My 50p hairdo

This is the downside of colouring your hair. For whatever reason you are doing it, whether to cover up the grey or just to ring the changes with a new image every so often, you're going to get the dreaded roots growing through. Wouldn't it be brill if you could get your hair to how you like it, and apply a spray which would stop the growing process untill you are ready to start it again. If someone ever invents such a thing, 50% of hairdressers would go out of business.

I have been colouring my hair for as long as I can remember. When I was young I sometimes changed my hair colour as often as I changed my knickers, (pants came later) ha ha. I always bought the lotion from a shop and did it myself. Only once did I treat myself to a colour in a hairdressing salon, and that was in 2008 before I went into hospital. I wanted to give myself a bit of a lift, to feel good about myself even though I knew I was going to feel not so good when I came out of the operating theatre. I sat in the hairdressers for nearly three hours for the full works, cut, colour, blow dry, and I must say, I didn't feel good at all when I came out. My pamper session was a long and boring chore. My appearance was nothing special either, and certainly didn't justify the cost of it.

How women can sit around in salons week in week out, I'll never know. I find nothing pleasureable about someone fiddling with my head, while trying to divert my eyes away from the mirror knowing that my face is under scrutiny from everyone in the place. I just want in and out, thank you very much. Well now I don't have to go through that torture any more, yipeeeeee. As you know I posted about my first attempt at cutting my hair. I did the whole caboodle, top, fringe, sides, and back, and I was quite pleased with the result. So this is going to be the way for me from now on.

Now it's time to get rid of those dark roots again. I normally spend around £3 to £4 on a colour, buying it from the discount stores, and usually go for well know names. Anyway, the purpose of this post is to illustrate just how cheap you can go with your hair care regime, it needn't cost a fortune.

First of all I trimmed my barnet all over, again with two mirrors, back and front. Cost, nothing. My box of Extra Light Natural Blonde colour for £1, is from erm....Poundland. It is a make I am not familiar with but I will give it a go. I've checked their web site and it looks legitimate. So, how to get the cost down even further? This is not my idea, I read it somewhere. First find a plastic pot, an old houmous tub will do, plus a paintbrush. You could use a small piece of sponge or even your fingers to apply the mix if you haven't got a paint brush.
    

Mark the halfway point of the developer in the applicator bottle and pour it into the tub. Then squeeze out half the colour from the tube.

Mix both together, and apply to the bonce. I started at the roots on the top, working my way down the sides, then to the back. I used my left hand to rub it in as I applied it.

Then wait. There was just about enough to cover most of my shortish hair.

Forty minutes later I washed it off, and used the whole of the conditioner in the sachet. I have some other conditioner for the next time. And there you have it. It wasn't quite as blonde as I'd have expected, but that could be because of either the cheapness of the product, or because I only used half of it. But the roots are blended in quite nicely.

I think the experiment was successful. I can't see any reason why using the second half of the product should not give the same results. Cost of new hairdo? 50p, whooopeee, plus the cost of boiling a pan and a kettle of water. I wash my hair in the kitchen, not in the bathroom, only flick the hot water switch if I am having a bath. Have a nice Saturday. Toodle pip.