Is that your a new hair color or the left over buffalo sauce..?

I'm 28 years old & i've never colored my hair by myself. For some of you that's nothing impressive because you weren't gifted with white, wiry hairs that make their appearance on your head with such gusto as Tom Cruise on Oprah's couch that one time. For years I was against the whole doing anything that's not natural for/to my body. Well, that shipped sailed about 2 & 1/2 years ago. I was going through a difficult breakup & had transformed into this new sort of butterfly & was all into trying different stuff, so I temporarily dyed my hair just to see if I'd like it. I chose a deep red because I felt that would look good with the freckles & pink undertones in my pale skin. A few months later I chose to get it professionally done & haven't looked back since. People say the color looks like I was born with it. "Weh heh heh ellll, thank you," I say. 

Unfortunately, I have these really amazing white & grey hairs that love showing off. And with a medium brown natural color & a deep red artificial color, those bad boys stick out like Willie Nelson at a 4 year old's tea party in the Hamptons. (no idea why he was the first celebrity that popped into my head) So, I have to keep my business colored more often than most & tonight I chose to do it by myself to save a little cash. 

This was after I scrubbed my skin to remove
the evidence.

Currently I'm sitting waiting for the timer to buzz. It looks as if I dunked my head into a barrel of Sriracha sauce. I have no idea what it's going to look like. This is the first solo box dye I've experienced.  The 3 times before I had friends do it; 1 was for Halloween, 1 for a play I did in Georgia & the last time was when I was seeing if I'd want to dye my hair officially. So, it's in. It's on my hair & my scalp & pretty much my entire body. I'd be working hard for a minute & then look down to find myself & pretty much every surface in the bathroom covered with this sorta thick red-orange goo. Slowly but surely it has gotten progressively darker & I'm scared that when I step out of the shower I'm gonna look like I should be in a Pink video. I thought this picture showcased the hot sauce nicely. 

I remember the time my friend temporarily dyed my hair (for the play), I had my eyes closed as I began washing the color out in the shower & when I opened them, I screamed. It looked like I was at a crime scene! Red was EVERYWHERE.

Okay. Timer went off. Let's go see what's what..

..oh my gosh it looks good. I think I even just heard a few catcalls from across the street. S'alright ladies! If you want some better color on your head between salon visits, I now can say I trust & recommend Garnier Nutrisse Ultra Color -R2. I'm not sure about the other colors, but I imagine they're probably alright if this one is. Pretty spot on color match to what I was getting before. Maybe even better than my last salon visit & this was $7. Talk about saving $60. Yeeeeehawwwwww. 

Now, all I can think of is buffalo sauce.