Ornith on a Protolith: Medium Copper Blonde

Two days ago, I had my hair cut after one year and seven months. Two inches of dried hair and split ends were removed, much to my relief. The hairstylist also put something on my hair that made it considerably shinier and softer. I know it will be more than a year when I’d see that hairstylist again using his scissors on my precious hair.

After seventeen years, I have decided to try dying my hair. In fact, I am only waiting for my mom to finish as of the moment and it will be my turn already. Of course I am nervous; after all, I don’t know if ever the color will suit me. And it’s a permanent hair dye, for goodness's sake.

But what I can’t believe is that after weeks and weeks of tremendous research on safe hair dyes, ammonia, hydrogen peroxide, p-Phenylenediamine, and the likes, I will actually use an unpopular dye. I’ve been making trips to stores to check on “safe” hair colors. But it is just plain impossible to find one without any of those three aforementioned ingredients.

I took a patch test for 36 hours anyway. The box of the dye said 24 hours, but I decided to go further. And good thing I didn’t have any allergy. I just wish the color will suit me very well, and that I will have no negative reactions to it later on. Oh, merciful heavens, I am so afraid to try dying my hair but I really want a new color.

My hair is chestnut brown, and under the sunlight some strands appear gold. Yes, it is my natural color. Not a few people have asked me whether I used a hair dye before. Even when I was in the salon two days ago. I overheard the two girls waiting talking about my hair: “Oh, look at that color. You should try that shade of brown. I wonder what hair color that it, it suits her quite well.”

Why, it should. It’s my natural hair color, after all.

And yes, my new hair color would be Medium Copper Blonde.

It's something like these: