Hello hello hello! Gee this purple hair was so LAST MONTH. Literally.

Yes, I decided to throw caution to the wind (that commenter on IG who said “DON’T USE OVERTONE IT WILL NEVER COME OUT OF YOUR HAIR”) and dyed over the Lime Crime “Cloud” with “Pastel Purple” by Overtone.

It looked pretty good, received lots of compliments, and started to fade after a couple of weeks, just as expected.

“See? It’s fading great. Just like Lime Crime,” I said to myself, confidently.

And right around then, just as the last dredges of hair color were fading and my hair was getting back to its “natural” state (whatever that is) I made a fatal mistake.

I used Overtone to dye it “Ginger”.

Just in case someone out there is Googling “Should I use Overtone to dye my hair ginger?” the answer is NOOOOOOOO.

Unless! You want horrible, NEON orange hair that will not fade, will not budge, will only mellow into an equally horrible neon YELLOW after a month. A color that looks good on NO ONE.

Believe me, I have tried it all to make it go away. Crushed Vitamin C powder mixed with clarifying shampoo. Baking soda mixed with Head and Shoulders! The so-called “Fader” shampoo put out by Overtone themselves! It’s bullshit! It’s an overpriced clarifying shampoo, you can buy the same product by Sauve for 1.99.

I even bought “Color Oops!” which did absolutely nothing but a beautiful job of removing black dye out of the t-shirt I was wearing at the time.

Today I bought some new purple shampoo and conditioner to replace the same bottles of Clairol I’ve had for 10 years or so. And a purple hair mask. We’ll see.

April wasn’t all drudgery–we went on a whale watching expedition and I finally saw whales for the first time in my long life, so there’s that.

Spring is absolutely gorgeous and inspiring, so there’s also that.

I’m trying to make the best of it! Mom and I are going for a hair cut tomorrow. And then the three adults are going to Hot Cakes in Ballard tomorrow night….MmmmMMM.

Let’s face it, there’s only ONE redhead in this family, and he’s the little guy.

Meanwhile, look who got a hair cut too! Aw, Bear Cub! She looks so youthful now. Mom and I joke that maybe our hair cuts will make us look like puppies again, too. Ha ha haaaaa. Ta ta, blog.