What they don't tell you about dyeing your hair blue...

What they don't tell you about dyeing your hair turquoise is that its a right bloody mess. 

I've experimented with hair colours before, which have included pink, purple and silver, but I decided about 4 months ago that I fancied something a bit different. I had seen a few bloggers with green and blue hair and absolutely loved it! The chance of looking like a mermaid for even a day is one that could not be passed up, so I decided to have a browse.

I completely and utterly blame Bleach London for drawing me in with their colourful Instagram pictures of hipster models with golden tans and long pastel hair! Nonetheless I went on to buy 'Washed Up Mermaid' by Bleach London and ended up applying two bottles worth to my already tired looking bleach blonde hair. 

30 minutes later I was bright turquoise, and I absolutely loved it! I was full on colourful, it wasn't just a tint or a tone, this dye had really worked some magic, even lifting the darker tones of blonde to a 'dolphiny' blue. I proceeded to have turquoise hair for weeks to come and fully embraced it by all means. Some people loved it, others (my mum) not so much. Regardless I felt fun and unique, and every outfit was completed by my aqua locks. 

What the bottle doesn't tell you, however, is that this is your life now. There's no going back. This stuff doesn't fade...this stuff clings on like hell! The '2-8 washes' on the bottle was absolute bull**** Not only did it stay for 2-8 washes...it stayed for 16 weeks! The pinks and purples had faded in a few weeks and done so in a beautiful delicate manner that had left me with dreamlike pastel shades. This was a whole different ballgame, and when I say I tried everything, I really do mean it.

I tried: 

Bleach London Colour Fader...about 20 times...(didn't work) 

Vitamin C hair masks X3...(worked a little bit but I smelt like an orange for weeks)

Colour B4 Hair Colour Stripper from Boots...(didn't work and smelt of sewage)

Salon Stripper...(didn't work and would never recommend...left my hair feeling like straw and looking even worse)

The only thing that eventually worked...was dyeing it dark dark brown. 

So the moral of this story is as fantastic as it is to look like a mermaid it is by far the worst colour in the whole spectrum of hair dyes to try and get out.