Home Hair Salon

So after our family pictures were taken about 2 weeks ago....I didn't like the way my hair looked under those lights. It was looking red. When it's really dark brown. (We color it that way.....my natural hair color is actually close to black). Anywho.....I used to highlight my hair completely blonde for YEARS. But, my hair is VERY grey. I'm talking every 3 weeks I have a skunk strip where I part my hair and my hairline, and temples are a grey mess! I've had it since I was 17, bad genes I guess.

I have a lot of hair, so to color the roots, and then highlight...we're talking over $100 every 3 weeks! I can't afford that! So a year ago, I started coloring my hair at home. Costs me $6 for hair color and developer at Sally's! Can't beat it! And, another little unknown fact....my hubs colors it for me!! ssshhh!! one more little secret, he has cut it for me for the last 7 years also! Bet the guys at the Fire Department would love that! lol.

So after seeing those pictures a few weeks ago, I decided I wanted to go blonde...again. It gives me a little face lift, and it covers grey a little longer. So I bought a highlight kit to try at home. I was scared! I don't like the word "bleach" especially when doing my hair myselfl,...but we did it! I've had it done enough times to know what I'm doing, I was just worried about the outcome....bleaching dark hair to blonde can go bad quick! But, we did pretty well I think. And by we, I mean my hubs! yep that's right, he highlighted it too!! LOL.  I'm sure he's going to love that I just posted this!! :)

We pulled it through a cap, because we are not skilled enough to foil it! Then my friend who is a hair dresser told me I should put a plastic bag on it while it sets, to hold in moisture....walmart bag was all I had! LoL I look awesome right?

The before and after.....keep in mind the pic on the left was edited with instagram....and I actually had my makeup done, and I was smiling lol. The pic on the right was just to show the color, and ended up looking more like a mug shot! The hubs didn't do too bad!