I've ALWAYS wanted to dye my hair purple. Well, I finally did it! What held me back all through my teen years and young adult years, until now, was the bleaching process. I was too afraid to ruin my dark brown hair. But I talked to my sister and finally decided to go for it. I had Hayley help since she has been bleaching and dying her hair for years.
Hayley did the first to rounds of bleach. I was disappointed to see that my hair didn't make it to light blonde in those 2 hours (total). But it definitely was lighter. Hayley had to leave to get engaged and go back to school (YAY! MY SISTER IS ENGAGED!!), so I had to finish my hair myself.
I had my mom separate my lighter hair from the dark while I was at her house, and then drove home to put the purple in. I've dyed my hair before (black...because I was a poser goth girl for a short time in high school) so this part wasn't new to me.
The purple is really subtle unless I am outside with the natural light on it. The picture below was not edited or brightened at all. I really like how it stands out in the sunlight.
The only disappointing thing is that is faded after only a week and it got purple on the back of my clothes. Hmm...