I liked my hair orange, it suited me well,
Suggestive of something ‘twixt pixie and Hell.
I grew it all out, hoping it had gone grey
But nope, it had left me with just the odd stray.
*
So now it’s much longer and curls where it will
And I’m not sure the frizziness quite fits the bill.
It could have cooperated and gone white –
But no, it just looks like a trick of the light.
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So now I’m in a quandry, don’t know what to do…
Should I cut it all off or just dye it bright blue?
I am told that is ‘in’ as a fashion this spring
Or a buttercup yellow to give it some zing?
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I could really rebel, keep it all au nature…
Refuse all the dyeing and just keep it pure.
Now that would be novel in this day and age
When colour screams out from each magazine page.
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I can’t make my mind up, I have to confess,
But I feel, as it stands, that it’s looking a mess.
I could use a decision, or else on a whim
I’ll just dye it purple like mad Madam Mim.
Sue, I cannot help but laugh at your humorous take on being a woman, growing out hair and it going all wrong! Your hair is amazing, with pretty auburn, “ginger” tones and body with curls. I would give up my thin, flat hair for yours in a millisecond! 🙂
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That picture no longer reflects the true state of affairs 😉
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Go dark… with your fair skin… mmmm 😉
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Very tempting, Florence 😉
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My granddaughter shows up with scissors and bleach. I just sit there and so okie dokie. So far, so good 🙂 White really works well for me.
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I’d try but with the state of play here after the winter, the bleach would probably turn mine drier than straw…
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Oh what a quandary!
Sue I think you’d suit any colour!
Love the poem! !!
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I admit I hanker after purple locks.. just because I can 🙂
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Go for it! I look forward to the pics! !! 😊😊😊
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🙂 🙂 🙂
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Dye it white until it’s all gone white. You’ll look young! I was a dyed red when I decided to grow it out and let my white glow. The in-between was horrendous to cope with but as I’d been going white since my twenties, I knew it would work once I’d done gritting my teeth. 🙂
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I’d love to… but do worry about the bleaching… 😉
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I’m not aware that it has to be bleach, simply a white hair dye but I may be wrong. 🙂
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I think it does unfortunately 😦
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In that case, having known the joy of red, go back to red!
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Purple definitely or indeed rebel and keep it natural. I`ve stopped dying mine at the moment, and am finding it a bit hard but my hair is natural black and straight as a poker so doesn`t take well to any dyes, or to curling.
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Mine is toffee coloured and as wild as a bobcat now it has some length…It misbehaves worde than the rest of me 😉
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Go, go, go…!
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My kind of advice 😉
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Reblogged this on Anita Dawes & Jaye Marie.
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I always fancied a turquoise streak, but Anita freaks out when I mention it. I like the colour in your picture, Sue, it really suits you!
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OOh… turquoise, Jaye? Now there’s a thought… 😉
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Yes, isn’t it? I could be tempted…
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I could be tempted also by turquoise!
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I rather think it would suit you too, Sarah 🙂
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Do it! Why not 🙂
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I stopped coloring my hair in 2014, mostly out of curiosity to see what was under there. It’s a mixed bag of tricks, mostly light/white on the top, really, really black on the underside. My stylist thought I was dying it back there ??? The white/silver is very popular among young women, who request it at salons here. I get compliments all the time, but never from my contemporaries. Interesting ?? ☺
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I have just the odd white hair… if it would ALL go that colour…and preferably by April… 😉
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How about tartan check hair? That way, you could use all your favorite colors at the same time.
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I’d need a mortgage at the hairdressers!
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Good point! 🙂
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😉
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Well, that was a little disappointing… the title led me to believe you would be discussing feet… 😉
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I take it that is yet another hobbit reference, H?
For a man I am seeing in a few short weeks, that’s dangerous ground… 😉
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Oops! It was a bad boy made me do it, and he ran away… :p
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Not fast enough… 😉
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😀 xx
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Decisions, decisions. The downside of having options is making choices. For me, the growing out of old color was scarf-worthy. But once it was done, I was happy to go natural. No more fuss. 🙂
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I like the no-fuss too… but I will have to do something with this mop 🙂
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*chortles*
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I love the red. Speaking as one to another. 🙂
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I rather liked it too 🙂
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So what colour are you now, lol?
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Would you believe… natural ! Sort of toffee gold ( with dusting of frosting 😉
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Sounds almost edible, lol. 🙂
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Ani would agree 😉
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LOL xo
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You were meant to be a redhead! Go for it!
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I did feel at home in red 🙂
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Toffee gold, what a lovely description!
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If only it would stay in some kind of order 😉
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Hahaha!
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🙂
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That is an awesome poem! Gave me a giggle but, also, nicely rhymed and metered.
Oh, please, dye it bright blue. 💙💙💙 And, um… Don’t diss the purple, my friend. You know (maybe you don’t but you do now) I have a bright purple streak in my hair. 💜
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I’m not dissing purple… I’ve been rather fancying it myself 😉 I could do a wicked Madam Mim 🙂
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Yay purple! … love Madam Mim. 😀
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She’s brilliant 🙂 One of my very favourites 🙂
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