Galaxy Cascade ~ freshly dyed hair.

Dyes used: La Riche Directions -Midnight Blue

La Riche Directions - Plum
Renbow Color Crazy - Fire
Renbow Color Crazy - Cyclamen

Finally! I've finally re-dyed my hair! I am so happy.
Thanks to a two day stay in with BBF1 & BBF2. The plan was to do a dip dye gradient from dark blue to purple to lilac and maybe do the same with my fringe but that plan changed slightly.
It actually took much longer than expected - this was the first time we had bleached over black box dyed hair and it turns out it's a lot harder than just bleaching natural hair. On the first day we bleached it and the next day we went out and bought some colour stripper, then used that and did two more bleaches and it still wasn't light enough for going blue (because blue + orange = brown). On the last day BBF1 spent literally 12 hours working on my hair further, including colour striping and bleaching it again. We then decided to do some strand tests because I had thought if it wasn't light enough for blue and purple then I'd just dye it pink and red since I had some of that lying around (the pros of always dying hair various colours - there's always something kicking about). The result of the strand test just made me want both, so that's kind of what we did: mainly a blue to indigo to purple gradient, which also turned out the have some turquoise as well, and then a strand of red to pink! It's like a dysfunctional rainbow!
BFF1 said it looked like galaxy hair and that pretty much made my life - as did she, by the end of it we were both worn down and delirious but it was totally worth! A lot more subtle that my usual choices but I think it looks amazing. (Excuse my pretty gormless face in these photos, it was just one of those days)
If you want to see previous colours (including purple and turquoise) go heeerree.

So, what do you think? Anyone else dyed their hair recently? Let me know!

Nails of the Day ~ Blueberry Ice Cream

Today's nail varnish is BarryM's Blueberry Ice Cream.
When buying this it was a toss up between this shade or Blue Moon, which looked a little too pale. I can't make my mind up about. I don't mind this shade but I find it a bit too bright, I think I would have preferred the other one in the end. This shade is fine though and it'll probably grow on me (like so many things I have do). It looks more or less pale in different lights which makes me change my mind about it constantly...which is kind of fun really. Normal Barry M is really good but this particular colour was a bit too thick when applying, although this might not be a Barry M fault but a "left in a hot place" fault, or something?

What's your favourite pale blue varnish?

Outfit of the Day ~ autumn falling

"The falling leaves drift by my window
The falling leaves of red and gold
I see your lips, the summer kisses
The sunburned hands I used to hold" - Eva Cassidy

Faux fur scarf: ASOS. So soft!

 Nails: details here.

 Make-up: the blue from a really good palette who's name I've forgotten (I will look it up and update accordingly) and the purple is Collection 2000's Dazzle Me in Fairy Dust.

 Jumper: vintage (from a boutique in Brighton - Juju).

I bought this jumper only the other day and wanted to include it in an outfit, and I had bought the scarf last month and just couldn't find anything to put it with, so it was quite serendipitous when I threw these two together and it worked! That jumper is so warm and comfy!

Necklace: Primark
 

 Trousers: New Look, I live in these trousers.

Boots: very old New Look, they are practically falling apart but I can't bring myself to throw them away.

I've also decided to make this an entry for the Ethical Fashion Blog's competition. 

Reasoning: I think this outfit is pretty ethical since the jumper is vintage, it's a simple reason but reason enough.

To see more photos from our Bonfire night play around go here. 

As usual all photos taken by my lovely boyfriend, more of his stuff can be found here or on his tumblr.