The Cardcaptors Sakura School uniform arrived!

I bought it online and two weeks later, it's FINALLY HERE!

Review- Schwarzkopf Live Color XXL Cyber Purple 46

I think this is THE BEST permanent hair dye in existence!

Mind you, I rarely use permanent dyes that are not by Schwarzkopf; probably the main reason being that I mainly read very positive reviews about them.

I have actually used this hair dye before 

First time using Cyber Purple. It was over the top of previously bleached blonde hair.

Hell yeah, it looks just like it does on the box! 

(Current) Box packaging of Live Color XXL Cyber Purple

Well...sorta

So how did my most recent adventure with cyber purple turn out?

Before

Ash Blonde hair (Nice 'n Easy 106)

After

After using Cyber purple

And I love it!!!

The Verdict

Were the instructions easy to understand for the mixing?

Yes, I always find the 1:1 mixing ratio of Schwarzkopf hair dyes brilliantly straight-forward 5/5

Was the application straight-forward?

I found it quite easy. The mixture started changing my hair pinky-purple after only just the first 5 minutes. It progressed to get darker during the 30 minute development time. 5/5

Did the included conditioner work very well?

 I love the conditioner. Unfortunately they now do not put the conditioner in a resealable and re-usable tube like they used to. You can not re-seal the small sachet of conditioner that they now provide, but, for the conditioner itself I reckon a 5/5

Do I like the end result?

Gorgeous! Far more purple than I expected! I just wish that it could also manage to dye my dark brown roots. It had absolutely no effect on my roots. To be fair, my naturally hair color is stubbornly dark and INCREDIBLY close to being almost black in some lighting. 4/5

My roots and dandruff

Overall Rating

5+5+5+4 =19

Divide that by 4 

4.75

To the nearest whole number, I would rate this 5/5

Would I use this again? Definitely. Just next time in the near future, I might try out a dye that is recommended for dark brown hair (cyber purple is recommended for medium blonde to medium brown hair).

Thanks for reading

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OC ponies- hama bead style and more hair rediculousness

What have I been up to recently?

Cupid Bowsaw being cheeky

Y'know because it would be totally hilarious to have my OC pony shaking his rump for all the fillies to see! :p

I'm female and straight, he is male and straight. My pet pikachu Reese is homosexual.

Reese

So what's going on with the hair?

I have the semi-ridiculous idea of putting a permanent purple dye on my undercut. The reason is because I have a bit of my natural dark brown hair poking through where I have not bleached it. I have this idea of eventually growing out my hair and then dip-dying it with my favourite dye Cyber Purple by live color XXL. It says it is recommended for mid-blonde to medium brown hair and I want to see if it works on my natural hair because my natural color is much darker than the hair colors recommended for usage of that particular product. I have used it over bleached hair before and it was GORGEOUS and did not completely fail like when I put Live Color XXL Mystic Violet over bleached hair.

Me with my natural hair 4 years ago (left) My beloved Auntie Judy RIP (right)

Cyber Purple over bleached hair = AMAZING!!

Mystic Violet over bleached hair = FAIL!!

I have only ever tried Schwarzkopf Live Color XXL in Mystic Violet over bleached hair (which was lighter than the recommended hair shades on side of the box in which it came in) and it WAS NOT PURPLE AT ALL!

It was a beautiful red-brown for my hair but not what I wanted at the time.

Current Hair Ridiculousness

Undercut before Cyber Purple

Close-up: You can see my natural brown on the edges (I have vaseline put on the hairline)

During the development process of Cyber Purple on my undercut

Results?

Camera battery has just died. I will upload results as soon as I have more batteries.

Human Babs Seed

I did a drawing of human Babs Seed on MS Paint.

Babs Seed

I'm pretty proud of this myself. Please let me know what you think! :)

Review: Nice 'n Easy 106 Natural Medium Ash Blonde

 

Today we go Ash Blonde with Nice 'n Easy

Nice n' Easy 106 Natural Medium ash Blonde

 I have had pale platinum blonde hair recently and silver hair recently. I decided that I love them both so much that I would choose something in the middle of blonde and silver. In my opinion, ash blonde has similar tones to silver so that it what I went with. 

Platinum Blonde (After I recently bleached my roots)

 

Silver hair (recently BEFORE I did my roots)

So what were the results of using Nice 'n Easy 106 Natural Medium Ash Blonde?

Before

Before

After

 After: Camera Shot Without Flash

 

After: Camera Shot With Flash

The Verdict

Were the instructions easy to understand for the mixing?

I found them very easy to understand. 5/5

Was the application straight-forward?

The application went quite well. The thin nip on the top of the application bottle makes it very easy to get in there with the roots. However, points are down because I had QUITE A LOT OF ITCHINESS on my scalp before it was time to rinse the product out. I did get a little worried during application because it looked turned a pale brown BEFORE rinsing, but maybe that was to be expected? Because of the itchiness, I will have to give this only a 1/5

Did the included conditioner work very well?

It did not seem to have any scent to it (nice or bad). I like that you get enough for one application every six weeks. However, I did not think the conditioner was that useful because I found it a bit hard to distribute just a small amount on my hair.  I found the conditioner almost kind-of dry. 2/5

Do I like the end result?

Hell yeah! Really, really DOES look like the color on the box! It was recommended for medium blonde to medium brown hair and I was surprised that it worked so well on my VERY PALE (dyed) PLATINUM BLONDE hair. It looks fantastic! 5/5

Overall Rating

5+1+2+5 = 13

Divide that by 4 

 3.25

To the nearest whole number, I would rate this 3/5

Would I use this again? Yes, I certainly would!

However... next time I WILL do an allergy reaction test first to be on the safe-side! I would really like to know whether the itchiness was a one-off thing or whether my skin might have a health problem with this product or one of it's ingredients.

 

But seriously! EVERYONE should do an allergy test before the application of ANY hair dye products. 

My First (Full-Faced) Attempt at Makeup Since I Were in Year 9 at School (2008)

LIPSTICK: Boots natural collection moisture shine Berry Sorbet, TINTED MOISTURIZER: Nivea tinted moisurising cream for all skin types, EYESHADOW: Boots natural collection duo eyeshadow Blackcurrant/Violet, MASCARA: Boots natural collection LashCurl Mascara Black, EYELINER: Miss Sporty kohl kajal eye pencil Black

 

I have not worn a full face of make-up since 5 years ago

I do sometimes put on just a bit of eyeliner for a special occasion or if I just want to feel a bit more feminine, but I have not really bothered with makeup that much since secondary school.

I used to suffer from terrible acne that I would cover-up with a thick layer of foundation in a failing attempt to hide it. I often got teased for how ridiculous I looked. The 'popular' girls got away with wearing just as much make-up and seemed to get away with it without being teased. I guess that other students assumed that I wanted to be just like the 'golden girls' This WAS NOT the case!

Let us see is I can try and do make-up right this time...

Wish me luck!

Bare-faced

This is the usual me with no make-up at all.

Wearing the 'Boots Natural Collection Moisture Shine Lipstick in the shade Berry Sorbet'

I decided to show how the look of my face transforms with each addiction of cosmetic.

Wearing the same lipstick and now wearing the 'Nivea Tinted Moisturising Day Cream for all skin types'

I'm not entirely sure of whether my skin looks any different.

Now with added 'Boots Natural Collection Duo Eyeshadow in the shade(s) Blackcurrant/Violet

I look so weird!

Now with the eyeliner 'Miss Sporty Kohl kajal eye pencil in the shade Black'

Maybe I look ok?

I added 'Boots natural Collection LashCurl Mascara in shade Black'

The look is complete!

I'm pretty proud of how this turned out! :D