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Thursday 19 July 2012

Diary of my Pink Hair by Lucy Brown aged 40 & a half

On Monday 9th July I decided the time had come when I needed to dye my hair pink. This was not a popular decision with either my best friend or with my hairdresser. But It was just something I felt compelled to do.
I realised if I didn't do it now, I probably never would. The timing was right. Benefit are fundraising for Refuge and I hoped I could raise some extra funds for their campaign. I was also planning to attend a pink and black themed birthday party on Saturday 14th and had no pink accessories so a radical change of hair colour was my only option wasn't it?
I am concious that at 40 I am not getting any younger. I recently had a crisis over some very silly shoes from TopShop which I realised if I did buy them they would have to be my last hurrah of silly shoes as it turned out I resisted them and I am coming to terms with the fact that I just may just not buy any more silly shoes, although it must be still ok to wear the ones I already own, right?
So I think the pink hair decision is rolled into the whole I'm getting to old to wear silly shoes and have pink hair mid-life crisis.
On reflection as potential mistakes go I re-assured my bessie & my hairdresser that if it was a disaster I could always go brunette or it could be bleached out. I also realised that if it didn't work out well I wouldn't feel as self concious/miserable as I did when I had alopecia areta 2010/2011.
My hairdresser reluctantly booked me in for an appt. on Thursday 12th. I took the picture below while I was waiting for her to arrive. The look I was aiming for was a pale pastel dirty pink colour.
Before being pinked
This is the dye she used
In progress...
After Being Pinked
The next day ready for work
How it looked that evening
How it looked at the Pink & Black themed 
Birthday party
How it looked this morning one week on
excuse the make-up free morning face
I am pleased with the result. I have received lots of lovely compliments. I am now just seeing how it continues to look over the next couple of weeks. Although I am glad that I went ahead with pink hair on this occasion I have no plans to repeat the experience... but you never know

If you would like to make a donation to Benefit's Mascarathon in aid of Refuge please use the link below: http://www.mascarathon.co.uk/

32 comments:

  1. Ive never been brave enough although i so want some lilac putting through my hair ;) x

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    1. Well I hope this inspires you to be brave enough hun xx What's the worst that can happen? xx

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  2. I think pink hair really suits you Lucy x

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    1. Thanks Annie :) I may have been tempted to keep it but it's not compatible with my background artist career ;-) xx

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  3. Hair colour is incredible! Well done for being confident enough to choose pink - you look fab! xx

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    1. Thanks so much for the lovely compliment Heidi, I'm glad I followed my crazy compulsion to go pink xx

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  4. I wish I was brave enough to dye my hair a radical colour but I don't think it would go down well with my Mother-in-law let alone my munchkins school!!

    It looks really great on you though Lucy, xx

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    1. My Mother-in-law hasn't seen it yet ;-) The school mum's loved it, but it helped I'm not the first mum there to experiment with colour xx

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  5. wow fabulous i absolutly love this colour i have never been brave enough to use such a wild colour but it suits you very well x

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    1. Thanks Lisa :) I think it's easier to take risks with hair colour when you have short hair xx

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  6. I love the crazy colors! Such a fab way to experiment as they mix really well aswell. I love it a week on once it's faded out a bit, a lot softer and feminine x x x

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    1. My hairdresser chose well :) One week on it's look more like the pastel, pale dirty pink I was aiming for xx

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  7. I love it, especially how bright it was in the begininng, it really bought out your eyes :)
    The pastel-ly colour is perhaps a bit more subtle though ;)
    love it:)
    xxx

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    1. Thanks Alice :) I never expected it turn out so well especially after concerns raised by my best friend and hairdresser. Who kept checking with me if Mr Brown knew I was having it done and if he was okay with it xx

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  8. Looks great! I used to dye mine pink, too, but it was such a hassle because it washed out so quickly! I just went back to black :(
    xxx

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    1. Thanks I'm liking having pink hair but probably won't be keeping it topped up as I need to be able to fade into the background as an extra xx

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  9. You look so cool with pink hair!

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    1. I wonder how pink it will be when we get together, the week after next, for our holiday? xx

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  10. I love pink!!! So courageous of you to do this!
    GFC: Rebecca

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    1. nah it wasn't courageous I was just being bloody minded ;-) having alopecia was much more scary xx

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  11. HI Lucy

    Loving the pink hair. Congratulations on the 1st anniversary of Beauty Box Swaps. The competition prize is fab :)
    Leigh

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    1. Thanks Leigh, we also have 5 other boxes which will be awarded as prizes for a variety of fun competitions xx

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    1. Why thank-you for saying so lovely Ramsha xx

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  13. Happy anniversary and loving the pink hair!

    Following you with GFC as Happyfox

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    1. Thanks for the follow & anniversary good wishes Happyfox xx

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  14. Pink hair looks awesome! Wish i could pull off that colour! :) xx

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    1. Have you ever tried it you might be surprised ashxlouise, I was xx

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  15. The pink hair really suits you!

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    1. awr thanks Kellie :-) I have considered keeping it but it's sadly not compatible with background artist work xx

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