I got some new hair! Okay, that's not entirely true. I just decided last week that I would dye my hair a new color. (No, my nose is not now nor has it ever been broken. It is that crooked by birth.)
After bleaching my hair and dying it too bright red last year, I had long discussions with my boyfriend about possibly growing my hair out my natural color. I tried. As you could see in past outfit posts, my hair was a bunch of different colors with about three inches of roots showing. It wasn't pretty, and finally last week I had enough. On Valentine's day, I bought two boxes of Garnier Sangria and I had at it.
Immediately after rinsing, I felt so much better. Does that sound strange? It was like a weight lifted somewhere in my head that I didn't even know was there. I don't like my natural hair color. It's a mousy green-blond-brown color that doesn't suit me.
I just feel like myself with red hair. I feel confident and sexy and kind of mysterious. Like I could be some magical creature out of a fairy tale with red hair. Rapunzel or a wicked witch. I guess that kind of thing is just vanity talking, and in the long run things like hair color are superficial. And it's not my "real" hair color (although even my own mother says it should have been). But with my dark burgundy hair, I feel like Meghan. I feel like I could conquer the world. MUCH more so than with the washed out half-blond-half-reddish-brown that I had.
Of course, you'll be seeing that look again soon because I have several outfits saved up that I forgot to post over the last few months. But for now, this is how I look and I love it.
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| Custom Docs/Me, Dress: Handmade/Me, Jacket: DOTS, Cardi: Thrifted |
So, no, it's not my natural color, but for the first time in a long while I'm absolutely ecstatic about my appearance. And that's kind of amazing because I never like how I look. Not really. I feel almost pretty now. If investing in some hair dye is what it takes to make me feel half way lovely, then I'll take it! Also, I love how dark colors make me look pale white. I love pale skin on a lot of girls - I think it's my inner goth talking - and I love how my skin looks with my new hair. In a way, the smell of ammonia was like a home coming. I was becoming me again.
What do you guys do to make yourselves feel better?
I feel you so much! I always tend to feel a bit off if I haven't had time to dye my hair or cut my fringe. I mean, sure it's just hair, but it has such a major effect on how I feel about myself. Hopefully in the next few days I can wrangle enough time to dye my hair again around looking after my new little man - I know I'll feel so much more myself again once it's done!
ReplyDeleteVery nice! The color suits you well.
ReplyDeleteLike you, small enhancements to my appearance give me HUGE mental pleasure. My favorite for the past two years has been trying new colors on my toes. I get to look at the pretty shades every morning and they perk me up better than coffee. :)
Leopard print dress!!! I love it!!! And I love the color of your hair. I used to dye mine, I kind of miss it.
ReplyDeleteI give myself a manicure or pedicure to feel better when I need a boost.
Almost pretty.. come on, you are very pretty!!
ReplyDeleteYou were born to be a redhead--i would swear it was natural color--LOVE it!!
ReplyDeleteLove the pink leopard outfit!
This is the hair colour I think of on you (even when you say your hair lately looks a different colour, I can't really picture it without going back and looking for it specifically). And if something as simple as dyeing your hair the colour you love makes you happy, then embrace it! It's gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteThe burgundy red colour is definitely you. I get what you mean about colouring your hair though. Dark red and purple are my go-to colours.
ReplyDeleteIt's strange because at the moment I'm my natural blondish colour, I shaved my head last week to a grade 4 and it took all the colour out leaving https://www.facebook.com/nemoxstar?ref=tn_tnmn my profile picture. I'd quite like to re-dye it but I'm planning on growing it out now so I can get dreads so colour upkeep would be too much hassle and cost too much. I've got some temporary purple I'm gonna do when it grows a bit to see how it goes on natural hair and how it fades. If it goes OK I might just use things like Manic Panic or Directions. It's healthier too :D
Love this! My hair is not naturally black, its actually mousey brown. I started dying it black in Korea as its basically the only colour the hairdresser could do! (Before that I had all different colours) Now black feels like me & I'm sure lots of people think it is my natural hair colour. Funny really as it was a colour hairdressershere warned me off, saying it would make me look pale & sick! I love you as a red head:)
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