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I Dyed My Hair … and No One Noticed

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That is right, I dyed my hair and no one noticed.  For the first time in my life I grabbed a box of hair dye off the shelf at the drug store, came home, and followed the instructions. Thirty minutes later, I was done.  I was shooting for Kate Middleton brunette but I think it ended up a bit darker than that. Here are my before and after pictures:

Immediately I thought the change was drastic.  Home alone, I talked myself down and said it would be lighter when it was dry.  That was incorrect, it was super dark.  One week ago I died my hair and thought the whole word would notice, I was wrong.  I guess big changes do not make a big difference – my friends both Friday and Saturday evening did not notice.  I even brought it up to two of them and they said they did not see a change . Then at work this week even some of my coworkers, who see me everyday, did not notice a difference. Here I was, thinking this was I had made a drastic change in my appearance and no one noticed.  But then again, you look at yourself much more than others do. Then I began thinking, my hair has changed a ton over the last nine years (I can go back further, but those pictures, ages 9-14, will not ever see the light of computer-screen blog land).  My hair has gone from dark blonde to dirty blonde, to light brown and now all the way now to black-drown.  Take a look at all of the shade that I have had over the past nine years transitioning to the darkest color I have ever sported:

I must admit, reverse Facebook stalking myself to find all of these pictures was a very interesting adventure.  I learned from the process I wore a ton of things in high school I should not have and in college my friends really could have used some tagging discretion (I untagged at least a dozen photos in this process).   Overall, my hair has really changed and in the progression, friends who have known me five or ten years and only see me once every few weeks may have not noticed a difference.
The bottom line: my hair is different and I love it!

 

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  1. Dalene says

    You’re so interesting! I don’t believe I’ve read
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  4. Lindsey Augustine says

    The fact that you love it is the only thing that matters. I parted my hair in the middle the other day for the first time in 7 year and expected my husband to notice and he didn’t. My conclusion is that the only person who cares how we change our hair is ourselves [unless you cut 6+ inches off]. I think it looks great though ;]

  5. Lindsey Augustine says

    The fact that you love it is the only thing that matters. I parted my hair in the middle the other day for the first time in 7 year and expected my husband to notice and he didn’t. My conclusion is that the only person who cares how we change our hair is ourselves [unless you cut 6+ inches off]. I think it looks great though ;]

  10. Susan Westrell says

    People that see you frequently only notice changes if they’re super drastic (like when I dyed my hair black after having had it red for two years…) It’s always funny to see whether or not people notice changes that you think are big. Your new color looks great.

    xo
    Sue

  11. Susan Westrell says

    People that see you frequently only notice changes if they’re super drastic (like when I dyed my hair black after having had it red for two years…) It’s always funny to see whether or not people notice changes that you think are big. Your new color looks great.

    xo
    Sue

  14. Becky Dougherty says

    I just had my hair dyed for the first time ever! I got an ombré thing done because I was highly terrified to try to change it all at once! First of all, I didn’t want to freak out my students, but I also was afraid I wouldn’t like it. Anyway, the point is I changed my hair color for the first time ever, and no one noticed. I had ONE student and one other teacher noticed!

  15. Becky Dougherty says

    I just had my hair dyed for the first time ever! I got an ombré thing done because I was highly terrified to try to change it all at once! First of all, I didn’t want to freak out my students, but I also was afraid I wouldn’t like it. Anyway, the point is I changed my hair color for the first time ever, and no one noticed. I had ONE student and one other teacher noticed!

  16. sonia de macedo says

    Oh no! That’s the worst thing ever, I had an ex who didn’t notice the change from blonde to black brunette and that was pretty shitty so I feel your pain. On a positive note I think the change looks fabulous on you!

    SDMxx
    http://www.daringcoco.com

  29. Kelsey says

    That happens to me all the time. I do something that I think is drastic and nobody notices and then I look back later and realized trimming an inch of my hair off is not drastic haha. Love the dark on you! Fun change for fall 🙂

  30. Kelsey says

    That happens to me all the time. I do something that I think is drastic and nobody notices and then I look back later and realized trimming an inch of my hair off is not drastic haha. Love the dark on you! Fun change for fall 🙂

  33. Alyssa says

    Both light and dark shades look amazing on you! Side by side, I can definitely tell the difference, and I love the new darker shade on you!

  34. Alyssa says

    Both light and dark shades look amazing on you! Side by side, I can definitely tell the difference, and I love the new darker shade on you!

  39. Georgina says

    That is crazy because there is SUCH an obvious difference!! We all were that way in high school and college, now we are just thankful we have much better judgement (and taste!) xo

  40. Georgina says

    That is crazy because there is SUCH an obvious difference!! We all were that way in high school and college, now we are just thankful we have much better judgement (and taste!) xo

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