Holy Bozo locks, batman.

[kib]

Siiigh. In the ongoing saga of horrible hair, I tried a reddish brown shade. Since I was afraid of turning the over-blonde highlights flaming orange I avoided them. Now I have mostly purple hair with white streaks and an occasional patch of gray-brown. Thank goodness this is only semi permanent, because my "Natural Instinct" is to shave my head.

[Brian]

It took Koolaide for DD to find the purple hair color she aspired to....congrats on your alchemy.

The right outfit can fix anything....mostly?

[kib]

Yes, I'm thinking Burka.

[Gina]

You and Lady Gaga.

[kib]

I wish! More like, "me and those strange people you see at Walmart." - note, this is the better side.

[Tenngal]

I think it does not look bad at all. A couple of the ladies in my workplace do their own dye jobs and they turn out really well. They are completely gray and both are using a strawberry blond color. At this point, I am about 20% gray and my daughter covers it with highlights and darker color. The foil process is labor intensive and takes quite a while. I often thought of just going natural and letting the natural streaks come on in.

[kib]

Well ... a dubious but friendly "thank you" for that, Tenngal. Most of my hair is ... well, was, a non-descript ash brown with some silver coming in. I'm fine with that. But I had it badly highlighted about a year ago and there is some Really Blonde hair I'd like to tone down til it grows out. I'm not quite sure what possessed me to go with a "reddish brown" instead of just a plain old brown. Right now I'm figuring what the heck, it's temporary, I'm just going to finish off the bottle and do my whole head in that red-purple shade and let it wash out again this month. A tiny voice is warning me that the red is going to stick in that ultra blonde forever and I should just chuck the bottle and go get some normal brown, though.

[HKPassey]

My youngest used to dye his hair that red-purple shade, and I loved it on him. Always wished I had the guts to do it myself, but with my washed-out coloring and dumpling shape, I was afraid I'd look like some kind of walking berry dessert. And it was totally worth it to see his grandmother practically have a fit over it... way too uptight, that woman.

Gold star for taking the plunge!

[Gina]

Kib, if I had just seen that photo of your hair with no explanation, I wouldn't have thought anything odd about the color. If asked, I might have thought it was sun-streaked. My first impression was that it has a nice wave to it.

[kib]

You might now. I have just unleashed my inner Emo. Never knew I had so many hairs that stick Up!