My hair has changed a lot in the past year or so. At first I was growing it long, partly because I wanted to be a Native American princess on Halloween, although my plans were thwarted last year.
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photo by Erica Soto |
Last spring I went to Miami and my friend buzzed the side of my head for me, because I wanted to look like
Alice Dellal.
Then I cut a ponytail length of hair off and had a half bob:
Then I got my hair buzzed.
Just for kicks, here's another pic of me with my soon-to-be famous friend B and her famous godmother.
After a bit, I decided to bleach my hair blonde.
Once the roots started growing out, it actually started looking better.
I dyed the blonde purple.
It washed out while I was in Puerto Rico (I'm guessing the sea water took a toll on the color). My friend Pooja took this awesome pic of me.
At the end of January,
George took this pic of me.
Then I went for purple again, but this time more of an ombre effect. It's a little hard to see because of the glare here.
This is what my hair looks like today. The purple has mostly faded, and I like the pale lavender color. I've gotten compliments on it from a bunch of strangers in the street. You can see the ombre effect better here than in the previous picture. My dad also gave me an undercut to neaten it up a bit. I'm trying to grow my hair out like Kate Lanphear, although I'm
I'm trying to grow my hair out like
Kate Lanphear, although I don't really want to bleach my hair again. I want to see what it looks like when the black has grown more and the tips are blonde.