The Search for the Perfect Red

I've been coloring my hair red for about 8 years now.  Yup, your beloved Minxy is actually a blonde by nature.  Yeah, yeah, can it with the blonde jokes.

Anyway, for most of that 8 years I've been coloring it myself.  I'm a bit OCD when it comes to my hair.  No matter how much I might love a color job, walking out of a salon with a not-quite-covered hairline or whatever sends me into orbit.

Aside from my "issues" I found that stylists always pushed toward more subtle or "natural" looking shades of red.  Yeah, yeah, been there done that...it's not me.  I want drop-dead, stop you in your tracks, wowzers Red.  Yup, Red with a capital R.

I've tried coppery reds, violet-ish reds, ruby reds....even one I affectionately dubbed Russian Stripper Red.  I've used drugstore color and played around with professional product.  Even mixing both.  I'm the Dr. Frankenstein of hair color!

Alas, the search for the Perfect Red continues.  I've come close.  In fact, the color I have now is one of the closest (more on that in another post) I've come to it.  So I thought I would share my experience and the knowledge I've gained over the years.  There is a LOT of educational information available out there in the internetz!

Also, as those who know me well would attest, I am a product whore.  I'll try just about anything if I think it might possibly work!  So in addition to chronicling my hair color adventure, I'm also going to start "reviewing" products I've tried, good and bad.

"Serious" blogging has always been a failure for me, so maybe doing something fun will work.  Guess we'll see!