Freak to Bleach!!!

Before:

So what's wrong with this picture? Why did I feel the need to do something so drastic that I endured 6 hours of peroxide and bleach on my bare scalp..... I swear I still fell woozy and numb. Well, let me tell you why! I am cheap, maybe not as cheap a some of you deal finders out there. But cheap enough that I have not been very good about keeping up with my hair needs since I left OHIO. This is due to the fact that the cost nearly doubled in my new lovely hometown of BeeCave, Texas. And while I could say we technically can afford it, I just have this home-made barrier in my mind. The same barrier that RARELY allows me to spend more the $20 of ANY piece of clothing. I just get numbers stuck in my head.. . so I'm cheap! Here is where my glam BFF Rachel enters the picture :

See those beautiful goldy locks? These locks of lovely beauty are home grown- in her KITCHEN SINK! Yes, she had discovered the art of "professional, grade A, salon-quality" BLONDE! Come to find out there is much more to this process than a box of L'Oreal hair dye! (Which by the way, I have always been to chicken to use!)

You've all heard (or lived) the stories. You walk into (fill-in the blank big box store) and find a really pretty picture of some random blonde model and you are lead to believe that YOU-TOO can look like this-you are just one box of hair dye away. So you go home slather in on the head and wallah---you are orange! So after hearing horror stories like these, I avoided the process.

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I have a "golden"example of someone who has gone blonde and done it from a tube,tub, and bottle......from home, saving me literally hundreds!!!!$$$$$$$$$$$$$

So I could either go on as I was, with perpetual Jerry Springer Roots, spend the $100/month, OR try to look like this......

Hmmmmm the choice was difficult. I deliberated on it for 5 full days. Then I saw another cute blonde at the mall and as she swung of golden locks over her shoulder (in slow motion of course) I made my mind up there and then! LET"S GO FOR IT!!!

First a trip to Sally beauty supply for powder, processor,toner,conditioner,bowl,brush,caps, and purple sham"poo". Then it was off to Rachels house(ok ok I stopped for ice-cream first) and begun the day of blonde! We tested, bleached, shampood, touch-up, shampood, touch-up, shampoo, toned, washed, conditioned..
WARNING: THE AMOUNT OF CHEMICALS ON MY HEAD AT THIS TIME ARE STRONG ENOUGH TO KILL A SMALL ARMY, THEREFOR I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR MY SUDDEN DECREASE IN BRAIN CAPACITY!
These are my evil eyebrows, (through back your head, evil laugh...haugh,haugh,iagh)
This was after processing and shampoo, before toner! Me and Rachel's sink became very acquainted with one another!

Seth if you are reading this you will be VERY happy to know that I have many less brain cells and I am a very light golden........(6 hours later)

*******************BLONDE*******************************

(Sorry no make-up)

This is the new me all natural! And we figure I can keep this up, touching it up every 4 weeks for about $15/month)
I was VERY impressed with how good(non-orange) and even it turned out. I eventually will gradually warm and darken it ever so slightly, but this is the starting point!

****Thank you so much Rach for making me blonde...your the best! I owe you more ice-cream!