L'Oreal Feria Hair Color

I know that all I seem to talk about is hair, but I love my hair and it is my specialty and I will talk about it as much as I want to talk about it and I find my hair therapeutic. Also I feel that Amy has not done enough hair, so I would like to fill the gap and help out those of you that might read that love hair too. And if you don;t like hair,I'm sorry, go to the makeup tag.
So as you may or may not know, I decided to dye my hair for the first time near the beginning of July using Garnier Nutrisse hair color and it did not turn out as well as I had hoped, but it was fine for a first try. That hair color also faded so fast that I looked like I had brown hair again. Oh it was horrible. I wouldn't recommend it, even if it is on sale and there's a coupon. Just don't do it.

So the next time I dyed my hair which was about 6 weeks later, I decided to use the L'Oreal Feria which I had heard nothing but good things, and let's be honest: the power reds chimerical that comes on YouTube videos was so tempting, I couldn't help myself. (Also if you find a upon in the paper for any kind of L'Oreal hair color, including the preference, it will work on Feria, so definitely look for one!) So as I have said before, my hair requires 2 boxes, so I did that and although this hair color is a bit more expensive, it is worth it.
I dyes my hair and made a mess of the red dye in my bathroom, but luckily I cleaned it all up. (2 boxes is a lot of Dye). And I can only say that I LOVE it! I get nothing but compliments and I have used this since then to touch up my roots. I did my roots first and worked it through my hair and I only had to use 1 box to touch up. So I love this stuff. I use the color Power Reds R57 Medium intense Auburn in Cherry Crush. And this is what it looks like. Just like the box and that is pretty amazing to me!

This stuff is super easy to apply and work through the hair and the smell isn't even that bad to be completely honest. The only downside I can find to this is that when you wash your hair, it bleeds. You will see red dye in the water no matter how long it has been since you dyed your hair last. And it will bleed all over towel sand the backs of shirts too. Just a warning. 

Other than that, the color is very true to what you see on the box, it is easy to use and follow instructions, the conditioner is comes with is top notch, and it lasts SOOOOOO long in the hair.

I also know that in the future I want to experiment with more and so I have compiled a list of some of the colors I think I want to go. But I just don't know yet.

I really want to go purple with the power violet probably when the red I do for homecoming fades,I will go purple just for a little while. I have always wanted to go copper, and I don't really think it will look that good on me, but I think this color which is deep copper would look better on me than the brighter copper color which is power copper, even though that color is bomb. I do really like being a red head though. I do wan to go back to the color I am now eventually if nothing else seems to work. Nut if I give up on dying my hair, then I a,going to go back to that deep golden blonde shade that I found is the closest to my hair color naturally sis and I will just let it grow from there. 

I think I might do a color care post later, but that's all I have to say about that. 

<3 Allisin

Here's the plan: Gatsby

So I know, you haven't seen me lately, but a lot has happened lately. In that list of things, school has started...Ugh. I am super busy, but still want to be able to blog for you all. So on Friday I learned that my homecoming theme this year is going to be Gatsby
Gatsby? What Gatsby?
And I am not sure if I've mentioned this, but I love everything vintage and retro, so this is straight up my alley.
So here's the plan:
Makeup:

This is one of my most favorite makeup youtubers that I actually found through this series of historically accurate makeup tutorials about a year or two ago and have been watching her religiously ever since. Now obviously she has a lot of hinged products that I don't have, but there is a makeup palette by wet and wild out now that I don't know the name of, but I plan on getting it for the eye shadow part. I also have a pair of ELF eyelashes that will do the job, I just need to get better lash glue, which  will probably just get duo lash. For the lips,there is a number of colors I am thinkg about and I want some opinions, so here are the options:

Miloni Black Cherry

Wet N Wild Cherry Bomb

Revlon Black Cherry

and Wet N Wild Sugar Plum fairy

The Two Wet N Wild lipsticks will apply more matte, and the others will be shinier. I am leaning more towards sugar plum fairy, but it might be kind of hard to find, so i need to figure out which one I want to get. 

I probably won't be doing the while cupid's now lip shape thing because i don't want to look costume. This is homecoming of my senior year, it has to look really good this year! As well as thee way I apply blush and my eyebrow filler, I don't want to look crazy.

Hair:

Now, if you don't know, I have extremely long and extremely red hair at the moment.I plan on redying my hair with my FAVORITE hair dye(R57 Cherry Crush by L'Oreal Feria power reds)

SO now that you know what my hair looks like, I would like to take a second to explain how opposite the trends were in the 1920s.

In the 1920s, hair was revolutionary in the way that women were now cutting their hair super short instead of veing traditional and keeping it as long as mine is now or possibly even longer.So the challenge for me is, I want to make my hair fit into the time period without giving myself a costumeish faux-bob type look.

So I'm thinking this

I did this for a dance a few years ago that I had a 20's vibe for, but this was different, so I couldn't look as sultry as I wan tot go this time. So I want to do this hairstyle oer with the same feather jeweled headband and instead of making it looked polished and pretty, I want to make it loser and curlier allover the sides and the tops of the head. (Also I apologize for the poor makeup application in this picture. Oh the eyebrows are so bad!!!!!!) 

I also found some inspiration from these pictures online too

Dress:

Even before i knew the theme, I decided I would be wearing the dress I wore my freshman year to homecoming Simpy because I hate most of the dresses in the stores this year and I have so many, there is no need to buy another one. So let's look at little Allison for the dress

Accessories:

Instead of the shrug I am wearing in the picture on the left is not god enough is it, no it isn't little 14 year old Allison. So I am going to borrow a little mess beaded shawl with tassels that looks very sensual and classic, without being too costumeish. 

As far as shoes go,I originally wore some sparkly silver heels with this dress, but this time I am wearing the satin shoes with silver sparkly jewel details on them that I wore with my first 20s dress. I don't have a picture of them, but they are four inch heels with straps that buckle on the side. They aren't super 20s, but they will work and make the outfit look a bit more modern. 

I have a retro clutch that I borrow from my mom every time I need a black clutch for homecomings/dances. 

I am planning on going to Charming Charli to get some kind of long necklace to wear to complete the look. I might get new earrings as well, but if not, I can wear the earrings I borrowed from my mom pictured in the picture of my hair from the first 20s outfit. 

Thta took a long time to write,did I miss anything? 

If you have any suggestions, feel free to leave a comment and tell me your thoughts especiallyon hair and makeup because I am kind of not really 100% on it all yet.

<3 Allison