Adventures in Coloring (hair, that is)

Lately my life has been a lot about change.  And the color purple.  My favorite color. 

Back in May, I had won tickets to Bobby Bones Second Chance Prom in Austin.  I was SO excited, as my senior prom sucked hairy monkey balls (I got food poisoning, if that gives you any idea, and I was forced to watch Steven Segal in "The Glimmer Man".  *shudder*).  I REALLY wanted to dye my hair purple for that night, but my stylist hadn't planned on it and didn't have the color.  I have held on to that want....but then I got a job outside of the house and it was frowned upon in a "professional" setting.  So I waited on coloring my hair.

Then Vocalpoint asked me to do a test on a new hair coloring product by Nice 'n Easy.  They released a non-permanent hair color, one that washes out in up to 28 washes.  I was excited because I knew I could finally do something drastic without having to totally commit to the color!  Since purple really isn't a color that they carried, I decided on blonde.  Afterall, it is the end of summer! So here's how it turned out...

The color I picked:

 

The results:

 



My thoughts?  Um, no.  My hair actually got a darker red (my hair is auburn as it is) than what it was before.  The price is between $5.88-$7.94 at the three stores I shopped at to find out what color I wanted (Walmart,Target, and HEB).  I am glad that this product was free--otherwise I would be requesting my money back.  :(

I was very unhappy with these results.  So after a week of sulking over my failed hair color, I went back to the store and got a new box, a different brand, a color I really wanted (closer to purple), and it only cost $2.94.  Here's how THAT went:

Needless to say, I am a much happier camper with THIS hair color--and it actually changed the color of my hair!!  :)  Sometimes, the less expensive product IS the better product!  Now, the non-permanent (non-color changing) hair color might work out for some people.  But for me, it didn't.  I personally don't recommend the Nice 'n Easy hair color.  Especially for the price!  There are cheaper coloring products that give better results.  Gee, if I had wanted to go blonde for cheap, could have used peroxide for better results!!  Oh, well--it worked out in the end!!

Happy shopping!

Long Time Gone

Where, oh, where have I been?
Working.
I had been randomly applying for jobs since March, putting in an application here and there, since I had decided that I actually needed to USE my degree since I had finally earned it after 13 years of college.  And starting in May, the calls for interviews began.  Some I purposfully bombed because of some very lengthy contract stipulations that were attached (like a year commitment--which I was fine with-- and, after I was trained, if I quit before the year was up, I would owe them $600 for the training, which would decrease $50/month for each month I stayed on), and others looked down on me once they realized I have been staying home for the past two years either pregnant with my son or raising him.  It was frustrating, as I was getting excited about getting a job that was outside of the house.
Then, in July, I was offered a job as an ABA therapist--the job I REALLY wanted!  I was thrilled at getting the opportunity to work with these children who have autism and/or developmental disabilities, and that this particular company's branch just opened and I would be the third person there!  The pay wasn't bad, I was going to get a raise as soon as I completed training, and I would be bumped to full time as soon as we had more clients.
The clients came.  We went from one kiddo to seven.  We had to hire more therapists. 

However....they never finished my training before that, so my pay stayed at the "training rate." And more therapists meant more time to train them, too.  Then my offer of full time went to another therapist who already had training, and would only accept if she got full time first.  I was unhappy.
But then things went even worse. Personal issues happened with me, and then the daycare had issues.  Things began to very wrong very fast, and everything was pointing at me needing to be home again.  So I bit the bullet, so to speak, and quit my first job in two years.  As guilty as I felt for not being there anymore, I have things to attend to for me and my family...and family will ALWAYS come first. 

Now...I'm back!  With lots on my mind and lots to write about.  Now, just to get it all out.... :)