Dyed My Hair Before The Wedding | From Brown to Rose Red
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They say don’t do crazy things to your hair few
months before your wedding. But no, that rule does not apply to me. I don’t
want to spend my eternity watching my black/brown brassy boring hair in my
wedding pictures. Uhhm no!
Since our wedding preparation (April
2016) lasted for only 18 days. Everything we do is in rush including my hair.
Yes 18 days only and that’s another story. Actually, I’ve been planning to
color my hair green for the big day but I got lots of negative reaction from
our family and relatives. “That’s informal for a wedding” “you’ll look weird”
“it’s a wedding not a cosplay event”. I know that’s a bizarre idea and I almost
tried to settle with the brown hair color I have. Plain, dark and boring. But
the little brat voice inside my head said,”Don’t settle for anything less. This
is my wedding and I want to be that green haired chic with mermaid curls
feeling like forest enchantress walking down the aisle”. In short I want to be Dyosa! It took me a
long time to decide. But here we go:
A week
before the big day, I went to the hair dye shop here in Digos City and to my
surprise they are out of stock. I saw 4 boxes full of green hair dye sachets a
month ago!? Where are they now?
3 days before the wedding, I went to Hortaleza Vaciador Beauty and Supply in San Pedro, Davao City. This is my last hope, and still I have no luck. They don’t have green powder type hair dye there. I prefer powder since it sticks to my hair better than the cream one. So I just brought 1 litter Bremod 12% developer, Bremod hair bleaching powder, and Prosil in Rose red. Yikes! I’m gonna fry my hair.
(I don’t
have any photos while coloring my hair because I did not intend to write about
this and I’m so stressed back then that I only want to fix my hair.)
2 days
before the wedding, now I’m gonna bleach my freaking hair at home.
Bleaching
process:
Unfortunately,
my hair did not cooperate that day. It’s almost 1 hour, my hair is still in
light brown and may scalp is already itchy. So I decided to concede and try to
fix it by the next day.
1 day before
the wedding, in the morning I bought 4 tubes of Bremod cream hair dye (lightest
blonde shade) to tone down my hair and remove the yellow brassy undertone. So
when I apply the rose-red it wont turn into red-orange.
Lunch: Yes I
succeeded! Now I have light blonde hair but still I am not satisfied. But I
need to do some errands and buy some stuff for tomorrow.
By 5pm,
hungry and exhausted I already want to give up on my hair. Luckily, my
Mother-in-Law suggested a salon that offers hair dye labor for cheap price (300
pesos only). That time I thought I should get a professional help. I brought
along my materials and rushed to Pamela G. Moreno Salon in Porras St., Obrero
just nearby my in-laws’ sari-sari store.
The
attendant there is very accommodating and assured me that she’ll do everything
to achieve the look that I want. Let’s call her Tita Pamela.
Coloring my
hair:
- Prepare gloves, old shirt, shower cap, plastic bowl, comb and hair brush
- Mix 1 part bleach powder: 2 parts developer in a plastic bowl. Stir to remove the lumps until you get the frothy consistency. If your mixture is still lumpy and dry, add more cream developer.
- Divide your hair into 4 sections and apply mixture on each sections. Start from the bottom (near nape) up to the top. This is hot on skin and smells like pee so be careful. If you’re done applying bleach mixture all over your hair, tie your it in a bun and cover it with a shower cap.
- Wait for 30-45 minutes or until you’ve reached your desired lightness. Then wash your hair with shampoo and conditioner. Lots of conditioner!
- Mix 1 part hair dye powder: 2 parts developer
- Apply it all over your bleached hair
- Leave it and wait for 30 minutes
- Dampen your hair by spraying some water. Then lather the hair dye again all over your hair.
- Wait for another 30 minutes
- Wash with shampoo and lots of conditioner
- (optional) apply keratin serum on dry hair
Viola!
Everyone was in awe when they saw my look. They thought it would be trashy but
no. Nasa pagdadala yan.
Disclaimer: I am no hair expert but I just want to share my hair experiments.
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