I’ve Converted from Flemish/Dutch to Russian

I am a Great Offender of Hair Roots Growing In.   And here is my next confession: I am somewhat of a Bottle Blond.  Well I say “somewhat” because for a long time I seriously believed I was a real blond, “I am just covering up my grey hairs” when I dye it.   This confession takes me by as much surprise as it takes all of you (ha!).   Maybe all people who dye their hair harbor a secret belief that “that must be pretty close to my real hair color”.   Well, I haven’t taken care of my hair since end of July, and I have been watching with growing horror in the mirror the Roots. Grow.  In.  It was so bad it looked like someone painted a black stripe on the top of my head.  This has the wonderful affect of making your hair look constantly dirty.  Hideous I know.  I’ll stop the description right there.

So I got myself to the Salon this weekend.   I was trying to compromise between my two hair colors when I was looking in the Color Book.  In my jumbled description to the colorist I described absolutely nothing – make it brunette, but make it interesting.  This is one of the few times in life when not being descriptive at the hair salon actually worked for me.   I love my new cut and color!   I tried to take some pictures yesterday but they aren’t very color accurate – I am now a sort of dark glowing but natural looking auburn color.  It’s fantastic!  And it is cut; pretty much the same length but all the unhealthy bits trimmed and the right amount of pretty layers.   I am excited to start this upcoming week of more traveling/meetings/interviews with my fabulous new look.

The one mildly regrettable result from this is that I have eradicated all physical evidence of my Quarter Dutch bloodline by no longer being blond.  Everyone here is blond.  Blond and tall.  I am still tall, but no longer blond.   Instead of A Little Bit Dutch, I look A Little Bit Russian.  Maybe I can join the Smelyansky Family!

Here are some photo results:

Comments

[Ali G]

LOL...

i understand that red isn't my natural color... but my rational is that i am CORRECTING the boring brown imposed by my father's stupid dominant genes to my mother's lovely natural red. i mean, if i got the freckles, wasn't it OBVIOUS the red hair was supposed to come with? stupid genetic theory...

i like your new look, but yes i will be a 'natural' redhead until i'm 80ish...

[maroona]

sweet jesus! when are you filing for adoption by the Smelyanskys?? My dad will be thrilled!!!

[Katie K.]

It happened to me Sophomore year when Lua expressed in a very frustrated tone, "Katie you ARE NOT blond!"

You are also welcome in the Kutsy family - and you probably know more Russian than me! :o)

[Katie K.]

Oh and what color do you think you will go with for the WEDDING?!?!?

[Ruthie]

Awe joke... i MISS you!! :(