Let's talk about hair...

I'm having a little bit of a hair rut right now!
As you may have known I was really keen to go orange
But since I don't want to bleach my hair anymore
and I'm worried it could affect my job opportunities
I just couldn't go all out with it

For the "Becoming Chinatsu" posts I had put some more orange onto my hair
It was still pretty brown as you can see
Also note near my fringe, the bottle isn't good for application
So my hair has more colour in some places than it does others!!

I'd bought an extra bottle of the orange dye and after using that it came out like this
Whilst it was a more reddish shade, it was still just not working for me

I was considering using the colour stripper to get my hair lighter
Then trying the orange again
But I'm even wondering if the dye itself is just not good
and unfortunatly the one I was using was the only decent enough shade
another flaw is there isn't anything vivid and permanent!

Not to mention, whilst I'm really wanting lighter colours to my hair
I don't get my hair coloured at the stylists anymore
So that means it's hard to cover my roots this way!

So my mind has been boggling and I recently saw and fell in love with this
Schwarzkopf Live Color XXL shade 45 Red Violet Extreme
EXTREMMMEEEEEE rofl

It's such a fabulous shade, but I think I would still need to use a colour stripper before
I have used this brand before and I do like it
The only mega problem here is that this shade doesn't seem to be in the UK!
So seriously if you can get hold of this, I'd love to work something out with you ♥

The last time I used this dye company was around November last year
I used their colour Cyber Purple and it was a lovely shade

I was complimented on it quite a lot too!
and I'm thinking the colour I posted could be like this maybe a little more vivid?
I'm also noticing how little justice this picture is doing as the crop ruined the quality!

I just need to make sure if I do go purple again, I make sure I buy the right shade
I accidentally bought a purple ever so slightly deeper and my rich shade almost went black!


So, I came and I rambled
I appreciate any opinions as right now I am so unsettled as to what to do!

If you want to talk hair beyond what I've written
I have a tag on my Tumblr of hair I like → here
So feel free to browse/include those too ★