#PinkHeadProblems

So my gaga tickets came in, I dyed my hair again, and Pretty Little Liars marathon is recording at the moment, and all is well. Born This Way Ball here I come!

Well, I said I would update when I re-dyed my hair and it has finally come. This time it took 6+ hours to do my hair cause there was not any freakin conditioner in the dye which I left out this time because I wanted it to last and be more pink. That was dumb. More problems we encountered this time around: 1. Took longer because dye was so thick. 2. My hair was splotchy for some weird reason because my hair wouldn't take the dye. 3. My hair is more shades of pink than last time. Don't get me wrong, I love the way my hair turned out, just upset at the inconsistencies with this dye...or my head for that matter. Used the same exact products except for the conditioner, not sure if that changes the properties of the entire thing but it was excruciating long. Tips I learned for this time: wash hair in cold water and avoid the sun, which sucks cause the weather is cooling down and need to take two showers just to wash hair separately. So much fun.

I'm super stoked I finally get to see season 3 of PLL. Hopefully my stupid DVR works and actually records it. It's been so unreliable lately and frustrates me because I haven't been able to watch Glee on my tv but on Hulu since Grey's Anatomy is playing at the same time. Dumb right?

Halloween is coming up and I haven't posted any new looks on LB. I know, I've been slacking. I have so many pieces in mind but been too busy to it them together. Maybe this weekend if I have time. So, if I don't post by Halloween....Happy Halloween and be safe.

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Update on pink dye.

As much as I was happy with the results, it didn't last as long as I had hoped. The salon people told me that ion color brilliance was the best one for coloured dye, but it seems to be just as ineffective. Who knows if it didn't last on my part because I didn't put in the product to lock the colour or cause I didn't properly wash the bleach out prior or maybe cause I didn't use shampoo and conditioner for colour treated hair, who knows. But I will find out this next time around when I dye my hair again and do everything properly. Wish me luck.

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Pretty Little Liars and Nail Polish

I've been obsessing over this show for the last month. Yes I know I'm late to jump on that band wagon but it's so addicting! Plus netflix has the first two seasons so I've been trying to watch them so I can start season 3. I love how they dress these girls, and more importantly, I love how their nails match their outfits. Honestly, I wonder how many times a day someone attends to their nails to make it look perfect. I wish I had that kind of service! It's so distracting. Every new "day" the color is different and stylized. I can't even pay attention to the dialogue because I'm fixated on their hands.
Point is, this has inspired me to try different styles and schemes for painting my nails such as painting the last two nails or painting the ring and thumb finger. It's quite entertaining and visually appealing every time I look at my hands. Has anyone tried those sticky nail things that you tape to your nails? Someone please tell me how those work out!

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#BreedCompassion

There's something liberating about dying your hair that you feel you can be whomever you want to be. Literally and mentally of course. Gaga's song "Hair" completely embodies the idea that your hair is part of who you are and if you can't do what you want with your hair, then you're not letting the individual be who s/he wants to be. I have decided to dye my hair other colours for fun. I'm going to try out blue, aqua, and fuchsia. My hair has become my new pallet besides make up and clothing. Speaking of make up and clothing, I have not discovered any new make up products that I can rave about except for my current mascara Telescope by L'Oreal. I have attempted to use the Falsies by Maybelline but quite honestly the brush it too big so there isn't any control of the brush and then you're getting mascara on parts of your lids that you didn't intend to, so now if you mess up (with your eyeshadow) then you have to redo what you just did and it's just a mess. I have also tried Illegal Length by Maybelline which isn't as difficult to use as the Falsies but it doesn't cover your lashes as well as the Telescope one. Since it is a thinner brush, you can get into the corners of your eyelashes much easier and it's not clumpy either. Try it out for yourself and let me know what you think of it.

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Blonde bitch + pink dye = Free As My Hair

Over the weekend I dyed my hair pink. It was a fun experience and let me say I love the results! I have been wanting to dye my hair this colour for quite awhile now but finally made the time to actually do it. So here are the products I used: Ion Colour Brilliance Brights, Suave Professionals Sleek Conditioner, Prism Lites Lighter, and Salom Care 30 Developer. The bleach asks for 20, but the beauty supply store recommended 30 because my hair is so dark. The instructions also advised to use Ion Colour Brilliance After Colour Treatment, but that didn't happen either due to the time I did this and because it was inconvenient to do so. I wouldn't say that it wouldn't help to buy it but it doesn't hurt not to either. The entire process took about 4.5 hours because my hair is long and because this was the first time bleaching my hair. You really dont need a "professional" to use this bleach because it is so user friendly. It also did not burn or smell as I have been warned, but my ahead did get hot because of the chemical reactions combusting on my head. Other than that it worked great! For long hair you will literally use the entire developer and half of the prism Lites. I would recommend starting with the crown first and work to the bottom if you want to do it all in one shot. Yes my hair did turn out a bit ombré because of this method but I didnt want to do 2 sessions of bleaching my hair. If you have the time and the patience by all means do 2 sessions and wash out the first section of hair when it reaches the colour you want. With that being said, I left the bleach it for about half and hour after completing the bottom layer of hair. I did not wash my hair after this process so this could also be why my hair turned out this colour. It was the weirdest feeling ever having blonde dried hair! I just wanted to be like Gaga and that bitch goes and changes her hair back to brown. Only joking. Anyway, so after rinsing the bleach out, I had to blow dry hair to begin the fun part....getting pink hair! So I mixed the conditioner and dye for a number of reasons. Firstly, I wanted a cotton candy pink and not a hot pink, so once again I was instructed by the beauty supply workers to add conditioner to lighten the colour. Secondly, 2 boxes of dye did NOT look like it would be enough to colour my entire head. Thus, I added conditioner to get more...yay! I added colour to the roots before adding dye to the entire strand to ensure that I would have enough dye to colour my head and in the end it worked out! My hair was super soft and I got light pink hair. I left it in for half an hour after doing my entire head but I would say it doesn't hurt to leave the dye in longer since it is dye and not as invasive as bleach. I love being a pink head! But here's the pitfall....my hair grows super fast. I literally dyed it 4 days ago and you can already see the black hair growing back in. I am so devasted! But you know what that means...I get to do it all over again! Woo. And if you really think I did this by myself that wasn't the case, I had 2 people working on my hair and I would NEVER attempt this on my own. If you have any specific questions, feel free to ask them in the comments below.
Cheers to pink hair!
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Brittniss