I wanted to say thank you again for everyone sticking around, for reading my blog despite the hiatus and everything. I really love you guys, and I think I don’t say it often enough!!
Today I finally dared doing something I always wanted to do my entire life. I did something similar last year and loved it, but it was never fully what I really wanted. And I have to say thanks to the beautiful Charli from Secret behind the Closet Door for helping me.
I’ve dyed my hair red!! WOOP WOOP! As in bold, bright, you can spot me a mile off, sort of red. It’s amazing and was really easy to do. No bleaching necessary either.
Charli has found a product by L’Oreal called Majicontrast (also goes by the name Majirel) that only has to be mixed with a developer (strength dependant on how bright you want it or how dark your hair is) and apply it!
I bought 2 tubes of L’Oreal Majicontrast – one in red, one in pure copper – and 2 bottles of 100ml 40 Vol aka 12% developer. I got both at a Sally store in Wembley when I was up there to see Take That two weeks ago.
I think the 2 tubes cost a £10 each and the two bottles of developer another £2 each (I also needed a plastic mixing bowl, gloves and a brush), so it’s not that expensive.
The great thing about this product is really that you don’t have to bleach beforehand, so it’s a lot less damaging to your hair. In fact, my friend did my lower neck hair 2 weeks ago just to test it. I was massively scared to lose my curls so I only wanted to test and my curls were just as bouncy and curly as always. Not like when I had bleached it last year to go pink afterwards. SO BRILLIANT STUFF!!
I covered the entire bathroom with bin bags to make sure that I don’t ruin my parents bathroom. I emptied the tubes into the bowl and poured the developer on top and started mixing. And then I went to town with my hair.
After I had left the product in my hair for 30min, I washed it out over the drain in the bathtub. There’s a lot of product that comes out, so if you wanna do this too, make sure you are as closest to the drain as possible. And then I just towel and air dried my hair. And this is what it looks like!! I LOVE IT! It has a nice orange tone to it due to the pure copper, but I like it!!
Also I went to see Take That for a final time on Friday in Hamburg (yes, I’ve gone 5 times and yes I’m crazy but I don’t care). I went with my mum and the show was absolutely amazing. Mum and I had also found the hotel in which the band was staying the night before, so the day after the concert we went to the hotel and look who I met there!!
This is MARK OWEN. Mark BLOODY Owen!! The man I thought I’d be married to by the age of 20 when I was about 11.
For those who aren’t familiar with Take That – they were a massively successful boyband in the early 90s, split in 1996 and then reunited in 2005. I have been a fan since the very early days when I was like 9 and I only saw them live once back then on my 11th birthday (one of the guys showed their bum on stage and I literally *bam* hit puberty). And then I’ve been going to see them pretty much ever since on each tour -which my mum (who you can see on the right hand side of the frame with her little nose haha). And I’ve always been dreaming of meeting Mark. He’s always been my favorite and will always be the favorite. I met him 2 years ago in the hotel they were staying back then, but never had a chance to have a picture of me and him taken! So on Saturday I finally had my dream come true!!
I’m still totally over the moon :-)
That’s all.
Much love,
Miss drifted Snow White
Maria xoxo
oh my god im so jealous. im a crazy gary fan! went to see them in june but they were so far away they were just tiny little specks! you lucky thing!!! x
next time, get a general admission ticket and then come with me. i’ve never not been front row!!
Such a wonderful color, I love it. Good for you! =) Is Mark nice? Did you speak with him? He looks… drunk, haha, I mean, look at his eyes!
xx
yeah I tried having a conversation with Mark saying I liked the show and asked how the club was, but he was really tired and also was worried that we’d get run over cuz the hotel was by a very busy road!! he was soo sweet. he doesn’t drink anymore lol. he was just tired.
Woahhh! Your hair is RED, man! O____O” dannnng
hahaha that was the point, wasnt it? its turning orange now tho lol
i am so late in commenting to this, but i have not forgotten. your red hair looks amaze balls, love it xx
i am so late in commenting to this, but i have not forgotten. your red hair looks amaze balls, love it xx
Such a wonderful color, I love it. Good for you! =) Is Mark nice? Did you speak with him? He looks… drunk, haha, I mean, look at his eyes!xx
Woahhh! Your hair is RED, man! O____O" dannnng
hahaha that was the point, wasnt it? its turning orange now tho lol
yeah I tried having a conversation with Mark saying I liked the show and asked how the club was, but he was really tired and also was worried that we'd get run over cuz the hotel was by a very busy road!! he was soo sweet. he doesn't drink anymore lol. he was just tired.
oh my god im so jealous. im a crazy gary fan! went to see them in june but they were so far away they were just tiny little specks! you lucky thing!!! x
next time, get a general admission ticket and then come with me. i've never not been front row!!