100 Word Challenge: Beauty

This week I got a new haircut. I’m trying to be my true self and embrace the grey. (That’s not grey hair, that’s glitter!)

For a while, I went fiery. I had always wanted to be a redhead. I liked it, but one thing about dark hair, dark red hair, is that grey roots are very obvious. It was a lot of expensive upkeep.

So, I went to the other extreme and went blonde… really blonde, like trying-to-match-the-pale-hair-that-was-my-50-something-hair blonde.

Again, very high maintenance – so much time and money to make it look “natural.”

Then I decided to just give up and stop all artificial means of changing my hair color. My hair was also showing the effects of so much chemical adjustment… it wasn’t a good look. It only gave credence to my Crazy Cat Lady persona.

That was about six months ago, just enough time to grow out a weird mane of mismatched hair – darkish-grey on top, frazzled blonde on the bottom – a really ugly, mutant mullet.

That was until Monday and I had the offending hair chopped off.

My stylist cut off about eight inches of damage. I went from hair that fell below my shoulders to a new ‘do that barely reaches my chin – short bob, no bangs.

And, I love it. I also love that my remaining hair is all my natural shade, grey and all.

Don’t get too excited there won’t be any before/after shots. I’m sticking to my story about being in WITSEC and can’t be photographed. Just believe me when I say my hair looks 100% better.

It did wonders for lifting my spirit, my head even feels lighter.

“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.” – Confucius

This week’s word is:

Beauty

What to do:

Using “beauty” for inspiration, write 100 Words – 100 exactly – no more, no less. You can either use the word – or any form of the word – as one of your 100, or it can be implied. Include a link in your post back here, and add your story to the Mister Linky list. If you don’t have a blog, you can leave your submission in the comment section, or as a Facebook status post. Remember to keep spreading the love with supportive comments for your fellow Wordsters.