No More Dark Ugly Roots

Again more than enough years had passed. The arrival of spring of 2012 reminded me the days of my youth. Flashing images in my mind of a beautiful blonde shade of hair color triggered my curiosity to dabble in the risky business of hair bleaching and hair coloring all over again even after a long past hair coloring horror story occurence in the days of my youth. Of course, this time being much more experienced and wiser when playing around with hair coloring chemicals, I was willing to roll the dice once again and take my chances. So off to the beauty section in the grocery store to collect all the necessary items to proceed with my new dream hair color. The first hesitation of changing my hair color was the prices of the bleach, color and conditioners. Some of the products were on sale so that would have helped cut the cost somewhat. Wow, I thought, never was this expensive at one time even doing it myself in my own bathroom. Right then and there I almost put everything back on the shelf and walked out. So here I'm standing at the checkout eighty some odd dollars later. It still wasn't too late, I thought to myself as I climbed into my vehicle. However, my other half told me not to worry and go on ahead with changing my hair color. So I did exactly just that.
The day finally came when I decided to dedicate myself to doing my hair. So I prepared the first box of bleach and saturated my head. I knew what to expect that my hair would turn orange at first. Being a tiny bit impulsive by nature, I wanted to take all the necessary steps to achieve a much lighter hair color in one sitting. There was no way I was going to venture outside in the public till I was completely transformed to the blonde color I was aiming for. Being dark haired I knew this would take most of my time that day. Finally it was time for the second bleaching that produced a lighter gold color. I decided to stop there and opted for a medium to light golden blonde because it much less harsher on the hair than going a pale white blonde. Finally the color toner was applied and deep conditioner that was left to set in overnight. All was very good and my hair looked good and I received lots of compliments from people. I was happy but only temporarily till I noticed very dark roots getting longer and longer by the day. Soon the dark roots became too noticeable and I was left with two options. I could get my new growth bleached or return to my original hair color. Well, it just happened that photos of me showed the obvious. I was not impressed with the new dark growth of hair spilling all over my head and I had noticed that the nice golden blonde shade of hair color had somewhat soured to an ugly brassy tone. Did I really want to keep up with the maintenance of staying blonde. Not really, the thoughts of feeling more vibrant and youthful because I was blonde quickly faded. I wanted to get rid of it as soon as possible. It was a two step hair coloring process to return to my normal hair color. I took photos and made comparisons and realized that going blonde had been nothing but a waste of time and money since I only kept it for about a month. I should have just saved the money and walk out of the store in the first place. Oh well, it was fun being blonde while it looked good, for a short while till I quickly tired of it. Never again though, the dark ugly roots is just not worth it. I like my hair color naturally just the way it is. I will even take a few grey strands over ugly dark roots any day. Yuck! Never again.