Happy birthday to me!

I'm a little vain about my hair. 

There. I said it. 😏 

Five or six years ago I started adding blue to my hair, from temporary chalk to have-to-bleach-first highlights. Because of my general dislike of attention and the lack of ostentatiousness in my demeanor/personality, I've been surprised at how much I like adding a fantasy (unnatural) color to my hair. It's a creative outlet that makes me smile and, strangely, feel more myself. 

July 2015 (Temporary Chalk Color)

August 2017
First time going the bleach-then-color route!

Ireland, September 2017

August 2019
This was probably my least favorite iteration. The color just didn't pop.
After a while it settled into more of an overall tint, seen below.

Masquerade Ball, June 2020

I've wanted to do something more drastic, but have been chicken. Not only would it be more eye catching, but maintenance is a lot more work. The greater/larger amount of hair you color, the more noticeable it is as the color starts to fade, which means you have to touch it up a lot more often. 

But you know what? I want to do it anyway. 

As my birthday gift to myself, I decided to go half-drastic and color the lower layers of my hair. It's been a really sucky year and I need to do something fun. 💙 

So I give you Katie 3.5 (because it's for my 35th birthday, lol). 

The day after my birthday (so, last night, lol) I actually recolored it with oVertone Extreme Blue to moisturize and darken it up a bit. Now it's super soft and a gorgeous darker blue. Hopefully I'll get some more pics the next few days that I can post at a later date. 

Yay blue. Makes me happy. 

~ Katie Q. 🐧

P.S. In other good news, I just finished round 2 of the new progesterone + wild yam and my blood pressure went down again! When I took it a few days ago, it was 113/78!