Hair update: Dark and Stormy

What started as "highlights for the summer" turned into lightening my hair for about 2-3 years. I absolutely LOVE the look of blonde golden locks. Unfortunately for me though, around December of last year my peroxide habit started to really take its toll, my hair was dry and brittle so I feel like I had no choice but to give it a rest and go back to my natural (or as close as I can get to natural) brown.

First picture is me at my blondest, serving up a fierce pose in some harsh daytime lighting ! (or should I say as fierce as a pose can be in my backyard in Virginia- you go 20 year old version of Allison FOUR for you!) this is an outtake from one of my first blog posts titled Hott Pants ! (I still own and love those shorts!)

Mid- december I first attempted to go darker and it turned out a reddish hue. This was a happy accident and I was actually totally cool with this but it faded out to a weird brassy color in less than a week. 

This is where I am now .. giving my best Lana. Side note: Sometimes I wonder about what future generations will think of all our "selfie"s. I mean I take TONS but I am well aware its a little crazy buttt  its a guilty pleasure. I hope my kids find all my selflies one day and are embarrassed; not too embarrassed but just enough) 

Anyways the dark hair is fine- I am still adjusting and I think I have creeped out my fair share of LA blondes by over complementing them. Like I talk to blondes now like a person who just lost a dog would talk to dog owners like "OMG I used to have a dog just like this but he's gone now I miss him can I pet your dogg"::"OMG I used to have blonde hair I loved mine I miss it  I LOVE yours how'd you get it ? Can I touch it ??" Oh also it is VERY hard to adjust your make-up routine with dark hair when you have been doing it with blonde hair for the past 3 years, any other hair-dyers have this challenge ??