Ok, so I've been enjoying my wig for about a year now. It's shoulder length, blonde and I absolutely love wearing it. But……my real hair is growing back, and is now at the stage where it's too long for the wig to be comfortable and the wig is rubbing a bit. so damaging the new hair.
No one talks about how to make the change from wonderful wig to ugly short grey hair! There's a lot of talk, rightfully so, about the trauma of losing your hair, but I am finding the switch from wig is just as traumatic, in fact even more so as I really dislike the very short style.
So, off I go to my friendly neighbourhood hairdresser and tell her I want the ugly dark and grey (which is growing back way darker than my original natural colour) tuned blonde! Clearly the hair dye had other ideas and I was left with an underlying soft brown (and a bit too orange if truth be told) with some slightly less orange highlights. The colour didn't take as it was intended and it looks nothing like the sample.
The following morning I got up, unexpectedly upset and emotional as I'm really not rocking the short orange look. My hairdresser is fab, she fitted me back in an hour later and now I am slightly more blonde (though still not delighted) and if I could get rapid growing shampoo I’d be snapping it up! She reminded me “some people do actually choose this style you know” with a smile as I left. Be sure I’ll be back in a few weeks for a 3rd attempt.
Yes, I know, it's a real first world problem, but I just wanted to acknowledge the emotions continue and the journey never really ends.
