Which Red?

Okkkk so I've decided its that time again time to dye my hair. I've been brown, Dark brown, Light brown, Black, Jet black, Deep red, & Auburn red & I loved the red but I know its been really over done lately (damn you Cheryl Cole) I'm not thinking Rhianna red although I do love it I'm just not that daring. I'm bored of black now & wasn't keen on any of the browns so here are my choices....

Deep Red

Red

I've actually more or less been both these colours before although Im loving the deep red colour Peaches has on in the first picture here are some of the reds I liked best....

(I know I've been drinking in all these pictures buts that basically the only time i take them otherwise im far too self conscious)

This colour looked great under light or in the sun but very brown in normal light it also has a purply tinge to it but I liked that.

This colour was actually redder than it seems in the photo but this was definatly one of my favourites.

(Halloween I'm a zombie if you didn't know hahaha)

This was more of an Auburny red at first I wasn't too keen but it definatly grew on me.

These were all last winter I went back to black for the New Year (I'm not sure why I do it that way around). I like all the colours I've had only problem is I can't remember the names of the colours I used so it'll be guess work I'm pretty sure the reddest one was an XXL Live Colour.

so which one do you guys think?

Fishtail Braid

Cheryl Cole sporting a side Fishtail braid

I've seen this all over lately & been really keen to try it out & today I finally did.

What's a Fishtail Braid?

Well basically it's like a normal braid/plait but fancier lol. The main difference is you seperate your hair into two large peices rather than three & then seperate it again into two large peices & two small peices.

The left side is a regular braid using three strands of hair, The right hand side is a fishtail braid

It sounds complicated?

Beleive me it can be it took me alot longer than I thought it would & I watched about 6 different tutorials. At this point I beginning I was beginning to think I must be really stupid if everyone else manages to do & still just dont get it, untill one tutorial made it seem sooo easy and then BOOM a braid was made & I love the look so much better than a normal braid.

How Long does it take?

I'd say if this is your first attempt make sure you arn't in a rush as the first time is definatly the hardest, but once you've got the hang of it & depending on how long or thick your hair is I'd say around 10mins.

Step 1 - Seperate the hair in to two even peices

Step 2 - While holding the two peices of hair take a thin strand from the left hand side of your hair & cross it over

Step 3 - Repeat step 2 with hair from the right hand side

Step 4 - Once each side has been crossed hold in place

Step 5 - Blend the crossed over strand into each of the 2 sections and repeat the proces until the braid is finished

Here's my 2nd attempt....

Halfway through

Almost finished

The look with a normal braid

The finished product a much better and neater attempt than my first but I really like the look it gives & is a more mature version of the classic braid it still took me longer than the girl in the tutorial though (5mins my bum lol)

There are many different ways to do this braid this is the way I've found easiest & the tutorial that made it all possible :)

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIJRrmH5sEA]

(Disclaimer - I do not own any of the pictures or videos (apart from the pic of me))