This happened to me last Friday night, as, in a moment that’s consciousness could be described by the color of my new box of Clairol; I turned my normal-brown hair into a blazing, pumpkin orange color.
Yikes. You can imagine my dismay as I uncovered my head. I had only wanted blonde hair! The mirrors’ reflection hit me like a shattered dream. The previous night I had been at a bonfire, tonight, I had turned myself into a bonfire. Somehow, in the process of “highlighting,” my hair, I had decided to merely dye chunks of the hair around my face and the part, and not dye the roots. Thus the ash brown roots resembled charred wood, from which blaze orange flames sprang, lightning to a blonde color on the ends which were frazzled like a smothering fire. Beautiful.
Consequently, I knew immediate action would have to be taken. The soonest “immediate” could happen though, was the next day – and I still had to go out that night. Luckily, I have a really cute green hat. So I plopped that on my head for the night, and as soon as the sun woke me Saturday, I went on a mission to find an open hair stylist. Four phone calls and $150 worth of cutting and dyeing later, my hair was back to normal. Actually, it was way better than normal, so maybe it was worth it:). Beauty from pain people:).
In conclusion; the lessons I learned from this mediocre tragedy are as follows:
I really can empathize with Britney Spears
Heed warnings: I disregarded the multiple warnings I received from beauty professionals (a.k.a. my sister and her boyfriend, yes my sister’s bf is a beauty professional…), against dyeing my hair blonde.
Do not change your looks on an impulse. It is a very expensive mistake.
When you are bored, read a book.
Hats are really great, and blasé brown hair really isn’t that bad.
Below – you will find a picture of my “low night.” As well as the fab job my heroine hairdresser did in fixing my mistake.
Before:
And After - it finally looks normal again! Yeah!
3 comments:
Your aura would have been orange on that day. Orange signifying of course DISASTER. I think your aura had yellow pokadots too, signifying your desire for blond but your failure to reach it.
$150!! Geez, that could feed me for 3 months. And fires are hot. People gather around them just to admire their beauty.
If Beanie's hair could roast a marshmallow, I'd would have said keep it the way it was. Alas, we tried and found we needed an acual fire for that. So, she got the go-ahead to get it dyed back to normal again.
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