Praise then darkness, and creation unfinished

I colored my hair a couple of days ago (I used a coloring conditioner from Overtone, not a dye). It's now a very nice shade of purple, which I'm reasonably pleased by even though I was going for blue. The company that makes it labels this "extreme blue," and the stuff that came off on a white towel is very blue; my hair is mostly bright purple with some blue bit, and some white bits that I missed when I applied the color on Wednesday.

This purple is a lot more eye-catching than the short haircut in my natural white with bits of gray. Also, a few weeks' regrowth makes a significant difference to how I look, and this cut and color no longer remind me of my favorite aunt. I should think about what I want the next haircut to be. My current theory is I still don't want to have to use a blow-dryer, but am willing to experiment with a hairdo that requires the application of a hair-styling product.