#55 Medium Amber Copper Brown

Two things: I decided I can't wait 6 weeks in between colouring - time in between is now reduced to 5 weeks.

I am still sorting out how best to photograph and present the results. This week I opted for natural light, which I think has been more accurate but some photos came out kind of fuzzy so I will try to improve this next time.

I think this and the next two colours will be pretty similar - they all of the words 'medium' and 'brown' plus at least one of 'amber' and 'copper'. I think this may be tough to tell by the comparative photos, but woah, this came out a lot darker than expected. Here it be (before, expected, after):

And the comparisons...

#15 Medium Ash Brown

The big day! I got the sense that this colour might be a bit lighter with less of a reddish tone. Here we go...

Before - it was actually fading to a pretty light colour and definitely had some red tones coming through. That being said, my camera is pretty bad and makes everything look the same anyway. The camera is definitely exaggerating the red tones in both photos.

Expected - something brown with ahsy tones?

Actual - Honestly, it doesn't look that different though I think it came in lighter than before. It also doesn't look as red as the photo.

Let's compare results with last time...

It's definitely lighter though my ends are still pretty dark. Still have some reddish tones, but on me that is hard to get rid of. See you in 6 weeks!

L'Oreal Superior Preference #5 - Medium Brown

I actually dyed my hair about 6 weeks ago with #4 - "Brown". I wonder how often people just say "Hey, I want 'brown' hair. I dunno. I did."

Before: Okay, so I really did JUST RUN for 40mins at 8am on a Saturday morning. Also, my hair was kinda sweaty - not sure if that affects results.

Expected: Hey, looks like a nice chocolatey brown!

After: So, I guess not much change, but at least the roots that apparently I could only see anyway are gone. It looks a little better and got rid of some of the brassiness caused by the sun (and fading). Overall, a colour I like on me. Totally going out dancing tonight!

Who Hairs?

Hi. I am 30 and going back to school. That also means, I am going back to buying my hair colour from a box.

The experiment: Every 6 weeks I will colour my hair with a different colour from a box. The order of colouration has been determined by me. Since boxed hair colour tends not to lend itself to drastic changes, I have created an order that gradually changes my hair colour. I am starting with L'Oreal Superior Preference. I will also get my hair cut about every 5 months and keep it about shoulder length with some shorter bits. My next haircut will be late November 2011.

Note: You will never see me dye my hair any plum-ish colour. Worst ever. (Or black, I went there once and there is NO DYING OVER BLACK!)

About my hair: For the past 14 years, I have dyed my hair some variation of dark brown. Before that, I was always in the blonde family. My natural colour? Ha! I think it is something that starts out medium to light brown and turns a golden colour in the sun. I have no idea if that will affect my ability to become a blonde from a box - and to my husband's chagrin, we will find out eventually.

How I will Present the Results: With photos and maybe a brief explanation as to why I look that way I do (ie. "I was drunk!" or "I just ran 7km!" etc.) For each entry, approximately every 6 weeks apart, you will find 3 photos: 1 photo of right before I colour my hair, 1 photo of my photoshopping in the hair sample of the colour it is supposed to become around my smiling face (you'll see what I mean), and 1 photo of my hair after it is dry on the day I dyed it.

Here we go!