My Spring Beautification
With spring on the way (well, I hope it is!), I am starting to consider changing my look a bit. I achieved one goal already; my hair is to the middle of my back and nearly covers my boobs in the front. Next comes colour! I have been having the black hair versus red hair debate with myself for a few months. I think I have decided on black. Right now, I am about a level 5/medium brown, but black (level 1) is my natural colour. Up until fairly recently, I have hated it. Now, I am embracing it (thanks, emo/scene kids!) and noticing how it ‘makes my eyes pop’ and my skin look more porcelain. Whereas red, though I love it so much, emphasizes my pink undertones and makes me ruddier (more ruddy?); it requires maintenance too. I have been using my ‘entertainment money’ to have my hair washed and styled twice a week at the salon instead of spending it on something else (i.e. booze, going out), so I probably should not add another expense into my routine there.
I had this image in my head of the cut and colour. I was picturing a dark Veronica Lake feel. I only today realized I had seen it on someone before and who that someone was- Dita Von Teese…. Great since I love arming myself with photos for my stylist and it’s easy to find several of her. I like this one in particular. My bangs are long enough to brush over and hide under my hair until they are longer. (I will definitely miss them, but the weekly trims and monthly relaxers needed to keep them properly shaped are annoying me.) And, if I decide to go lighter afterwards, I have always been able to lift several levels from black quickly and easily without frying. In fact, even though I abuse the flat iron, my hair is still so strong I can usually relax and colour it in one shot with very little damage and no breakage. (Dad’s genes, yay!) I even went from black to actual platinum blond in two processes done in the same day once – wow! Honestly, the only drawback with this new darker look is that I would feel compelled to do my brows perfectly every day (at the moment, I do a fast, rough sketch since they are covered by bangs) and to wear makeup in the morning since my face will be so exposed (usually I put it on at lunchhour). No sense in having glam hair and a bare face :P Oooh, I’m nervous and excited!
The prospect of warmer weather has me interested in nail art again too. (For some reason, it just doesn’t appeal to me as much when it is cold outside. No idea why!) If it looks like it is going to be consistently in the 60’s or 70’s week after next, I think I may get airbrushed tiger stripes… an orange background with black markings overlayed on my fingers and doing a solid orange coat on my toes. Right now I am wearing a polish so horrendously sheer that I am really itching for something bold. I also like the idea of a white background with a flower of some sort painted on with a green stem and pink leaves on my hands sometime in April. I’d probably do the same pink on my toes. My mother wonders when I became such a girl :)
