Written by: Jane
Sun Feb 14 2021
#Recording every moment :D.
Yesterday, my roommate and I decided to do some fun things. We went to a cosmetic shop together to explore makeup stuff. Then, we made a spontaneous decision to color our hair. We spent so long time deciding which color suits my face. Eventually, I chose purple ^_^. That was a brave move because my face is dark and I knew purple hair will not go together really well.
Have you ever experienced the excitement of trying to change some part of yourself for the first time? Having your hair cut short or changing your wardrobe? I don't know about you but I was very excited. For the first time after spending 20+ years on earth, I was going to have my hair colored. I thought to myself and looked forward to the result. I had always been worrying about the side-effects of dying hair(it is true, though). My mom would not like it. I was too guarded that I would not look good with any hair color other than my natural hair(black). But I've just learned that I have always been too scared to spend my time doing different, out-of-comfort-zone things. I am going to try doing different things from now on :D.
Okayyyyyy, back to the hair-thing. The thing was I didn't go to any professional salon for that but I did it together with my roommate. After shopping for about 1 hour, we finally arrived back at our room. Too tired of shopping, we ate first before continuing the fun part. What was the next step? hahahaha :D A lot of googling and YouTubing. Almost 1 hour trying to translate the instruction(it was in French) and watched around 10 videos to ensure. My roommate started dying my hair from the root parts and continued spreading all over the hair. It took about 2 hours. I felt itchy on some part of my head. I think it's the allergy but my roommate said it's normal since it's a chemical product. I had to wait another 30 minutes to wash the hair and see the result. Also, have to mention some hair loss while washing. I was scared again. Well well well, nothing is different. My hair is still black and shiny. Part of me was relieved because at least I don't look uglier but the other part of me not satisfied. I changed because I wanted to see the difference. That's the logic. And next, it's my turn to do it for my roommate. I have to say that I never dye hair for anyone before but I did pretty well though. I was unsure at the beginning but after 2-3 trying I started to do it smoothly and felt like a professional. I was so happy and again very eager to do it for my mom or my aunt whenever I return home. My roommate chose the blond one and it's not her first time having her hair color so everything goes as planned.
Trying to comfort myself that it's okay and maybe it's for the best. Also, vow that I will go to the salon next time for a satisfying result. The next day, a small beautiful thing happened. I could see my shiny purple hair while walking under the sun. I really love the result.
I told my mom about it and everything. Well, she was not angry at all. All the time that I told myself not to do that because I am afraid mom would not allow was just my own excuse for not daring to do things or taking any responsibility - bad girl. And for the health concern, I will make up for it by eating better food and do exercise.
What I want to say is that just do it. Do the things you have always wanted to do. All the excuses we use to stop ourselves from doing anything only reflect our cowardness. It's not about the external at all. And, yes, it's not only about changing hair color but everything.
We only regret the things we didn't do