I wanted to do a post on something I did that was really important to me, Shave or Dye for the Irish Cancer Society. That dreaded word that we're hearing more and more, "cancer". So many people are affected by it, and I think it's so important to appreciate your good health and do all you can to help those who need it.
Personally I have a few family members affected by cancer and have lost family friends, so it is quiet close to my heart. I've been wanting to do Shave or Dye for the past year, and this year I finally took the plunge to do the dye(I'm basically shaved on the back and sides anyway!!)
It was always going to be a big job because I have a lot of colour in my hair, and I knew I needed to lift all of it out, and get a clean base to get a clean colour. I havnt coloured my hair since January so I had a good regrowth. I used Head and Shoulders for a good month as it strips the colour out of your hair(good tip of you've been using it and wonder why your colour is fading). This definitely shifted a lot of the heavy colour out of my hair. I then treated my hair continuously till I was getting it done.
Being a hairdresser helped as I knew myself what needed to be done and how hard it was going to be. I needed to get my hair to as clean a blonde to get the desired colour. This took 2 goes of bleaching(which can be damaging on the hair, but all I kept thinking of is the people that have lost their hair through cancer, so I got over it).
Once that was done I treated my hair overnight with a Reconstruction treatment. The following day was colour time!! I was super excited! I decided on purple as my colour! I went for a slightly darker shade of purple on the shorter hair, and really vibrant on the lengths. I do have to maintain it with colour bombs as it will wash up, and I need get it back in good condition again so I will be treating it(I'll do a post on these products soon).
I have to say the girl that I work with that done it, done a great job, I'm absolutely delighted with it. It's really in your face ( and when I'm in public I feel everyone's looking at me!!), but that'll just take a bit of getting used to.
I'm so happy I done Shave or Dye, it's a great cause and please don't forget to donate, every little helps. You can text "SHAVE" to 50300 to donate €2!
Here's a few pics of my Shave or Dye journey! Hope you enjoyed this and I'll be back again soon xox
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