Monday, 24 March 2014
Red Hair Don't Care!
Imagine getting at least one comment a day, every day since the day you were born on your psychical appearance. That seems crazy, impossible and unordinary right? Wrong. This is the everyday life of a natural redhead. Not that I'm complaining about the comments I get on my hair, truthfully I love the attention from it. However, sometimes I wonder who I would be if I were born a brunette or a blonde.
I'm going to take you through the everyday life of a red head! Trust me this should be fun.
Trips to the Hair Dressers
Don't even get me started on how many times I wanted to dye my hair growing up. Around when I was 11 years old I was desperate to rid myself of my fiery locks. Besides the disapproval of my mother, grandmother and everyone else in my family, even if I truly wanted to get it dyed I literally could not find one hair dresser who would even consider it. Years of "I would NEVER want to be the one to dye such a beautiful colour!" or "Wow such a beautiful colour, never let anyone dye it! Although I doubt they would." Let's just say I am the talk of the salon when I wander in with my extremely long, thick red hair.
The Burning Question
"Is that your natural hair colour?" If I had a dollar for every time I have been asked this question in my life I would be living on a private tropical island. Let's just say that. Sometimes I'm guilty of answering "yes" before they even finish their question. However, this is often a great ice-breaker and conversation starter.
The Mix Up
"Hey I saw you walking today!" "I saw you at the mall and waved, but you didn't wave back! Did you not see me?" "Why were you at _______ yesterday? I thought you worked?" Awkward. Either Aliens have cloned my body and are impersonating me, or that wasn't me. Odds are it wasn't me. This happens a lot surprisingly. It kind of scares me a bit. Hope all those redheads are behaving out there.
The Wanna-Be's
Growing up with red hair is not an easy thing. All jokes aside, it really wasn't easy, and resulted in a lot of mean comments sometimes. I think this is why a lot of redheads who have been through the same thing really dislike when people dye their hair red. It has nothing to do with the person, but when selfies with newly dyed red hair include hashtags with "red hair don't care" "redhead" "ginger" or anything else pertaining to being a redhead, it really gets to us. We earned those hashtags! #lol
Regardless of these funny, everyday occurrences I wouldn't change my hair colour for the world. Being a ginger has shaped me into the person I am today and I will forever be grateful for my "carrot-top." Long live the 4% of redheads!
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I love your hair! I know you know but hey, its your signature!
ReplyDeleteI have a girl friend who also has a fiery head of red hair. She used to get all the comments when we went out into public and I would get so jealous so I decided to do something about it. I brandished my self a mohawk of dreads and never again did her hair get more attention than mine.
ReplyDeleteThe comment before is funny actually, I know a couple that went through the same thing. She is one of my best friends actually. She's got red hair and her boyfriend is in some cheesy rock band. Her boyfriend was really jealous that her hair was getting all the attention so one day he took his friends down commercial drive to find dreadlock cream, and now he's got dreadlocks. Long story short, they both have noticeably rad hair now! Small world!
ReplyDeleteWow, this was powerful. Thanks for sharing this. A form of discrimination I had not given much thought to for some reason.
ReplyDeleteI love your hair, it's honestly such a beautiful color! As someone who has had bangs her entire life (yes, I understand that I'm comparing a hair color to a hair style), I can relate to "The Mix Up" point because so many people mistake other people for me / me for other people just because of my bangs!
ReplyDeleteGreat blog post, it really made me smile!
do you have a fire-crotch?
ReplyDeleteThe comments started when you were born and haven't stop. Interesting how strangers thought it was ok to say "where did she get the red hair from?" or try to touch your hair when you were younger. The positive and negative comments made you a stronger & better person. Don't ever try to streak your hair again!
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