Burgundy Red!

        Mom really loves to color her hair: dark brown, light brown, reddish brown, black brown, etc., partly for fashion and partly to cover up some graying hair on her head.  She can be adventurous at times with the colors but it always comes out perfectly complimenting her beauty.

        So last Sunday, I got curious as to how I would look like with colored hair.  Instead of going to a salon to have my hair profesionally colored, I went to Mercury Drugstore nearby to look at what hair color formulations they have.  On their shelf display were Bigen, Revlon, L'Oreal, and a few other brands I haven't even heard of.

       Feeling a bit embarassed being in that portion of the store, my "shopping instinct" took over:  I quickly scanned the nearest shelf, zoomed in on a color I wanted, grabbed that box and hastily dashed off to the checkout counter hoping no one I knew would see me there.  And in less than 2 minutes I walked out of the store carrying a pack of L'Oreal Feria Burgundy Red Haircolor.

        The box contained all the items needed to color-your-hair-yourself: a color toner that you mix with a "developer" to activate the hair dye, an applicator bottle for quick, drip free application, a pair of gloves to keep my hands clean, and a conditioner to finish off the process.

        The instruction sheet specified that I keep the dye on my hair for 15-20 minutes for best results.  The dye was deep red in color, like the color of blood.  I opted to keep the dye on my hair for one hour for a really effective hair color treatment.  After one hour I rinsed off the solution from my hair and finished it off with the hair conditioner.

       After toweling my hair and allowing it to air-dry, I faced the mirror to see what my "new look" would be.

        The result:  Black hair, Black hair, Black hair!  All Black hair and no red at all!

        Bakit ganun?  What happened to the hair color???  Hindi tumalab sa buhok ko?

        It looks like the color just washed off my hair.

        Hehe, oh well...  Anyway, looking closer I found out that the few white hairs I had on my head were now colored Burgundy Red! 

        Cute!

        The cost:
        One bottle of L'Oreal Feria Burgundy Red Hair Color: P495.00
        Gasoline expense going to Mercury Drug: P5.00
        Total Cost: P500.00

        Number of white hair strands colored: Five (5)

        Cost per hair strand:  500/5 = P100.00 per hair strand

        Sigh...  I should have bought a pentel pen at one-tenth the cost and I could have colored my white hair with it na lang...  It could have been cheaper for me ;-)

        So there it goes... my hair color adventure. 

        Expensive no?   Hehehe.

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Credits: Dexter would like to thank the free services of Charry for my hair color and make-up...  oops... for the smile on my face pala, hehehe.
Cost:     Priceless!  ;-)