Hair Series__The Final Look [PART THREE]

So I got my hair cut last friday at my hair dressers. I was at first going to go to Super Cuts, to save a few bucks, but then I talked to my mom and she said that I should just get a really good hair cut that would last a while, rather than a mediocre one. In addition, I got my roots relaxed. And then my hair dresser colored my hair as well.

Before Photos:

I thought I should include these, even though I know my hair does not look great. But I think by showing before and after photos, you can really then see the progression. In these photos, my hair is just blow dried, not straightened, which is why my hair seems a bit shorter than it is because my roots are about 4 months post relaxer.

I was going to get my highlights done at another time. However, seeing my hair now, I like the way it looks and I think I should give my hair a couple of months of rest from chemicals. So this is going to be the end of my hair series.  I am loving the color. It is less of a pink and more of a cranberry/ fushia. 

Hair Series__Pink What? [PART ONE]

So I think I am going to do a Hair Series, which will be somewhat of a journey for me. I am starting to take better care of my hair in regards to how much heat I put on it and how often I was my hair and keeping it moisturized. Now I need to give my hair definite style that I can keep up with. So for the first part of my series, which I think will be about 5 parts. I am going to talk about inspiration of the direction I want my hair to go in.

I am wanting to grow my hair long, however since it is still pretty much short, I need to have a hair cut for the length it is now that can then be easily transitioned into medium, shoulder length hair. I going to add some long layers into my hair to give it more movement. I have loved front bangs, however since I don't get them trimmed that often they turn more into side bangs, which I think works better for me, I am going to keep them on the longer side so that if I don't feel like bangs one day, I can easily push them back. I am going to get my hair cut on Friday so I will post some photos of before and after then to show you how it turned out.

I am wanting to go Pink again. However, usually in the summer I try not to be as fussy with my hair which is why there isn't pink in my hair at the moment. Since I am not going to bleach my hair completely blonde, due to the fact that it is really damaging and I already relax my hair, the pink  is going to be more on the darker side, slightly emitting a cranberry color effect (such as the 2nd photo)

[disclaimer: The photos were either taken from Google or Tumblr. None of these photos are owned by me]

January Inspirations

Beauty: New Hair

 For the new year I thought I would get a new hair style and start with fresh healthy hair. I am actually loving this really short hair. 

Health: Juice/smoothie fast

For the beginning of the month, my mom, sister and I decided to go on a juice/smoothie fast for 5 days.

Hair Journey/Challenge

For the new year, I would really like to grow out my hair and just take really good care of it. Since I am a college student, and don't have the largest budget to try out all the expensive treatments that help your hair grow long and strong, so this will be like a College Edition. I will show you my journey and the products that I love or hate for my hair and hopefully I can create a routine that I like that will help me grow my hair out.

To tell you a little bit about my hair now, it is relaxed, has highlights, and I have dyed it with semi-permanent hair dye. At the moment, I havent had my roots touched up with relaxer or highlights since August cause I don't trust any hair dresser near my school to do my hair when I am not at home.  I will be continuing to high-light, dye, and relax my hair. So I know this will be a deep struggle since I am already putting so many chemicals in my hair that are doing the opposite of what I want my hair to do, GROW.  The reason though that I have my hair relaxed is because my hair is very hard to manage when it is natural. I started relaxing my hair Senior year of High School so I was about 17 yrs old. I do straighten my hair most of the the time like once a week or twice a week if I can, but I am going to try not to put so much heat  on my hair if I can. I have already pretty much cut out the use of a blow dryer but washing my hair at night and then braiding it up and then straightening it in the morning.