Stripes
My sister has “stripes” in her hair. I think most people call these “highlights,” but my family calls them stripes. My sister’s stripes accentuate her hair and face. She looks awesome in stripes.
She went through a few renditions of stripes, she made a few emergency trips to the hair salon to get her self-made stripes fixed. There were a few unhappy experiences for her, but she learned some important lessons about stripes.
- Stripes are expensive.
- Stripes are more expensive if you try to save money and make your own stripes or have your sister do your stripes.
- Stripes are more expensive if you go to a cheaper hair salon than if you bite the bullet and go to the regular salon in the beginning.
- Adults should have adult stripes, not teenager stripes. Adult stripes are subtle. They are thin and only slightly off your normal hair color. Teenager stripes are wide, chunky, and are a different color.
My sister finally mastered stripes after she mastered her new stripe rules.
Why, oh why, did I not choose to learn from my sister’s experience?
I wanted stripes, so I went to Super Cuts and ordered up stripes. The lady asked me if I wanted one shade lighter or the two shades lighter. I foolishly thought I wanted my stripes to be dramatic, so I said two shades lighter. She asked me if I wanted adult stripes or teenager stripes, and again I foolishly thought I wanted dramatic stripes, so I said “in between.”
Well, I think my stripes look awesome. They didn’t when I left the salon, but they sure did after I used that box of hair dye in the shower.
Labels: dye, hair, highlights, middle age, money, stripes