Hair-raising
Sep. 9th, 2010 09:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
daidoji_giseiI'm pondering whether to color my hair.
My natural hair color is a muddy, undistinguished light brown. From time to time I've colored it; not to make it (or me) look better--I think it's important to keep realistic expectations on these things--but out of boredom at its drabness. I'd color it more than I do, except that I am also prone to dithering over what color to change it to--I don't have the option of choosing a color that makes me look more attractive. I could choose a color I really like, but L'Oreal stopped making their semi-permanent hair color line a few years ago and I've never found a product that could create the same color as their Egyptian Plum.
(Because once you have made the transition to having a writer brain you cannot shut it off, and so I remain slightly irritated by the name itself: I cannot think of a time when plums were a feature of Egyptian agriculture. But the color was great.)
So now I am dithering again. Bleach it blonde? Auburn? Copper/red? A richer, darker brown? I'm starting out in the hair color version of nowhereville, so I can do whatever I want. If I can ever decide what that is.
My natural hair color is a muddy, undistinguished light brown. From time to time I've colored it; not to make it (or me) look better--I think it's important to keep realistic expectations on these things--but out of boredom at its drabness. I'd color it more than I do, except that I am also prone to dithering over what color to change it to--I don't have the option of choosing a color that makes me look more attractive. I could choose a color I really like, but L'Oreal stopped making their semi-permanent hair color line a few years ago and I've never found a product that could create the same color as their Egyptian Plum.
(Because once you have made the transition to having a writer brain you cannot shut it off, and so I remain slightly irritated by the name itself: I cannot think of a time when plums were a feature of Egyptian agriculture. But the color was great.)
So now I am dithering again. Bleach it blonde? Auburn? Copper/red? A richer, darker brown? I'm starting out in the hair color version of nowhereville, so I can do whatever I want. If I can ever decide what that is.
