Things I Love: Free Glossy Mags

In the past week, two of my favourite free publications were released: the Ikea mag and the Westfield Style Guide. I LOVE these and get so excited in anticipation of their arrival. Some how the Ikea magazine never makes it to my neck of the woods, so my Mum always gives me hers. Isn't she the bestest? And the Style Guide - I sign up online to receive it in the mail, but I always see it at the shops before it arrives in my post box and I end up with two copies. Oh well.

In other news - I did it. I dyed my hair. I chose Garnier Herbashine in Light Ash Brown. It took all of 10 minutes. The results: a bit darker than I expected and brown hair dye all over the bathroom. Oops. :-\

I find that I always seem to need to wear bronzer on my face when I have dark hair. Is that normal?

Its such a beautiful sunny day in Brisbane today. Little Miss L and I went for a walk up to the local park and had a picnic. We kicked off our shoes and enjoyed the sunshine and fresh air. Little Miss L is almost sitting up by herself. She is growing up so fast!

C xo

Blonde vs Brunette

This is my ever-lasting struggle. Blonde or brunette? I naturally have a light brown/mousey hair colour (with a few grey hairs thrown in for good measure!) - the one that can easily be lightened to a caramel blonde or darkened to a chocolate brunette. Every couple of years I start thinking about changing my hair colour to the one that I am NOT sporting. I swear I must drive my hairdresser crazy some times... I currently have blonde highlights through the top of my hair (with very bad regrowth)... Being on a budget has meant that my trips to the hairdresser every 6 weeks have changed to approximately every 12 weeks (or longer!).

So, I have been thinking about dyeing my own hair at home - but I am scared to do it, a) because my hairdresser may yell at me, and b) because what if I hate it and I have to go through the whole lightening process again? Uggh.

But there are many pros for home hair colouring - cheaper; I can do it more regularly to hide those little greys; I'll get a nice even hair colour; my hair will look glossy and healthy. And changing to brunette means that I won't have the unsightly regrowth anymore. But sometimes I feel like brunette seems so boring on me - that it makes me look like a 'plain jane'... See the torment that I'm in?!!

Does anyone have any tips for me? If you dye your hair at home, which hair colour do you use? Should I go permanent or semi-permanent?