Why can't I be someone else?

Just recently I have had so many moments when I have said things I wished I hadn't. It has left me with a dreaded feeling in my stomach and makes me feel like I can't ever leave the house again. For instance on returning a call from my supervisor at work:

Supervisor: 'Hello'

Me: 'Oh hello, it's Rose'

Supervisor: 'Hello, how are you?'

Me: 'I'm well thanks, is that Suzanne?'

Supervisor 'No, it's Jayne'

Me: 'Oh I didn't recognise your voice, you sound like Suzanne'

Supervisor: '. . . . . . . . . . . . '

Me: 'I got your message . . '

Supervisor: 'Just phoning to let you know we have your I.D badge'

Me: 'Oh thanks, I'm always losing that'

WHAT AN IDIOT!!!!

Firstly I think I offended her by saying she sounded like someone else, even though she did, Jayne actually has a very posh accent which I am sure she has worked hard on over the years whereas Suzanne . . . . . does not.

Secondly, as if I claim I am always losing my I.D badge!! I don't even know why I said that, it's dropped off my uniform once or twice because the clasp is loose, I may aswell have said, I leave it laying around for all and sundry to enter the building, your workplace is at major threat with me as an employee.

The only thing I can wish for is that either a) in a few days when I'm back at work I won't care or b) Jayne will have forgotten the conversation.

I hope it is both :-(

Does everybody else have moments like these?

Rose

x

There's no place like home.

Due to the weather in England being particularly dreary this summer, it has made me very thankful for the days, or hours, when we have been blessed with a little bit of sun.

Here of some photos, taken a couple of weeks ago, a few minutes from my home.

Rose x

Colour B4: Take 2!

This week I have been really unimpressed with how my hair colour turned out (see previous post). It was still quite dark and rather red, not the light brown I had been craving!

Today is the first chance I have had to attempt to correct it, (I have to wait for the boyfriend to be at work so he can't nag at me to be careful in his beautiful bathroom whilst slapping dye on).

So, here goes. Again I'm using Scott Cornwalls Colour B4.

After this application my hair went alot blonder than it did the first time I used it, which begs the question, is this truely restoring my natural hair colour - medium brown (I think), or simply lightening my hair?

Anyway Phase 2:

The application of Clairol Perfect 10 in shade Medium Ash Blonde, fingers crossed!!

The results . . .

Before

After

What do you think?

Rose x

Rid the Red with Colour B4.

Colour B4 is a new product and claims to be the first of it's type - to actually shrink dye molecules on the hair and safely remove them, basically stripping the hair of any previous dye to it's natural state. Too good to be true eh? Well lets just see!

This picture was taken yesterday and I was mortified to see my apparently Chocolate brown dyed hair (L'Oreal Excell10) shining bright red on all of the photos, not to mention the brassy tinge so I concluded I had nothing to loose by stripping my hair using Colour B4 followed by a nice light brown (no red!).

Points about this product:

1. The instruction leaflet is thorough - perhaps a little patronising. The Q&A section was very helpful.

2. There are a lot of steps and atleast 15 mins rinsing time, make sure you have plenty of time (and hot water) before you start the process.

3. The smell ain't good, it's not that overpowering chemical smell but, in my opinion, it's a bit like baby sick.

4. During rinsing I was expecting to see a rainbow of all of the dyes I have used over the years stream from my hair - the water was clear.

5. I was warned my hair would go ginger/orange due to the highlights and red shades I have used over the years, however I don't think it turned out that bad!

So, there was an orange glow but not unbearable. What I wanted from this product was for my hair to be light enough and the red colour to be removed so as to recolour with a nice plain light brown.

I chose to apply Perfect10 in Dark Blonde after the Colour B4 - yes, you can dye your hair again, straight away! I always chose hair dyes a shade lighter than the colour I wish to achieve as the colour is always darker than the boxes lead you to believe.

And this is the end result. Dark blonde? No. Dark? Yes. Happy me? The jury is still out, I wish I had chosen a medium ash blonde instead of a dark to acheive a lighter result and an ash shade would have got rid of the warm tones from my hair that are still apparent. That said, Colour B4 can be used up to three times in succession so maybe I'll try again next week?

What do you think?

Rose x

What's New Pussycat?

For the past few months I have been trying to convince 'the boyfriend' we should get a cat. I finally resigned to the idea that this was never going to happen until last weekend when I went to my sisters and saw her two beautiful kittens; Lilly-May and Pepper.

However, I have now spent four days on Project Kitten to no avail. So it's time to face the truth, no kitty for me, maybe I should try for a goldfish instead.

Much Love x