"Laura, what color is your hair?"

Eureka! Wouldn't ya know it, when I finally started my paper I remembered the topic of the blog I wanted to write. As my mom says "When you're looking for a pickle. . ." (Translation: You find what you are looking for when you start looking for something else)

I have not seen the actual color of my hair in over ten years! When people ask me what my natural color is I never know how to answer. The color of my hair is hard to describe.

Then, today, when I was in CVS, I found a box that had the name of my hair color on it. Out of what must be hundreds of colors of dye, only one box even came close to my natural hue.

So L’Oreal says that my natural color is . . . (drum roll) "light ashy brown!"

I think "ashy" is really the perfect way to describe it. My mother's natural color was the same as mine and she always called it "mousy brown," which is another way of saying "ashy." Basically, I am not quite brunette enough to be brunette and I am not quite blond enough to be blond and the color is not strong enough to be anything as alluring as amber. Now when I tell people that my original hair color is dull I can have proof to support my argument when they start to say, "Oh, I'm sure it's not that bad . . ."

However, on the other hand I am only writing this post, well, partly because I was able to start my paper and remember the post topic, but, also because I have decided to attempt to allow my natural color to grow out for a while. As an adult I think I have a strong enough ego to embrace my dull hair color. This does not mean that I will not continue to play with it in the future, but at least for now, I don't feel that I need to hide it any longer.

Now off to cook dinner ;)