Mermaid, Kool-Aid, Or...Fun dip?

Well, team. I did it. 

Here's how it went down. For a couple months I have been tinkering with the idea of dyeing my hair blue. You know, just kind of tossing it around in my mind. Feelin' it out. Maybe two(ish) weeks ago. I decided I REALLY wanted this to happen. I anxiously waited for finals to come so that I could actually go through with it. Friday night my I sat in front of the TV with a towel on the ground and around my shoulders while my roommate bleached my hair and Emperor's New Groove played in front of us. Not going to lie, I was pretty much freaking out as that was going on. The next day I had an orangey ombre thing going on. And I was actually digging it. But I told myself I would go through with the blue. So again, after my test Saturday morning, my roommate sat me down in the same chair with the same towels and the same movie playing in front of us. Now, pretty much in almost full freak out mode, my roommate poured blue dye into my hair. I did my waiting (continuing to become more and more terrified about what I had done to my beautiful hair), and 35 minutes later I rinsed it out. 

Yep. Full freak out mode ensued. My hair was blue. WHAT. DID. I. DO. 

Our end of year block party was that night, so I went and had fun while completely freaking out about my hair. Thankfully I have amazing friends and people in my life who were incredibly complimentary and supportive. It seemed my hair mostly reminds people of mermaids, Disney, Kool-Aid, and fun dip. I mean, those are all good things, so I'm cool with it. But the consensus seemed good. Either 1) they actually think my hair looks dang good, to which I say thank you thank you, or 2) they are all lying to me, to which I also say thank you!

Well, here's the thing. It's blue hair. I was skeptical myself. I see these gorgeous women on Pinterest who pull off these amazing colors, and I think, "I can never pull that off. No way, Jose." So, I completely get that not every one is going to like it. I don't expect them to. Honestly, last night I didn't think I was going to like it. It wasn't until this morning that I decided that I do. 

If there is one thing I learned this year, it's the importance of loving yourself and being confident in you. So for now, that's what I'm going to do. 

I know there is a blurry spot on my forehead. My screen decided to make a crack that goes perfectly over my front camera. It's weird. I mean, it's not like I dropped it or anything....