all grown up

Alright... This update is definitely going to be mostly about my hair... Which went through a major transformation since the last update.

So let's get right into that part.

As I showed in my last update my hair went from black and green to a coppery brown and lighter tones of green. And I also mentioned that I was going to go to a salon to get it platinum blond. 

Now to be completely honest with you.... The colors were extremely faded by the time I went to the salon and I expected them to be able to get it at least to a very light blond, maybe not platinum. I was relatively sure that they would be able to pull it off. Unfortunately though that did not happen. 

Sure we bleached my hair and I think she did a color remover as well (emphasis on the "I think" since the hairdresser didn't explain to me at all as to what she was doing, which actually would have been nice).  She did put in an olaplex treatment, which I asked for (olaplex treatment is used to keep the hair in good condition so that even if the hair is bleached it shouldn't break off or get severely damaged). After she washed out the bleach she dried my hair and then it was time to start thinking about what we should do next. The top parts of my hair were yellow to be sure and my ends were a very, very light tone of green, which you know.. Wasn't what I hoped to be the end result but I thought we were well on our way to get to a nice kind of even light blond. In the beginning she suggested that after the bleach we would tone it to a cool blond to counter the yellow tones, but after she actually dried my hair she told me that I should go red or orange, since she wouldn't be able to get the green out.

I've had my hair dyed orange before, years ago and it looked just fine. I've also had those phases of orange hair in between bleaches and they have looked pretty okay as well, so orange by no means is an unfamiliar color for me. By this time I had been there for more than three hours and I was anxious to just get it done. So... I said fine dye it orange if that will get rid of the green. 

Another hour and a half later my hair was orange. Kind of... A very uneven orange. At this point though I didn't bother asking her to tone the color so that there wouldn't be these awkward patches of different shades because I was dead tired and already needed an aspirin. She cut off about 2cm from my ends so that the hair would be in a better condition and then we were finally done.

 (I was not happy at this point...)

And now my hair is orange. Not blond like I hope it would have been, but hey this doesn't look that bad especially now that I toned it and the color is a lot more even. I got one of those Biozell toning treatments in the color "Mandarin". I slapped that onto dry hair and let it sit for about an hour. That really helped to even out the horrid shades of brownish orange that I had in my hair. I also ordered some Directions jars of "Mandarin" so that I can use them to touch up the color.

Long story short: it's been many, many years since I went to a salon to get my hair done since that had been a complete disaster and that I decided that I'm going to give it a try I have to say I'm not sure if it was worth it, unfortunately. And my hair is now bright orange. It'll probably stay that way for a while, after which I'm probably going to try going blond again. 

That's it for my hair adventure!

Here's some other pictures of stuff from these past weeks:

 That's all for this update. It may be a little tl:dr... but oh well :D

See ya!<3

Paint the World

Wohoo updating a little early this week!!! :D

After the last update  I've been working on a few projects. I've been pretty busy with work and all the other stuff that I've tried to get done on top of going home for the weekends. 

I'm just gonna go ahead and spam some pictures I took while I was home at first.... :'D

Now then onto the projects that I've been working on!! 

1. University stuff: I needed to finish my last assignment that I got for the summer and luckily with the help of Mari I managed to get it done with relatively little stress. :) <3 Last Saturday we met up at my place and worked on her two essays and my assignment together. Doing school work with friends is so much better than struggling with them alone! If I would've done it alone I wouldn't have been able to get it done nearly as fast as we did together. Thanks boo! <3

2. DIY mural: There was one wall in my living room that was really plain and I wanted to decorate it somehow. I saw someone's tutorial of how to make your own mural and decided that I would try it out. It took a really long time to decide what I wanted to paint onto the wall, but eventually I decided on the silhouette of the World map. I think it suits my other decor pretty well and it wasn't impossibly hard to paint. Here are some pictures of the process:

Doing this was actually really fun and I kind of want to paint something like this again. I just don't really have another wall to paint on.... :'(

3. My hair!!! I've been really tired of this black and green ombre color for quite a while now. The only reason I dyed it this way was so that if I needed to go to job interviews or something like that I didn't want my hair to be a problem. Now that that's no longer a problem (I got a summer job and I'm going to start my summer vacation after next week) I really want to get rid of this color combo. 

So...

I've been fading this color for a few weeks now. I've been mostly using the Vitamin C method to fade the colors out. So far so good: the black turned into a reddish brown and the green... well... So far it has turned into a baby diarrhea color... <3 :))))) I've also now done one bleach bath and I don't plan on doing anymore of those. I diluted the bleach bath with a lot of shampoo so that the damage to my hair was minimal and it took out quite a lot of the green color. I've also done an overnight coconut-oil bath and before doing the bleach bath I slathered my hair in the coconut-oil so when I applied the bleach-mixture I really avoided a lot of damage. :) My hair doesn't feel like shit so I'd call this a success. 

Here's a tip if you're trying to fade out hairdye:

Head & Shoulders Anti-dandruff shampoo is very effective in stripping out hairdye so using it to fade colors out is a simple and inexpensive way! 

My recipe for the Vitamin C method:

• 4 tablets of 1000mg Vitamic C (use 2-10, but be careful since some people may be sensitive to having that much Vitamin C on their head. Start with a few tablets and figure out what amount is the best for you) crushed into a powder

• A tablespoon of honey

• About 1 dl of shampoo

• Mix together

• Apply to damp hair

• Leave on for about an hour or two

• Wash out with warm water

• Condition hair

But since I want to go blond (and we'll see what I'll do after that) this is not nearly good enough. However this time around I'm not going to do this on my own. I'm actually going to a hairdresser next week! Me! Going to a hairdresser! A miracle has happened! Not really... The only reason I'm going is because I don't want to cut a lot of my hair off after bleaching it and I've heard rumors of this Olaplex treatment that will reduce damage from bleaching a whole lot, so... For once I'll leave this up to professionals. I really hope my expectations are not completely destroyed this time around... The last time I went to a hairdresser to get my hair colored it turned out to be a nightmare and she messed up my hair real bad.... Fingers crossed!

 Before & After        

Currently my hair is even lighter than this, since I've done the bleach bath but I don't have pictures of the current color yet.

Alright, now for the rest of the pictures that I have for this week:

Baby diarrhea<3

Hopefully in my next update my hair will be fab... 

See you next time!! <3