Colored My Hair!

Yup, u've read it right. July 16 will mark my 1st year being natural. I've been in a very stressful situation lately, so I thought it would be great to do something adventurous like color my hair.

As suggested to me, I tired a semi-permanent Cherrywood color by Clairol Pro. I was hoping to get a very noticeable color change, but instead I can only see .5% color change when my hair is at an angle that makes the sun beam on my hair. I'm highly dissapointed. :(

I planned to get my hair colored professionally in a couple of weeks.

I feel like...

this

lol...For the summer I am planning to rock wash n gos with full force, but so far I have been feeling like I have a jheri curl for the first hour or so after my cowashes. I might know the source of the problem. First off, I have a new puppy that demand all of the time at home. When I finally have a chance to get in the shower in the mornings before hopping on the bus to get to work it I'm rushing and running around the house like crazy. Second, I've been trying to kick towels out routine. I love my curls so much more when I have ringed the crap out of head. I know I've heard using tee-shirts as a sub, but I can't seem to find the time to grab any while I'm rushing. So instead I've been ringing sections of my hair with my hands to get the access water out...umm it sounded like a good idea at first.

By the time my hair is styled and I'm out the door I have condish and moisturizer running down my neck. Ugh I can't stand it. My skin is extremely sensitive and absolutely hates it. When I started doing this a couple of weeks ago I ended up with a huge rash on back of my neck and ears that itched like crazy. I managed to get my eczema on my neck and stuff cleared up by using ACV and coconut oil several times a day.

I'm not sure what to do about the drippige...