My blonde hair and I have recently celebrated our six-month anniversary together in what is looking to be the longest and happiest relationship I’ve been in for a while!
I first thought about dying my close-to-black hair platinum in early 2013 and got an overwhelming “don’t even think about it” response from girlfriends, guy friends, moms, dads, Twitter followers, cats, and bathroom mirrors. I did it anyway.
A diehard brunette (See what I did there?), I thought for sure it’d be a summer stint and that’d I’d get back to my roots (Is it getting old yet?) quickly, but my blonde ambition is looking to stick around for a while.
What I’ve noticed since making the switch:
1. Strangers hit on me more often. Either I look more approachable…or they think I’m a total idiot and will get in bed with them.
2. People think I’m a total idiot. Then they talk to me and they’re like, “Woah! This girl isn’t a total idiot!” … Which is a win in my book as it inadvertently makes me seem smarter.
3. I have a cop-out when I actually am a total idiot. When I do really dumb things, like hang my wreath from my door frame instead of my door thinking it would be attached, I’m like “Haha just kidding, blonde moment!” Except I was really just being a total idiot.
4. Black clothes look even better than ever. Because contrast, you know?
5. I feel way, way more myself. Who said “becoming who you are” takes years? It only took me a four hour visit to the salon!
As you hopefully gathered from my first four observations, the whole point here is that dramatically changing up your hair isn’t really that dramatic. Changing up anything isn’t ever really as big of a deal as you think it is. A big proponent of the “dress for yourself” ideology, I encourage you to think about my fifth reflection and do what you’re dying to do. Cut some bangs! Chop it off! Get a perm! Dye that sh*t! And that goes for other things, too. Go abroad! Move to a new city! Tell him you love him! Who cares? And who knows, you may experience a Miley moment of self-discovery. Just don’t do drugs. Drugs are bad.