Hair Color Advice?

Penny Dreadful · Sep 4, 2013

My natural color is dark blond. I've had red hair for the last 8-9 years, and being completely over it I finally dyed it pink with black ombre on the bottom half last winter. It's very pretty, but I'm feeling off, not me. I'm so conflicted about this because my current shade, which I always mix up myself, is the prettiest shade of deep raspberry pink, so I don't know why it's bugging me so much, and not knowing bugs me even more. I don't know what to do. Dark brown keeps coming to mind, but I'm afraid of feeling boring compared to all this brightness I've had. Blonde is out of the question since I know that would make me feel even more off, I'm sick of red, and all over black makes me look like death. I'm LOST for ideas, and how to transition into whatever I decide with my hair currently being two colors. I like the idea of two colors, but I'm worried ombre is starting to become passe (I would rather look 50 years out of date than 2) and the maintenance is very annoying when I would much rather be reading that dying my hair. Please help! The only thing I can think of that even remotely appeals is brown with pink highlights like Joss Stone, which I have no idea how to achieve, or something somewhat like this http://s3.hubimg.com/u/822330_f520.jpg

pineapplefruitcake · Sep 4, 2013

Have you thought of doing a take on the classic blonde streak but having pink instead? Another option which i had done (albeit with blonde) if you have bangs is to have the under layers dyed pink but the layers over the top brown so when your bangs are down they just look brown but when rolled or in a pompadour there's a bright pop of colour

i've had pink hair, orange hair with the aforementioned bangs and a streak, auburn, brown, blonde, purple, green etc. But i shaved it all in march so i'm going through all the hair posts and living vicariously through you all

Virginia Creeper · Sep 4, 2013

If it were my hair, and it were generally in decent shape, I would strip it and start from scratch. I don't want to recommend that as a course of action, though, because I apparently have more concern for the condition of other people's hair than I do for my own.

I understand that feeling of "this bugs me and I don't know why," as I am currently experiencing it myself. I get that the horrid, increasingly silver roots age me horribly and make me cranky, but why is the rest of my hair bothering me so much? I feel like it's time to give in and dye it blue again, that being the only colour that has ever felt really like "me" but I also like being employable. Why must hair be so tricky?

Penny Dreadful · Sep 7, 2013

Ack, yeah. I would FEEL happiest with black or darkest brown (when my makeup is done the black can look really pretty, but on that note - Ever feel like when your hair is intensely colored your face has a hard time keeping up and you feel like it looks awful??) but I don't want to NEED makeup to make it look alright, even if I wear it every day. I would probably look best with... well no idea actually. I once had a Wella consultation and they said RR5 (bright dark red) with copper highlights and purple lowlights, which I sort of did with the copper for a while. But this feeling just constant restlessness, making me want to change it, but at the same time loving the color itself and NOT wanting to change it... this is driving me crazy! Why can't I just be happy! I think my solution, until I inevitably change my mind, is to let the black grow out/fade enough to replace it with a very deep burgundy brown. Then I can experiment with bringing it up higher into the pink as low-lights or just until it invades my whole head.
If it helps at all as a reference, this was me today.

And last week, different lighting. You can see my natural color a bit in this one.

TimothyDiego · Sep 7, 2013

Penny Dreadful said:
Ack, yeah. I would FEEL happiest with black or darkest brown (when my makeup is done the black can look really pretty, but on that note - Ever feel like when your hair is intensely colored your face has a hard time keeping up and you feel like it looks awful??) but I don't want to NEED makeup to make it look alright, even if I wear it every day. I would probably look best with... well no idea actually. I once had a Wella consultation and they said RR5 (bright dark red) with copper highlights and purple lowlights, which I sort of did with the copper for a while. But this feeling just constant restlessness, making me want to change it, but at the same time loving the color itself and NOT wanting to change it... this is driving me crazy! Why can't I just be happy! I think my solution, until I inevitably change my mind, is to let the black grow out/fade enough to replace it with a very deep burgundy brown. Then I can experiment with bringing it up higher into the pink as low-lights or just until it invades my whole head.
If it helps at all as a reference, this was me today.

And last week, different lighting. You can see my natural color a bit in this one.

I like your hair color, that is cool. :eusa_clap

Penny Dreadful · Sep 11, 2013

Thanks! I'm even starting to wonder if maybe I would be ok with blonde, and should experiment with growing my roots. It sure would be less maintenance, and would be easy to cover up if I don't like it. Blond with pink ombre? None of the examples I look up are pretty to me, and yet neither is pink itself although I like what I have. AAARGH this is so frustrating!

HadleyH · Sep 11, 2013

Penny Dreadful said:
Thanks! I'm even starting to wonder if maybe I would be ok with blonde, and should experiment with growing my roots. It sure would be less maintenance, and would be easy to cover up if I don't like it. Blond with pink ombre? None of the examples I look up are pretty to me, and yet neither is pink itself although I like what I have. AAARGH this is so frustrating!

A right blonde would be nice in my opinion.

Forget pink. Yuck. (sorry)

Better dark cherry.

Hope that helps.

Penny Dreadful · Sep 11, 2013

HadleyH said:
A right blonde would be nice in my opinion.

Forget pink. Yuck. (sorry)

Better dark cherry.

Hope that helps.

I tend to associate pink with scene teenagers, which is absolutely not my thing in the least, so in a general sense I hate it. Somehow though, I do like it on myself. I only found out when I once dyed it pink by accident while I was still doing the red thing lol. I suppose there's just a lack of good examples out there. But I do make sure my shade is not neon pink but a richer shade with a hint of red. I think blonde as an idea might be affecting me the same way. All images of blond girls are either ditzy or just plain too mainstream for my taste. I have to get over that.

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