a hairaising expierence

I have been a blond my whole life. When I was little, I had white hair, just like Jaxon but maybe even blonder. When I was in high school, I would use "sun in" and make it even more blond, and then by the time I was a Sr. in high school, I was having my friends and my mom color it blond. Well then I went to beauty school. I did try some new colors, but I always went back to blond. Because I have done so much to my hair, it was totally dry and just damaged. For a LONG LONG time now I have been telling myself I was just going to quit talking about going dark an actually do it.

I am going to have some boudoir photos taken of me for my husbands birthday present (it is a surprise, so don't tell him) and I have asked him what he thinks is sexier, blonde's or brunette's. And he told me he has always been attracted to brunettes, but I was an exception. So I decided to actually do it. I want these pictures to be what he thinks is sexy. Even though I think blonde's are more sexy, I took one for the team and went darker. And when I say darker I mean DARKER. I have been pretty much a platinum blond, so for me to go this dark is drastic for me.

I am so lucky to have an amazing friend who I used to work with. So once a month she comes over with her son Isaac (who is a month older than Jaxon) and we do each other's hair while the boys play. Beings I was so blond, I had to "fill" my hair first. Which means for non hair stylist... I had to use a gold based color so that the dark would grab and not turn a muddy brown color. So I did that part last night and Bri did the final step this morning. To my surprise, I actually kind of like it. It will take some getting used to, but I like it.

before

after filling it

the new me