Princess Leia

The thing is in my hair and I look like princess Leia

OK, once upon a time a had very nice hair color.... wait lets not get into this again. I felt I needed to color my hair. So I thought why not go lighter. So I bought this magic potion that supposedly would turn my dark brown hair into a light brown in one step. So here I ma at home having bought two boxes of the magical color, got rid of the babies (sent them to my mother’s home) and all alone at mine I started the process of coloring.

Now because I have long hair and very thick one at that I spent hours contemplating the process. It seemed to me that the simple apply to roots first technique and then length and mix is not enough. Oh wait this magic potion had a different technique, you are supposed to apply to the length first , wait 10 minutes and then apply to roots. wait a further 20 minutes and then rinse. So I decided to follow this only I thought I needed to divide my hair to 6 sections before application, and so I did. I laid plastic bags on the floor, got all my gear together, divided my hair, and taking each section alone I started the application. Now you can imagine how the above process was very time consuming and tiring, as I had to basically apply color twice to the same section. After I was done I grouped my hair in two sections rolled up above my ears- that is where princess Leia comes in.

After that, pretending to be calm and collected I sat at my laptop, trying to study. After the time was done, I thought it passed quickly, so I decided to wait 10 extra minutes. I mean what harm can this do. People always say that on dark hair color usually needs more time. After the extra 10 minutes, I went to rinse my hair. To my surprise I noticed that my roots turned coppery, but I remained calm, thinking once I rinse the whole thing is going to come together nicely. Well guess what? it didn’t. My roots where coppery and the rest of my hair medium brown at best. So with a long face i dressed up and went to get the girls. Now no one said anything mean but I did. I told them it looks terrible.

So next day, unable to wait any longer I just got any box that I had, thanking God that being obsessed about things is sometimes useful, how else would I have all those boxes of different hair color available. So I got one, chestnut brown, now I have to admit it was not the ideal shade to fix the problem totally but at least it will dye the coppery roots, hopefully, and it was the holiday no one is open, so it had to do. So I left the girls with their father for 15 minutes and applied the color to roots only. Waited the advised time and then rinsed. While waiting I got so freaked out, as it started stinging and I had those images of my hair falling down. But none of that, it was fine, the color is a bit too red for my taste but it will have to do for now.

Two weeks later I applied a semi-permanent light brown color over it hoping to tone it down, it worked slightly.

Now 4 weeks later, I got a medium natural brown and applied it. And yes it feels like me again. Two things I learned: first I really prefer my dark locks and second you seriously have to listen to manufacturer and not people when it comes to application, one more thing the princess Leia technique is not necessary. So now I will do nothing for at least 5 weeks, if I felt like I need to recolor will remain within the same level. 5 is my color.