Why Do You Love Being Red?

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Permalink Reply by Donna on March 7, 2008 at 11:58am

I was born with black hair. It turned to a strawberry color when I was a toddler, then went to blonde while I was a kid. The last few years of HS it was a golden blonde with these odd (beautiful) red highlights. It was the greatest color and I loved it!
Then I had kids. Hormones darkened my hair. GAH!
Recently, I died it red again -similar to the color I had in HS (but not as beautiful).
I feel sassy as a redhead. It feels more like who I am. I never understood the fascination with blondes. The color is okay, but . . .
I definitely have a temper (or lack of patience?) - I can curse a sailor into a red face.
I wish my hair was naturally red or red-tinted again. I hate that it's fake. But, the feelings are real!

Permalink Reply by Jamie on March 12, 2008 at 12:18am

I just went red & I love it. I think I was meant to be a redhead:)
I get more compliments now than I think I have in my entire life.
I <3 red heads!

Oh- I'm going to start blaming my hair for my temper! hahaha

Permalink Reply by M on March 15, 2008 at 3:28pm

I've been a total red head for a couple years now. I don't know why I waited so long before taking the plunge!

My hair has always been a strawberry blond/light brown. I've just started making the red a little darker.

Its great! Its different.

Permalink Reply by Celia on March 31, 2008 at 7:35pm

I've always been a redhead. When I was younger I wanted to be blond and tan but now I LOVE my red hair and freckles. I feel so special and love the attention I get as a redhead.

Permalink Reply by Melissa Leeanne on April 28, 2008 at 6:43pm

My hair has transitioned from clear as an infant to orange as a toddler to strawberry blonde currently. When some people started considering me more blonde than red I added some lowlights to the hair and I feel much better now.

I think that having red hair, fair skin, and blue eyes makes me stand out, I'm a unique type of beautiful that you don't see as often. I feel like I really connect with other redheads but I'm not even sure why. I wouldn't give it up for anything.

Permalink Reply by Ashley on June 24, 2008 at 6:30pm

I've had my hair every different color (correction- every natural color, can't say it’s ever been blue). When I was little it was bleach blonde then I hit puberty and WHAM, it turned dark brown (it was very strange). However, I noticed throughout my teens it would lighten blonde in the sun (I lived in Arizona). Another major change occurred in my early 20's when I noticed one summer my hair wasn't lightening blonde anymore- the brown was lightening to a red! I absolutely loved it (and the wavy look my otherwise board-straight hair had developed around the same time). So last year I found a fabulous hair color specialist who brings out all the red now. My dream when I was 6 (with thin, straight blonde hair) was to be a thick curly redhead because I thought it was beautiful. And I now have that hair! YEAH!

Permalink Reply by Melissa Leeanne on October 20, 2008 at 8:20pm

I died my hair fuchsia. It was semi-permanent dye. Once my hair got back to its normal color, a month later, I got so many comments about how happy people were to see me back to strawberry blonde. Even now, months later, people tell me how beautiful my hair color is and that they are glad it is back.

Permalink Reply by Lars on December 16, 2008 at 4:30am

I'm the youngest child of 4 and the only red head. My mother cried when I was born because she wanted a red head so bad. As a child my hair was a nuisance, old ladies love it and the attention was annoying. I went all threw highschool with my natural hair color and it caused some confusion. I always felt more attractive then I felt I was considered by girls. My first summer away from home I died it blond. It was flood gates. I had girls tell me how cute I was. I could go clubbing and actually get hit on. I was finally treated how I felt. I actually got good at dyeing my hair. I'd bleach it at 2 -3" in length, go threw the ugly slim shady look and then my dark red hair would grow in, I actually felt more confident the better my hair was. On a number of occasions when I was young and single I'd meet a girl in a club and she'd go home with a blond and wake up with a red head. They always sounded slightly dissapointed. Which amused me. My family thought I hated my hair color but that wasn't the truth. In my early 20's when I died my hair blond I actually felt like people were really seeing me and not just my hair color. Male redheads have a totally different go of it then female redheads. Often I see redheads and find them unnatractive. I hated to be lumped into the "funny" looking category.
I met my wife as a blond, it was died perfectly for a rave I went to when I was 22. My wife who has dirty blond hair and tan skin made the same mistake a few others before her had. She'd gone home with a blond and woke up with a redhead. I remember waking up in her tent and I caught the tail end of her chatting with her friend as they looked at me sleeping on my stomoch with the tent flap open. "Look he has red hair, it's dyed blond." my wife remarked. "he's still good looking." her friend replied. "he sure is." my future wife said. Cha ching I thought. The cats outta the bag and it's okay. My insecurities evaporated. I wonder if I had kept up the facade of a blond if we would have progressed like we did. Her comment made me trust that she found me attractive from the get go, the real me.
I've stopped dyeing my hair now. I've been phasing it out for a while and I don't think I've had any color in it for over a year. Now that I'm 28 I don't feel the urge to prove to the world I'm conventionally attractive. I don't want to be. My friends I've made in the last 5 years in my adopted city all know me as a redhead. It's my trademark but not all that I am. I appreciate when people notice how dark and unique it is even for a red head. People who say I have orange hair are instantly demoted and those that remark on it's uniqueness or shade are promoted. Growing up as a redhead made me work a lot harder at my vanity then my syblings. I always thought I was attractive but was never treated as attractive in social situations. Thankfully I don't care anymore.
My daughter has more brown then red, although in certain shades it has red in it. She probably won't grow up as a "redhead" though. Through all the change one thing remains.......
I was at a deli today and I felt the familiar attention coming from behind me. My sixth scent must have unconsciously recorded an aging female retiree when I entered the store. She was at my side now, trying to make eye contact. I relented and glanced over. "wow" she said, "your hair is amazing." "Merry Christmas," I responded.

Permalink Reply by Coyote Tits on March 16, 2009 at 10:13am

I've been a blond, brunette and a redhead and i have to say the Red is the best! anyone can be a blond or brunette, you have to be something special to pull off red. I love it, red hair makes me stand out from the crowd. Plus i have the temper and passion to match.

Permalink Reply by Hollywood on January 27, 2010 at 9:38pm

I'm a natural blonde, went dark brunette for three years, and finally(!) had the courage to go bright, punk-rock red. And I LOVE it! It's bright, fiery, passionate, and different. And I feel like the my outside finally matches my inside.