An almost first for me

Posted by Janice on December 18, 2009

I decided to try to dye my hair last night.  I remember trying to dye my hair once about twenty years ago and all I did was make a huge mess.  It didn’t cover up the gray and it stained the shower curtain!  I was so distressed that I lost all interest in trying it again for a very long time.  Well, twenty years is a long time, wouldn’t you say?  My older sister suggested that I try one of the cream hair dyes that don’t drip.  So I decided to give it a try; the gray hairs I was seeing in the mirror made me look so old and washed out!  I bought a box of L’Oreal’s Excellence Creme hair dye.  I picked out a box of hair dye that looked like my natural color (dark brown.)

Well, the process took a lot longer than I thought it would take.  Most likely because my hair is very long; almost down to my waist.  So it took longer to saturate all of my hair.  The directions on the dye said to let the dye stay in for thirty to forty minutes.  I think that by the time my hair was saturated it had already been thirty minutes for some parts of my hair!

And even though the box claimed that it wouldn’t drip, it did in fact drip.  I’m glad I was standing on a black towel and leaning over my bathroom sink because my bathroom has carpeting in it (it came with the house.)

End result – my bathroom sink is now stained (grr…) and my hair is almost black.  My hubby loves it.  I”m not used to it – next time (if there IS a next time) I’ll pick out a lighter color!  Overall I’m pleased that I don’t see any gray hairs!  But it is a shock when I look in the mirror!