Mar
2012
Orange Crush
It’s… still kind of orange.
I’ve been washing it faithfully with Head & Shoulders, and it’s faded quite a bit, but I still have my orange temples (That’s totally going to be the name of my band, by the way: Amber and The Orange Temples) and am having to choose my outfits really carefully, because while it looks not too orange with some things, other colours just seem to bring out the OMGORANGE and make it glow like a radioactive carrot. So it’s really messing with my important FASHUN, to be honest.
(Someone on Twitter told me I should use Head & Shoulders Lemon? I just have the regular stuff, so maybe that’s where I’m going wrong?)
In some lights, it looks almost back to normal. And in other lights…
BOOM BOOM POW! ORANGE!
And after that, Amber had well and truly learned her lesson, and she never dabbled with hair dye ever again, The End.
Haha, April Fools! In March.
OK, I’m just kidding: this isn’t what it actually looks like. The top photo is unfiltered (and doesn’t really show the full extent of TEH ORANGE, to be honest), but the other two have been run through my BFF, Instagram which, in addition to making me look a bit like a vampire, ups the orange quotient by quite a bit. Quite a bit. This is how it FEELS to me, though. It’s a bit like walking around with a giant sign on my head that says, “Hey, everyone! This woman is stupid! She thought she was using a temporary colour glaze, but actually it was a semi-permanent colour! LOL!”
Still, at least I’m in no danger of getting dandruff any-time soon…
Hazel
March 21, 2012 at 11:41 am (428 days ago)I actually really like the colour!
I’ve accidentally dyed my hair orange, was meant to be going to a fancy dress party as Drew Barrymore in Charlie’s Angels with two other girls, and instead of putting in a wash in wash out colour I dyed it permanent. Oops.
Catherine
March 21, 2012 at 12:40 pm (428 days ago)Well, I LOVE this color. You are so gorgeous, and it really looks fabulous on you. Dang I wish I could pull red/orange hair off half as good as this!
Luve
March 21, 2012 at 12:53 pm (428 days ago)Same here, I really love this color. I wish I could have my hair so bright, I’m sorry if this sounds a bit like everything you didn’t want to hear… And to make this comment even worse: can you tell which semi-permanent colour you used?
Amber
March 21, 2012 at 1:11 pm (428 days ago)It’s this one in “Natural Red”:
http://www.hair-naturals.co.uk/sante-hair-dye/sante-herbal-hair-colours.html
(Just to re-itterate, though, the bottom two photos have been Instagramed – it’s not that orange in real life, although when it was first done, the blonde bits were pretty much that shade”)
Katie
March 21, 2012 at 1:23 pm (428 days ago)It’s stories like this that make me even more determined never to dye my hair. Thank-you for voluntarily teaching us all these important lessons!
Katie
March 21, 2012 at 1:25 pm (428 days ago)Although, really, it doesn’t actually look bad on you. This does dampen the effect of the lesson somewhat, now that I think about it.
Emma via Facebook
March 21, 2012 at 1:41 pm (428 days ago)I like it!
Emma via Facebook
March 21, 2012 at 1:45 pm (428 days ago)Me too! I kinda want to try that colour
Emma via Facebook
March 21, 2012 at 1:45 pm (428 days ago)I have just got that colour too!
naiadknight
March 21, 2012 at 2:29 pm (428 days ago)I don’t know if you have it over there, but Pert will rip that color right the hell out. I got bored with permanent purple hair after an experiment in college, so I attacked it with Pert 2 or 3 times a shower. 2 weeks later, it was a darker version of my own hair color, as opposed to brilliant purple.
Amber
March 21, 2012 at 2:38 pm (428 days ago)I haven’t heard of Pert, so suspect we probably don’t have it, but will definitely have a look – thanks for the suggestion!
Julie
March 21, 2012 at 4:52 pm (428 days ago)Sorry, not hair-related at all, (although your hair does look fab, as always) but I really love the lipstick you’re wearing in these photos. Would you mind sharing the details?
Amber
March 21, 2012 at 5:00 pm (428 days ago)It’s Russian Red by MAC!
Julie
March 21, 2012 at 5:21 pm (428 days ago)Thank you. That’s one of the few MAC reds I don’t have. I’m sure I’ll manage to justify purchasing yet another lipstick to add to my collection some time soon, though…
Karlie
March 21, 2012 at 5:38 pm (428 days ago)I have blonde hair with just a little red in it and if I use any type of color with the words Golden in it my hair turns bright cooper red for a good 3 weeks.
Sandy via Facebook
March 21, 2012 at 5:48 pm (428 days ago)I love the bright!
Call me M
March 22, 2012 at 12:55 am (427 days ago)Orange or not, I love your hair color! Always liked red hair.
) and the parts where my hair where naturally blonde turned orange! How had I forgotten? haha It was quite funny though. I actually had 3 colors on me (my natural light brown, dark red and orange). I thought I looked like a parrot. But thankfully it faded after a few showers.
And I just remembered that a few years ago, I had dyed the lower part of my hair dark red (a huge trend when I was in high school, please don’t laugh
Rinda
March 22, 2012 at 1:25 am (427 days ago)Hey, be thankful you aren’t me…i once dyed my teeth pink while dying my hair…
Amber
March 22, 2012 at 10:00 am (427 days ago)Wow, how does that even work?! I had no idea hair dying was so fraught with danger! (Can you tell this was my first time?)
I can sympathise, though – I once dyed my teeth orange. I don’t seem to have much luck with the colour orange, now I come to think of it…