Switching to Short and Blonde!

by Liz
(USA)

I had long, long, very dark brown hair before I'd ever dreamed of cutting it short, and (yikes) switching to a bright blonde color.

The way it happened was, I decided one day that my hair was just getting, well... blah. I had this long, dark hair for a long time, so, I decided to cut it short. No, wait, I mean, very very short. I buzzed my hair. It seemed crazy at first, but as I saw the hair fall, I felt a change happening already, my head felt lighter of course, but then I started to feel like a different person, really confident. I looked in the mirror. I liked it a lot. I knew a lot of people would have different opinions, but hey, I didn't care, at least I tried it.

Then, I decided, if I'm going to be this "chic", then I might as well go all the way: a new hair color. I decided on bright blonde. It was hard to bleach at first, but then it came out a nice platinum blonde. I finished it off with a beautiful toner color.. and the platinum blonde was perfect!

I let it grow and re-dyed a few times and kept the style for about three months. In the end, it boosted my confidence, and made me more adventurous in the world of fashion.
Now, over a year later with mid length, all dark hair, I am glad I tried it.