Guys, I have red hair.
Not like subtle Emma Stone red. Like, Red from Orange is the New Black red.
Well, just the ends, but still it's a lot.
I wasn't really planning on it, but in the spirit of bleaching my friend's hair and dying it Shark Blue, I considered it since I have been looking for just the right amount of newness in my hair.
And... I am absolutely in LOVE with it.
I think for me the big thing is it's the perfect amount of edgy, and dare I say it, sexy. I actually felt my confidence skyrocket the minute I looked in the mirror when it was finished being blow-dried. For the first time in a while, I felt really really good.
Which is definitely something you need every once in a while in my opinion. See, when you switch things up without really expecting to, that spontaneity influences the way you start to look at things. Something as variable as hair is one thing you know you can change over and over again, and really surprise yourself with how it can affect the way you feel.
Other things can change easily and very quickly too, like being at the same college with friends you've known for the past four years.
Yeah, this is how easily my mind has been flipping back to this constant reminder.
Even as I was parting my roommate's hair for the next coat of blue dye I honestly could barely keep the tears back.
Ugh, time for a margarita to forget about that. (Always a solution!)
Mad Mex was great! I got to hang out with my beautiful big, Alyssa, and Kevin along with Mavis for a night out. These guys know how to have a good time and make you laugh your butt off.
Also, the food was bomb.
(PS, if you need a drink with that Mad Mex specialty quesadilla, Frozen Strawberry is the way to go. I don't think 22oz ever tasted so good.)
As we walked/slipped all through Oakland back from Alyssa's cozy abode, I kept thinking about how this hair color actually impacted me.
In a way, graduating is a little like dying your hair red, or silver, or jet black, or whatever color that makes you feel beautiful. It can change in an instant. One moment you're a brunette and the next you've got teal tips. One minute you're laughing on the couch over a Seth Rogan comedy with your roommates, and the next you're in separate ends of the country. But the thing about both of these situations is that accepting these changes can be super fun and exciting. You can learn about yourself more; and you can feel a new confidence to face the world that keeping your hair long, or living with the same people, may not have offered you, had you not made that change.
But, the best part about graduating or dying your hair is: You can always revitalize a friendship or root color. You'll just come back with more stories (disastrous or not) than the first time around.
Until next time babes,
Xx
Amanda
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