When you were young, you were a blonde. Do you prefer your brunette(ish) status now over that? Do you think hair color makes a difference on how one perceives him/herself? – submitted via formspring
Beee teee double yooo… on the topic of a younger, blonder me…
Because everyone needs a pair of mom jeans. Even at age 15.
I much prefer my brunette(ish) status. I colored my hair for a looooooooooong time. Brad and I have known each other for almost 14 years, and he’s only seen my true hair color for the past year and a half. It was mostly an issue of having to keep coloring once I started, so as not to look jankety (official cosmetological language).
I have very little attachment to hair. I’ve been all shades of blonde, brown, and red; I’ve been blue, platinum, and black; and I’ve been everywhere from waist length to shaved. For a long time, I sort of needed that jolt every once in awhile that you get from drastically changing your appearance. I don’t really feel that need as strongly now — or maybe I just don’t notice it because I have so many other need-havers to which I must attend.
I worked in a salon and day spa part-time when I was in college, and I’m sure this has something to do with my orientation to hair. I see it as sort of an accessory, and one that’s often a nuisance. I’d love to live in a world in which I could shave my head and still have a professional job and go to Daisy Scout functions without getting the stink eye. Austin’s pretty good about that kind of tolerance, but it’s still not all the way there. I wore a short sleeve shirt today to work that showed my tattoo for the first time since last summer, and I was self-conscious all day. I just wish it didn’t matter.
I guess, in a roundabout way, I’m saying yes. Although I think it depends a lot on the person and the kinds of attachments she feels to her physical self.
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I was blonde for years too! Just the past few I’ve gone brown. I was fighting my darkening hair for years with dye and got sick of roots LOL
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I looked at the pic and was like, “WTHpants?”
I have always been a brunette. Longer and shorter. When it was really long it wasn’t healthy, it was dead for the last foot. So I didn’t like it. I grew up very low budget, where my parents lived from paycheck to paycheck. So hair cuttings and dyings were not thought of.
I did think of going blond, just cause I never have been. But I then realized I hated blonds. And plus I didn’t want the man of my dreams coming along and hitting on my cause he liked blonds and later on … surprise!!!!
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Alicia Reply:
March 9th, 2010 at 9:25 pm
WTHpants? Hee!
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Dude. Awesome question. Awesome post. And MOST AWESOME JEANS EVER.
I worked in various levels of retail throughout my profressional life and appearance was always super important… so I had to ignore the various desires to color my hair a shocking blue or whatever. But I’ve gone red numerous times and darker brown more times than that. Only lighter once and I hated every single minute of it.
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Alicia Reply:
March 9th, 2010 at 9:23 pm
I got a lot of these appearance things out of the way in college, when I was mostly jobless and free to be WACKADOODLE.
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