Mockdockers – I need your professional opinions.
I just tried a hair coloring product – Loreal’s Excellence 10 minute thingy to be almost exact. If you’ve seen pictures of me, which you may have if you’ve been around here awhile, you may know that my hair is sort of a dark blonde color. And you may recall that I’ve been a loyal Sun-In fan for some time. But it has stopped working for me. My hair has developed some sort of freaky immunity to Sun-In. So my mom suggested this Loreal product. In the lightest blonde color.
I had never used one of these DIY color thingies before IN MY LIFE. But I read the instructions super carefully and wore the gloves and saturated my hair with the goo and even put on a kitchen timer for 12 minutes just to be extra sure it would work. And then I did just like the package said and lathered it up with warm water and rinsed it out and conditioned. And you know what happened?
I LOOK EXACTLY THE SAME.
I suppose it’s POSSIBLE that my roots might be slightly closer to the color of the rest of my hair now, but the difference is truly negligible. If anything, my hair is a little darker now.
So I need to know, from those of you experienced with hair color, what you might use to Actually Lighten your hair without going too drastic. Because Loreal Excellence 10-minute thingy did nothing but expose me to chemicals unnecessarily.
Advice please!
Waaaaaay back in highschool, I used Sun-In to blondify my naturally dark blonde/light light brown hair. And I had fabulous results, unlike many of my friends, who ended up with tangerine colored hair. Or worse, burnt sienna. I am not altogether sure why I stopped using it, but I think it had something to do with the stigma attached. It’s a pretty fair statement, I believe, to say that using Sun-In makes you kind of a dork.
As an adult, I’ve gone to an actual hair salon person to have my hair highlighted. This has cost various amounts depending on the hairdresser, but most recently, I’d been spending $120 EVERY EIGHT WEEKS for highlights. How insane is that? I did this not only because I liked the results, but because I enjoyed talking with my gay hairdresser. Gay male hairdressers have historically been some of the funnest people ever to talk to, and my guy was no exception.
HOWEVER, about 3 months ago, I told Dame I was thinking about quitting my hair guy and buying a bottle of Sun-In. Her response? “NO” along with a look that clearly SCREAMED, “If you use Sun-In, I may no longer be able to be friends with you.” After some discussion about my good high school results, she reluctantly agreed to continue our friendship even if I went to the dark sun-in side.
So I did it. And I am happy to tell you that five dollars and 3 months later, I am as blonde as I would be if I continued to see my gay hairdresser, except now I have more money to spend on other completely frivolous things. Even Dame has commented on my successful blondeness – I’ve made a believer out of her!
I would like to know about our readers’ haircoloring stories and/or nightmares. Have you had a run-in with Sun-in? (See what I did there?)
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