My Little Secret

Thanks to this amazing post by The Beauty Department I decided to have a little go at the 'hidden hue' hair trend. 

I absolutely love purple. Pretty much all purples. I also love the letter 'P'. It's my favourite letter. Another reason I love purple so much. So, obviously I decided that if I was going to go for an 'unnatural' hair colour, it was always going to be the best colour on the planet. 

I was actually thinking about this for a while after seeing all the celebrities doing it because i've always wanted to dye my hair another colour than blonde. I've tried light brown and it wasn't a good shade for me at all. It was a bad couple of months. Then, along came this absolute God send of a post and made me just know it was time. I'd just turned twenty and I didn't know if I was going to be one of those cool, sassy, older (I use older extremely loosely) ladies who can pull off ridiculously beautiful unnatural hair colours. I admire their confidence and so I thought i'd go for it. 

As I live with my mum and sister, I told them about it and my sister thought it was a great idea because it's so out of character for me.. Mum was a bit apprehensive but when she saw it she loved it. 

I used the Live Colour XXL Ultra Violet (L76) from Schwarzkopf to do it and although the lasting power isn't brilliant, the first week or so make me so happy. I love seeing that flare of purple coming from underneath my curls and if I wear my hair up in a bun it's on full display and even though I can't see it I know it's there and it gives me this weird boost of confidence.

I know this might sound weird too, but I subtly (as best I can) stare at girls and boys with unnatural hair colours and just wish I had the confidence to tell them that I absolutely adore it instead of them thinking that i'm just some obnoxious person who thinks they look awful or something. But, because I have this amazingness in my hair, I hope that if they ever actually caught me staring, they'd know that i'm admiring them because why would I have purple hair if I didn't think it was beyond cool to have wonderfully coloured hair? It probably doesn't work out like that, but it makes me feel better for admiring from afar. 

I dyed my hair at the very beginning of March and I think i've re-dyed it three or four times now. The time before last, I definitely didn't leave it on long enough because instead of being a beautiful vibrant ultra violet colour that would eventually fade into a muted ashy lilac, it was red. Full on red velvet that faded into a weird, washed out blood colour. I loved the red velvet colour but the washed out version just wasn't good on me whatsoever. 

To keep it in tip top condition, I deep condition every Sunday for an hour then wash out and shampoo just my roots. I only shampoo my roots anyway and don't use conditioner any other day of the week because of my super oily scalp. I've found something that works for me that doesn't mean I have to wash my hair every day and keeps my colour looking vibrant a little while longer. Win win all around i'd say.

Have you dyed your hair an unnatural colour? Have you ever wanted to? 

Love, 

Eloise