So, I’ve been trying hard to find the silver linings lately.  Life has just been kind of throwing me one thing after another and it’s annoying.

There haven’t been many but I am excited because I’m finally deciding to take a little much needed “me time” on Friday.  I have a conference to go to for most of the day, but I’m cutting out a little early to go and get my hair done/colored.  I’ve played with the idea of going to a deeper chocolate brown for a long time and I think I’m finally going to try it.

This is kind of what I’m looking for:

I talked to my hairdresser and she mentioned a color that’s a chocolate brown with some reddish undertones in it.  I’m not against that either.  I don’t want something drastically different, just a little umph for the old tresses.  

I’m kind of excited, though.  I didn’t tell Devon I was getting it colored, yet.  I want it to be a surprise.  He’s not one that freaks out at the thought of my hair being a different color (although darker brown isn’t really that “different”), so I think he’ll actually like it.  

I highlighted my hair blonde for YEARS and I liked it but it took forever when I finally let all of the bleaching/damage grow out and my hair looked super weird for awhile.  I thought about going back to that, but remembering the damage made me squash that idea pretty quickly.  

But, I need a change and I need a booster of some kind.  Hopefully it looks as great as I think it will.  

Now, I’m all about recommendations for a good color-treated shampoo, though. I haven’t had color-treated hair in a long time, so I’m out of verse with what to use.  Any suggestions????