To dye or not to dye? That is the question...

I'm contemplating going over to the dark side.

Given the fact that I'm naturally blonde, and have never been anything else other than whiter shades of my natural colour (the Queen would be proud of my silvery locks), this is quite a big deal. For a while now, I've been thinking about doing something drastic with my barnet. I get the urge for dramatic change once in a while. The last time this happened, I cut off my very long locks into a very short bob, and loved it! This happened a year or so ago. I was getting bored with the length of my hair, and one day decided that the best thing to do would be to cut it all off. The next day, I did just that.

My hair went from this, to this, overnight...

This got me thinking that black might be a good idea. It's the exact opposite of my white bouffant at the minute, meaning that my make-up and what colours I'd suit would stay relatively the same.

You see, in reality I'd love to be ginger, and I heart this massive curly bouffant, but for that I'd have to get rid of my red lipstick, which would be difficult, and I would no longer be able to wear the ginger fur coat that my grandmother gave me. And that would be too tragic.

So I considered black. Well, after all, I did used to have a black wig that was a big hit with all my friends, so I kind of know already that I don't look completely hideous with black hair. I wouldn't sport the fringed bob if I dyed my real hair black though, I think I'd try and fashion some sort of 1960's beehive look with a side fringe. At the minute, black is screaming chic at me; maybe it's because to me it seems a little more 1920's and a little more luxurious, and I think it'd look a little more interesting my current colour of choice.

I quite liked my wig, it was fun to have a different colour hair for a day. My dear mother thought the black hair brought out my eyes more than my blonde locks do, to sound totally cliched. So maybe going black would be a good move? Despite the fact that my little sister kindly told me that I'd look like a 'tranny' because I'm so pale, I'm still game for the hair dye. And anyways, pale always equals interesting right? And there are many celebs that work the pale skin/black hair combo. As long as I don't wind up looking like Morticia then I'm all good I reckon...

And with Bettie Page, Dita, Lily and KP all managing to pull off the pale skin/black locks look, I think this might be a good idea...