Add a Little Color to Your World

Ok, it would be safe to say that I've been coloring my hair for over 20 years. Not that I'm close to being old of course...I started covering a gray streak while in high school. Well, part of that's true...I did show a 'bit of gray' near the root of my 'cow lick' at the early age of 17 (for those not from the South or familar with the term 'cow lick', this is your hairs way of having a birth mark...a portion of your hair that will NOT lay down and behave ).

Anyway, to save money and time, I typically color my own hair and am pretty comfortable with Loreal and 'she' with me. However, they have recently changed their box AND their size of containers, labeled ONE - TWO - and THREE within the box. I made a mistake the other night and inadvertantly mixed the conditioner tube contents with the developer tube of contents, rather than mixing the developer with the actual color.

Well, truth be told....I've often wondered what would happen if I had done this. Would I be able to still use the concoction or would it make my hair turn Ronald McDonald orange or worse...make it fall out due to user malfunction. Yet, I was TOO cheap to waste the mixture without at least giving it a shot. So, while applying the color, I became increasingly alarmed as the color turned the color of grape sherbet rather than a dark auburn shade. I was chicken through and through and decided to quickly rinse my hair after the application.

So, now I have a sweet combo hair color of (still) gray roots, residual brown/red, AND a light shade of auburn tints neighboring the gray. I'll have to re-do the new-do.