Whoa.. It's been a long time since I last posted.

Some updates.
When I'm not bumming at home - watching dramas, reading, playing with pets, learning Spanish online(!!), I'm hanging out with friends trying to enjoy the last few moments of my non-working life. Love going for cheap meal deals since I'm so broke. Lol.

Spent almost my whole afternoon today at Daiso buying random stuff and totally taking in the fact that I have all the time in the world to shop. Shioks. Post on what I bought coming up soon! I hope. Haha.

I've been sleeping at 6am to 2pm everyday and it's really taking a toll on my health.
I'm still sick since like 2 weeks ago or something.
Yesterday it got worse again.
Heart pain everyday now.
):
I'm going to start sleeping early soon.


Now.. the main reason why I'm up here!

I DIY-dyed my hair for the first time!

I've done it a couple of times for Mom many years back.. Though since then, she has given up waiting for me to be free to do it for her and has been doing it at her regular hairstylist.

I know my hair has been long due for a hair colour job, but I've been pretty broke trying to save up for the Europe trip. Yeaaa.. black roots have appeared since the start of the year. I'm terrible. I had like half the length of my hair black and the other half, whatever faded brown that colour is. And the pictures taken in Europe just reminded me about how horrid my hair must look.

Soooo.. I've been reading up on DIY hair dyes on various forums and finally took the courage to get myself a box.
Most people recommend the Hoyu Beauteen but being cowardly and noob, I decided to get the Liese Bubble Hair Colour in Chestnut Brown. It's probably one of the darker colours Liese has but that's what I want - lighter colours are more likely to show if uneven and are of higher maintenance.



My verdict:

Pros:
- easy to use
- very even colour (I'm damn proud of myself!)
- no mess/stain
- one bottle for shoulder-length hair but it was more than enough for me
- very foamy, foam didn't disappear at all (not sure why others had no foam)
- smell of ammonia was bearable (again, not sure why others teared and all that)
- not drying to hair - felt the same as before, if not smoother

Cons:
- colour lighter than expected (but prob my own fault cos I left it on for maybe 40-50mins instead of the stated 20-30mins.. still awesome colour regardless!)

I am really satisfied!
Will repurchase cos it's damn easy to use.
I will have to monitor how the colour fades off though cos of the many rants about the colour not lasting.
Definitely encouraged to do more DIY hair dyes!

Here's my hair in different lighting..
Wonder how it looks like under natural lighting.
Like it so far. :)

Flash:



No flash:







First two are in the bathroom and the last is in my room with lousy lighting and with me talking on the phone. Lol.

The photos might not seem like it.. but I assure you the colour is very even!
I rushed out off the bathroom to blowdry my hair and checked it back, front, inside out with 2 mirrors. It's good.

I'm a happy girl!
Saved $100+ by Doing-It-Myself!
:D


> Mental note to check my hair colour against the hair samples at Watsons. Will update!