Hey dudes and dudettes,


Today I'll share what I've been up to for the past month. I decided I want to kill my hair and get it to white.
Pretty much this (kind of):


Day 1 - I used HairB4 stripper from Boots to remove the reds from my hair. It lightened my hair, some reds were left, but significantly less than before

Day 14 - Bleach 1. I waited at least "1-2 weeks" as the HairB4 instructions suggested before using bleach on my hair. It was extremely yellow so I used a semi-perm dye to tone it down. Looking back I should've used a normal toner.

Day 21 - Waited another 7 days before bleaching again. Toned it again after. UGH YELLOW

Day 26 - Got impatient so I went to the hair salon in the end and paid money I regret paying when they promised me a 'white' result and I walked out with what you see on the bottom right above.

Now, what most hairdressers never told me (yet always accepted to take my money and do it) is that I cannot get my hair to white, because my natural hair colour is pretty dark. So this is literally as far as it gets. Needless to say, I was a bit pissed considering I just bleached my hair 3 times for nothing.

Or I thought it was nothing.

Then I kind of fell in love with the blonde. The one after the second bleach to be more precise. After I give my hair a well deserved break, I'm thinking of using L'oreal Majiblond 900S to go Babydoll blonde


What I learned:

• L'oreal Quickblue Bleach Powder is the best bleach money can buy. Also when you bleach you need shitloads of bleach. Cover every single hair in that stuff. By the time you're done it'll feel like you have rocks instead of hair. 
• Wella toners are the best toners, especially the Wella T18 White Lady for white. It made my hair completely gray (but I forgot to take a pic while I had it because I wasn't a big fan of it...)
• Whoever said you can't pull off blonde if you're pale and don't tan is a fucking liar. 
• Shea Moisture (also on Amazon) is an incredible brand for hair products that'll moisture your hair like nothing else.
• Clariol Shimmer Light Shampoo and Conditioner is the best toning set to cool down your yellows. Pretty much as good as that Wella toner, but less damaging.

How do I know all this? Research and trial and error. I spent A LOT of money buying a lot of things this month (and not just this month) - looking back, it would've been cheaper to just get it done in the salon..... wait no. Not really. I read over 40 different blogs and forums with results using different products and came to the conclusions on which to buy from that. My only regret is wasting that money at the end thinking they can make it white, when I failed at it. For anyone who wants to get white hair: YOU CAN ACHIEVE IT by doing everything I did above, maybe even with 2 bleaches instead of 3 and just the Wella toner, but YOU MUST HAVE NATURALLY LIGHTER HAIR. It doesn't matter if you've been dying it forever and it's been bleached. There's only that much colour you can remove from your hair. Such is life



I hope this was useful and hopefully you guys can learn from my mistakes. If you have dry, damaged hair, do yourself a favour and get the Shea Moisture Raw Shea Butter shampoo. It's sulfate-free, organic, super rich, maybe a bit too heavy for some people, but if your hair needs moisture - it'll thank you for this. It's colour-safe and not tested on animals.



What have you been doing to your hair recently? Thinking of experimenting? I can help! Let me know your troubles in the comments below~


I'm still quite happy to have bleached and toned my hair so many times over a short period of time and still heave pretty good, somewhat healthy hair. I barely see a difference.





P.S.: There's this iPhone app called HelloTalk that connects you with people who want to learn your language and they can teach you theirs. It's pretty much the best thing I've seen ever for studying a language. I'm already improving my Japanese at the speed of light!



Disclaimer: I am not sponsored or get paid by anyone to say the things I say. I'd never lie to you guys and I don't take bribes. Ever. 

The Face Shop: Scalp Refreshing Mask review

Hey dudes and dudettes,


Today I'll be reviewing the Scalp Refreshing Mask from The Face Shop.

I saw it on Recommended products at Jolse, so I decided to give it at go, as I'm currently in the process of slowly bleaching my hair and my scalp needs all the support I can give it!

Also, as learned on Get it Beauty - caring for your scalp is extremely important and it makes your hair healthier too! (if you can't watch this episode in your country, use Hola Chrome extension and change your country to US!)

(also, if anyone has seen those white/brown bottles anywhere, please let me know! They were the most praised product in this episode and I couldn't find them anywhere)

Ever since I saw this episode, I started using a separate shampoo for my scalp and my hair. For my scalp and roots I use a sulfate-free and silicone-free scalp shampoo with keratine, bought from Amazon and for my hair I use the Shea Moisture Shea Butter shampoo, it's also sulfate-free and I'm a big fan of this brand as all of their products are very natural and absolutely great. I'm on my 3rd bottle of shampoo I've used from them. I spent a bit of £££ on conditioner, as that's really important for me, as recommended by reddit/r/hair I went for a large bottle of Shiseido Tsubaki Damage Hair Repair Conditioner and I absolutely love it! It makes my hair soooo smooth and silky. I also use the conditioner AFTER I use my hair mask. A lot of people use the conditioner before hair mask, but I've found that doesn't work as well as shampoo > hair mask > conditioner. You always want your conditioner to be the last thing you put on your hair. 

Let's get started with the review!!!

I washed my hair, as usualy with my shampoos for scalp and hair, then rinsed out, towel dried it a little bit, then I started putting on the rich, creamy and suuuper minty Scalp Refreshing Mask. The moment I started putting it on my scalp and hair, I realised why it's called 'refreshing'. It has very heavy smell of mint and freshness. If you're not a big fan of the smell and feel of it, this is probably not your thing! I personally love it though. The whole time the mask was on my head I had this super chill sensation, like I'm brushing my scalp with my toothbrush. Also, there's small granules in the mask, it's not smooth or runny like other masks, it's very rich and has a texture, so I decided to rub it into my scalp for about 10min, like a scrub. There's no English instruction so that felt like the natural thing to do. 


After I was done massaging my scalp and putting a sufficient amount of the mask all over my scalp and hair I put my hair around in a donut shape and covered it in transparent foil. This is something I always do when dying my hair and using hair masks. It helps the product to stay in and develop as much as possible, by containing the temperature and goodness inside, without exposing it to outside factors. I also rarely put on the masks for 30min, as instructed. I leave it on for at least an hour and if I don't have the time to spare, I leave it overnight.



And finally on the last step - washing out the mask and seeing the results!
I have to say, I'll miss the minty cool sensation on my scalp, but it has to be done.
I always rinse for at least 5min, as you never know when there's some product left in your hair. And I hate it when that happens as it leaves your hair greasy and clumpy. You can even wash out your hair with lemon water if you want to go trough the trouble, I've heard great things about it and I've told myself that if I ever become so poor I can't buy my hair products any more I'll wash my hair with soda/lemon. Of course, you don't have to be poor to try this method out, a friend of mine is a strong supported of the nopoo way and her hair is absolutely amazing! 


Here's my hair after I washed the mask out and once it dried up. Also no, I almost never use hair dryer. I really dislike it and what it does to my hair. I'd even go to bed with wet hair sometimes, which I've heard is really bad... I also used some Argan oil on my hair, I always do after showers and once it dries up. The current one I'm using is from WISHTREND, it's not oily at all and I use it on almost daily basis.

(still a little bit wet at the end, as you can see)

I have to say, my hair feels super smooth and silky! It also smells of freshness. I'd even recommend this mask to my bf, as he loves fresh smells like these. I'd imagine it's really popular with guys in Korea.



Overall:
Does it 'refresh'? Yes
Does your scalp feel better? Yes
Does it smoothen the hair? Yes
Does it moisturise dry and damaged hair? No
Will I use it again? Yes, not sure if I'd buy it once I'm done though.
Rossi Rates: 7/10

Hope this was helpful for you guys. Let me know what you think and what your favourite hair masks or hair treatments are in the comments below!