Ever heard of Ombre? Me either. Not until Pinterest, of course.
Want to hear a funny story?
Over the past few months I have been getting major compliments on my hair because of this "ombre" look that I am pulling off. Little does everyone know....
My ombre, via LAZINESS.
How did this happen? Well, I had dyed my whole head a solid golden brown November 2011.
It's kind of fun, huh? I really liked it, but once the roots came it, they came fast and so I touched up once and then said the next time I would go solid again. (PS-This hair style literally eliminated the "Where are you from? Mexico?" comments that I received often at BYU-I. Who do people think they are to ask me whatever the heck they want? I actually looked more Caucasian with this hair style. My goodness.)
Moving on...when I got in town to get, you know, married, I had to dye it. We dyed it a solid dark brown which of course looked black. It's a curse and a blessing. Sometimes I love my hair dark and other times I don't. So for the wedding, my hair looked fairly close to my natural hair color.
Only about 2 months later, it started fading, fast. It started out as nasty looking roots (hence wearing a pony-tail every.day.) and then faded into this ombre. The husband loves it, so it grew on me. It's only been the last few months, almost a year later, that I have been getting major compliments. Don't get me wrong, it's great. I am "in style" without having to dish the out big bucks to get it done but I feel conflicted on whether to keep it.
Ombre is in style, right?
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So, now what? I need help.
Do I grow is out and then cut it off and get to my natural color? (This would take 2 years.)
Keep it and color it once it looks really awkward.
Dye a solid brown.
Dye a solid deep red? (The husband doesn't love this idea.)
TONS OF OPTIONS! See my hair board on Pinterest to see what I like and then help me.
Mallory, I LOVE the picture to the right and up, of you guys at a baseball game. Wavey and natural looking color. I had intense blond highlights all through high school and as a freshman at BYU-I - and over the years have gone natural. I'm completely natural now and like it (cheap, no maintenance, and I feel like natural is in style too?) Sometimes Stephen thinks I should color it - end result: we're never satisfied! always wanting to change or living in remorse for changing! Good luck :) My 2 cents: I like the current ombre, without trying to have it. I say leave it and go natural eventually?
ReplyDeleteKeep it till it's awkward and then color it a solid dark brown! Leave it long! It's exotic and gorgeous that way. I'm not a fan of the golden brown and I'm with Nephi on the red (don't do it). Your beautiful drk brown hair is a God given gift and an asset. Accentuate it. (Who cares if people think you're a super model from Mexico. *Pshaw*)
ReplyDeleteI just went in this week to Whitney to have her do my hair Ombre style because I'm loving all the ombre around. So I say keep it till it bugs you since its totally in style anyways!
ReplyDeleteI am in the same position! Too funny.
ReplyDeletei loved when you chopped it right before the mission!! love how everyone posted something different...thats because you can rock anything!
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