New Year, New Hair: Twilight Sparkle Hair

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In my neverending quest for unicorn hair, I used some of my leftover Special Effects Blue Haired Freak and a little Atomic Pink and ended up with My Little Pony hair....

I think (and my husband thinks so too... is he a Brony?) that it's reminiscent of Twilight Sparkle's pink and purple streaks, granted my hair is more blue than hers... but anyway....

Basically, when I was about to dye my hair I sectioned off two small pieces on each side and left them untouched while I applied Blue Haired Freak to the rest of my hair. I then Applied Atomic Pink to the two undyed sections and separated them with claw clips, making sure the blue and pink didn't touch while processing. Both dyes I diluted slightly with a bit of conditioner. I feel that this helps the colour to soak in and lock onto the hair shaft, while also giving your hair a nice little deep conditioning treatment. I left the dye in for about 4 hours and then washed it out with cool water.

I'm really loving the contrast between the rich blue and the bright pop of pink, the bit of purple on the other side. It looks magical! 

I am super in love with my new hair and I can't wait to see what it looks like when it fades a bit! I am sooooo surprised that the two bottles of Special Effects dye have lasted this long. I have used them on my hair and my friend Desiree's hair about 6 or 7 times now and they're only just down to the last little bit in the bottle. I don't think I can go back to any other dye now... It also lasts really long and fades evenly to a nice pastel colour. I bought mine from ebay seller 'Fayngz' but they seem to only have a few shades in stock right now. I have seen them on Amazon as well, but that seller had the best price and they were shipped super fast.

I want to try some of their other shades as well, have you used any of the Special Effects dyes? Let me know if there are any you recommend.

Mixing the Perfect Purple with Special Effects Dye Atomic Pink and Blue Haired Freak

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So continues my obsession with purple hair....

After doing my hair with the ION Color Brilliance Brights in Lavender, it was purple but not quite purple ENOUGH. You know what obsessed people are like, they can NEVER have enough (-insert crazy eyes-) *A*  So I decided to use Special Effects Hair Dye since I noticed Rie had such amazing results with it..... only problem was I couldn't find ANY of their purple dyes in stock ANYWHERE. Not on Amazon, not on eBay, not anywhere. I really wanted Wildflower, but it was just completely sold out along with every single other purple dye Special Effects makes :( So what is a girl to do when she can't find purple hair dye? Well, mix some of course!

1. I covered my hair in coconut oil and bleached the mid lengths and ends again, blending upwards to keep the gradient effect. I wanted to get the old silvery purple colour out and make it as light as possible.
2. I mixed about 3 tbs of deep conditioner with 1 tbs of Atomic Pink and 1 tbs of Blue Haired Freak. I wanted a more pastel colour, rather than bright blaring purple, so I mixed it with quite a lot of conditioner. TIP: You really only need very little dye to achieve excellent results and the conditioner locks in the colour.
3. I applied the purple mixture all over the mid lengths and ends of my hair (basically everywhere I wanted it to be purple) and left it on for a couple of hours.
4. I washed out the dye with plain cool water. Because I mixed it with conditioner, I hardly got any colour running when I washed it out.

The day after dyeing it...

Excuse my crazy eyebrows... this was a real no makeup swatching day =_=;;

The pictures below are about a week after I dyed it.

Trying to get artsy...

The colour faded a bit and blends beautifully into the lighter blonde hair. It has faded a little bit more since then, but it's still pretty vibrant (although looking more pink than true purple). I think next time I dye it, I'll add more blue than pink so it stays purple longer. So okay, it's not exactly the PERFECT purple, but it's pretty darn amazing. I'm so obsessed with candy coloured hair right now, it makes me happy just looking at it!

Here's a pic of my friend Desiree who has just Atomic Pink in her hair. I did the same process on her hair as mine, just on her entire head.

What do you think about candy coloured hair? Are you loving it, or is it not for you?