My selfies have often delivered breaking news, revealing to me things I somehow missed in the mirror.
In other, more spine-chilling words, my hair color is inadvertently ombre.
“Simply put, its dark roots and lighter ends.”
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Because, by today’s hair-color standards, it was… not good.
Actually, you don’t have to imagine how I looked.
Here’s what happened when I asked for ombre in 2010.
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“This is particularly harsh, and the color is…
It feels like a non-toned color,” Hannam replied when I texted him that photo.
“Like, thats giving raw lift lol.”
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And I readily admit, its very mockable.
But it is by no means unique for the time.
Gaggles of us were out there with brassy dip-dyes and calling it ombre.
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Did it ever totally go away?
No you’ve got the option to see variations of ithere and there over the last decade.
But recent celebrity evidence points to a trueombrenaissance.
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“Now you see a more subtle contrast between the roots and ends.
You’ll also notice it’s more natural-looking and could have a couple of bolder highlights around face.”
Do you like how low the lightness starts?
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Do you like how subtle or high-contrast this is?'"
(Did I mention I added a matching feather extension a few months later?)
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