My most recent creation

A small coffee table made by myself at college from scratch. It took me roughly 5-7 weeks to make. Yes, I am still a beginner when it comes to woodwork.

Review: Caca Rouge Lush Henna

Caca Rouge Lush Henna Review - A Pursuit for a healthy purple tint

 Before

 After

Lush Caca Rouge Henna Mixed with Beetroot Juice

I intended to create a purple tint to my hair by adding beetroot juice to the melted henna block (just as a friendly lady in the shop advised). Unfortunately, I got more of a mahogany color than a healthy purple tint...but IT IS GORGEOUS! I love this color! So nice! Sometimes mistakes are miracles!!

Reason for using henna: My hair was a little dry and I intended to add a purple tint

 The Verdict

Were the instructions easy to understand for the mixing?

Henna blocks from Lush are quite tricky to melt because it takes a bit of patience. 3/5

Was the application straight-forward?

No! Henna is the messiest thing ever! 2/5

Did the included conditioner work very well?

 There was not one includes. On the other hand, the cocoa butter within the Lush henna blocks DO make the hair VERY SOFT and SHINY! It is very much a deep-treatment conditioner as well as hair colorant. 5/5

Do I like the end result?

I love it! So so shiny! So so beautiful! Move over Cheryl Cole! 5/5

Overall Rating

3+2+5+5 = 15

Divide that by 4 

3.75

To the nearest whole number, I would rate this 4/5

Would I use this again? Yes, I certainly would! be prepared for a VERY MESSY KITCHEN and bathroom but damn IT IS WORTH IT! 

Review- Scwarzkopf Live Color XXL Shake it Up Foam in Dark Chocolate Delight

The Pursuit of Natural Color

I decided that it was time to go to 'au natural' I'm naturally a very dark brown and I chose something a bit lighter than my natural brown. Since my best friend swears by Schwarzkopf's Shake it Up Foams, I decided to give it a go. I chose the 'Dark Chocolate Delight' shade. 

 

I used the shade on the bottom furthest right I DO NOT OWN THIS IMAGE

 Before

Violet by Directions over Schwarzkopf Live Color XXL in Cyber Purple

 After

Schwarzkopf it Up Foam in Dark Chocolate Delight

 

The Verdict

Were the instructions easy to understand for the mixing?

Yes, I would daresay that the 'shake it up' dyes are even easier to mix than the regular Schwarzkopf box dyes. 5/5

Was the application straight-forward?

 I found it very easy. I would say that it does drip a bit though. 3/5

Did the included conditioner work very well?

Yes, it was in a little sachet rather than a little tube which I would have preferred. The conditioner itself smelt lovely and made my hair very smooth. 3/5

Do I like the end result?

 It is a MUCH DARKER brown than it shows on the 'milkshake' packaging. It did not cover all of the purple all that well. However, it was very shiny. Still, I was not very impressed at all. 2/5

Overall Rating

5+3+3+2 =13

Divide that by 4 

3.25

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

Would I use this again? No probably not. It IS a nice shade of brown, but definitely 2 shades darker than it shows on the packaging. I may still try out the other 'shake it up' foam dyes in different shades one day.

Current hair (12/06/2013)

Violet by Directions (to top-up the color of my already cyber purple hair)

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

H

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.