Dying my hair pastel pink!

I've wanted to dye my hair pastel pink for ages but I wanted to wait until I'd had my roots done! When I had my roots done I had a full fringe cut and decided it would look even better if it was pink ;) I used Crazy Colour Candyfloss, after their Marshmallow has absolutely no affect on my hair... I had to use 2 bottles and it still came out patchy, so next time I'm going to try Directions Pastel Pink and see if it's just my terrible hair dying skills that are the problem! Here's the finished product!

 

And here's my video on how I did it :)

Thanks for reading! ~

How to make a fake tattoo tutorial [video]

Here is my tutorial on how to make a fake tattoo! I hope you enjoy it :D

Fake tattoo tutorial coming soon!

I made a fake tattoo today and filmed myself drawing it :)
I'll be uploading the video in the next few days, but heres some photos of how it turned out:

My first tanning experience!

To start off; I'm not a beauty therapist or a health professional. I'm basically useless in both those areas. Tanning has been linked to a lot of bad stuff, so please do your research and speak to a beauty therapist or a health professional before undertaking any type of UV tanning. Thank you! ~

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So I've got a little holiday coming up at the beginning of next month, and I thought that since I've been pasty white all my life, I might as well give tanning a try. My favourite beauty place has tanning 'showers' where you stand up, rather than the scary look-like-you're-gonna-be-shut-in tanning beds, so if you're looking for a review of those, you've come to the wrong place!

The place I go to is really great; they're very straight forward and pretty cheap (I think!). They got me sorted out with some tanning lotion that suited my skin tone (and smelt like peaches!) It was £5.50 for 5 minutes tanning and some lotion which, since I'm only planning on going once or twice a week, is pretty good! They also offer more if you buy sessions in bulk, so ask at your local beauty salon if they do a similar deal.

The tanning showers are really neat, they're stand alone, each in their own little changing room so if you want to get your kit off no ones going to see you! The showers are token operated; basically one token is 2.5 minutes tanning. I was provided with a little hair net and goggles (since the UV will hurt your eyes if you leave them unprotected...imagine staring directly into the sun for 5 minutes then times that by 100).

So you pop the tokens in and shut the doors: simple!!
Unless you're me and don't realise that you have to close the doors until halfway through, and up until that point have been turning yourself around to make sure you get every angle...ummm. What makes it worse is I remember the beautician telling me exactly what I needed to do.
Also don't be alarmed by the second token falling into the slot....its not someone about to open and see you in all your pasty white glory.
Oh, and when the shower turns off....no...there are still lights on....just take the goggles off
(Maybe I should emphasise this was my first time tanning!!)

So, once I'd actually shut the doors, it was like being in a very hot bright room, but not in an uncomfortable way! 5 minutes was just long enough for me, I'll probably go for 5 next time and then 7.5 after! I don't want to overdo it since my skin really isn't used to it!

I'm only going down south for my holiday but its quite a bit hotter down that way and I'd rather not get burnt straight away! Hopefully having a few tanning sessions will help my skin get used to the UV and I won't burn as much, but I don't really want to make it a regular thing. I'm also hoping it will help my acne a little bit, but we'll have to see :)

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Thanks for reading!

If you want to find out how I got my white(ish) hair please go here for part 1 and if you'd like to read my review of LostWorldClothing go here

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Lost World Clothing : 'Stars' Tshirt Review

Lost World Clothing are an Alternative clothing company based in Hertfordshire, UK. The company was founded by Sarah-Jane and Shane at the beginning of 2014! They only have a couple of products at the moment but they're surprisingly cheap and very good quality. Their brand is influenced by their love of  'the seas, the sky and the earth'.

 

Ordering from Lost World was amazingly easy, and it was really nice to hear from them personally after I posted on Instagram about my order! That said, I really think a confirmation email with an estimated delivery would have been nice.... I just like to know how long I'm gonna be waiting; I'm impatient as hell!

But hearing from them on Instagram that it was going out first class the next day was really nice and a lot more personal than just a generic email!

(Of course I got an order confirmation email, don't worry! ) 

 So the t-shirt arrived two days after I ordered in perfect condition and with a little free badge which was a nice surprise (I'm a sucker for badges). 

Of course I tried it on straight away! It was a little big bigger than I expected BUT I'm lame and never check size charts so that's my own fault. I like that it's big though because it looks cute! 

The shirt is very high quality with nice stitching details around the collar and the graphics are well printed. They look like they'll last a long time without any fading or cracking too .

There's even some detail on the inside of the collar! Lost World's attention to detail is fab and its little things like these that really make the brand look extra professional.

The only thing I don't like so much about this shirt is that the material is quite thick so I won't be able to wear it as much in the summer as I hoped! (but again, the material is listed on the page) The other thing is the collar is very high, but then again, it's a unisex shirt! I would love to see some more girly fit clothes from Lost World but I'm sure they're planning on that in the future!

Overall I rate this shirt 8/10 for overall experience, design and quality!

Lost World Clothing are looking to be a fantastic alternative style brand and I really suggest you check them out! They have a sale on their Hammerhead tee which is only £8 and the Stars tee here is only £10!

You can find Lost World at their website, on Instagram @lostworld_1, on Facebook and on Twitter

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If you want to find out how I got my white(ish) hair please go here for part 1 and if you'd like to read my review of UKCusomPlugs Fake Plugs go here!

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My Journey to White Hair Part 1 : How I Ruined my Hair

DISCLAIMER: I am NOT a qualified hairdresser, and am not responsible for how your hair will react to any of the techniques used here. Please follow all instructions in any products you choose and when In doubt GO TO A HAIRDRESSER. Thank you!~

If you are considering trying to get white hair I would really recommend reading this! ESPECIALLY if you are planning on BLEACHING YOUR own HAIR.I know there's several parts and quite a bit to read but hopefully it will help you out a bit! It will include a few tutorials and recommendations but I do recommend overall to GO TO A HAIRDRESSER. I know its more expensive but it will save you ruining your hair like me!

This series of articles will include;
How I ruined my hair 
How I stripped my hair
Toning to white (and ending up with blue)
What I use to keep my hair healthy


As a person who loves to dye their hair, its amazing how many mistakes you can actually make. The first time I dyed my hair I was 12-13, which was basically just a shade darker than my natural hair and my mum did it for me. Next was a purple/brown colour, and then a few years after that was red, which friends did, then every time after that I did it myself. Since then I've had one blue disaster, one awesome blue and a bit of a failed white attempt. I went back to red for a few weeks before I decided I wanted to try going back to white again....and its been one hell of a journey, especially considering it still isn't as white as I want!

So, after having quite short hair for about 5 or 6 years, I decided I wanted to grow it again. I'm lucky because my hair grows pretty fast! Here's an awful comparison.

WOW moving swiftly on.....

So I grew it for ages and it still grew pretty fast even though I dyed it, but recently, I had to have a lot of the length cut off because of how much of a mess I made bleaching it.

I bleached it myself and broke all the rules, and ended up having to go to the hairdressers to get it sorted because no matter what product or oil I used, my hair was still straw like when dry and like glue when wet. I couldn't brush it whilst it was wet else I ended up pulling the ends of my hair off. In the end I decided to get it cut when one day I woke up and it had tangled up like mad in the night and was so painful to brush. 

I basically asked the hairdresser to cut off the most damaged bits and this is what I ended up with this

I've gotta admit, it doesn't look that much shorter here, but trust me, she cut A LOT off. I was kinda heartbroken at the time but I love it now!

Now, on to a couple 'rules' I broke which meant I ended up with glue hair.Seriously, I could pull the ends off my hair when it was wet and it would just stretch and snap off....it was gross. My fringe is still like it at the top but not as bad. 

1) Bleaching too many times

You're meant to wait at least 2, better even 3-4 weeks before bleaching again

4 times

4 times in a week I bleached my hair 

That doesn't count the bleach bath I did after trying to make my own toner and turning my hair blue

It was awful for the first few days and I just piled on the deep conditioner a hair masks but really, they're only a temporary fix, and not long after you're right back to brittle glue hair.

2) Making my own toner

If you watch a tutorial on youtube of someone making their own toner using purple dye, use the same stupid dye they used. Don't buy a cheaper one thats actually blue based but you didn't realise.

 Using it as toner with just make your hair blue tinted. 

Which will then fade to green. 

And then your work colleagues will call you snot hair and pretend to sneeze on you.

 Just remember....not all dyes are the same and will react different when diluted with conditioner and if you see someone getting results from one dye it doesn't mean another dye in a similar colour will do the same! 

I will touch on this more in my post about the toners I use!

3) Being absolutely terrible at applying bleach

This was actually the 3rd time i'd attempted bleaching my hair myself.

The first time I tried I ended up with the grossest, patchiest meant-to-be-blue-but-ended-up-with-green-hair, after which I had to rush down to the shop to get more hair dye to cover it.

The second time I tried to go white but gave up after almost getting glue hair, and this time it was also pretty patchy near my roots.

But for some reason this time I thought...wow, I've watched so many youtube videos now, I'm a professional!!

Nope

Not. Even. Close.

Please try and go to their hairdressers, to be honest it will save you a lot of suffering and money in the long run! Save up and get awesome hair instead of trying to do it yourself and messing it up!

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That's the end of part one. I hope it's given you an idea of the risks involved with bleaching your own hair! I'm not saying everyone will have these problems, but I thought the same and here we are.

Part 2 coming soon!

Everybodys Gone to the Rapture

Check out my article about The Chinese Rooms' upcoming Everybodys Gone to the Rapture over at AdroitGamer!