Hair Transformation || Bleaching

    Having had half dark brown and half blonde for a good 5/6 months or so, I decided it was time for a change and I thought why not take the Easter holidays for this opportunity. I originally planned on dying my hair a turquoise shade but after bleaching my hair, I chose against it as the outcome was better than I expected. Below is a before and after shot from two bleaches.

    As you can see I've decided to stick with my half one colour and half another combination but, as you'll be able to tell from photo's later on both of my new shades are from the blonde colour family. This makes both colours blend together better, allowing me to have a center parting but are still different to determine two colours. For those of you who don't know me in person, I've previously bleached my hair a good 7 times or so to achieve (and maintain) my original hair style, so my hair is quite used to the damage. Still unsure whether the colour would come out, I purchased 'Schwarzkopf XXL Live Max Blonde 00B' for my first bleach and 'L'Oreal Preference Very Platinum' as the second. I'm unsure whether I bought a dodgy packet but I found there to be not enough hair dye in the Schwarzkopf packet to cover all of my hair, which resulted in having patches of dark brown/black hair in random areas and a big section in the middle of my head.

    My hair is just past shoulder length which should not require two boxes to dye, as I've had this hair length and been able to use one box and still have plenty product left. Moving on, I was extremely unhappy with the result and in a moment of madness put the second bleach onto my hair moments after it just drying. I know this is extremely bad for you hair and I was quite wary for any extra hair breakage but luckily my hair kept together very well. I made sure the second bleach was heavily layered onto the darker side of my hair, covered the other half and had a lot more product left afterwards. After the incident with Schwarzkopf, I don't think I will be using their hair dye again for a while, as the L'Oreal dye worked excellently and left my hair soft due to the elixir inside the dye.

    I knew I would not achieve an even colour all over within two hair dyes, so when I dried my hair the second time it had dyed all of my darker sections to a lovely copper tone as well as the blonde/platinum shade. I will display pictures below of the final outcome with my hair all down and up. I'm surprised how well the L'Oreal dye worked and defiantly recommend their hair dyes to anybody who is thinking of bleaching their hair from a light brown/dark brown shade. However you must bare in mind all hair reacts different to each hair dye/bleach depending on the hair's colouring history.  I hope you found this post interesting, please comment below whether you've had the same experience with Schwarzkopf as I have.

REVIEWED | Lush 'American Cream' Conditioner

    I thought I'd ease myself back into blogging by doing a review on a particular product that I want to buy in bulk, and it's Lush's well known American Cream hair conditioner. With the essence of strawberries and cream, this conditioner does wonders for anybody with damned hair, whether it is slight are very high.

    Keeping up with the health of my hair is a hard task since bleaching one half blonde, continuing to use my regular conditioner there was no significant change. Instead my hair felt more brittle, dry and looked dim. I eventually got round to nipping into Lush to see if they had a solution to my hair dilemma.

    I was blessed enough to find a lady who had also gone through the same problem as my self, who had the perfect conditioner for me and it was 'American Cream'. I purchased the medium sized bottle which was around £7.75. I was not expecting anything great as I've been through many conditioners but this works wonders.

    I apply this all over my hair after shampooing, focusing on the roots applying a generous amount there and less on the ends. It lathers up quite nicely and smells utterly divine in and out of the shower. Once I was dry my hair felt like it had a new life, being extremely soft throughout the whole of my head also the smell of strawberries was still prominent on my hair.

    This conditioner for un-damaged hair will be a luxury product to keep up with the already good condition you will have it in, but it you're partial to hair dying or applying heat on a regular basis your hair will thank you for the miracle in a bottle.

Fagan x

Dark Brown Transition

    I've kept you posted over the new hair look I've been going for, instead of a full head of har being dyed I've opted for only half. After my first lot of bleaching from 'B Blonde Medium To Dark Lightener' my hair went a ginger colour, with very blonde under-lights and some sections only going to a light brown.


    Giving a week for my hair to breathe and start to slowly repair again I decided to do another session of bleach with a different dye. This dye was around the same price as the previous one under £7 and is also new on the market for hair lighteners, so I was unsure on whether it would work to its best.


    I know a few people have been curious on how I've gone about this and how its gone, now the very end result I want it for my hair is to be white so I can choose the ideal blonde for the side of my hair. I'm thinking of doing maybe two more bleaches till I'll be happy with the result.


    If you wanna hear about the product more, what you get inside and how I feel about the end result then please click below.


    Fagan x

New start, new hair

    Leaving high school I decided to start my regular hair dying process all over again, but this time I've gone for something off the ball and different to normal hair dying. I've only bleached half of my head. The plan is for one half to be blonde/white and the other my natural colour.


    As my hair is naturally a dark colour, the first bleach causes it to go a ginger colour with lighter and darker tones throughout the section of hair. Using a strong 40 vol bleach, I was able to get the exact colour I want on my roots and under my hair, this indicates after two more dyes my entire head of hair will be the correct colour.


    Before I dye it again to lighten the colour I thought I'd take some shots in some recent purchases to show you the contrast and how its turned out on the first shot. I will do a DIY on how to use traditional bleach once I go out and buy another dye.


    Fagan x

UPDATE | #5

    I apologize for my lack of posts this week, being piled down with work and deadlines on my back I simply haven't had the time to write a decent blog post without rushing it to make it a very poor standard. I will be having a haul posted this weekend on all the items I bought on my trip to Venice. (venice post here) Along with that will be 2/3 reviews that following week, and I've been working around with an aspiring fashion designer, a close friend of mine for a little interview on how the business works and tips and tricks to get into fashion design. I hope this hasn't been an inconvenience to those who are regular readers, I am to be back on top by friday night. Hope you've all been well!


    Fagan x