QotD: Style Overhaul

Aug 15, 2007 at 9:49 AM
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When was the last time you made a drastic change to your personal style (i.e., wardrobe, hairstyle, etc.)? What did you do?
Submitted by miyna.

Memorial Day Weekend 2006. And I'm still trying to recover.

It all started innocently enough. We were talking about chameleons and how they change color and how body chemistry works to make that happen and how people use chemicals to change colors and one thing led to another and ...

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It's orange. GOOD LORD!!! It's ORANGE!!!!!!!

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yes, it is. and a jolly happy orange it is, too! Wow! You're much braver than I am -I've never messed around with color like that. It's a nice orange -did you keep it for long?
I have done horrible self-cuts, however (posted my worst...) :-)

snoringKatZ replied to robbbiedobbbie’s comment:
Aug 15, 2007
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It's actually a much longer and uglier story (and now you're stuck with it!). We homeschool our son so he thought the chameleon thing was awesome. My hubby decided blond would be fun. My hair is very much dark brown (big gray skunk streak notwithstanding).

So I found a box of toxic chemical waste that said "Great for brunettes!" Unfortunately, it was a two-step process. First I was supposed to put the goo on all but the hair closest to my head, wait 25 minutes, then put the rest of the goo down to the roots. The problem is that without my glasses on, I bump into walls.

By the time I washed all the stuff out, I had three different colors going. Mostly flaming orange with chunks of totally bleached blondeness and then dark splotches where I missed. Like some tortoiseshell frames gone very very wrong.

I realized that back-to-back chemical warfare was probably unwise so I went to the natural food store and bought a box of henna/natural dye. I'd heard about it but no experience with the stuff. It came in a little Jello-sized box, this funky green powder that you mix with very warm water.

The instructions said to apply it and leave it on for as long as it takes. It smelled like rotting foliage and had the consistency of poop. I know. I've cleaned up a lot of poop in my time. I was horrified. My hubby was laughing and taking photos. Once the dead plant poop was sufficiently globbed in my hair, I had to put a plastic bag on my head and sit and wait. After about an hour, I couldn't stand the smell anymore so I washed it out. It was like poop paste.

On the up side, it did sort of make my hair closer to one color. Orange.

Clearly the natural route was not working for me so I resorted to chemical warfare again. I waited one more day and got another box of something that was supposed to be very ash-toned - the anti-red. It barely dented the orange and my head was sending messages that if I even washed it, it was going to make me very sorry indeed.

After about two months, I got a box of brown hair and have been trying to live down the orange ever since. The brown sticks for a week or so but the orange creeps through. I'm not a dedicated hair color-er so I wait a long time before I brown again.

Good thing I'm getting my head shaved in March! No more orange!!! :)

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o.m.i.g.o.s.h. You really did that up right, hunh? Wowee. And the odors! And the longevity of it! If you wanted the orange to sitck it would run off in the next shower. Man, oh man what a mess for you.

Would you consider posting that info up there? Inspite of the compassion I had for you and worried frowns, I was making, as I read, I was chuckling ( and maybe a little I'm-glad-it-wasn't-me-snort?)- and maybe other people would like the details, too. You know, as a cautionary tale? You could just delete these comments and plunk that down into the compose space,I think.. I'd read it! Yes, AGAIN.
Wow. I'm still shaking my head over that. And I thought bad cuts were bad,. hah. Nothing like the above.

snoringKatZ replied to robbbiedobbbie’s comment:
Aug 16, 2007
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robbbie, you are a hoot :) I am beet red (and not from sunburn). I suppose with a little adjustment, it could turn into a pretty good post on its own. Any help with a title? :) I sure could use it!

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pretty good post on its own. Yes! Wonderful! This may sound silly, but as I was reading it I was hearing that song "Isn't She Lovely" - I can't think of who sang it!! - but with this title instead: "Orange You Lovely" -heh. I love punny things. Just a 7 year old at heart, I guess. If I think of anymore I'll let you know.

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