My Hair Journey Pt. 2 | Final Result. Spoiler, I'm Brunette Again.

I know I was supposed to finish up my "hair journey" last year, but I changed my hair after a couple months, and then I got into a slump.

I decided to bleach my hair at the end of June (2015). At that point, I'd never done anything drastic to my hair before, and I wanted to see what I looked like blonde. I got to about a medium-ish shade of blonde and thought I was going to go even lighter. But being blonde just didn't feel like me. And the stark contrast of my natural hair color growing out VS. the blonde was not my favorite thing.

After about a month and a half, the regrowth was getting to me. (This picture to the right is as of August 20.) But I still let it go until October 1st. It just made the blonde look darker. And my natural hair color grows out so dark before the sun gets to it to make it seem a little lighter.

I stuck with good old, trusty Ion hair dye. That was also part of why I waited until October to dye my hair. My local Sally Beauty Supply was always out of the shade of brown I wanted. Ion has a range of brown hair dyes called their "Mocha" range. I got the darkest one, shade 4WR (Medium Gold Mahogany Brown). This is essentially my natural hair color amped up. It's a little lighter and richer. My natural hair color can seem a little flat, and it's borderline black because it's such a dark shade of brown. I used a 10 Volume developer because I was depositing color, and not trying to lighten it. I left it on for about 30 minutes and then rinsed, and voila!

Now, it's been a few months since then. 5 months to be exact. It's faded some, but it's still very brown. It's a very, very subtle ombre. It doesn't touch on blonde very much, but there are the odd few highlights of blonde that pokes through in some spots. I'm very happy with it, and I've been thinking about going back over it with some more dye, just to help it grow out as, roughly, one shade.

As of the beginning of December, this is what my hair looks like. (I don't have a current picture more recent than December. Sorry.)

Well, until next time,
Abby

P.S. If you guys have any questions, feel free to ask me in the comments.