Having discovered my first long grey hair recently (i’ve had a cruella grey streak in my fringe for ages, rather like the woman off The Clothes Show) – I decided to start dying. The last time I dyed my hair was probably in 1997 when I did a wash in-wash out colour which faded overnight, no drama and no long-term impact.
This time round I plumped for a well known brand advertised by Davina (who talks to her Ma in the advert, but in real life, she hates her Mum! Weird!) – anyhoo, I decided to do the recommended allergy test, just to be sure.
Was very relieved I did. Applied a small amount behind my ear as suggested and left it. Later that night in bed, I woke up with my eyes streaming and my throat feeling like cat hair had been shoved down it. Usually I get these tickly throat and streamy eyes symptoms when there’s a cat in the room. So I woke up The Boy and asked him, natch, if a stray cat could have got into the house and under the bed.
Naturally, he proclaimed that I was being a dufus and went back to sleep. I washed behind my ears and gave my eyes a rinse and was ok for the rest of the night. All very strange – I would have expected an allergic reaction to cause itching and redness on the spot I put the potion on, but that was unmarked and normal.
Now, I still have to dye my hair if I’m to be a beaut B2B this summer – so my search for a hair dye that likes me must go on. Luckily, one of the rellys is a hairdresser so I’ll ask their opinion…I’ve just spotted this article where a teen had problems much more severe than me, but with the same colour of the same brand! Gah!! Scary!
