golden

i'm back in the Bay Area and i decided to go get some color in my hair today.
i went to my favorite hairdresser, Tia, (she's awesome!) in Emeryville for some highlights. i asked for dark blonde highlights against my dark brown/black hair, so she had to give me the two-step process of bleaching and toning. the whole appointment took over 3 hours, half the time was spent waiting for the bleach and toner to set in. i'm happy with how it turned out-- my highlights are a light brown color right now, but they'll get lighter and more "golden", or dark blonde, as time goes by. i've never had such light highlights before, so i'm looking forward to this! yay for experimenting with fun hair colors in the summertime!

the only thing i wasn't prepared for was the cost when it came time to pay for my lovely highlights. my last highlights costed $90, so i was expecting today's to be the same or about $5-10 more for inflation... it came out to $145! (good thing she accepted credit cards!) it turns out the extra $50 is for the double-step process of bleaching and toning, which is like getting my hair colored twice in one day (first to lighten, then to darken to the perfect color).

it's alright though, i'm cool with it... it'll be fun to have blonde highlights for once! and it's not like i go and get expensive haircuts and hair colorings that often (it's more like once every 1-2 years for each!), so this is a little treat for myself. thanks, me! ;)