I have cold feet.

[sihayadesigns]

About my hair, that is. For the show, I'm supposed to be dyeing my hair a rich espresso brown. The problem with this is that to get it that color and back to a lighter, bronzy color will cost somewhere around $60 in product alone, including dye and bleach. And I really prefer to lay off the bleach-- so far, I've only done extensive bleaching once, and my hair was straw-like for weeks. I talked to Joy, the director, and asked if a) the character's hair color could be changed or b) I could get a wig. I'm okay with maybe doing a temporary wash, but even temporaries stick in my hair for quite a bit. It shouldn't be so strong that I'd have to bleach it, though. She said she'd talk to the costume designer about it, so I guess that's good. She offered to see if the $60-$70 was in the budget, but I waved her off. If we do a temporary color, $20 will be fine. In all honesty, I would have hated a permanent espresso brown. It's just not... me. At all. It would make me look like everyone else, or maybe Morticia Addams.

I had the urge to cut my hair really short today, though. Maybe after the show's over, I will.

In the interest of hair talk, I present to you:




I was born with black hair. Black hair that infact stuck straight up. Note the birthmark that to this day is my favorite feature.


Growing up, I had very blonde hair. It's darkened to a dishwater blonde with age, though. I don't have pictures from junior high straight through most of high school, though. I'm rather glad, though, because there was the Perm Of Doom somewhere in there, around seventh grade. As I recall, it followed the Bowl Cut Of Death. For the most part, my hair stayed a goldy-blonde through high school. Also, don't ask why my eyes have seemingly disappeared. It's a scan of a mid-80's snapshot. :P


Freshman year of college, year two of experimenting with reds. This was almost the darkest it got, a rich burgundy nearing brown as it faded.


Sophomore year of college. Dark dark red-brown. Not my favorite at all.

   
Junior year, I took scissors to my hair on a whim one day. This was the outcome, and I think it was damn cute. It's got a lot of body to it when it's short. If I do cut my hair again, it will probably be this length.


It's me rocking the Agent Scully look.


This was about the brightest red my hair's gotten, a true cardinal red. I'll admit that I'm just noting this because I love the picture.


This was one of my favorite shades of red. It was much brighter than it seems in the pic, but it wasn't quite flaming red.


Last summer I went for a radical change-- blonde with streaks. It looked cool for a while, but was hard to maintain.


Growing out my hair. This is about the time I got sick of the blonde. It got a little too light for my tastes and started to wash me out. I then dyed my hair a nice light brown with blonde highlights. I have a good picture of this phase, but it's really, really emo.


The coolest hair in the world.


I impulsively cut in bangs about three weeks ago.


The pink is washing out now, and I have a really neat bronze-coral-baby pink effect going on.


And this is from today, with my hair in a bun. The goldy color is what I hope to do after the show is done. The color I've got my eye on is L'Oreal Feria's Blush Blond, and maybe I'll put a fat pink streak down the left side.

So what say you? Which look was the best? Which do you detest utterly? I personally think that a medium-light pallette is best for me, but I'm curious.

Comments

[petit-gateau.livejournal.com]

Very hard choice but I REALLY like the "oh I just chopped my hair off" look. Both in cut and color. It looks great on you. Oh and not to gush too much but my GOD your skin is flawless! *dies from jealousy*

[sihaya09.livejournal.com]

My skin wasn't always (and still isn't!) flawless. In middle-to-high school, I had such bad acne that I slathered on the foundation, earning me the nickname of "Data." As puberty waned, the skin cleared a bit, but I've found that the best thing to do is not wear foundation. As a base, I use a Max Factor PanStik dotted here and there, and a few dots of noncomodogenic moisturizer, blended on my face with a sponge. The moisturizer keeps the makeup from clogging your pores and gives you a nice healthy look. The best part is that it's really cheap-- the Panstiks are $7 and will last you forever, and I got my Saint Ives moisturizer for $4.

[petit-gateau.livejournal.com]

ooh thank's for the tip. I'll have to give that a shot. My big problem = under-eye circles....

[ex-stephanie345.livejournal.com]

I think red suits you best :) If you do need to go for a temporary change to a different shade, I'd say do go back to red eventually :)

[belladonnastrap.livejournal.com]

I agree

(Hi Steph *wave*)

[ex-stephanie345.livejournal.com]

(*waves* :D )

[daimones.livejournal.com]

Freshman, cardinal red, growing out blonde, and pink (and the one pink but wearing a dress) rank amongst my favourites. I don't like the radical-change blonde at all. If I had to choose amongst the favourites for the most favourite? The cardinal red. S'beautiful.

Really I find it hard to dislike red in any shade. Curious: ever thought about doing a black/blue? Hopefully the play thing works out!

[minim_calibre]

I like the medium-light red. It does wonders for your eyes without washing you out.

If you do have to dye it dark, the Jheri Redding One'N Only Color Fix does a good job of lifting out color, and is less damaging than bleach. You can get it at Sally for about $12.

The smell is awful, but it's been worth it for me when I've found myself with too-dark hair. (Which happens when I forget that too-dark hair looks horrible on me.)

[dangerdame.livejournal.com]

I love hair posts. Seeing a time line on anybody helps me get a better idea of who they are with seeing all the fun phases they've went through. So thanks for that!

The red on you is BREATHTAKING! I have always wanted to dye my hair red and the one time I did, it was hellacious to maintain and I gave it up almost immediately. On you, the red really makes your eyes pop and it looks elegant and sultry on you! Love it.

However, I really feel that you've got a great classic Hollywood face and your mark is to die for!!! So, you can really pull off any hair color you wanted and look smashing!!

xoxoxoxoox

[dagger-garnet.livejournal.com]

I think red suits you.... not too bright and not too dark. I love the true cardinal red picture because you look so beautiful, but not because of the hair. ;-) You always look gorgeous!!!

[nnnuts.livejournal.com]

I'm partial to the two red and then lighter red photos

[autarchex.livejournal.com]

Best: junior year and scully-look.
Detest: blonde with streaks.

[whisperwords.livejournal.com]

I think the junior year "I just chopped my hair off" cut and color looked best on you, though a lot of the mid-reds also suit your skin tone really well. I also like the colors that are coming in now, in that last picture.

I'll agree with you about the superdark Sophomore year hair being not good. You kinda looked Thora Birch in American Beauty - ish with it. Kinda pale. The lighter reds suit you much better. :-)

[snowboom.livejournal.com]

You keep getting prettier in that series. I do like the "chopped hair" look though. I also like the very last one which I assume is pulled back?

[virginhuntress.livejournal.com]

i love the "true cardinal red" on you, and I heart the way you look with bangs.

You're right, dark brown would not be your color at all! and out of the colors I see here, I don't like the first two adult pics of you...the colors are so dark that it makes you look a bit washed out.

I need to move away from my dark red phase and do something more... wild.

[iamjackshate.livejournal.com]

I sat here looking at these for a while, contemplating. There's no way I can choose a favorite, but the red to lighter hues complement your eyes most strikingly, and the more I see you the more commanding your gaze becomes because of that. So anything that brings out your eyes is instantly a hit with me...

[thetenthshadow.livejournal.com]

I'd like to comment, but even as a writer I'm struck speechless. .....wow.
Let me get back to you on that. And btw, you were an adorable baby :)

[fantasticmuppet.livejournal.com]

Last week I cut my hair really short - the way I used to wear it. It's like an inch and a half long on top. It felt like I was coming back to myself. I dyed it black, too, which I'm really digging. It's nice and shiny. My students flipped over it. I'd like to put some red in it, but I'm not sure how that would go over teaching in Carroll County!

As stupid as it sounds, having short hair is really freeing in some way. I love it.

[littlebill.livejournal.com]

Not that I've ever seen you in person but i really think you're rockin' the cool color right about now. I'm also a sucker for redheads, so the red's also a choice... :)

[efface.livejournal.com]

i like the freshman red, i LOVE the pink, and i like the cut from the atraktiv-era. :)

[loving-tempest.livejournal.com]

You get more beautiful in each picture!! Women like me collectivly pay billions of dollars to approach what mother nature gave you freely. Brains and beauty, I can only guess the next thing to come for you is power...then you will be unstopable. I envy you:)

[ex-grow542.livejournal.com]

I agree with the medium-light palette. The dramatic reds are beautiful, but I know from my experience that they can be overwelming against pale skin in person. Especialy if you have a lot of pink in your skin. Do you have alot of pink, orange, or yellow in yours? It's hard to tell just looking at the pictures. I've got pale skin, freckles, and blue eyes, so you'd think I would look right red, but I end up having way to much pink, as opposed to orange that I figure most real redheads have. Sometimes I've had to drag the ole sunless tanner out to compensate for some of the dramatic shades I've had.

but whatever you decide, you'll be lovely, you've got the face to make anything great!

[http://users.livejournal.com/jae_/]

Can't say there's a single one that I don't think looks great on you, but my two favorites are the red when you'd cut it and the bright red in which you say you love the pic.

Of course, as you found out in my somewhat embarrassing drunken-honesty post last week, I think you're beautiful no matter what, anyway. :)

[pawsfurme.livejournal.com]

I think I like the baby picture best. Nice spikes! :) Singing since the day you were born. :)
Really, I like the cardinal I think. It's hard to pick with some of the pics being a little dark.
Ooooh, but I have early high school pictures! *evil grin* I may even have a few rainbow-insert ones! You had really long hair then! And NO I will not burn them! You'll thank me one day!
Oh, and if you're not going to disown me for the billionth time ( ;> ), I'm PROBABLY coming to Friday night's performance. I hate to miss a good dance night, with a new band and all, but I think it'll be my only shot. I have a much better shot of hearing the band some other time than of hearing you sing before you graduate, with the way my schedule runs.
Love you dear.
Headbonks!

[khai]

What about Henna?

[clarchen1840.livejournal.com]

I personally like the red....except for the extra dark one. A dark color just doesn't work on you. The brighter and more medium reds did. When I saw you blonde earlier this fall I was like "WOAH that just isn't Chris". It screamed that typical dumb blonde that I just didn't think was you. I also liked it when you cut it shorter like right above shoulder length when it had more body. I didn't see much of you like that though because it was last year. I also think the bangs are kinda cute for a change and you did them well. They look cute pulled to the sides too. Just my personal opinion for feedback.

[goachick.livejournal.com]

Your a LUSH girl right? Have you ever thought about their henna line, Caca? You might want to check it, its super easy on your hair and not so permanent!
Good luck!
*christine*

[maewitch.livejournal.com]

Hi, I'm just leaving a note to let you know that I've friended you.

And also, I like the light red hair best.

[happy-buddha.livejournal.com]

From Junior year on, yo've done no wrong.


ok, the pink was out there... but I'd still crush.

[rockoncalico.livejournal.com]

The fift is my fave cut and colour. It's kinda 80's-ish, but I love that so it's great!

That baby photo is just divine, hehe.