Hair post. Part 2 of 2!

Time to answer questions..

Just a note, most of the questions were taken from longer comments, meaning there was more to them than just the question so if some of the answers seem like "why is she even saying that?", that's why!

Do you cut your own hair? Most of the time. If I want a completely new hair cut I have a friend (who is a hairdresser) who I go to, but I really haven't had a "new" hair cut in a very long time so I do it. When I do get my hair cut professionally I take a picture of a style similar to what I want that I've found online, in a magazine, or where ever.

How often do you cut your hair? Um, pretty often. At least once a week I can be found in the bathroom trimming my hair. Especially, my bangs, they get trimmed all the time. I never really cut much off, it's just kind of an obsessive thing.

Products I use- I don't have any favorites that I've found to keep my hair bright and shiny. Honestly, I usually just buy what ever shampoo and conditioner smell best. I guess that's kind of weird, everyone expects me to have recommendations for shampoo and conditioner but I don't!

What colour you used in your second-from-left picture? That kind of light lilac?
That, I believe, is Beyond the Zone's Not So Shy Violet over (a very faded dye job of) Manic Panic's Atomic Turquoise.

When you have a color (say hot pink) in your hair, and you want to go a different color, does it take just one bleach application to get the pink out? Depends on the color. Like when I had green hair and I bleached it it was a pale yellow, which was good enough for me to dye over. Pink is THE worst color to get out of your hair. Around two Christmases ago I had faded pink hair which I dye permanent black. After a few weeks I bleached it once and I was left with pink hair again!
But the color that is left after one bleach is what makes all the fun different shades in my hair when I dye it the next color.

How to do to separate colors? To get two separate colors in my hair like the pictures below when dying my hair I separate the pieces I want to be a different color, apply the dye, cover them in foil and then finishing dying the rest of my hair the other color. Easy peasy.

To get the effect in the pictures below I simply added a new color over a similar faded color. It doesn't always work out that great, but it's fun to experiment!

especially when it turns into the prettiest hair you've ever had. haha.

How to keep bleached hair in healthy condition, while still straightening and styling- If your hair is breaking off while styling and straightening, it's time to take a break from the bleach, and start doing conditioning treatments. I don't really have any advice since I don't straighten my hair and the only "styling" I do is spraying hairspray. Sorry!

If I only want to dye some of my hair will the colors bleed onto the rest of my hair? I've heard that colors bleed into other colors but I can't say I've ever had that problem ever, or maybe I just don't notice. So, I would say yes just to be safe. Although unless you had really light hair I doubt it would be that noticeable.

How often do you wash your hair? Normally every other day.

How often do you dye your hair? This really varies on the color for me. Some colors fade faster (blue!) than others (orange, green). As soon as my hair starts to fade to a yucky color, I dye it or as soon as my roots get too long for me to stand, I dye it.

And lastly, not hair but....
Do you have a favorite nail polish brand? If so, what? and Do you have a method of painting your nails or do you just spontaneously paint away! I don't. I just buy whatever color strikes my fancy at the time. I guess I just paint away, I don't really think about painting my nails, I just kind of do it. I've been painting my nails on a regular basis for such a long time that it's become second nature, I could almost do it with my eyes closed.
Here are a few of my collection of colors!

Well, that's all. I hope that these two posts about my hair helped and possibly gave a few people the courage to finally dye their hair the color they've been dreaming of!