BLONDE AMBITION

So the day arrived. Today I went to the salon and got my hair fully dyed for the first time. I mentioned a couple of weeks back that I had decided to take the plunge after dreaming of having white blonde hair for a few years now, and I can safely safe I am firmy on my way to my dream shade. My hairdresser, a friend's sister, talked me through the options, and although I could have gone to my desired colour straight away (with the help of a lot of bleach) it wasn't the best thing for my hair, so instead we are taking it a step at a time, and the lightest dye before bleach was used all over to take my hair to this colour. A little bleach was applied to the ends and worked through upwards to create a slightly lighter effect towards the tip, sort of like a very subtle ombre, but not enough to cause any damage. A toner was run through to lighten the colour, and after a wash, long needed cut and blow dry, here is the end result.

As you can see it's got a hint of strawberry blonde at the minute, but it is geting there! It's a massive shock to the system now and I'm having to rethink my whole make up routine just to compliment the colour as pink blush and lipstick is a bit of a clash at the moment. You can see particulalry in the last picture the effect the bleach has had though, creating paler highlights and slightly lighter tips. I like it a lot, but it's going to take me a lot of getting used to!

I picked up some Redken shampoo and conditioner too to keep it healthy and moisturised after hearing numerous horror stories about certain shampoos turning blondes purple etc, and I'm looking forward to washing it and styling it myself in a couple of days when I'm more used to the colour.

So, what do you all think?!