It's official. All this getting up early in the morning and doing things on a schedule is not my cup of tea. End of bulletin.
Now on to fun and informal bits.
It so happened that I did not dye my hair since March. It was not planned really, I just happened to miss one hair appointment in mid May because our car needed an urgent car doctor's visit, and Erica is always super busy, so my next appointment was only at the end of June! So I went without a haircut or dye for extra 5 or 6 weeks. By the end of that period, the color washed out quite a bit, and my roots showed up. Oh hello there! I forgot the way you look!
I color my hair, on and off again, since my teens. But I also had long periods when I let my hair rest and grow back its natural color, light brown (русый in Russian - we've got a special word for it, as well as we've got a special word for red hair, рыжий), which can have either gray or yellow/red undertones.
My natural hair color (and my eyes as well) actually looks quite different depending on the light, as you can see on these photos. The photos were taken in 2007, one day in July and one day in August. The hair looks either grayish or copperish depending on the light - that's its natural virtue and the tricks of light, nothing else.
I haven't decided yet whether I will continue to dye my hair, and if yes, what color I choose, but for now, at least through the Summer, I let my hair take a break and revitalize, and while it's doing it, I remind myself the way I look with short-ish hair when I don't dye it.
Of course, I will look differently now compared to 8 years ago - I've changed, I'm well aware of it. My hair is also changed. I got a little bit of gray on my temples and eyebrows - not much though, so it isn't as dramatic for me to go back to my natural hair now, as it would be if my whole head was white underneath the red dye. But a change is a change, and I sense it coming.
Photography by Justin Donie, 2007
Good Morning Natalia. I thinking about you on this morning. I missed you... and bam! here you are on my ipad!
ReplyDeleteHello! and you look so nice in your natural hair colour and you have wonderfull eyes. I wear my natural hair without color since 20 years. if I going grey I run to the coiffeur and would have a very amazing hazelnut colour. :)
Have a nice weekend, kisses Tina
You made me smile, Tina! I miss you too! I'll be reading and writing more as soon as I get a little rest after our theater marathon month! Hugses!
DeleteThe brown is lovely but years aside, you haven't changed. I think people have traits that follow regardless of make up, hair color, age and weight. Yours is your smile, both with your mouth and eyes.
ReplyDeleteThis is such a heartwarming comment, Sam! Thank you! :)
DeleteEnjoy your colour , it is just fine, don't stress as you said you will know when it is time for a change. I am having a hair moment , after finding a hairdresser that I really like and cuts just as I like , he has decided to leave hairdressing and enter real estate.
ReplyDeleteIt's sad that you are loosing such a great hairdresser, Jill! He is obviously very talented, I always enjoy your hairstyles. Good luck with finding another great one!
Deletebeautiful photos of beautiful natasha!!!
ReplyDeleteas for hair colors - mother nature does it never wrong :-) but anyway which color you will chose - be aware that a softer color is more graceful to our faces....
last time i saw a hairdresser was in 1996!
big hugses!xxxxxxxx
Beautifully said, my dear! xxxxx
DeleteYou look so happy on these picture. Just natural beauty. I am trying a few months already to have the hair color as close to mine natural color as possible. But I don´t know for how long. I am missing blond. o)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Anna! We experiment and see how we feel about it, yes? I changed color (and style, and length) many times, it's just something I do from time to time. Good luck with your hair!
DeleteHair undertones can be really interesting. I don't dye my hair, it's naturally dark brown but on certain light it looks red or reddish...and sometimes it also looks black as for example when I tie it in a bun because then it doesn't capture light as much...anyhow, I think a hair change is always refreshing. I'm thinking about one but I'm not sure what I should do. I don't feel like dying my hair despite the fact that I have a few grays...I reckon my hair is so thick that the grays aren't that obvious...and somehow I'm ok with them. I'm thinking about cutting my hair but just how I haven't decided.
ReplyDeleteYou'll know when you want/need change. Your hair is beautiful, but sometimes we just want a change, and we somehow know when timing is right... My gray hair makes me smile! It's like watching trees changing leaves...
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