My hair has considerably darkened over the years and many babies. I use to get it highlighted and then to save money would highlight on my own for a total of 15 years. I really hated the upkeep though.
Fast forward to our trip to Costa Rica. I came home from there changed and decided to stop coloring my hair all together. It seemed, at the time, like a waste. So I have been au naturale hair color wise ever since( almost 2 years).
Lately the gray hairs are starting to take over. It didn't seem like as much of a waste anymore. I'm not 40 yet and was having a hard time with the gray. A recent visit to my beloved Target saw me coming home with wash out brown hair color.
Unbeknownst to me, my hair pulls red. No one told me that, I just picked the box with the hair closest to my darkening brown hair.
While Joe is at work and the kids are at school, I decide to color it. No one will even notice since it is just like my natural hair color. Right? Wrong, I step out of the shower and look in the mirror to find I have bright red hair . We are talking Lucille Ball here. I don't have time to deal with it since I had to pick the kids up from school and start our busy Tuesday routine. Amy noticed right away, but was nice about it. Ann and Andrew never noticed. But, when I got home, Joe and Aaron noticed and were not too kind. To give them some credit, I didn't warn them and they were quite shocked.
After some tears, I called my hair lady and she was booked for the week. I then called the number on the hair color box. The nice lady on the phone, walked me through what I should have done and what I could do to "fix" it. It won't "just wash out" either. Great.
I did what she said but it didn't really work. My hair is just a darker red. I am getting used to it and looking at it as an adventure and will not be recoloring for awhile.
Lesson learned!
At least my family loves Lucille Ball!
