Blonde like I was as a child.
Blonde like Tori Spelling.
Blonde like I haven't been since 1988.
It's a bit of a shock because yesterday I was a brunette- a light brown.
Today I'm blonde.
And I am not sure if I like it.
One minute I like it.
The next I love it.
The next I don't.
The next I just not sure.
Then the next minute I like it again.
I do love being blonde again but I can't decide if this is the right shade. Blonde is A LOT of work! And money!
I've always highlighted my hair and have always been blonde but after having kids, my hair became darker- a really dark blonde that might as well be light brown. And let's be honest. It was a mousy, dishwater light brown- not so pretty. With kids and staying at home, high maintenance blonde hair was not in the cards so I tried to do the natural look. Tried to go with my natural color.
And last week, I took the plunge for the second time and colored it all brown.
And hated it. Again.
(Apparently doing it the first time two years ago wasn't enough for me to remember how much I didn't like having dark hair.- super stubborn me.)
Well, I liked it for a minute but missed being blonde. It didn't feel like me. Who was this person in the mirror? "Yeah, who is that?" asked my husband.
Well, I lived with it for two weeks and then yesterday went bold.
All over color blonde.
Strong bring it on blonde.
My oh my.
I spent three hours at the salon yesterday and at one point, after taking out the brown, I was canary yellow. Seriously- Easter Peeps yellow. It was alarming. I was warned before I looked in the mirror that it was just the middle of the process but holy cow. It was a sight. I should have taken a picture but I wasn't sure I ever wanted anybody to see that again!
But back to super blonde. I'm still not sure. Seriously- I look in the mirror and love it one minute and am not so sure the next.
I just peeked again and right now I like it.
Sometimes I wish I could go back to my hair 6 years ago when I got married - it was a long bob- highlighted, natural color underneath but you know, no clock-reversal things over here.
With super short hair the way I have now, I wanted it to be more one color. Otherwise I look like Watts from Some Kind of Wonderful.
I didn't really want to be Watts.
So now I think I have to own it.
Work it.
See if I can pull this off.
I said I didn't want "mom" hair. That's why I went short. I want something with personality- style and a little bit of an edge.
We are going to spend the weekend with my parents in the mountains tomorrow and I know they'll like it better than brown. I'm just not sure about this blonde. All over blonde. Super blonde. Anna Kelly blonde. Me from 5th grade summer spent at the swimming pool blonde.
My husband seems to like it and he definitely likes blonde over brown on me for sure.
So we'll see.
At least I like the cut. I do love being super short.
Well, most days I do.
I know the only person I have to please truly is myself but my hair and I have a difficult relationship.
It's full of DRAMA.
I wish I could just get it right and stick with it.
Does this happen to you?
xo,
Jennifer
69 comments:
Well, I like it. It looks very natural, and for me, that's what being blonde is all about. Having said that, you might not want to trust my judgement too much. My hair is pink these days . . .
I agree, it looks very natural. It suits you to a T! That being said, I hope you can find something you truly love every second of every day, cuz that's what's important! Good luck!
Oh I love it!!! You look beautiful & I'd never have known it wasn't your natural colour if jetting you IRL!
Umm... MEETING you IRL. lol! I just love "auto correct"! Not!!
The blonde looks great, super natural and it really brings out your eyes. I have the same issue, though. I always want to go brown - like Carla Gugino on that awful politics show with Sigourney Weaver (how can dialogue that bad come out of her mouthg?). But every time I go brown I hate it. So I'm sticking with red, which is not my natural colour (that's a scary grey mix now, stupid early greys). At least it looks good with the freckles!
I think it looks fabulous!
And yes, it happened to me all the time - and I'm in my fifties! Now I've settled for medium length hair in my natural grey in front, salt and pepper in back -- but I'm retired and don't leave the house too often!
your salon did a great job, it does look natural...but upkeep is difficult.
OK, this is coming from a real born and forever blonde. It looks GREAT. It looks very natural and it looks great with your skin tone. Love the style you chose too.
I love it, the color and the cut are outstanding.
Love it. It looks wonderful on you.
Cute cut, good color, pretty eyes, and a nice smile. :D
The cut is very cute and very you. I love the color. I don't think it's too blond at all. I like it. It's kinda glam/mom. Wish my mom had looked like you! Have a great weekend.
girl, as I was reading I thought I was gonna see Playboy bunny blonde, LOL. It is perfect on you! A beautiful, natural golden blonde! Love it!
I do know the feeling of do I like this, I do like it, oh I don't know... I think that's normal of change.
i colored my hair really blonde several months ago. it was crazy for a couple days, hated it. but now i love it and can't imagine going back to that same dirty blonde color that my kids did to me! i think you look beautiful and it looks very natural. give it a couple of days or a week and you will feel much better about it. xoxo
I think it looks great..really. Not too overdone, very natural looking.
I think it looks great..really. Not too overdone, very natural looking.
As my daughters would say, you are rockin' it!
Love it! I think it looks great on you! I swear, I have had the exact same conversations with myself. My hair got crazy dark after having kids (what is that about?!). I am a SAHM too and had brown hair in the name of frugality. But I couldn't take it any more and begged to rework the budget so I could have salon hair again. I immediately went back to blonde, and like you said, it just feels more like me. But alas, I don't think I can afford to be as blonde as I want to be;). Still trying to find that shade that is the happy medium between upkeep, cost and blonde!
I really like it. It looks really natural. Your parents will love it. Have a great weekend in the mountains!
I like it! But I guess if you are still startling yourself in the mirror in a week you should make it less blond next time you go - I hear being startled makes you go grey! ;)
I think it looks awesome! It makes you look even younger!
I really like it too! I'm in the mousy brown/dark blond spot, and I don't like it. I'd love to go that blond and that short--you pull it off so well that you inspire me!
It looks great! I am with you on the hair drama.... I am never happy with the length of my hair! Very short, kind of short, back to very short...gahhhhh! I just can't decide.
Your hair looks great blonde! Great color- looks very natural!
I think it looks great and very natural!
So so so pretty....it is you for sure! I think you could go a tiny bit lighter!!!!
I just went through a similar thing this week. I grew up strawberry blonde, then more blonde, and then somewhere in there with children I ended up with this mousey dark blonde which I don't like. It's not grey yet but this week it went back to a strawberry blonde with lots of highlights- really short and spiky. It's more me but I hate the maintenance. Yours looks really cute.
You and I have the EXACT same hair color-and mine is even a little shorter. Almost a year ago, I got fed up with the mousy brown mine had become and decided to go for a full color, having never done it before! I went way blonde just like you. The first few colorings took some testing and redoing-I left the salon the first time looking more orange than blonde. But I have finally found a color I like and am sticking with it! So great minds think alike! Rock the blonde-it looks great on you!
You're gorgeous. It totally suits you!!
OMG you're gorgeous - that hair is perfect! I think you just need to get used to it - it really does suit you beautifully!
Love the cut, love the colour, love it all. You look amAHzing!
You really do have to "own" it when you have short hair (I laughed at the Some Kind of Wonderful reference - love John Hughes!).
Brava!!
I think it's darling, Jennifer. And yes, I've been there with the hair drama too. Long? Short? Who knows these days. Mostly I'm settling for clean and brushed...
Love the blonde, it looks great! I miss my blonde, my hair has gotten darker this year. The short looks great on you, too! I am not sure I could pull that off. Right now mine is way too long, but soon it will be chopped to be donated to Locks of Love.
I so know what you are saying, but I don't know what you are worried about. The color looks so natural and you wear the cut beautifully.
Great hairdresser you have.
You look absolutely beautiful. I love the blond. Oh, that hair drama! My hair didn't just go grey (or a lighter shade of blond....) it started to curl too. Re-invention of yourself through hair.....it happens to us all!
I think it really suits you, it looks like its your natural colour and the style is great too. I'm at the point in my life when I'm trying to decide whether to ease into the grey thats under all my hair colour! Somedays I think I should also bite the bullet and lose my long hair but I like the option of changing the look but then spend most of the time with it stuck in a ponytail. I think most women worry about their hair! Enough to give you grey hair - oh wait, I already have it there waiting!
I do love it on you! It looks natural so don't worry about it. Love the cut too! Also don't feel bad I am the opposite. Blond looks bad on me cause I am so pale but the darker I go the better.
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it :)!!!! It looks beautiful!! And yes, hair is drama :)
Your hair looks stunning and youthful. You look beautiful!
Your hair is darling! Quit beating yourself up and embrace the fun...your haircut also shows off your pretty eyes :)
Love the blonde! It looks so natural (:
You look beautiful ; ). I've never colored my hair, but I go back and forth on bob/ long hair all the time!
Rock it girl!! Love...and short hair IS the best. :)
You look fantastic!!!!!!! Both the colour and the style suit you. Keep it.
Love it! My hair is cut exactly like yours. I'm 50 so, um, highlights are a necessity for my vanity right now. I would like to go darker (mine's a lightish brown) but I know the upkeep would be terrible. I am toying with coloring it myself (all over color) the night before my next appointment so she can fix it if I mess it up....but I'm not sure I'm even that brave! But I do hate dropping that much cash (that could have been spent on fabric...) for such short hair. Anyway, you look amazing!
you glow, girl! it's very complimentary! enjoy it and don't mind the upkeep.
I LOVE it!!! Us women and our hair, huh? LOL We love to hate it. I've been every color in the rainbow and every style and length imaginable. I always say...it's just hair it'll grow back. My stylist loves me because I give her free rein to pretty much do whatever she likes. I blew up your tag picture so I could get a better look at your older color. While it looks nice I have to say I like the blonde even better. I think you look even younger than you already are. I hope you take that as a compliment cuz that's what it was meant to be. Ok, I'm going to shut up now and go look at my own hair. :o)
Hi Jennifer
Well it looks great to me, and I totally recognise your story, as it sounds very like my own. I have finally settled for 'natural' with lots of blonde hilites as that way I don't have to worry about expensive trips to the hairdresser the minute my natural colour comes through.
Have a GREAT weekend, and enjoy your new colour while it lasts.
Judi
Oh My Gosh, hair drama is my life. You look adorable super blonde. I once went red...that was a frightful sight. But right now any color is better than grey for me!
Its Sexy, I am fixing to do the short and Brownish red..
Looks GREAT. Really great. The colorist did a terrific job on making it look natural. Your husband is right -- looks good.
Love the cut AND the color! So perfectly your style!
Looks great and a very sexy edgy look. It works well with your face shape and skin tone. I went short yesterday and I love it and most of all my husband said hello sexy when I walked in the house. It's blonde too, but not as blonde as yours. I'm a brunette with lots of gray.... I will take blonde any day over that.
Keep your blond! You are so cute and pretty!
Makes you look flirty -- keep the blonde -- I think it's cute !}
Well, your approach worked-I was expecting REALLY blonde hair. When I saw your pic and it wasn't as blonde as I expected, I thought-it looks great! I mean I love it! Just go with it!
in may... I did the exact same thing! really blonde! also went short.. though not quite as short as yours. AND I felt exactly the same way. love it. uh, not sure. should go back to blonde/brown coloring. love it... etc :). I really do love it now! my issue now is the upkeep. it is amazing how quickly those dark roots grow back! and they look so much darker than I thought my hair was before? haha.
I think your new 'do' looks awesome! enjoy it!!
I think it looks great! I'm having the dilemma of wanting a change but not knowing what I should do :)
Fabulous!!!!and you know what they say "you can never be too rich, or too thin, or too blonde".
It looks terrific! I also like having my hair short, it makes life easier.
I think it looks great, and it'll grow on you as you get used to it :o) I *never* have good hair days, I just have marginally less worse than others days lol I suppose it could be better, but really I'm not willing to spend super bucks on products and a good half hour every morning fixing it (which makes me both cheap, and lazy as well as frizzy headed ;o) )
You look supernatural and pretty!!
Of course you're the one who has to live with it, but I think it looks very nice.
It is very cute. It is amazing how our hair can rule our lives. I don't color mine but getting the right cut can be hard sometimes. Mine is short too.
My hair and I break up all the time and then get back together. I HATE getting my haircut. It terrifies me, too many crew cuts as a child I think. So have basically the same colour/ length all the time and my hairdresser freshens up the colour/style as he thinks I need it. Yours look great! Enjoy it!
OH, you're so lucky that you can wear a short cut like that! It's edgy yet feminine--quite the mix! I think the color is definitely a "do" but I like the profile pic which has just a tad more brown--your skin seems more vibrant in that photo. But, it could be the lighting, etc of each photo.
My hair has a bride-f-frankenstein grey streak that refuses to be covered by color so my once beautiful chestnut hair is now pretty much all grey. And I think grey hair looks weird long so I wear it up. Sad!
Late to the party, but I think the blonde looks super cute!
You look GREAT as a blonde! I think it may be worth the effort-at least for awhile!!!
It looks great! Really!
I can totally relate to the hair drama. I don't understand how some people can get away with a set hairstyle that looks amazing on them, and they never have to decide beyond that. I'm not lucky enough to be one of those. I'm with you. Wish so badly that I could find something that I LOVE enough to leave forever... or at least for a VERY long time. I'm just not sure I have that kind of luck. Or hair.
Your hair looks fantastic. I have yet to find a cut and colour that I like on me. I have spent the summer growing mine, but I bet I go and get it cut short!
It looks great!! I can totally relate with your dilemna and I hate to tell you I am 63 and still have a love-hate relationship with my hair (and haircolor)! My hair turned out burgundy once many moons ago, does that tell you anything!
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