hair
I have made a decision - I am getting my hair bleached, and then dreaded. I really want light blonde dreads, but because my hair is so dark at the moment it will only go gingery with blonde streaks for now. I have had dark hair for years and years, since 2001 I have dyed my hair black, with a brief period in 2005 where I bleached the black out, badly and went to hairdresser to have it corrected and reddened. I then redyed it red with a box dye, it looked cack and i dyed it dark brown, and then black. Then a good couple of years ago I stopped dying it black, but since then have dyed it permanent purple, dark reddy brown and supposedly bright red, which came out kind of dark brown!
So it will be a big change to be blonde of any sort. I love blonde dreads, and I want mine eventually to look like this:
However, it is going to take it a long time to get to that colour, and I am so sick of my hair, I want my dreads now!!! I have decided I prefer gingery blonde dreads to dark brown dreads anyway. Especially when there is a hope with gingery blonde that they might eventually look like that photo. I have to get through this colour to come out the other side.
So, next wednesday my new hairdresser, called Natalie, who looks like Jordan (seriously, her tan is so dark, that she looks caribbean, she has thick black hair, lots of make up and false eyelashes, if you saw her with Jordan's kids you would assume it was her!) will be bleaching my hair and getting it as blonde as possible, then toning it. If it looks awful and i want to cry then she will put a red dye on it, but even though I love red hair I hate the colour fade, and once i have dyed it red it makes getting to that gorgeous blonde even further away.
Then today I was in H&M and I held up my hair out of the way while i was trying something on, and then it kind of fell down the side of my face and looked a bit like an a-line bob, and that looked really nice and I wondered if I was making a terrible decision. I mean, dark hair does suit me I think, and my hair is a fairly statement colour whereas the colour I am going to isn't, not straight away anyway, and I will need to leave my dreads to get established before it ever will be. The way it looked bob-like looked nice.
Thing is i suppose, I am sure this is just jitters due to the semi-permanency of dreads, plus the fact I really want them to look good. Plus the amount of money they will be costing. I figure though that:
a) my hair wouldn't look that way if I cut it into a bob because it isn't thick enough or stiff enough
b) I hate styling my hair in the morning
c) I am trying to stop using dark dyes
d) i want dreads done for more than just whether they will suit me best
e) if i really hate the colour i can dye it something else
So it will be a big change to be blonde of any sort. I love blonde dreads, and I want mine eventually to look like this:
However, it is going to take it a long time to get to that colour, and I am so sick of my hair, I want my dreads now!!! I have decided I prefer gingery blonde dreads to dark brown dreads anyway. Especially when there is a hope with gingery blonde that they might eventually look like that photo. I have to get through this colour to come out the other side.
So, next wednesday my new hairdresser, called Natalie, who looks like Jordan (seriously, her tan is so dark, that she looks caribbean, she has thick black hair, lots of make up and false eyelashes, if you saw her with Jordan's kids you would assume it was her!) will be bleaching my hair and getting it as blonde as possible, then toning it. If it looks awful and i want to cry then she will put a red dye on it, but even though I love red hair I hate the colour fade, and once i have dyed it red it makes getting to that gorgeous blonde even further away.
Then today I was in H&M and I held up my hair out of the way while i was trying something on, and then it kind of fell down the side of my face and looked a bit like an a-line bob, and that looked really nice and I wondered if I was making a terrible decision. I mean, dark hair does suit me I think, and my hair is a fairly statement colour whereas the colour I am going to isn't, not straight away anyway, and I will need to leave my dreads to get established before it ever will be. The way it looked bob-like looked nice.
Thing is i suppose, I am sure this is just jitters due to the semi-permanency of dreads, plus the fact I really want them to look good. Plus the amount of money they will be costing. I figure though that:
a) my hair wouldn't look that way if I cut it into a bob because it isn't thick enough or stiff enough
b) I hate styling my hair in the morning
c) I am trying to stop using dark dyes
d) i want dreads done for more than just whether they will suit me best
e) if i really hate the colour i can dye it something else