Talking a Blue Streak
After my recent adventure in colouring a strand of my hair pink, I decided to branch out a little and try a different colour. Since I had just had my toenails painted a nice bright blue, it seemed only natural to put a blue streak in my hair. I figured if anybody at work said anything that I would just tell them it was in support of a cure for blue balls.
As it happens, I’m not exactly altogether new to this practice of screwing-around with my hair colour. I dug-out a photo from, I think, 1986:
As you can see, I used to have an annoying adorably creative habit of “shaping” the edges of my photos just so that, years later, I would have to re-create some kind of background filler. If you look closely, you will see that the tips of my fringe [that’s “bangs” for the Americans] are also dyed black. If you have a few drinks you’ll also see a pink elephant in the background.
I guess it’s not really that surprising that I was mistaken for Lita Ford more than once while partying on the Sunset Strip in Hollyweird. The above photo, however, was taken a year or two before my Heavy Metal Chick phase started, so clearly she copied my style.
[Lita Ford]
As I was washing my newly-blued hair in the shower, the colouring splashed all over the place. For a few minutes, the shower curtain and walls looked as though a special Smurf edition of Psycho had just been filmed.
Unfortunately, in my opinion anyway, the blue streak did not look as artsy as the pink one . . . and it also turned out to be rather difficult to photograph. If I was even remotely limber, which I am not, I might have tried taking a photo with my blue-toenailed feet up by my ears.
Oh well, at least this gave me something to babble about for today. I guess I’ll hold-off on the blue hair rinse for a few more years.
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March 24th, 2008 at 11:27 am
Since I have dark brown hair nothing like that would show up on me. I guess I could dye a white streak in my hair but I’m trying to COVER the white/grey, not enhance it so I guess I’ll just have to be happy with my highlights from a box look.
March 25th, 2008 at 11:26 am
WoW you were are Hot!!! I so would’ve hit on you back in ‘86… except for the fact that I didn’t have a car, was only 14, and was going through that awkward stage that didn’t end until early 2004, but I would’ve dreamed about it!
Your picture should come with a disclaimer: Objects in photo are bluer than they appear.
March 25th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
WarCry: yah, you have to bleach dark hair first and then colour it. There’s a young Hispanic girl who works in the Bakery Dept. at my local supermarket who has black hair and she bleaches/colours the lower “half” of it different colours. I have to stop-in every week to check it out and make her laugh with my inane jokes.
HRT: I really, really, really hope you deliberately typed “were are”!
March 25th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
“If I close my eyes forever…will it all remain the same…?” Nice pictures Lita. And you’re god damned right it’s from the 80’s. Either that or you have a killer halloween costume for this year! I’m not a fan of the blue. I want it darker (don’t even start)…
March 26th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
Of course I meant it!
I even tried to html a strikethrough but your reply section wouldn’t let me. Oh well back to the drawing board.