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When I first decided to go blonde, I of course forged ahead without any real research and the research only took place as each stage failed to give me the desired results, needless to say the trials and errors included some kitchen remedies including spending 4 hours with ketchup in my hair to counteract the green tones…
I would NOT have known what to do about green tones....Frightfully entertaining!I do have a real life scary story for you for this week. Serendipitously, it occurred last week....
It was a dark and stormy night...(I'm not actually sure about that.)
But it was a dark and stormy night anyway. My hair has been through the wringer this past year and a half, and so I decided a few weeks ago to give the bleaching a "rest". So, I bought some high lifting bleach free hair color that was the next closest to the shade I usually do, even the same brand.
Finally, I couldn't take the horror of my brown roots anymore...So I decided to forge ahead with the new color last week.
I mixed. I applied. I tried to focus only on the roots and left it on for the shortest amount of time (in case of "problems"). Then, without looking in the mirror like I usually do, I jumped in the shower to wash it all out and applied the toning (purple) conditioner.
I bided my time for the usual 3 minutes, rinsed, and rinsed, and rinsed....(This stuff takes forever to get out...) and rinsed.
Minutes later, when the steam finally cleared from my bathroom mirror...I saw.... to my absolute horror.....
...hair that was THIS COLOR!
I went to MrBcat (who is colorblind and had NO IDEA what I was on about...
In a desperate attempt to avoid this embarrassment, I reached for Dr. Google. Salvation was at hand! Like a failed chemistry student, or perhaps a vacuous Dr Jeckyll, I decided to mix this dangerous elixir I found on the interwebs, that purported to have the answer I needed....if only I had lemons and hair conditioner at hand!
I did not, in fact, have any lemons at all at hand, or in the refrigerator. To which I implored Mr Bcat to please make a trip to Whole Foods before closing (it was 9:15) so I would not have to be seen outside the house.
In the mean time, I had informed my fellow SMs the woeful and frightening tale in real time....
Before MrBcat (who selflessly began putting on his shirt and shoes) could risk life and limb on the trek to WF, I stumbled across a lesser known recipe that merely involved Vitamin C tablets and shampoo.
VIT C! I have that in spades around the house!
In to the hopper goes the 3x500mg of Vit C tablets and a substitution of conditioner and shampoo mix and then quickly on to the hair it goes. I mean, if you made it this far...what could it hurt, right????
Mere moment later....I saw the gratifying return of my normal inside of the banana peel blond to my ravaged locks....And several deep conditions later, it is starting to feel a little better.
Thank you for indulging me. I promise this is a real blow by blow, and not embellished in any way....
Carry on!
My hair was not quite as blue as this Modernism Tropicale.....but it was a very near miss!!!!
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I just LOVE it with dots!
Excellent pin & great Halloweenie colors (as well as optimized candy corn placement)... nice!SOTD, La Source du Pegase in truly Halloween colors. The pin is a gift from my dear friend. It works with the scarf pretty well, I think!
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So happy to be twins with you Cookie. Yes, this is definitly one of my favorites of my pink scarfs.
Thank you MAGJES. I have not seen the light pink one, I bet it is beautiful. I never saw this scarf on the H EU site, only the US one and was so happy I could get one when I visited Los Angeles.
Thank you so kindly, Snausages. Your C’est la Fetr is stunning. I love it with the polka dots.
Thank you so much! Yes, the raining candy corn must take center stage on Halloween. We gave out treats to about 150 kids! It was a blast. The two standout costumes were 1. a T-rex that had a battery that inflated it. Below the jaw was the opening for the wearer’s face. He was about 11 or 12 years old. He navigated in that costume so well. Very impressive. It made me feel claustrophobic, though, and I felt worried seeing him in it. The second was a baby, probably 18-20 months old in a velvety pink baby shark costume. He was so adorable.
So happy to hear that your trip was a happy success, Croisette! And thank you so much for the compliment on my silky story.
Karenska, you are an amazing storyteller and this is a heartbreaking and beautifully illustrated story with sort of a happy ending.Happy Halloween, dear Scarfies. A hearty thank you to @Cookiefiend for her hosting of last week’s theme. Most delightful! This week, we are telling Ghost Stories, real or imagined, with our scarves. So without further ado, here is mine.
Bhhhwahhh……
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It was a dark and stormy night.Sorry, just kidding
The Calèche and the Châle
Delphine had, without knowing, captured the heart of Gabriel, her family’s chauffeur. Due to her sheltered youth and naïveté, she was unaware of Gabriel’s growing love for her. To Delphine, he was their family’s young driver with whom she had grown up. She loved him as a brother and had affectionately dubbed him Ange. As children, they would play in the woods and meadows of the Bois, and he would tease her about her dog, Alouette, whom Delphine adored. “Ah, you love Alouette more than life itself!” he would exclaim, which confused Delphine because to her Alouette was life.
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After Gabriel grew old enough to work as the calèche driver, Delphine and he would see each other as he drove Maman and her in their little Duc through the streets of Paris or to the great Bois. There, he would sit atop the roofless carriage and watch her walk with Alouette, becoming ever more smitten with the solitary young woman. Sometimes they would walk together and talk of their childhood adventures.
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As the year progressed and Gabriel fell more and more in love, Delphine began to understand this, but could not admit to herself that she, too, was falling in love with him.
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One beautiful October evening, Gabriel could no longer keep his love a secret. He presented Delphine with an exquisite blue and rose châle as a pledge of his undying love, and proposed marriage. Confused and somewhat frightened, Delphine refused him.
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Brokenhearted, Gabriel fled Paris and found refuge in the sea, which became his home. Out on the seas, he threw the shawl overboard and watched the waves toss it until it disappeared.
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Delphine’s heart was broken, too. Too late, she realized what Gabriel meant by loving something “more than life itself”. Falling into a state of grief, she grew ill and died the following October. Alouette soon followed. They were buried together in a simple grave in a wooded stand in the Bois.
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Gabriel sailed for many years, burying his sorrow in the incessant, lonely churn of the sea. Eventually, his ship foundered.
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As the years passed, people told of strange apparitions they saw in the Bois during autumn. They told stories of a ghostly calèche riding through the woods to a barely marked grave. There, they say, a man and a woman, wearing a blue and rose shawl, embrace and walk hand in hand through the Bois until dawn. A little dog follows.
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Holsby, you are so kind - thank you for such a lovely compliment.
One ending I had thought of was having the heroine be a restless spirit because of her refusal, but since the hero was equally unfulfilled, I decided that they should be together in the afterlife.What fun shots, Iflola. The last two photos are amazing. You have beautiful eyes! And I love the kerchief and sunnies look - so stylish.
Oooh, this is stunning, Blydia. What gorgeous sweater and color.
This is an amazing look, Croisette, a perfect match with the mustard gold, for lack of a better way to describe it.
Oh my word, what a stunning runway of pinks, fuscias, berries, oranges and melons.
I love that gav combo, too. And what a tropical CdV/FV - just love it. I think I need another one of these; there are so many beautiful cws of this design that it seems a shame to limit oneself to just one.
