“When something goes wrong in your life just yell ‘PLOT TWIST’, and move on” ― Molly Weis

While in Brazil, I went to my hairdresser to get highlights.  I wanted what he had done a couple of times before, some caramel highlights on my dark brown hair, along with extra hair conditioning.

When he was done and started blow-drying my hair we both realized I was now blonde.  He had put in too many highlights and they were all very light.

He apologized and said that my hair reacted to the color very fast. He offered to correct it. I said it was okay.  I already don’t like having too many chemicals in my hair, so the idea of additional coloring was not appealing to me.  Plus I had been there already 4 hours – I just wanted to get home.

After he was done styling it, he took me to a back room with better lighting (where they normally take before and after pics). He thought that perhaps it would look darker.  His face dropped – it looked even lighter. 

When I got home my family was shocked.  After they recovered, they said they liked it.  Then we all waited for M to arrive (he had gone to Pilates – I had skipped to go to the hairdresser).  My family was more curious than I was, to see how he would react.

When he arrived and saw me, he was speechless for a second, and then said: “You look beautiful, you look like a model”.

The pictures below don’t do it justice:  In person it looks much lighter, and it actually looks beautiful when it is styled (below is bedhead and just washed).

I will make the best of it.  It is only hair, and I am not the type to stress over appearance.  Who knows, I may discover that blondes do have more fun!

“Beware of her fair hair, for she excels
All women in the magic of her locks;
And when she winds them round a young man’s neck,
She will not ever set him free again.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe