Strawberry Festival

So at the Garden Grove, CA Strawberry Festival they hold a red head contest. I entered for sake of trying to pass off as a real red head. My age catergory put in in with 2 other girls. We all had to walk across the stage and answer random questions about why we entered and where we were from etc..They also had catergories such as :

most freckles

best Strawberry Blonde

Baby red head

Jr. red head

I lost to another girl with dyed hair. Mine was a better color but hers was fluffier. I need to fluff more next time, barrel curling iron and I have a date next year. I shall win! That gold strawberry-on top trophy will sit on my desk damnit! I think I would feel guily actually, I mean if I lost to a REAL red head, but it's fun to really fool people. The woman sitting nect to me asked if I loved or hated having red hair as a kid. Ahhhhh well.............To make her insecure daughter feel better I said I always loved it. Well, I always wanted red hair...

I get hit on 2.4 more then when I had brown hair...

Ok the number one question I get about my hair is "Is it real?" Why do people ask my that so much, does it look fake, is is to good to be true??? I had a guy shout across this intersection, diagonal from me "Is your hair real?" WFT what an opening line? I mean is this a "does the carpet match the drapes?" question? Do men want to know if my genetic material is pure for future offspring? Do blondes get asked this a lot? Imput please here from men, please comment!

Speed dating and Coffee Bean

So I was at this speed dating event and met this guy with long, poofy red hair and a goatee. We spent out 3 minute date discussing various shades of red "we" come in. He never questioned if it was real or not which was refreshing. Usually on a date I get asked the first question "Is that real" or "wow were you like that as a kid?" I have to decide whether to tell my shameful secret or just go with it. With this guy it was no problem.

At the Coffee Bean later on this old creepy guy said "Wow with red hair like that you're bound to stand out" or something close to that. Ummmm thanks... creepy dude

so it was a two-fer day of red head comments... though it belonged on the blog...

Variations on Red

Here are some variations on red with the same bottle of color. The top one is brighter and was taken the first day. The second one down is a about 4 days in, so you can see where it fades fast but isn't so fake looking. The one with me infront of the white flowers is about a week later and the one with my hair in bun is about 3 weeks after coloring where it is more of an auburn now. That photo was taken for a Halloween party.

supplies and coloring advice

If you also want to go red here is some advice-If you're a light to medium brunette I recommend getting it done professionally first if you're scared how it will look. The salon can mix a custom color. The trick is to have an orange red not a purple red. You want a copper warm color. I recommend after you do it professionally and want to try it at home these supplies:

I recommend for an orange red -Feria 74 deep copper. It is very bright when you first do it but it will fade in about 5 days to a more natural color. - I get mine at CVS or Target.

the developer it comes with is about a 10 stength. If you do your hair and it's brown underneath you will need something stronger. I recommend these as they do not burn. I replace the 10 developer in the container it comes in with the 30 at the same level of fullness in bottle. You can start with a 20 strenth as well, everyone is different. DO NOT go to a 40 it's too strong.

Jerome Russell Cream Peroxide 30- got at CVS

Satin 30- I got this a beauty supply store

if your scalp burns discontinue, mine tingles a little bit. I wear goggles actually and when I do my eyebrows I do it very carefully and keep the goggles on. DO NOT do on pubic hair, leg hair, eyelashes etc... there is a reason for the warning on the box! I follow directions in box as usual for time for roots, washing and conditioning.

any questions just email me!

My Brunette side

My real hair color...

The start of my love of red hair...

I longed for red hair as a child. I loved Ariel and Anne Shirley. I always though I had a red head soul. My three cousins have red hair and I wondered if I to could join their hair minority club. I attempted this on my medium brown hair a few years ago and never looked back...