Dye hair! DYE! the aftermath

Dear lock blog

Okay so its been a little more than three weeks. And I'm loving my babies more than u can ever imagine. At this point I don't think I will ever cut them :). But then again who knows wat the future has in store :).

Since the dying I haven't washed my hair. I just basically twisted them these days and left them to their own devices. I mainly had my hair up in a ponytails and shell for the entire time. Just so I won't mess with them.

These days I only use a spray bottle of water, JML firm wax, and a scrunchie to twist and set my hair. My locks are up to the point where they need little maintenance. Just washing, twisting and styling. I guess its because they are mature. I have no frizzlies now. (Thank the lord). I can basically just wash and leave them alone. Total freedom! And if I need to do a little touch up twisting just water (in a spray bottle), firm wax and a scrunchie will do. The hair color adds to the excitement!

These days all I've been doing is watching them grow. When u dye your hair, its easy to see your hair grow. The natural color of my hair is growing back in. I love it! I will probably dye it again in another month just for kicks :).

Plus I did a nice style for my hair. I tried doing a bun but my hair wasn't long enough. But its long enough for a ponytail where I don't need pins for the back. Plus I added a little gold hair clip to the style to make it look even cuter.  I'm amazed at how neat they look these days.

Since my hair has reached maturity I'm guessing the only posts I'm going to do are going to be the different styles I make with my locks. Hopefully I find better products and trincets for my locks. If I do, I will definitely post!

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Dye hair! DYE! Part two (long over due)

Dear lock blog

Oh my gosh! It completely slipped my mind to write a part two. I'm so embarrased! I thought I already written one! I feel so terrible. Thank the lord I saved my pictures from the whole experience :)

Okay so the last time I wrote it was before I dyed my locks. I went out and bought SoftSheen Carson Permanent Hair Dye color 374 which is a rich auburn color. Its a lighter shade of brown. I bought 3 or 4 boxes.

The whole process was a little overwhelming. The mixing process was good but applying it to my hair was another story.

My hair (even without locks) is naturally thick so it took a while to apply it all. I had to do two at a time working from my roots to my tips. I had to make sure that each lock had enough dye so that the color could take effect. That took about 30 to 45 minutes alone. I let the dye set for an hour (30 minutes more than I was suppose to) simply cuz I really wanted it to set in. I kept myself occupied with other things in the waiting time. Then I washed it out and got this nice color that I just love. There was only two problems.

First off I think I put a little too much on my roots because they we're a little brighter than the rest of my locks.

Secondly, the tips of my locks were a little bright but not much. That's because I died my hair bronze when I put in this set. It was a surpise but not really a problem.

When I was done I simply dryed my hair then twisted it to set. They came out great. My hair needed some spice.

My locks today??? Just read the next post and you will see :)

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Dye Hair! DYE! Part 1

Dear loc blog
I've been feeling depressed lately. So much has been going on with family and my relationship that I've paid little attention to my locks. My poor babies!
After feeling down in the dumps I decided that I should get up and try something new. I got up and got my nails wrapped. That was new because my nails were never long enough to get wrapped. I tried a new design for them with brighter colors to brighten my mood. A hot pink color did the trick.

Then I decided to dye my hair. In my first set I dyed it a rich auburn color. Its a nice shade of brown that not to dark not too bright. I really liked it so I want to dye it again. it goes nicely with my complexion. I'm not the kind of girl that puts all these crazy colors in my hair. Some ppl can pull it off but not all (myself included).

So this is part 1 of this saga lols. As u already know when I started this set I dyed my hair bronze so that when it grows out id be able to tell. Its been a year five months and ten days since I've dyed it last. My hair has grown tremendously. Its shoulder length right now. The tips of my locks are still bronze while the roots to the be beginning of my dyed tips are my natural hair color: off black. 
As u can see from my pictures my hair is dry and has little luster. I'm lucky my hair has grown long enough to get into a ponytail because it would make it so much easy to dye each lock individually without the others getting in the way.
Now let's see what happens.. stay tuned! :D