Adventures in home hair coloring

I used to dye my hair A LOT…can you believe I used to be blond?

In the past year or so I have let my highlighted roots grow out, and basically my hair was looking pretty crappy.

I can’t afford salon highlights or color at the moment, so a trip to Target would just have to do.

I was immediately sold on Clariol Natural Instincts Hot Cocoa just because of the name, really the color didn’t even matter. I really am a sucker for anything named cocoa, cupcake, bon bon or anything sweet and yummy. Clairol named the whole color collection after chocolates…that’s some good marketing in my opinion. At least to someone like me.

The hair coloring process was pretty painless and only took 10 minutes vs. the 2 hours or so I would have spent in the salon. The good news is it only cost me $6.89 ($8.89 -$2.00 coupon).

I did make a little mess in the bathroom while applying and I probably need to wash out the tub since the hair dye was purple in the bottle.

So here is the finished product-

It’s actually a tad more red in real life, but I like it!