RancheroTheBee
February 8th, 2014, 10:20 AM
Hi, everyone! You may remember me from such posts as "Starting Over" and "Starting Over: The Reckoning". Well, I'm back yet again. I'll try and keep it brief, but after the first time I was here, I got out of a bad relationship and moved out of my parent's house. Suddenly, I was allowed to do anything I wanted to my hair, so naturally I did. Last time I rejoined I had just shaved it, and right after, I moved to Toronto. After a bad run-in with some bleach, I had to shave it off again and spent the next two years going from one colour to another and shaving it down.
My last shave was in August, when I shaved it into a Chelsea (which is where everything is shaved down except your fringe and the side-wings). I've been evening it out ever since, but I think I finally got it into a reasonable shape. Here's my growth: First is December 13th, 2013, and then January 15th, 2014 and the last one is from yesterday. I have a sig pic of the same thing, but this is larger.
http://25.media.tumblr.com/e852bf7f6c968ce019be9efb0aabe90d/tumblr_n0osz1wOng1trytmlo1_1280.jpg
You'll notice in the first pic, I have black ends. It's because it was black and I tried to Color-Oops and... oops! Didn't rinse well enough and when I tried to add a red shade, it turned back to black, but I rinsed it fast enough to save some of it. I covered it with black dye, hated it, and I bleached it again, albeit with a coconut oil soak, and then hennaed it. I detailed the adventure in the "preventing peroxide damage" thread that ktani started, but basically, there doesn't appear to be any damage. Here's a close-up:
http://24.media.tumblr.com/9b3d822b78e6dfffd33894bc52512921/tumblr_n0ost4YogC1trytmlo1_r1_400.jpg
You can still see the black ends that are apparently going to be with me forever. It looks a little dry here, but I had just rinsed out henna. I oiled it overnight with argan and it's back to normal now.
Anyway, hi! :D I've been here for six years and I'm still at pixie, so if you're ever feeling discouraged, remember that I'm probably behind you! :p
My last shave was in August, when I shaved it into a Chelsea (which is where everything is shaved down except your fringe and the side-wings). I've been evening it out ever since, but I think I finally got it into a reasonable shape. Here's my growth: First is December 13th, 2013, and then January 15th, 2014 and the last one is from yesterday. I have a sig pic of the same thing, but this is larger.
http://25.media.tumblr.com/e852bf7f6c968ce019be9efb0aabe90d/tumblr_n0osz1wOng1trytmlo1_1280.jpg
You'll notice in the first pic, I have black ends. It's because it was black and I tried to Color-Oops and... oops! Didn't rinse well enough and when I tried to add a red shade, it turned back to black, but I rinsed it fast enough to save some of it. I covered it with black dye, hated it, and I bleached it again, albeit with a coconut oil soak, and then hennaed it. I detailed the adventure in the "preventing peroxide damage" thread that ktani started, but basically, there doesn't appear to be any damage. Here's a close-up:
http://24.media.tumblr.com/9b3d822b78e6dfffd33894bc52512921/tumblr_n0ost4YogC1trytmlo1_r1_400.jpg
You can still see the black ends that are apparently going to be with me forever. It looks a little dry here, but I had just rinsed out henna. I oiled it overnight with argan and it's back to normal now.
Anyway, hi! :D I've been here for six years and I'm still at pixie, so if you're ever feeling discouraged, remember that I'm probably behind you! :p