And then it was all pink!

I made a big boo boo when I did the laundry the other day! I have always washed all of Lillian's clothes together, never separating white and colored. Big mistake on my part this time. In with all her clothes was a new reddish pink dress. Next thing I know, all of her clothes were some shade of pink and some had pink splotches on them. I was so upset with myself! The first thing I did to try to fix the problem was to rewash it all and add some bleach, didn't work! I then turned to Facebook for help. I got quite a few responses with suggestions to try. One of my coworkers told me to soak the clothes in Oxiclean and then wash them with a color catcher sheet. Her husband was even so kind to bring me the needed supplies. I came home that evening and started soaking the clothes. The next morning I washed them with the color catcher sheet. Problem still not solved. So I then decided to try another way that was suggested but I had to go get the supplies needed. I went to three different stores in search of Clorox 2 powder but could not find it. Instead I found Carbona. After reading the sales pitch on the box I decided to give it a try. I dissolved the stuff in water and soaked the clothes. A few hours later my problem was SOLVED! All the white parts were white again and the pink splotchy areas were gone too. I did have another problem on my hands though. A few of her outfits had been faded and looked as though they could have been clothes I wore as an infant! I washed all of them with Dreft like usual and dried them. Voila! Everything but three outfits were good as new. I decided that losing three outfits, as opposed to about 8 other outfits, 3 pairs of socks, 5 burp cloths, a towel and a blanket, was quite alright. Lesson learned... separate Lillian's clothes just like I do ours!

*the infamous dress*

*supplies for my 2nd attempt*

*the winner*

Blondes have more fun...

because dyeing your hair every color possible in one day is fun right? WRONG!

I love getting my hair done!  I love when it's freshly highlighted.  I love having my hair washed.  I love the way the hairdresser styles my hair.   My hair appointment was Wednesday at 3PM and I was looking forward to it all week!  I had decided that I wanted to dye my hair so that it would be a strawberry blonde.  I am naturally blonde, so I figured it was a doable task.  This is what I had in mind...

This is what my hairdresser had in mind...

Which I must say is very pretty!

So she started and first applied a color that looked about like this but with a hint of pink.  She washed that out and then put a color called "copper" that was about like this.  I will admit that I was a little bit nervous, but I had faith in her.  She is really good and I always love my hair when I leave her place. Well...she washed my hair and then dried it and I looked about like this...

OMG! I was in SHOCK! I was at a loss for words, and I could tell she was too! Neither of us expected it to turn out like that!  So she decided to put a chemical wash in it to lighten it.  She concocted something and applied it to my head/hair...it then started to "tingle,"  so she immediately had to wash it out.  I was so afraid my hair was about to fall out!  So after she dried it again, it was still a HOT MESS! Next, she added highlights and after it sat for a while, she washed it out and dried it.  It then looked like this...

And actually in this picture my hair looks somewhat decent, but I must tell you it was not! My hairdresser then gave me three options...

1-add more highlights, like tons of blonde highlights to lighten it up

2-"strip it" (in translation that means strip my hair of all it's color with some awful chemical and then add a color to it)

3-dye it a dark brown in attempt to cover the Ronald McDonald look I currently was rocking

I figured the 1st option would only turn my hair pink/orange.  I was afraid the 2nd option would cause all of my hair to fall out.  So, I went with the 3rd option. 

This is now what I look like...

I forgot to mention that I got 3 1/2- 4 inches cut off.  I am still getting used to the new do.  I have shocked everyone that I have seen, including my husband, who said "Holy Cow!" when I walked in to the house.  I will not be coloring my hair for a while!  I think it needs a break.  It is so dry now that I feel like it is going to break off, and the fact that I have to straighten it for it to look decent doesn't help matters. 

I know you must be thinking, "Why in the world would you go back to that hairdresser?"  My answer is because I truly love her work.  Besides this mishap and the one other time that she turned my hair gray.  She always does a wonderful job on my highlights and my haircut is always cute.  I have also known her since we were in 2nd grade.  I am totally not blaming her.  I know that everyone's hair is different and takes color different.  Apparently my hair is made to be naturally blonde with the occasional highlight. 

So although I feel blondes do have more fun...I'm going to have to do my best at being a brunette for a little while!