Review | La Riche Directions, Violet

It's been so long since I've written a blog post.. I've just been so caught up in settling for university and stuff I haven't had much time to blog, or find the time to blog.

So yesterday I had such a huge urge to dye my hair, I've been wanting to go purple for a little while now, as I was kinda getting bored of the blue. I even got my nails done purple, which kinda convinced me to do it.

Again I used La Riche Directions but this time I used the violet. I was so scared of using this because its so dark in the bottle! eek! I also bleached my hair beforehand and I was super scared that it wouldn't take properly :(

I have been loving direction's hair, the turquoise had literally lasted me ages, barely faded.

When I first dyed it, it was a little patchy.. I literally covered my head in this stuff, I find that purple is hard to get even anyway but yeah. I did go over certain bits again. If you're doing this I would recommend getting more than you think you will need!

I will eventually get round to editing the video but here's the colour!

(so sultry lol)

So yeah, this is my new purple hair! It looks really nice in the daytime, not so sure of night. I do however prefer the blue - I don't think this will last as long..Will put the video up soon :)

Review | Bleach London, Washed Up Mermaid

So I've been using these products ever since they came out, last month maybe? I'm not sure I don't have the best of memories.. but this is my review on their washed up mermaid 'super cool colour' I really wanted to give these a go ever since I saw people on instagram raving about them, I love dying my hair different colours but I always find stargazer, crazy colour etc all really stain my hair to the point I have to bleach it to get it out, this looked more promising because it was more of a pastel look. I did try it out first using the rose colour, which I was 99% sure would fade within two washes. It was a real pale pink, I would really recommend it if you're unsure about dying your hair an unnatural colour.
Anyway, so after I was fed up of pink, it was just too pale and boring and I wanted a change, something I hadn't had before :)

BLEACH London - Washed Up Mermaid, £5, Boots

So this is the colour I used to make my hair the current blue it is at the moment! I wanted a more mermaid look, especially with my extensions so I chose to dye my hair a mermaid blue. You will have to excuse my crappy iphone quality photographs by the way, I never really have time to shoot in the day as I mostly blog in the evenings but anyway off topic, I will try harder to take them with my camera.

So I chose this dye, they did have an offer at Boots, that if you bought 2 you got one free so *shrug* I bought two and I'm glad I did.. for my extensions. For some reason they look purple on here..

So I just got some cheapo gloves from the 99p store #studentlife This stuff stains your hands.. so yeah.

I can honestly say that this stuff smells, amazing. It smells so beautiful like millions of flowers are bursting all over your head.. I didn't actually take a picture of how I dyed it, I might do that next time on hair dye. So I just sectioned my hair and covered it, admittedly I did still have some traces of pink in it.. which is possibly why it didn't come out the colour I wanted. I left it in way longer than the 15 mins it says to. But at first I absolutely hated it. Excuse the bad quality picture.

So yeah, it was SO patchy and I was so upset, the previous colours (awkward peach and rose) had worked so perfectly, and I was 100% confident that this would come out the same, I was really shocked when I rinsed it all out.

So, luckily I had bought 2 bottles *thank god* and I just literally did the whole process over again, I had left my hair extensions overnight in the dye, as it wouldn't ruin them. They did come out a little patchy, I think this might of been because of pink or orange still being a tiny bit present.. I didnt think it would matter much.

So after doing it again and actually taking a picture in the daylight this was the actual colour of my hair :)

At first my extensions kinda were slightly off abit, but once I shampooed my hair once, they instantly blended in abit better. I also feel that this colour lasts longer than the peachier colours, I am actually really liking the blue! I was so worried after the first dye, but after doing it again it looks so much better and much more even.
I would try the lighter shades before doing the blue though, but it smells delicious, I always feel like a mermaid whenever I get out the shower, which is a bonus.. I really like the versatility of the product, if you're fed up you can just wash your hair loads and try another. I have heard though that the parma violets one, is one to watch, and can send your hair a nasty shade of green! *eek* But if you're a lover of strong, even colour that lasts for ages I wouldn't go with this product, but I'm so in love with this colour, I don't know when I'll change over.. I'm not sure I'm ready to stop being a mermaid yet ;)

BLEACH LONDON - 'THE BIG PINK' REVIEW

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