The Turquoise Streak

Here is my lovely turquoise streak. I have been dreaming up this turquoise streak for a very long time. As it turns out I was looking through my old sketch book with David and we stumbled upon this illustration I had done back in 2009.

I guess some dreams never die.
This little dream was also on my 19 before 20 list of goals.
(more on that to come)

Soon after dying my hair I knew I needed to create a challenge for myself. This challenge needed to empower me to embrace the full experience of having such a colorful addition to my hair. I decided to document it by photographing it daily and posting about it on a separate little blog titled "The Turquoise Streak Project."
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On the evening of April 11, 2011 I bleached my hair using the Beyond the Zone Radical Bleach Kit from Sally Beauty. It worked really well though I would suggest leaving the bleach in your hair for at least 2 hours if you have dark hair like mine. I learned this the hard way. I left the bleach in for the suggested 60 minutes rinsed it out and proceeded to apply the turquoise dye. Sadly my streak turned green, so I re-bleached the streak for another hour rinsed it out and went to bed exhausted.

The next morning, April 12, 2011, and dyed my bleached out streak turquoise. This time I had success! I used Beyond the Zone Color Jam Tripped up Turquoise (also from Sally Beauty.) It worked like a charm.

On April 13, 2011 I realized my streak wasn’t as vibrant as I wanted it to be so I re-dyed it. Normally if you want your color to stay better you apply heat to the hair you have applied dye to. I discovered with this turquoise color you get better results just leaving the dye in for a good hour or so and letting the dye dry onto your hair naturally, after that just give it a thorough rinse and voila, beautiful blue hair. Surprising I know.

And there you have it. My turquoise streak dying adventures!