Blonde
I've been faking my hair colour for. . .let's see. . .about fifteen years now. Every few weeks, I have to touch up the roots because my hair grows quite fast and they show through easily. I do my eyebrows to match, and since the colour goes so well with my skin and eyes, almost no one believes me when I admit to my real hair colour.


And what colour is it?

Would you be surprised to learn that I dye my hair a dark brown?


Naturally, it's a pale blonde. I've hated it since I was a little girl and looked forward to when I would be older, because everyone said my hair would get 'darker'. It did. It went from white-blonde to a champagne blonde. Hoping for a Pre-Raphaelite rich brown, I was very disappointed.

Fair skin, dark eyes, colourless hair -- people always used to ask me if I was ill. Now, I don't get that any more. It's a constant struggle to keep it dark, because the pale roots are so visible and blonde hair under brown dye usually ends in a red or auburn look, but I'm so much happier with it now. Today's my bi-monthly re-colouring; it's a hassle, but one must keep up appearances.
(louveciennes , Volvospotter, Thu 10 Jul 2008, 16:55, 5 replies)

I do the same, only not the eyebrows
I'm naturally pale blonde, but dye my hair deep red and people look surprised when the roots come through almost white as they'd assumed I have boring brown hair.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Thu 10 Jul 2008, 20:15, closed)

But...
What about downstairs? I'd have thought a dark-haired girl with blonde fur would look - interesting...
Plus, blonde girls with dark eyes are rare and I think look stunning.
(dhroadie, Thu 10 Jul 2008, 23:09, closed)

Ah, the ladyfuzz
That's strictly for the husband's knowing these days, but I will admit that in my less mainstream youth, I dyed it different colours like purple and such.

I'm lucky enough to have semi-visible body hair, unlike my sister, who has no visible eyebrows or eyelashes unless she uses makeup. She's been drawing on her eyebrows ever since the day a complete stranger insisted on asking if she was undergoing chemo and would not accept being blonde as the truth.
(louveciennes , Volvospotter, Thu 10 Jul 2008, 23:55, closed)

Roots
I dye my roots grey every few weeks.
(misspiggy In danger of having to get a job, Fri 11 Jul 2008, 9:59, closed)

me too
eveyone assumes it's natural black but thinks the real light- light brown is a bad bleach job.
(misskitty reeks of sex and turpentine; laudanum afternoons, Sat 12 Jul 2008, 6:02, closed)