rebellion

In a recent fit of rebellion I dyed my hair...pink. Ever since my days as a preteen dirtbag (hah) I've had the secret desire for my hair to look like the inside of a pack of tropical skittles.  Spoiler alert: I needed to maintain some semblance of presentability, so was just the ends that I dyed. But still. Rebellion. Pink hair. They go together, no? 

So the best part about this (probably momentary) rebellious streak is that the color is going to last about as long as my attention span for any given stylistic excursion (approximately 2.5 days).  The color came from straight up artists chalk, also known as pastels, but NOT to be confused with oil pastels.  If your 3rd grade class ever had art time, you inevitably drew with these babies, and if you haven't, then let me be the first to tell you they are GREAT.  The chalky consistency deposits tons of pigment so your work comes out looking super vibrant and rich.  Luckily enough, the reason you can use the chalk on your hair is pretty much the same reason they're so fun to use: lots of pigment.  Starting with dry hair and dry chalk the color looked crazy bright and stayed on for a good 24 hours, with some of the colored powder sprinkling itself on my shirt, sheets, and towels. Fast forward to the morning of my last wash and I started pouting because I liiiiiiked the pink and I didnt waannnnaaa wash it out!!! So I started working with wet hair and crushed up chalk. The result? The sickest awesome fuschia color one day and a beautiful cotton candy pink on day 2 and 3.  Currently on day 4 we'll see what this wash does...
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