Hairy Business

WOW I haven't posted something in so long, I have been so busy and so much has changed, my fashion, the seasons and my hair...I now have turquoise hair after having red hair for over 2 years.
Thinking back on my red hair, it imposed serious limitations on my outfit choices.

1. Not being able to wear pink, which I loved before, I've seen some girls wear pink with their red hair...but I really couldn't bring myself to do it. Personally pink and red just don't mix, unless its red and say salmon not hot pink!

2. Not being able to wear some of my red clothes, it bothered me to wear too much red, it made it looked as if I was dressing to my hair, or if the red was too close in colour to my hair colour or if the red clothing item such as a scarf or jacket would blend too much with my hair and once again created the way too matchy-matchy look.

3. have not been able to wear my red jewellery, especially earrings as they would just blend right into my hair and could not be seen.

I had done some research before going turquoise as to what colours would not match it...and apparently there is no colour that won't look good with the turquoise. I have only had my hair this colour for a couple of days now so not sure if that is entirely true yet but so far no problems. My turquoise jewellery looks awesome with my hair, I can finally wear pink again, my turquoise clothes aren't creating a turquoise overload so so far I am super happy!

Here is my hair journey to go from red to turquoise with as much detail as I know because it was done by my friend who is a hair stylist

So here is my red hair, I used CrazyColor Fire red to maintain this colour and it always came out really amazing bright vibrant red like in this picture

But last time I coloured it with the CazyColor Fire red it came out like this, very faded, not vibrant at all, when I dyed it I did notice some differences in the dye, it was less creamy in consistency and more liquid, the smell was different and obviously the result was different. Apparently quite a few people have been complaining about the CrazyColor dyes saying that they seem diluted... not surewhat is going on there but I definitely noticed a difference. Good thing I decided on a colour change when I did

This was the end result after bleaching, my stylist used 10vol developer with her bleach on my roots as they had already grown out some and 20vol for the rest of my hair. Prior to this she had tried a colour remover which just wasn't pulling the colour out enough, she then added the bleach on top of the colour remover without having rinsed it and we got this result. She did this at the recommendation of the brand representative, so please don't try this without consulting a professional first. My hair lightened to a light red/pale pink colour which I didn't think was enough for the turquoise at the time but it came out fine actually. I also don't not how my friend did it, but she got my hair this light and I feel no damage to my hair at all which is amazing! My miracle worker!

So I'm a sucker for CrazyColor, I decided to go with CrazyColor Blue Jade, a new colour in the range, when I first rinsed my hair it came out like this, it had a lot of white/grey strands, the colour just wasn't taking for some reason and obviously being a girl and this is my hair I was very worried and stressing about what am I gonna look like? How am I going to go out in public? How can I fix this? I usually make very rash decisions when it comes to my hair if I'm not happy with how it comes out, for instance, I once took my hair from black and trying to go ash blonde, the hairstylist (a different one than the one who helped me with the red and turquoise) had my hair at a really crappy brown blonde colour and I hated it and dyed my hair black all over again. So very stupid on my part not understanding that changing hair colour is a crazy process and can take time. But luckily that was not the case this time, my wonderful boyfriend knows how to handle me and keep me calm, he just got me to re-do the Blue Jade the next day.

And voilà, this was the result after a 2nd colouring...and I am so happy with how it turned out! My hair still ombres to a green at the bottom with blue streaks between which is still not 100% what I want but for now it actually looks quite cute and mermaid like so I can deal with it and am absolutely loving the change.

I do really love the Blue Jade colour result at the top of my head, luckily the Blue Jade colour is not anything like the last Fire Red that I used, the consistency was right and the result is vibrant and shiny and not dull in any way! 

OOTD Back In Black

Today's outfit I am actually in love with...it does suit my personality ever so well...dark and sinister...wahahahahah *evil laugh*

So for this outfit...well I wasn't sure that this was appropriate for Sunday lunch and then I though screw it and wore it any way...if it makes you happy then go for it...even if only you GET IT!

Wearing my sheer slub jersey dress from H&M and had to obviously layer things under it that would still look cute and keep me somewhat warm for the SA winter chill, so wearing plain black long sleeve tee and black bodycon mini skirt

 Paired the dress with my new black ankle boots with buckle detail from MR PRICE and this slightly shiny jacket that I have had for a couple years but was also from Mr Price but had the right edge for the overall look that I was going for 

 Then for accessories, rocking my black slouchy beanie from MR PRICE and my silver tree necklace and ring from, what was then, SASS DIVA for a tiny break from the all-black ensemble

And here just a back view of the outfit without the jacket, love the scoop back...can't wait for warmer weather to outfit repeat just with a different top underneath without interfering with the style, but too cold for that right now. Boo!

OOTD Paint It Black

So today's outfit was pretty moody, inspired by my mood, influenced by the weather...

Wearing my beloved kimono to keep the chill off, with a plain black tee, then for a change in "texture" (hmmm not sure if that's the right word for this context) I'm wearing my wet-look leggings

I then went with some silver jewellery to break from the black and also wearing my favourite little black pirate booties. 

I don't generally go for so much of one colour in an outfit but this time it was working for me...smiles all around from me

OOTD Brighten Up

Bright colours make everything better!!! I know they brighten up my day!

 So for today's outfit I paired this racer-front cobalt tank top with a neon yellow bandeau because it was showing too much of my bra and needed some extra coverage. I had been hesitant to wear this tank until now because of that. But this pairing has restored my faith in it. I also had to tie a knot in the side because otherwise the tank was too long and would make me look as though I had left the house without putting pants on...

 Then I added this sleeveless acid wash denim vest which coincidentally match my shorts very well, I don't usually like so much matchy denim but these 2 worked quite well together. I added more yellow to compliment the blue with this laser cut cuff and yellow hanging earrings.

Then just slapped on my faux converse, because everything is just better with some hot sneakers on you feet! I like the colour block effect and then how the sneakers break it up!

OOTD The Little Mermaid

This post is so cheesily named for the funny coincidence that I fit almost exactly into Ariel's colour scheme with my outfit today Just needed a bit more purple in the outfit. It was not intentional I swear.

Just wearing my Aztec print skirt that i featured in one of my earlier posts, which has turquoise, black, pink and purple details mixed  in there, I paired it with my boxy fit turquoise camisole and then my black Plum sandals. Then I added more turquoise with my bead wrap bracelet and some turquoise drop earrings. I may have gone a bit too crazy with the turquoise there but I cant help it, its so pretty!

And just for comical effect, here's me making deals with the sea hag with my trusty clown fish and lobster

OOTD Jekyll + Hyde

So my outfit today gives me a Jekyll and Hyde feel, I couldn't decide if I wanted to be good or bad. It's funny that with a simple change of shoes the outfit gets a completely different look to it, but seeing as I am taking advantage of my boss not being around, I went for the Mr Hyde.

Just to add to the spooky topic, this was a picture that i took the other night through my boyfriend's telescope. So this is before I cropped it. I love having access to a telescope, the amazing things I've seen are crazy, for instance I have actually seen Saturn and the belt around it, which was amazing, I plan to get a much stronger telescope at some point though because not all the planets are as clear as what Saturn was.

This is after I cropped it, amazing how you can see all those scratchy marks all over thee moon and its craters on the sides. Truly amazing to see thee moon so clearly.

Okay now back to my outfit...I just paired my black polka dot crop top with a high-waisted grey skirt and my combat boots, so simple and yet so cute.

Then for accessories, I continued my midi ring obsession with my silver set of rings here

And then added this stunning vintage silver coin necklace, this is actually an old South African coin from when we were still under the British rule. Its a 2 an half shillings coin with Elizabeth 2 Regina's face on it. One of my favourite necklaces.

I like that this outfit could either have gone very elegant and pretty or very grunge. A good outfit to turn from day to night look in my opinion