I always had blonde hair from being little to being about 21. I loved being blonde, but I seemed to always want to get 'blonder.'I started to experiment with my hair after getting extreme white highlights at my friends hairdressers at the age of 19, on a total whim.I continued to experiment with my hair, and eventually I purchased extentions.I was really dubious about wearing extentions, It felt fake at first, as if it was really noticable, but I soon got used to it, and started putting them in more regularily, eventually wearing them every day.
I wore my extentions from the age of 20, after years of trying to grow my hair. It never got past shoulder length due to constant colouring, and the clip in's were making my hair weak, but I really didnt care.
I had been blonde for all this time up, then I met my 'then, friend' (now boyfriend. <3 ) I told him one time that I'd always wanted bright red hair, like Ariel 'The Little Mermaid'. He said 'You only live once.' That was enough to convince me, and I went to buy red hair dye, and dyed it that night.
I had red hair for about a year, and I periodically got different hair cuts, slanted fringes, asemetric cuts; I basically experimented with my hair. My finest hair moment at that point was when I was working as a visual merchandiser/sales assistant for Gap, and a child came into the shop, and shouted 'ARIEL!' at me. I was so happy, and I wore a little purple flower in my hair after that.
I then decided (stupidly) to dye my hair dark red, but the dye was much darker than I expected. My hair went a dark brown/ red colour, and faded really fast. Up to that point I was used to doing my hair (bright red) every saturday morning with vegetable pots of colour that didnt damage my hair much. This brown colour disgusted me, I felt boring, normal and blended in. I only wore this colour with extentions, I just didnt suit short brown hair. My boyfriend (he'd upgraded by then :-p) said he liked the colour, but I just didnt feel confident with it. My impatience led me to late June 2011, when I vowed to get blonde hair by my birthday (July 16th!) One home strip, 2 bleaches and 2 boxes of colour later, I was blonde again. My hair was seriously damaged, but I was releaved to get out of the ginger orange stage I had to go through for 3 days. I bleached upon bleach and my hair was servearly damaged, (it still is!!) I made it to blonde for my birthday, wore my blonde extentions, and felt a bit better about myself.
So Ive left my hair, free from dying and colouring, since 15th July 2011, (yes I was still bleaching the night before!) and my roots have grown in so badly. My hair is in much better condition thanks to my efforts of not dying/lightening my roots/bleaching/ hardly straightening my hair ever, combined with my boyfriend very kindly purchasing me Kerestace shampoo and conditioner for christmas. My hair is starting to get strong again. Its lost so much of its 'thickness' and I really am sad about that, but I can tell from my roots that my hair is building itself up again. I wear wigs mostly on weekends, literally washing and drying my hair and tying it up for day to day, and then wearing the wigs on weekends to be as flamboyant as I want.
Now my hair is long enough for a ponytail, (it was to my ears before) and my roots are terrible, I really am wondering what to do with it Im desperate for a change, and I want to go the aquamarine/turquoise colour I regularily wear. I love that wig so much, its ruined already :-( I think I may just do it, but Im so scared to ruin my normal hair even more...
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