I think most everyone has seen it now, so its probably safe to post this now.
I have left behind my 29 years as a blonde.
I am now a brunette with red highlights, and it kicks ass. My hair is shorter, more feisty, and makes me feel like the subject of the Cake song Short Skirt/Long Jacket (if you have not heard this song, we may not be able to be friends anymore).
The story: In late February the D Magazine blog for all things Dallas and fashionable, ShopTalk, posted a blog asking for entires for their annual D Beauty hair issue. 3 people would be selected and sent to different salons for a hair makeover. I have been disenchanted with my hair lately and hadn’t had it cut since October. I pondered entering, but was secretly worried they would want to give me a pixie cut or even worse, give me some lame blonde highlights and send me on my way. I really wanted a significant change, but I still wanted it to look good! So after debating over it for a few weeks, I finally took some extremely candid photos and submitted my entry. No, I will not be posting those photos for your viewing pleasure. They are frightening.
Fast-forward to late March and I’m thinking I didn’t get picked. I hadn’t heard anything and the original post said they were picking in mid-March. I am not heartbroken, but again am frustrated with my hair’s lack of well, oomph. A week later they emailed and said I was picked!! I immediately got excited, followed by a bit nervous, then excited again. I went to the salon 3 weeks later for my hair makeover.
Here is what I looked like a few weeks before the appointment:
And here is what I look like after 5 hours with Daniel Lewis at The Green Peridot in Frisco.
Feisty, yes?
I love it. It’s very easy to style and except for after a workout, always looks pretty good. Daniel did a great job. In the beginning I could tell he was trying to get a feel for how far I was willing to go. He just kept playing with my hair and asking random questions. Finally I just put it all out there - leave it long enough I can make a ponytail (even a little nub-tail is fine) and just go for it. So then he got more excited and wanted to talk about color and he again was trying to figure out what I wanted. I didn’t want to tell him too much, because I figured he is the pro and should know what would be best, right? But I did say I really wanted to go darker. Then he got super excited and said “Is red okay?” and I said fine and he was off mixing color before I knew what happened. The actual process took awhile, but once the color and cut were all finished and they let me see it, I was so happy! I think it looks fantastic and I love to see people’s reactions to it. :-) So far everyone likes it, or they are covering very well.
It should be in the summer hair issue of D Beauty, if anyone wants to see the professional photos and styling. 
*Cake
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