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  I really liked how this turned out, though after three washes some of the. The yellow was mostly Neon Yellow with a touch of Truly Red to warm it up to more of a golden shade. The purple was UV Turquoise and Flamingo Pink and a touch of Neon Yellow to mute it, all diluted with about equal parts conditioner. The turquoise of UV Turquoise on its own. The slightly darker blue was UV Turquoise, Blue Black, and Green Ivy.

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  vivienne — 29/6/2018

  I haven't done a rainbow ina couple of years, and I quite liked how this one turned out. I could've devoted more space to the orange, but I was afraid that it would swallow the yellow, The red and yellow were Truly Red and Neon Yellow and they were blended together to form the orange. The green was about equal parts Electric Lizard and UV Turquoise. The Blue was about 1:3:1 Flamingo Pink, UV Turquoise, and Emerald. The Purple was equal parts Flamingo Pink and UV Turquoise.

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  vivienne — 27/5/2018

  Re-bleached my roots and really tried to stick to a monochromatic plan this time. I like how it turned out, but the application could have definitely been better. The grey was primarily Graphite with just a squeeze of Blue Black. The roots are slightly diluted blue black. For any darker bits that didn't get enough bleach, I brushed on a mix of Graphite and Indigo Blue (about 10:1) to blend it in a bit better. Graphite is quite a flat grey compared to most metallic silvers dyes, but it makes a good base for dusty shades like this, because it stays nice and muted.

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  vivienne — 7/4/2018

  The purple was Blue Black and Flamingo Pink with about twice as much conditioner. The green was Green Ivy and Electric Lizard. The yellow was just Neon Yellow. The more golden shade near my temple was originally an orange with Flamingo Pink and Neon Yellow, but it's since faded down pretty much entirely to yellow. I'm pretty happy with the smoky purple I got out of this, but I'm really running out of bleached areas.

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  I've been super into teal and orange lately, but I had so much minty green left over from the last round and I wasn't sure how well the warm tones would show up. I'm quite happy with how this turned out. The goldenrod shade is mostly Neon Yellow with just a touch of Truly Red to warm it The turquoise is slightly diluted UV Turquoise with a touch of Graphite to lighten it up. The orange was about equal parts Neon Yellow and Truly Red.

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  vivienne — 21/12/2017

  A second try at the Starry Night Theme. I like how it works better with the simpler placement. I added a tiny bit of pink into the Graphite to tone the green in my hair, but it ended up a bit too lavender initially.

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  vivienne — 30/11/2017

  How my colours have faded out over time. The purple is pretty much a pale blue now. The yellow has a tinge of green from the leftover turquoise under the yellow. The pink is a pretty light dusty mauve shade. I'm usually not as much a fan of pastels on me, but the dark roots and the silvery base on all of the colours seem to help them fit better.

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  The purple is a roughly a 2:1 mix of Flamingo Pink and Blue Black diluted with equal parts conditioner. The pink is about 1:1 Flamingo Pink and Cherry on Top also diluted. The yellow is just Neon Yellow diluted. I was originally going for more muted fall-esque shades, but the purple ended up way more bright and saturated than I expected, so I just when with this more neon theme instead. It doesn't match my clothes, but I'm pretty found of this and it's actually not something I've done before. The yellow is actually quite green underneath the pink, because I was left with lots of minty green staining as expected.

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  A bit of a random mix of cool tones with a neon yellow. I was going for a bit of an impressionist Starry Night vibe, though the yellow ended up a bit more green than I anticipated. Overall, it's growing on me, though it's a bit messy. I'm mostly excited to be back to a full head of bleached hair, even though I've probably cursed myself to eight months of minty green staining.

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  vivienne — 4/6/2017

  I keep seeing very summer-y shades from everyone, but I guess I'm perpetually stuck with fall/winter shades. I went for a short trip and did a bit of swimming and my faded colours went straight to a murky grey-ish green. I used the opportunity to a bit of a Wonder Woman themed colour scheme. The red and grey were just Truly Red and Titanium. The yellow was Neon Moon layer with a bit of Neon Yellow. The two shades of blue are actually slightly different with the bit on the left being a mix of Blue Black and Flamingo Pink diluted by about half and the right side (barely visible) being a mix of Locked-In Teal and Flamingo Pink. I have to say, after suffering through Neon Moon for what feels like forever, Neon Yellow is sooo much better. It's really saturated but doesn't have much of a green tinge. I spend a lot of time trying to get a more saturated cobalt blue, but I think the mix of pink and green tones just dulled it down too much. I also kind of regret the placement of the grey, as it seems to make the yellow and the blue both look a little too soft and a bit muddy looking, and I was going for more of a high-contrast look. I'm debating going over it with some more blue, but I really wanted to have a little something for Wonder Women's bracelets.

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  vivienne — 16/5/2017

  I got a haircut, so I've had to flip my hair over the other way. The red has totally faded down to a pink.

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  This was meant to be based on a Leghorn rooster, but I don't know if that reads. I'm still a fan of it, though. The green was just about 1:1 Green Envy and conditioner. The yellow was Neon Moon with a tiny drop of Truly Red to warm it up. The red was a mix of Truly Red and Punky Cherry on Top. The greyish blue was 1:2 Blue Black in conditioner. I diluted a bit of Cherry on Top to try to tone the greenish bits on the long side, but I made it too strong.

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  vivienne — 7/4/2017

  I have to say, I'm quite pleased with this. I think I'm just better at pairing non-pastel colours. The purple is an equal part mix of Flamingo mix and Emerald all diluted in twice as much conditioner. It's rather dark, I only used the tiniest bit of it as something of a shadow root because I was paranoid that I wouldn't have enough room to do an orange and a yellow. I wish I had been a bit more liberal with the application, but it does look nice against my natural roots. The yellow was, once again, too weak for my liking. I think I have to accept that Neon Moon is a bit of a dud, though it works decently as a mixer.

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  vivienne — 21/3/2017

  I also used Punky Cherry on Top. Everything was super diluted, because I was originally going for pastels, but since all of my dyes are pretty strong, it was easy to go overboard. I don't know why I'm so bad at figuring out sunsets lately. The Punky Cherry on Top looks neon pink in the bowl, but I decided, for some reason, that maybe it would turn out red. Neon Moon looks super washed out here, but I think it's just the contrast with the other more saturated colours.

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  vivienne — 23/2/2017

  It's always kind of weird of look at photos of my hair, because I rarely see it at this angle. I didn't have much of a plan going in, since I'm just not really good with pairing pastels. It ended up just reminding me of sidewalk chalk. The orange/coral chunk in the front is just diluted Truly Red. It really surprised me what a soft sherbert shade it became. The back was all Ion Titanium, though it's not obvious from this photo. I just got lazy and couldn't be bothered to do something complicated, since it's always shorter and will probably totally grow out in a few months.

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  vivienne — 7/2/2017

  Not the greatest photo since my hair blends so much into the background. but just wanted to showcase the fading. It's pretty much a very light silver now with tiny bits of yellow peaking through here and there. I've been washing my hair less frequently, but I think the lavender was pretty much all gone by the third wash. I'm trying to wait until it's a little more yellow to do other colours. Still debating whether I should actually use this opportunity to do pastels or go back to something brighter.

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  vivienne — 6/1/2017

  I'm so sad that I didn't get a chance to photograph the last few colour schemes I did, as it was getting dark out so early and I never had the time to photograph them. I got a haircut and bleached everything out a few days before the new year and was left with a pretty nice platinum with the exception of some chunks of pink staining from Atomic Pink. I was aiming for a grey, but my strand tests were super blue. I guess I went a bit overboard with the red (it was only a few drops!), but I think it ended up alright, even if it's become very Kelly Osbourne. I can't even remember the last time I had a pastel and I still can't really decide if it suits my skin. I'm still kind of itching to do something brighter, but I'm going to try to be patient with fading so I don't spend the better part of the year trying to get a nice orange again.

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  vivienne — 26/9/2016

  Looking at the photo, the gradient looks smoother than I expected. The blue/purple section looks kind of off, though.

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  vivienne — 7/8/2016

  The purple is Aquamarine and Flamingo Pink. The red is Neon Moon, Truly Red, and just a touch of Punky Cherry on Top. Originally, I was going for sort of a sunset theme with another layer of orange below the red, but that somehow got all swallowed up during the rinsing, so I guess that's another fail in the orange column. At least this time it looked properly orange in the bowl. It's kind of like a reverse fuchsia flower, but I feel like I could've been more precise with the application. The ratios are off and I need more purple, but I'm going to let it fade a little more before fussing with it.

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  vivienne — 28/6/2016

  After running out of bleached hair, I started over with a rainbow, due to the shooting in Orlando. The orange was mixed with Neon Moon and Punky Cherry on Top. There's also just a red section was Cherry On Top alone and on the back, there's a purple made with Aquamarine and Flamingo Pink. The yellow section was just Electric Lizard alone. The orange has faded pretty nicely, but it was a little too coral to start.

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  vivienne — 26/4/2016

  Ugh, I can't figure out if the problem is Neon Moon or just that all my pinks are too cool-toned, but I'm having so much trouble making a nice orange. After being a faded orange/pink mess for a while, I just went back to my old ways. It's hard to see in this photo, but I'm about 60% roots at this point, so I'm running out of space, and it's always had to make something look in the limited area. I'm actually decently happy with this, but I still feel like I'm being uncreative. Maybe I just need to wait until it's all grown out.

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  vivienne — 24/4/2016

  I spent a lot of time trying to cover up the faded turquoise with orange, but a bit of bleach/oil/shampoo finally brought out the warmth. Unfortunately, I was already sick of the whole thing by that point, so I just let it fade out. I kind of wish I had put more of an effort into doing some proper orange and pink.

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  vivienne — 9/3/2016

  So predictably, I'm now back to a turquoise and purple combination as the blue has gradually faded and, of course, I just wish I could do some warm tones.

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  vivienne — 2/2/2016

  Bah, my most recent haircut has kind of messed up my asymmetry and I was looking for a change. As much as I love blue, I don't know how much I suit monochrome.

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  vivienne — 21/12/2015

  Yay, more purple/turquoise/ yellow! I waited too long to get a photo of this, so there's already a bit of a pink glow to the violet. There was also some Spark Green Envy mixed in with a few pieces, but it's not super noticeable from the front. I don't know why I'm always tempted to buy green dyes when I pretty much exclusively mix my own.

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  vivienne — 15/9/2015

  I popped some Electric Banana over some faded Virgin Rose and some almost-gone green for the orange/yellow bits. The rest was just Aquamarine mixed with Electric Banana haphazardly applied over more faded pink and purple. The Virgin Rose staining actually made a really love deep teal with the green mixture over it.

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  vivienne — 7/7/2015

  Found this photo on my camera and I don't even remember taking it. It's amazing how much nicer old colours can look when you aren't sick of looking at the old faded versions of them.

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  vivienne — 30/10/2014

  Got the pink faded down a fair bit and decided to try something a bit more colourful. There's definitely still a bit of orange on the yellow portion where the red staining was being stubborn, but it doesn't look too off. The turquoise was diluted with two parts conditioner to one part dye. and the purple was a 2:1:1 ratio of conditioner, turquoise, and pink.

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  vivienne — 25/9/2014

  This is probably one of my worst dye jobs in a while. I missed a lot of spots bleaching and there was a lot of red staining. Rather than trying to salvage my original colour scheme, I just dumped diluted pink over the lot. It looks alright, but I think the unevenness looks really obvious.

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  vivienne — 25/8/2014

  Dumped some Pillarbox over my previous semi-faded green and got a pretty nice scarlet. It's pretty subtle with my natural roots, which is nice as it's less of a pain when it fades. Still, I'm pretty sure I'll be bleaching it all soon.

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  vivienne — 3/7/2014

  I got a haircut, so my hair is more black than anything else now. The purple faded down to a pastel pink that I didn't really care for, so I just popped undiluted turquoise over everything.

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  vivienne — 14/6/2014

  The shorter side had faded to a bright pink, and I was aiming to make it purple, but obviously, I didn't dilute the turquoise enough. There are a few pink bits at the crown on my head that don't come up well in photos. It's more of a gradient from pink to purple rather than the two distinct sections I had originally planned.

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  vivienne — 16/5/2014

  I feel like I do these peacock-ish colours a lot, but apparently I don't have a lot of photos of it in my timeline. The purple is an equal mix of Cerise and Turquoise diluted with equal parts conditioner. The shorter side is Cerise with a tiny bit of Turquoise to tone out the warmer tones from the orange the old red faded to. It looks burgundy in this shot, but it looks like a warm purple in other lights.

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  vivienne — 23/4/2014

  The rainbow was really fading down, so I popped diluted Turquoise straight over the right half and a 1:1 mix of Poppy Red and Cerise over the other side. Of course, the green bits just got greener, but the yellow and orange really toned the very pinkish mix into more of a red. It reminds me of shaved ice from the carnival.

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  vivienne — 30/3/2014

  Well, that was quick. I didn't think I'd go over the old colours so soon, but I found a pot of Turquoise lying around. The red was Cerise and Napalm Orange. The purple was Cerise and Turquoise. I'm really loving the shade the turquoise went. I'd like to have that all over some day,

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  vivienne — 29/3/2014

  The pink and orange have both faded quite a bit. Will probably be going over this soon, but I actually quite like these muted shades, too.

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  vivienne — 21/2/2014

  One of these days I'll actually leave Electric Lizard on long enough that it'll be green instead of just yellow. Cerise was diluted by half, but everything else was used neat and it was left on for only an hour, so we'll see how this lasts. This is a lot brighter than what I usually do.

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  vivienne — 30/1/2014

  I'm pretty surprised how well this took over my faded pink/orange. Turquoise was a lovely navy blue when I first applied it, but has faded into a surprisingly un-muddy forest green. I feel like I keep going back to this colour scheme, but I was really missing Cerise, and the other two seemed like really nice complements.

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  vivienne — 1/1/2014

  I'm really, really running out of space, so I think I'm going to be forced to re-bleach the next time around.

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  vivienne — 28/11/2013

  Popped some red over the turquoise, which had faded out to mint green and put a bit of Violet over the short side to blend in the tiny bleached sections in with my natural roots.

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  vivienne — 10/10/2013

  A little bit of everything over my faded purple. I wish I had a bit more of the Electric Lizard, but I'm actually pretty happy with this for once.

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  vivienne — 26/9/2013

  Got a haircut and so much was cut off my fringe. It's almost all black now! I kind of like the effect, but it does mean I have to see my eyebrows a lot more. :P

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  vivienne — 20/9/2013

  I've been very lazy with putting this up. I actually did this around two weeks ago. The violet was originally very blue but has faded out pretty nicely. I'm surprised that the bleeding hasn't really muddied anything up.

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  vivienne — 15/7/2013

  Mixed up two parts Blood Red to one part Napalm and slathered it over all of the green/yellow everything faded to. Of course, the turquoise was being stubborn on the short bit, so I covered it up with some Violet. Probably not the most well-planned dye job, but it turned out reasonably well.

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  vivienne — 27/6/2013

  Better picture of the haircut.

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  vivienne — 27/6/2013

  Back to the asymmetry. I can't stop touching my hair as the short fuzzy bits are so fun to play with.

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  vivienne — 9/6/2013

  I only left everything in for about an hour, so the Electric Lizard is a lot of more yellow than green. I hardly used any primary colours, yet everything bled together to make a traditional rainbow. xD

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  vivienne — 30/5/2013

  I'm not sure why everything's faded so blue. There's also some stubborn chunks of turquoise that haven't seemed to shift at all. I'll be bleaching everything out over the weekend and hopefully figure out what to do next.

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  vivienne — 15/4/2013

  Yay, haircuts! I think I'm the only person I know that always wants my hair to be shorter rather than longer.

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  vivienne — 9/4/2013

  Finally used up one pot of turquoise. Unfortunately, you can't really see it under the violet.

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  vivienne — 24/3/2013

  I rarely have such light colours, but I think I kind of like this fade-out. The Blood Red has gone to a muted pink that I actually quite like.

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  vivienne — 27/2/2013

  Blah. Blood Red was diluted pretty heavily, and I'm still not loving it. I probably should have gone with a dark magenta. I quite like the Turquoise alone, but when I mix it with Violet to make a blue, it's not really standing out. I'm not sure what I was thinking with the placement, either.

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  vivienne — 2/2/2013

  After some fading, the layers of colour are becoming more distinct. This is much closer to what I was originally going for. I wish I got a picture of it before it went quite so turquoise. I've just now noticed that I can't seem to take a picture without putting my hand on my face. xP

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  vivienne — 18/1/2013

  Was aiming to do two layers with a petrol blue on top and royal blue on the bottom. My 3:1 mix of Turquoise and Electric Blue didn't quite work out, so the shades aren't very distinct. Still, I'm glad to be rid of my faded green.

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  vivienne — 12/1/2013

  Got a hair cut and I think it has honestly made my faded mess look practically presentable. Planning to fix up the colour in the coming week. Still haven't decided on exactly which shades. :P

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  vivienne — 11/12/2012

  Used up the last of my Iguana Green on the ends of the long side and dumped Turquoise over everything else. I put a layer of Violet on the bottom layer of my fringe. I didn't bother being careful as I was rinsing, so most of the colours run together. I kind of like it.

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  vivienne — 26/11/2012

  Not really sure how I feel about this colour as a whole. Put it over faded green and it turned out a sort of natural burdgundy shade, probably because my base was too dark. I'm not sure why it's fading so pink.

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  vivienne — 25/10/2012

  Got an urge to chop off my hair. I had to get some help for the back, though I think it looks alright considering I'm nowhere near a professional hairstylist.

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  vivienne — 13/10/2012

  The dark emerald green in my fringe is my favorite, but the grassy bits are growing on me.

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  vivienne — 7/10/2012

  I finally decided to try G_nie's vitamin C recipe. Amazing effective, I'd say. This was after two treatments in two days. If I suited light colours more, I might keep this longer.

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  vivienne — 25/9/2012

  It's faded a bit now. There are some purple streaks and silvery bits that didn't quite show up in the photo. My fringe is getting a bit long as well.

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  vivienne — 20/8/2012

  About a half and half mix of Lagoon Blue and Violet over a yellow-blonde base. My best attempts at approximating Atlantic Blue.

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  Cut myself a fringe. It's a bit short and wonky. =/

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  vivienne — 27/7/2012

  Dyed over mostly faded Directions Cerise.

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