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breakinglight11) wrote2019-02-04 04:25 pm
breakinglight11) wrote2019-02-04 04:25 pm
Local moron cuts own hair, film at eleven
I have done that thing that no vain person should ever do, attempted to cut and dye my own hair.
I have been getting a little shaggy lately, and I wanted to change things up a little. I decided I wanted to go back to dyeing things again, as I thought it was fun. I'm also trying to save money these days, so I thought I'd do it myself. My short hair has to be trimmed so often I figured if I screwed it up, I could just get it all cut off and it would regrow to the desired length again fairly quickly.
So the other night I started by bleaching it, just the top, so once it started to grow dark roots again it would look a little deliberate. First I had to wash it because of how much hair product I've always got in these days. I just bought bleaching supplies from my local Sally Beauty, mixed up the stuff, and left it on my head under a plastic cap for about forty minutes. After washing that off, it bleached pretty cleanly, with minimal brassy tones. I was amused at how it looked— pretty much like the Heat Miser, as my friend Allyn pointed out —and joked that I felt I needed to remedy the fact that I didn't look enough like a douchebag.
The plan was always to dye it a color again— I thought I'd use up the rest of the pink dye I still had from the last time —but I really didn't feel like washing my hair a third time in one day, so I held off until today. I decided to buzz down the back and sides before I dyed anything, so I bought a cheap electric razor, laid down a drop cloth, and got to hacking. I didn't do... terrible? It's not great, particularly the back, but for taking a pair of clippers to my own head, I figure I could look a lot worse. And the price was right.
I then jumped in the shower and used my Overtone pink conditioner to do the dyeing. I was feeling a little lazy and didn't want to deal with the cleanup from my traditional pink dye. But as you can see, the color isn't great. It's paler than I want, and not as consistent; you can see a bit of the bleach color still peeking out. Again, I could have done better on the back of the head. But, perhaps ill-advisedly, I would not be ashamed to leave the house and teach my classes like this.
I am going to go over the dye with the traditional, out-of-shower stuff soon, but I'm a bit burnt out on it for today. I definitely will need to get the top trimmed by somebody who knows what they're doing. It is SO thick, and it won't stand up if it gets much longer. But I'm pleased that I didn't completely botch this, but I'll admit there's a little something of finding your elementary-school-aged kid with scissors in her hand, hacking away at her own head.
I have been getting a little shaggy lately, and I wanted to change things up a little. I decided I wanted to go back to dyeing things again, as I thought it was fun. I'm also trying to save money these days, so I thought I'd do it myself. My short hair has to be trimmed so often I figured if I screwed it up, I could just get it all cut off and it would regrow to the desired length again fairly quickly.
So the other night I started by bleaching it, just the top, so once it started to grow dark roots again it would look a little deliberate. First I had to wash it because of how much hair product I've always got in these days. I just bought bleaching supplies from my local Sally Beauty, mixed up the stuff, and left it on my head under a plastic cap for about forty minutes. After washing that off, it bleached pretty cleanly, with minimal brassy tones. I was amused at how it looked— pretty much like the Heat Miser, as my friend Allyn pointed out —and joked that I felt I needed to remedy the fact that I didn't look enough like a douchebag.
The plan was always to dye it a color again— I thought I'd use up the rest of the pink dye I still had from the last time —but I really didn't feel like washing my hair a third time in one day, so I held off until today. I decided to buzz down the back and sides before I dyed anything, so I bought a cheap electric razor, laid down a drop cloth, and got to hacking. I didn't do... terrible? It's not great, particularly the back, but for taking a pair of clippers to my own head, I figure I could look a lot worse. And the price was right.
I then jumped in the shower and used my Overtone pink conditioner to do the dyeing. I was feeling a little lazy and didn't want to deal with the cleanup from my traditional pink dye. But as you can see, the color isn't great. It's paler than I want, and not as consistent; you can see a bit of the bleach color still peeking out. Again, I could have done better on the back of the head. But, perhaps ill-advisedly, I would not be ashamed to leave the house and teach my classes like this.
I am going to go over the dye with the traditional, out-of-shower stuff soon, but I'm a bit burnt out on it for today. I definitely will need to get the top trimmed by somebody who knows what they're doing. It is SO thick, and it won't stand up if it gets much longer. But I'm pleased that I didn't completely botch this, but I'll admit there's a little something of finding your elementary-school-aged kid with scissors in her hand, hacking away at her own head.