Primary Mix and Fit to Be Dyed

Monday are never happy; they are only there to be endured. So says me! 

I have endured, and I survived. All this colour helped!

• Cardigan - no label, thrifted; last worn here (3rd outfit) in May with the white dress I wore this past weekend
• Top - Anne Klein, thrifted; last seen here in June with pink and purple
• Skirt - Bianca Nygard, thrifted; last worn here in April with a double flare
• Shoes - Feet First; last seen here in June with magenta fringe

I had a lot of positive reactions to this outfit, mostly about all the colours.

You can't really go wrong with variations on the primary colours of red, blue and yellow (especially lemon yellow). They always work together.

The stuff:

It's like I planned it!

Red bling:

Great red balls!

• Earrings - Tania Gleave
• Ring - gift from Cindy
• Scarf - thrifted

Okay, now I'm grateful for suggestions about dyeing my hair, but please understand a couple of things.

One: I've been dyeing it since I was 18. That's THIRTY years. I know what I'm doing, and although I'm not a hair professional, I do a good job on my own hair with regular colour. And while I appreciate the advice about putting Vaseline along my hairline, but I've been all over that for a couple of decades.

Two: This is not your standard hair dye. Nosirree. Beware - graphic hairline photos!

I have washed my hair, and scrubbed my scalp, TEN times since Saturday morning. 

It's super-duper, not-standard hair dye. I can't rub Vaseline into my scalp or I'd get some crazy patchiness, and that is my scalp right there with the crazy purple blobules. I have to wait until my scalp sheds before the purple comes off. That's how insane this dye is.

Can you imagine what this would have looked like without the gobs of Vaseline I DID put on?

My scalp will look normal by Friday

The problem is mostly because I have very short (almost shaved) hair on the sides and back - you can see my scalp through the hair, so the dye is really noticeable, much moreso than someone with long hair. And even though I coat my entire ear (and my arms, and my hands, and my whole face, and my neck and my entire upper back) in Vaseline, some of it always sneaks through.

The dye that I use - Splat - is more like a stain, like if you were staining furniture. I touched it - once - with my bare finger and my finger stayed black for about a day, fading to purple and then magenta over a couple of days. It lasts really well...because it colours really well.

So there you have it. Thank you again for all the suggestions of using Vaseline, but I'm covered!