I recently had a hair disaster. By recently I mean this weekend.
My hair is naturally a dirty blonde. I have in the past dyed it blonde myself and had varying degrees of success. There is a photo of me cradling my newborn daughter and the hair on my head looks like a bright orange brush.
At the time I don’t remember thinking there was anything particularly wrong with it. In fact, no one made any mention of my fluorescent hair. These days, The Husband takes pride in looking at the photo and chuckling. I look at it and think ‘why did nobody tell me?’.
My hair disasters started at an early age. My Father (Gramps) tells the amusing story of when, aged 10, I loved Bros more than life itself. I walked into the hairdressers and asked for a ‘Bros’ cut. Thirty minutes later I left the salon looking like Luke Goss. What was I thinking? Why did my Father allow this atrocity?
So, six years have passed since my pregnancy hair disaster and I decided I wanted my hair brightening up.
This weekend I had my hair lightened, at home by a professional, she is also a friend. I was hoping for a lighter blonde, but could not have prepared myself for what I got. I convinced myself that maybe it was supposed to be the colour of fresh straw.
The Husband said nothing, but his eyes said it all. Inside he was screaming ‘Noooooooooooooooo!’ but didn’t speak. I decided that the shock, when I looked in the mirror, would subside over time and that it was just a big change.
I tried to show the people of Twitter what had happened but the camera on my phone made my hair look far less dayglo than the reality.
My Sister at first said nothing, but agreed that I looked a bit ‘Myra Hindley’. Later, under the harsh glare of some strip lighting, she said that perhaps I ought to get it sorted out.
When I got it sorted out, the following day, the 5 year old said “That is much better than your bright yellow hair Mummy”.
There’s nothing like the honesty of a 5 year old.
What was I thinking?
20 Comments on "Maybe it was supposed to be the colour of fresh straw?"
The Soul Soother went to have a few highlights put into her hair recently. The effect was to turn her blonde which was “not too bad” according to her hair dresser who she now no longer speaks to.
In the meantime, I didn’t even manage to finish my entire repertoire of blonde jokes before she got it sorted.
She understands you, I’m told.
The Unexpected Traveller
I agree with Plan B! I thought it was going to be a post about what wee was meant to look like. In all our offices’ toilets we have this chart: http://www.manfred-sauer.co.uk/images/iQCath%20tutorial%20-%20How%20much%20should%20I%20drink%20-%20Wee%20colour%20chart%20and%20Fluid%20intake%20matrix.pdf
In our defence we are a sports company & the athletes get it drilled into them about dehydration.
I hate that it makes me stand up, look behind & check though.
I have inflicted the ‘supposed to be blonde but really is orange’ color on myself too. Not so good. Once my [former] hairdresser dyed it that cordovan/maroon color and cut my bangs shorter on the sides descending to aV at the middle of my forehead – I looked like Eddie Munster. Not so good either…
I’d like to see a pic of that!
Could be worse. When I saw the title, i thought we were going to be discussing bodily fluids….
After I’d posted it I did think that it might mislead people!
You ‘tried’ to do photo, did you? I’m not buying that for a minute. We need to judge for ourselves and we promise to be as honest as a 5 year old.
Here is the hair from Saturday afternoon. http://twitpic.com/1b9soe It really doesn’t show how custardy it was
I agree, we deffo need a pic! I was nodding sympathetically all the way through…I’ve done home bleaching on more than one occasion and each time I promise it will be the last. Most memorable are the engagement pictures of me being proposed to atop Sydney Harbour Bridge with a ‘more yellow than yellow should ever be ‘ mop…… needless to say, neither the hair nor the engagement lasted
Px
Here is the pic – although my camera didn’t show my dayglo hair as it should http://twitpic.com/1b9soe
I think the concensus is photos of the hair horror are in order.
Englishmum is right, where are the photos??
Please add a photo! I also have natural dirty dark blond hair. What looks best on me is to have highlights using 2 or 3 colours (by a hairdresser as I’m also a disaster with home colouring) so various different – some really light blond, some medium and some reddish tones. They can help you chose the best shades to suit your skin colour.
http://twitpic.com/1b9soe Here is the hair from Saturday afternoon. It really doesn’t show how custardy it was
Die jobs gone wrong – yep an all too familiar story. Mini often tells me I look like a witch when the grey is showing
Myra Hindley! ROFL.
What a great post. I’m laughing my head of inwardly (because I’m currently surrounded by people who don’t know I’m reading blogs)… thanks for that! x
Gah, my mother beat me to first comment!
She’s right tho. Photos are needed. I’ll trade you with my terrible Xbox vlog disaster…?
“Naturally dirty blonde” – hihi. You realise you can wash it, right? No need to be THAT natural. (Kidding.)
I used to make the same mistake when I was a teenager – trying to look like the guys I fancied instead of looking like the kind of girl they might like. Mine was Robert Smith from The Cure.
Oh! Hindley not a good look. Glad that Sister spoke freely and you are returned to your normal self. I love how the 5 year old told it straight. They are soooo honest. I have a tale of O’s honesty – I shall share soon…
We really needed photos here!
A very similar thing happened to me once….when it’s a friend though we can’t even ask for our money back!