Change is a Hairy Situation

Well it has been quite a week here at the Steve. Many things are beginning to change and it has cause a lot of tension particles to float in the air. Change no matter how big or small is a frightening thing. Since this week brought many changes for us it is natural that we sought out to change other things. While walking through the aisles of our local Walmart, we found ourselves in with all the hair care products. (I had coupons for some free products it was nifty.) When I looked back I noticed that Meghan was staring at the hair dye. She had been wondering for a while how she would look as a brunette. After going back and fourth on colors we made our way to check out. Neither of us could really believe that we were actually going to dye her hair. It was just a Wednesday night and instead of doing homework we were dying Meghan's hair. She seemed soooo excited. She asked if I would help her dye it, and probably far too enthusiastic I happily agreed. Meghan by the way is my uber awesome roommate (really couldn't ask for anyone better). So here was our Wednesday night:

Meghan had pretty much platinum blond hair. It was really pretty (as you can see) but she felt it was time for a change.

So she looked through many different colors and brands of hair dye and she finally decide she wanted to some funky name of brown, it had to do with honey brown or something like that. It was only said to last about a month that way if she didn't like it or if I messed up really bad she would only be funny lookin' for like a month. no big deal. Well with hair dye box in hand we were ready for an evening. 

Since I am obsessed with pictures I thought I would fully document our evening of giggles and giant smiles and share it on here. Of course before any big change there must be a before picture. Now the pic of Meghan above is a good testament to her color she had her hair cut since then so this is a more accurate pic of what her hair was like before the transformation.

Don't mind me I was really hyper through this whole thing and one of the things I didn't tell meghan till after was that I had never dyed someone hair before this so I was really nervous too. As I read the directions they included nifty plastic gloves. My "i'm too easily amused" senses start tingling and played with the gloves for awhile.

Then it was time to get down to business!!

Like I stated before I had never really dyed anyones hair before so wasn't quite sure where to begin I mean how hard was emptying a tube of color into a bottle was. Apparently pretty difficult for me to figure out. 

hahaha  Just kidding... I did finally get it!

So we finally went into the bathroom and began Meghan's transformation. As I added the dye the blonde slowly went away and was replaced by a dark brown. A lot darker than we were expecting. As layers of pure blonde changed into a full head of rich dark color it was weird to think meghan wasn't going to be a blonde anymore. It was definitly something that was going to take some getting use to.

After carefully following the directions we applied the dye waited the 10 minutes and then she had to shower. So that meant I had to wait! I don't like waiting

After the entire process was complete the only thing left to do was for Meghan to blow dry her hair. 

It was already a new awesome look for her. after she got done blowdrying it, her hair was more red than brown but it was still awesome and there was no more blonde which means I DID IT RIGHT!!!!

It was more red than she wanted but it was amazing how a simple change to someones hair can make them look older and change someones self of self. 

She has since gone in and had it made darker since she wanted brown and not red. (the beautician said it is common that when blondes go from blonde to brown they usually hit some reddish tones. SO IT WASNT MY FAULT). But Meghan seems pleased overall. 

Change is interesting in the sense sometimes you want it sometimes its just inevitable. But change is simply what we as people make it. Meghan could have simply taken the hair color as it was, but she wasn't satisfied so she changed and worked it till she was happy. In the long run change isn't always in our control but if we take it on ourselves to work it and morph it into our own understand we will be better able to process it and find the happiness with in it. Change is completely defined by our reaction. We can get mad and stay mad and realize that change is going to be harder, or we can get mad get over and move with a positive grace realizing that if we simply stay in a room with closed doors we will never understand the opportunity that awaits us. Meghan is a beautiful brunette now, and still is the best roommate I could ask for. 

DW