Ombre hair?

The ends of my hair were pretty dead (hairdresser-phobia) so I thought I'd do something jazzy to them before they get the chop.

I'd seen the Ombré home dye kit and seeing as I didn't fancy paying for the exact same method as they'd use at the salon I bought it for £6.99 in Boots.

This might be really stupid of me but I got really confused. It should have been obvious from the women on the box which one I'd need.. But the guides on the top said something like 'for dark brown to light brown hair' and 'for light brown to dark blonde'.. I couldn't understand if that meant the colour of my hair now, or the colour it would make it. Anyway spaz attack aside I got shade 1, seeing as my hair is v. v. dark. 

In stark daylight (by a window)

It comes with a little brush for you to put the dye on, which I think is responsible for the subtle gradient instead of there being a harsh line. If you have long hair like mine.. it is not as easy as it should be but definitely worth using.

It stank and you have to leave it on for 45 mins for max effect. Even after washing with the conditioning shampoo provided it definitely didn't feel like hair any more. It was crispy. It still is crispy.

After I washed it off, it looked a bit ginger, so I re-applied some of the leftovers to the very very ends of my hair and voila. To take out the gingeriness I've been using a 'Touch of Silver' purple shampoo, which you use every other wash and lightly distributes purple dye on the hair, counteracting the yellow tones and must say it looks more of a golden brown now. I imagine it would have a better effect if used as intended on blonde hair.. it's meant to make you look like a natural, ash blonde.

Bit out of focus.. But you can see how dead and ginger the ends are.

Obviously, the kit has peroxide in which will destroy your hair, so you definitely need a good conditioner or one with silicones in to make your new straw feel like hair again. Most hairdressers within my budget would be using peroxide too, so if I had the choice again I'd still buy this kit and would recommend it for it's ease of use. I think the difference in colour is more obvious in person, but I'm happy with how it turned out :)

In artificial light.. dunno what my arm's doing

 Soo what do you think? Do I look like I've had a bad dye job or couldn't be bothered to get my roots done for a few months? :p