Beauty Bloggin: Redhead Edition
May 10th, 2011 § 1 Comment
Now that it’s May, I am dying (oh god, no pun intended) to hit the Loreal bottle again for the spring and summer months. Why you might ask? NO, it’s not because I have an overwhelming girl crush on Blake Lively and she just dyed her hair a strange, orange/coral/strawberry something.
It’s because… well, I am obsessed with being a redhead. Truth be told, I was a full blown wannabe for nearly 10 years before I finally bleached myself to death (note to self: never again) and then chopped it as often as possible until it was my natural dark brown. When all was said and done, I don’t know why I dyed my hair for so long- it’s the redhead mystic that kept me going back time and again and eventually I became addicted to the bottle. I do love love love dying my hair because it always gave me this sense of liberation with a teeny side of rebellion. Both my Aunt Martha and my Grandma Margaret are and were fiery reds. I suppose I have always felt that dying my hair was a champagne toast in recognition of these ladies and this excerpt from a story I wrote about my Aunt Martha gives a small glimpse into my rationale:
“My grandmother, a woman I never met, was responsible for the misfortune of my aunt’s tresses. She was marked her whole life by a scarlet letter, a carrying card for crazy, the mark of a genuine free spirit. In college, I became obsessed with the idea of having red hair. After all, my grandmother and namesake was a brilliant Henna goddess, my rebel aunt was flaming rust and at 20, I determined that it was more suited to my essence to continue on the royal line of redheads.”
So there you have it!
One of my favorite gingers- besides Conan and Prince Harry- is Christina Hendricks. While she is not au natural, she also claims that she identifies with being a ginge and has always felt like a redhead. She wears it so well with her translucent skin and bad ass curves. If you want to recreate her look I would suggest going to a professional to get it just right. However, I was always a Loreal Feria loyalist and ran the gamut from this to this to one of my favorites, this. Now I want to dye my hair again. Must. Refrain.
Man you’re making me want to break by 10 year no dye rule right about now. Like bad…I might just have to do it.