It's recycling week, so it's time for another round of Trash Talk, where I go through that Sephora bag under my makeup desk! This is a collective mix of empties, of skincare, makeup and hair products.
 
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hada labo gokujun milk - I wanted to like this but eh....I will stick to the Gokujun lotion instead and look elsewhere for a watery/runny emulsion. This "milk" type of emulsion/lotion gave some hydration but it felt so hot and sticky each time I used it, and added this weird layer of grease to my skin (I have dry skin), that no other product does. It probably works better if you're oily, though....

I decided to go to my local salon downtown and get my roots done. I had let them go for a good six or seven months longer than necessary, looking gorgeous like this:

I went to my local salon downtown and got my roots done, to match the length of my hair. I'll let the photos speak for themselves.





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Just this week, I went to a local salon and got my roots done and the lengthen of my hair lightened to more of a platinum blonde. The salon has an academy which you can get the students to perform the same services but at a reduced price but they get to learn and you are supporting students and a local business. I also got a trim on my bangs and ends of my hair!

A recent before picture:

My early-morning breakfast....:



Basically, I got my roots done first which took about 1.5hrs. The salon gal used Volume 5 on my roots and later, 10 on the length of my hair before toning.




 I also got a shampoo and treatment in there, plus toning!! I've never felt so relaxed....!!!!!!




The final look:



I got Starbucks afterwards and a cinnamon bun:

Yo guys! I recently decided that after lightening my hair, that I should venture bravely into dyeing my hair a bright, cute colour!

I decided to use ion Color Brilliance Semi-Permanent Creme, in Magenta--mostly because they were on sale at Sally's for 4.79, at the time. 



In hindsight, I should have either a) dyed soon after bleaching with the L'oreal Feria Shimmering Powder or, b) bought and used a protein treatment that's supposed to open the hair "pores" so then bright coloured hair dyed with penetrate and stick the hair shaft better.


I found out this information long afterwards unfortunately, because almost 98% of the dye washed out, despite that I had left it on my hair for over an hour. I did dilute it, and so I should've either not diluted the mixture OR kept it on my hair for say, three or four hours, instead of just one.


So then, after a So after week-ish, I decided to try again. This time around, I used ion Color Brilliance Semi-Permanent Creme, in Flamingo--they were still on sale at Sally's for 4.79!!!


This time, I did not dilute the hair dye with any conditioner and I left the dye on for about two hours total.


The result ended up being a slight rose-gold tint--very nice! I just wish it had lasted longer than a few days, though....



It faded pretty bloody quickly, but looked SO CUTE....!!!!!!

Next time, I will: bleach lighter in preparation, use a different brand, and be sure to not dilute but to leave the dye on for as long as possible, for maximum absorption.

Hello all! I recently tried dyeing my hair from a natural darker brown, and lightening it to a blonde. I used L'oreal Feria Shimmering Powder, in Absolute Platinum and did two sessions of that at home. It turned out pretty well tbh, for starting out as such a darker colour...










Here's my hair the day before using the shimmering powder bleach:






After I let my hair air-dry, it looked like this(also very soft, thanks to the condition treatment!):





A couple of days later, I decided to repeat the same process again with another box of Feria, and this was my result (picture below). Unlike the first bottle which had went extremely well, I had a mixed experience with the second bottle--when opening the bottle, it actually had a chemical reaction going on and the bottle became extremely hot!!

But considering, honestly, it turned out pretty well but if I decide on doing a colour soon, I will need to bleach properly to achieve a much light colour. Here's my hair, after the second round of Feria: