In my early twenties I decided I wanted to add some zip to my life, by this I mean changing my hair. I'm not an overly high-maintenance chick when it comes to my looks. I appreciate appearing well groomed and enjoy picking out clothes but I don't tend to spend a lot of time on this endeavor.
I decided that a few blonde highlights would be a lot of fun. As time progressed and I kept re-highlighting my hair, it becomes more and more blonde. If you look at my family picture in the HOME post below you'll see I'm definitely brunette.
I never intended for it to get as blonde as it did. It wasn't till this past October that I finally was sick of spending the money and time. My fabulous hairstylist Melissa was able to accurately match my natural color with a dye to return it to a presentable state.
The Bible says the "Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised." Proverbs 31:30. Many dear friends (often more jokingly than serious) said that my highlights were not Godly as they promoted vanity and changed the way God made me. Yet this same standard did not apply to the perm. When questioned about this discrepancy few had a good answer.
Perms it seems are considered less "out there" than anything associated with dye. Even though the same to criteria for why the highlights were "bad" applied, many did not possess the same strong feelings towards a perm. Illustrating the dislike of the highlights probably had more to do with personal preference than sound argument.
I do not feel that either is really a problem. It probably goes under the category of not "unlawful but not necessarily expedient." Not horrible to do but probably my time and money could be used better elsewhere.
3 comments:
You expect people's "druthers" to be consistent? :)
Perms are not easily judged, but for the discerning individual the motivation of the permer and also the style are good indicators. Subtilties are key here. For instance..
Appropriate: Alkaline Perm, Basket Weave, Spring Curl
Unappropriate: Glamour Angel, Definition Weave, French Refined, Jerry Curl
Questionable: Curly Weave, Natural Energy Perm, Yaki Perm
I would give more pointers, but I ran out of perm types.
I'm so sorry. This is probably way out of line and definately a weird response. But this post came up on my Google Blog reader list of posts on the blogosphere and I just couldn't resist joking. You are right about the inconsistency you noticed. It sure will make me think the next time I decide to get a perm.
:)
On a note, many people had no idea I highlighted my hair until I changed it back. I had gone with a very subtle look.
I'll go with the unecessary attention it may draw
Oh my...YOU are bringing up the vanity thing! :) I sord of remember a certain someone that I almost started charging money to every time she came to look in my full length mirror - I won't mention her name because you probably wouldn't know them...hmmm...anyways - I can't talk, I was the one with the full length mirror! From one best roomie to another - J-ME
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