Maybe Men Actually Listen?

Or maybe men have selective hearing...yes that is it! 

Every once in a while I get a little "help" in making my blonde hair blonder - aka yes, I do get a *few* highlights.  I don't get them often, but when half my head is looking darker (so I think) I turn to the professionals.  Because let's face it, doing your own highlights is never the same and we don't need to repeat what I did in college and post-college.

Anyway, when you get highlights, not only does it make your hair look better (duh) but it also adds volume...yes, it's true!  I haven't had highlights since late February; so it's been about 16 or so weeks.  That's way too long according to some hair experts.  I have been holding out because when I wear my hair down and part it, it looks okay because of some natural highlights...it's when I pull it back and you see the other side that it's scary.  Oh I have also been waiting because I'm unemployed right now!  Not a time to really be spending money on such luxuries.  Since I start work next week I have contemplated getting highlights before I start.  When I mentioned this to Mark, he said, "why not do it later in July right before the wedding we have to go to?  The highlights always look best a week after you get them done right?  So get them a week before the wedding." 

Say what?!?!  Mark actually remembers that I said that before our own wedding!?!?  My hair stylist told me back then to get my highlights a few days before our wedding so that they pop during the photos and I don't have roots.  I'm shocked and impressed.  Really, would a guy know this otherwise...okay maybe, but would he vocalize it?  hmmm

In closing, if you're curious about what happened to my hair in college and post-college, here it is...

I tried to highlight my hair myself Freshman year.  No wait, I think I bought something that would make my hair a shade lighter - who knows what it was.  Something went wrong...did I leave the chemicals on too long or too short?  Who knows, but my hair was yellowish orange.  I borrowed a friends car and drove to Walmart to get hair dye (big mistake).  My hair was then a yellowish white.  Think of the Playboy bunnies.  It was horrible.  I think a few weeks later I was able to fix it yet again by putting in some lowlights or dying my hair an ash blonde. 

Post-college I tried again.  It was at Mark's house in Arlington in the pink bathroom.  Tried to highlight it...same problem with it being yellowish orange (parts of it, not my whole head thank goodness).  We ran out to Target to get something else.  Went back to his house.  That didn't work.  I think I repeated this again twice for a total of four visits to Target - an all-time high still.  I can't remember if my hair ever looked normal after this.  After this mistake I decided to suck it up since I had probably paid as much in hair dye and highlighter as I would have to have it professionally done.