I’m 26 and I would say 45% of my hair is now growing in white. How I feel about it? Undecided. For me, it’s all or nothing, so it’s just awkward.
Genes are a funny thing because my mom started going white at a pretty young age too. I’m sure dyeing my hair since age 11 hasn’t helped the situation either, but I’ve accepted the fact that my genes aren’t so great when it comes to hair.
Dyeing my hair black when all my hair wants to do is grow in white is kinda the worst thing. I feel like an old lady trapped behind a baby face, which has such a juxtaposition game happening. I imagine it throws everyone off. It still throws me off when I look in the mirror. And I especially feel odd when I use black spray to cover up my roots every morning. I feel like that’s an old lady move.
But I’m sure you could imagine how frustrating it is having like every other strand grow in white which pops out way too much from the black. I don’t have time dyeing my hair black with my favorite permanent hair dye every two weeks. So, I’ve decided to work around it. I did a test to see if temporary hair dye picks up on my white, because sometimes white hair can be stubborn and not absorb any temporary hair color.
I tested with yellow Manic Panic dye called Sunshine because I was thinking the bumblebee look would be pretty snazzy and not too extreme for the conservative folks at work. I was lucky that the dye did pick up on my white hair, and now I’ve got some fun yellow hot roots.
A part of me is kinda just waiting for my hair to reach an Anderson Cooper or Steve Martin level because it would make hair dyeing so much fun and less stressful without having to bleach it every so often. Or I could listen to my friends who tell me to embrace my white hair (since silver is still going strong as a trend) and just let me hair go all white.
For now, I’m kinda diggin’ the bumblebee look.
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