Half and Half

After a very busy week of work experience at Red magazine I am back and thankfully able to catch up on everybody's blogs and I was finally able to do a long awaited post of my own.

Top - ASOS// Jeans - ASOS// Necklace - Escada (gift from Red Magazine)// Shoes - River Island// Jacket - Primark

Here is what I wore today which I teamed with my gold horse necklace by Escada which the lovely people at Red Magazine gave me as one of my presents for helping them out during my work experience! (wish I was still there :( )

Then when my mum went to London on Saturday she saw the necklace in the window of the Sloane Street branch of Escada!

I have also changed my hair - 'again?' I hear you all say!
I guess you can never have too much change when it comes to your hair. I feel while it's summer and the dip dye trend is really starting to get popular, why not try out lots of new colours and different ways to dip dye.
I have lots of new ideas and colours to try out. As you all know I use Crazy Colour and they have brought out a new range of pastel colours called 'Marshmallow', 'Bubblegum Blue' and 'Candy floss' which I am beyond excited about getting my hands on!
What do you think of my attempt at Half and Half? I hope you love it as much as I do.

Whilst doing my work experience in London, it was hard not to spend money at lunchtime when the office was just off of Carnaby Street.  I was in heaven when it came to clothing and shoe stores and still have River Island and Topshop goodies to show you at some stage. The white brogues I am wearing today were one of my new purchases from RI last week. The hot and sunny weather was calling out for a new pair of shoes to go with summer coloured clothing.

As you are all aware I have a pug named Albert and after getting some David and Goliath 'God save the Pug' pyjamas for Christmas I went and looked around the D & G store (where I saw so many adorable pug t-shirts with super cute slogans) and came out with these socks and pocket mirror for my handbag. I really wanted to get a t-shirt but I had spent so much cash that week that I just went for these little bits. 

Here are some pictures that I took this morning of my beautiful baby boy (Pug) Albert:

I love him lots.

I hope you all have a lovely day.

Claudia xxx

It's All About The Dip Dye - 'How To'

As I have had a lot of people commenting on my dip dye, I thought I'd do a 'How to' post in case any of you wish to try this at home.

I know it's not exactly rocket science, but I thought I would go through the procedure so that people know what dye to use and how much I mix up. I usually always go to the hairdressers for it but when she can't fit me in, I've done it at home myself, using the same hair dye which is a semi permanent which just sits on the hair and will wash out.

Essential bits and pieces: Mixing bowl, painter brush, bowl, Crazy Colour in 'Pinkissimo' and conditioner

You have to apply crazy colour to wet hair so you need to wash your hair first and divide it into layers starting from the bottom

You need to mix the colour with conditioner depending on how bright you want it to be, add more conditioner for it to be lighter and less for it to be brighter

You should mix it up a little bit darker in the bowl as it will come out a shade lighter once it has been washed off and dried

Once you have painted the dye onto each of the sections it should look like this (above) and you should leave it on for about 15/20 minutes for a bright, even, all over coverage.

Then voila! This is the end result...

I use the same product and copy the procedure as used by my hairdresser.  I buy the crazy colour hair dye from Sallys but you can also buy it very cheaply on ebay for just over £2. My tint brush is from Superdrug and cost just over £1. I have the pink and the lilac crazy colour.  I have been told these "cool" colours wash out easily but it may not be the case if you applied red on hair as blonde as mine.

I have been all over dark fuschia pink in the past (see pic at side of my blog) which washes out to the kind of shade as seen on Amelia Lily when she was on x-factor.  I suggest you start with a heavily diluted colour and go darker as you gain more confidence in the colour and its ability to wash out easily.

Do you think you will give it a go?