Tuesday, February 9, 2010

User post: What's Your Hair Dream?

For years and years, I have been a blond. A nice, golden blond color has been my friend for as long as I can remember. Month after month and year after year, my roots would start to call. Time for a run to the drugstore and purchase my blond dye kit; time to hide what is dark. Yay! Although I couldn't stand the sight of this truth from beneath my scalp, hubby loved to see the real me. This sight of truth didn't make me look so prim and proper and I think he likes when I look a little dirty. Hey, to each their own...

After years of trying to hide my dark roots, I'm beginning to embrace them instead of hide them away in my head. This is not an easy task. Once your hair has been bleached for as long as mine has, the hair is very porous. That means the darker hair color has a harder time grasping the hair strand, in turn leaving me at first try with green hair. After another bottle of dark brown color it looked a little better but each time I wash my hair, the color fades back to blond. I'm going to keep trying.

The decision has been a long time in the making. The saying "blonds have more fun," could be defiantly looked into. When your hair is blond, I swear men will hang their bodies out of a car to get a look at you. You could be stopped in traffic and see a man driving his car the opposite way and they will literally fall out of the car to see this blond person. I'm tired of this. Look at somebody else. I'm busy over here.

My mother was a blond for many years before she wanted to try the "red look". She loved it and did this look for awhile. Early in the summer when she visited her hairstylist, he asked her what she wanted to do this season. For some reason , she told him to take her back blond. Never really loving this look again, she plans on returning to her red hair the next time she visits him. As we talked about this color change she embarked on, she laughed to tell me of men hanging their heads out of turning cars just to get a peek at this woman in blond. When she was a red head, no one looked.

I have to say that Emmanuelle Chriqui's character as Sloan on Entourage has been a huge inspiration of mine for the transformation of blond back to my roots. Also Jessica Lowndes from 90210 has also been inspirational.

Do you have a hair dream of the moment? Has it been inspired in anyway?
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  • Elm's Avatar
    Posted by Elm Thu Sep 10, 2009 8:19am PDT

    I've always dreamed of dyeing my hair blond but don't wanna deal with the roots and outgrowth hassel.

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  • Apple's Avatar
    Posted by Apple Thu Sep 10, 2009 8:29am PDT

    It can be.

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  • Sarah Y's Avatar
    Posted by Sarah Y Thu Sep 10, 2009 8:48am PDT

    I was light blond for years, but when I decided to go back to my natural color, it was a nightmare. I paid for a very expensive dye job that faded (as described above). Nothing would stick, so finally, I just cut off all of my hair. I had long beautiful tresses and I went for a boy cut. The blond color grew out fast - LOL. Eventually, I got my long tresses back, then I cut them short again. Now, I'm blond again... I'm just a hair changer. I will say this, men don't noticed short-haired brunettes the way that they notice blonds. I can testify to that! It was both a blessing and a curse.

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  • **living life to the fullest**'s Avatar
    Posted by **living life to the fullest** Thu Sep 10, 2009 9:05am PDT

    My natural hair is almost black, I had always wanted to see what it would feel like having bleach blond hair! I've been a red head, which in turn over the summer began to change to blond but before it did, I dyed it black! I feel mysterious and dangerous with dark hair. Maybe it's just me, but I even feel like people take me more seriously when it's dark as opposed to red or blondish.

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  • Michelle @ Fierce Glamour Blog's Avatar
    Posted by Michelle @ Fierce Glamour Blog Thu Sep 10, 2009 9:17am PDT

    great post! great minds. When I was watching 90210 on tuesday I got the urge to dye my hair the color of Silver's. Its just so pretty!

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  • M.J - Fierce Beauty and Fashion's Avatar
    Posted by M.J - Fierce Beauty and Fashion Thu Sep 10, 2009 10:03am PDT

    I'm dreaming of having my hair as long as it used to be! LOL. I came across a college picture of mine and saw how long and shiny my hair used to be. So last year I started to grow out my chocolate highlights and now I'm on a deep conditioning regimine to get my hair back to its college days!

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  • None's Avatar
    Posted by None Thu Sep 10, 2009 10:06am PDT

    Hmm who's the girl in the 1st picture? Very beautiful, I like girls with pure black hair and light skin tones, and I like girls with WHITE blonde hair, not yellow, white, and I like brunettes, LOL, I go from highlighted blondes to now a red, to my natural brown, but people say they like me better as a blonde? I was thinking to go blonde in summer, red or brown in winter? LOL what ya think!

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  • Superwoman's Avatar
    Posted by Superwoman Thu Sep 10, 2009 10:20am PDT

    I've dreamt of having long straight brown hair. Hmmm........

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  • ohbabywhereami's Avatar
    Posted by ohbabywhereami Thu Sep 10, 2009 10:23am PDT

    I believe your natural color is your best color!

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  • Suzy's Avatar
    Posted by Suzy Thu Sep 10, 2009 11:04am PDT

    I really love my dark brown hair. But i wish my hair was a little bit longer and more managable. It is so curly and hard to style.

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