Bleaching hair.. The Pros and Cons

Bleaching hair is something that should be taken into a lot of thought and consideration before actually deciding to do the deed; whether you want something different, want to do something for yourself or you may be having a really bad time (like a breakup) and you want to make a statement. 

Personally, I have bleached my hair a LOT of times, so I know what I'm talking about in this post due to past experiences. I absolutely love my hair..but of course there are advantages and disadvantages to everything..

Lets discuss my opinions on the 'pros and cons' of bleaching hair.

PROS:

• New change.
• Bleaching your hair gives you the opportunity of dying your hair other colors; in effect it will make the hair colour turn brighter. For example: when I first bleached my hair, I decided to dye it magenta (pinky/purple-y) colour. 
• Creates a statement: making you look different from the crowd
• Compliments your face/skin.
• Fun
• Confidence boost.
• Makes you look more mature.. or for the older people-younger.
• Fashion trend: everyone loves ombre.

CONS:

• It is permanent: once you do the deed, it is done my friend.. you're fucked.. but not damned to the point where you can't get rid of the colour;you can always dye it to another colour. 
• Split end mania.
• Requires more attention to hair.. Basically more hair care products at your expense therefore more money.
• Makes your hair more knotty-ish
• Hair becomes more dry.
• Damages hair (ofcourse).
• Literally can't walk down the road and not see someone with bleached hair// Mainstream.

I decided to actually do this post because I'm re-bleaching my hair as it's fading.. I'm only making the blonde higher and fading it to create subtlety and I wanted to share my thoughts with you guys :). I hope you had an idea of what you want to do and if you should bleach your hair thus having these pros and cons in mind.

Stay beautiful, Elaine. xx

October 2013:

One of the first pictures where I had bleached my hair.

February 2013

March 2014. NOTE: my hair grows v. fast.

June 2014.

When you bleach hair, it gradually gets used to your hair and as your hair grows, your bleach goes further down.

Leaving school. #ClassOf2014.

1:02 AM:
So I've been waiting for this day to come.. Leaving- I mean, who hasn't ever once said to themselves in school: "I can't wait to leave.." yeah, I was one of those people. If I'm honest, I despised school in year 9: nearly every morning it was annoying to wake up and get dressed to go school; don't get me wrong, I had friends and I know that I shouldn't be complaining because others have/had it worse but it was inevitable. Thus, I made new friends anyway: year 9 was a year full of dramas,emotions and confusions- i was growing up and body parts (still am) but it was change-which i wasn't used to.. still not.

When you reach the final year, you begin to appreciate your friends more and create more memories together because one: you're either going to say goodbye to friends who are going to different colleges, or two: you're the one that's saying goodbye to your friends- I'm number two (heh). It honestly, truly pained me saying goodbye to my friends: yes, I live fairly close but come on- what is life without feelings? Not going to lie, I over-thought a lot (adding onto my exams I had) thinking: "I'm going to be replaced." and hearing off others that they're scared I will replace them..Nah, not ever going to happen;Yes we will meet different people and make new friends, but they can't replace memories-never. 

What did leaving feel like? 

Strange: I don't know how to put it into words but there's this sense of relievement that I've left and I'm moving to a college where there's no drama and it's a fresh, clean start. I've always planned to move to another college because it's easier, otherwise i'd never forgive myself- that was a promise. When I took a lot of pictures with my classmates, I observed  those who actually hugged me and said 'I'm going to miss you so much' and those who walked off after a photo..there's a difference, trust me. 

Summary of my secondary school:

Hilarious: I've grown into a woman, I've learnt to make wise decisions and I've learnt a lot off my teachers! In addition, I've made some life-friends who have been there for me when I have broken down and I needed a helping hand; I'm not going to lie, I've publicized 'friends' who I thought had helped me, but they never did.. those are liars. I'm easy going though, I can cut many out of my life before you say the word 'boomting' (metaphorically speaking of course). Despite the fact I hated year 9, I would ironically say it's my favorite year because I hung out with many people and from then, I learnt what kind of group to associate with.

I've seen my friends change and most people's personalities are brilliant, others, are poor. I mean, we all got out of that annoying year 7 and 8 phase which was life changing and my year is a brilliant, hilarious year..especially including the memories of me and alcohol.
Here are some leaver's photos and some old photos throughout the years: 

HELLO!

HEEEEEEY!

Hello! It's finally the summer- meaning I've actually finished/destroyed 18 exams! Goodbye year 11! So what does this mean for you guys? It means more time on this blog (woo). I don't know if you guys had noticed, but I deleted most of my old blog posts simply because there was a lack of detail/ blogger material. 

So what will you guys be expecting from this blog?

This blog is going to be filled with random blog posts such as fashion, outfits, friends, advice etc from the hormonal teenager which is me! I guess I've gotten more confident in blogging because I've left the school and i feel more freedom (I will go into depth with this in my next blog post). 

So that's me done for this post.. I hope you will start reading this blog again as I've been extremely lazy.. I'm sorry. 

Stay beautiful my lovely readers,

Elaine xxx