Last week in a flurry of inspiration (and in anticipation of a Superhero costume that never materialized), I dyed my hair burgundy. Burgundy was a nice marketing scheme by Clairol. Burgundy sells better than PURPLE. Other people's insistence that my hair was PLUM or EGGPLANT or even (my favorite), "In the dark it looks more brown," did not change the fact that my hair was purple.
So. This week I decided I didn't feel the need to be a funky, punky purplehead. I called my mother's knowledgeable hairdresser, a woman known to understand the ways of hair color. She took me through a do-it-yourself regimen that would, she insisted, take my hair color to a neutral boring color (she didn't say boring, but I know she meant it).
Imagine my surprise when...as the hair dries...my new boring neutral hair color is...
In the dark, however, it still looks brown.
Posted by Becky at November 12, 2003 01:35 AM