I’m 26 and I’ve never dyed my hair. My Mom instilled fear in me whenever I would bring it up when I was in high school. “Your hair will NEVER be the same!” she’d tell me. I was always proud that I inherited my mom’s hair. She didn’t start coloring her hair until she discovered some grays and even then it wasn’t a regular occurence. I have to say that I love the color of my hair. In the winter it looks black, BUT IT’S NOT! (I have feelings about this) It’s actually just dark, dark brown. In the summer the sun brings out the red highlights that I believe I inherited from my Irish Great-Grandmother. (Yes I’m Irish thankyouverymuch. At least about 1/8 
I’m also 5/8 Filipino so some people laugh when I say I’m Irish)
Recently I was thinking about saying “fuck it” and dying my hair. I go through stages where I just want to be different, haha maybe be someone else 
I was at the doctor’s office when this mother and daughter sat down next to me. They were talking about the color of her daughter’s hair, which was a very dark brown.
Mother: I wish I would never let you dye it, it’s NEVER going to be the same
Dauther: You don’t like the color?
Mother: It doesn’t look natural, it’s a nice color but you had such beautiful auburn hair before you dyed it. It’s NEVER going to be the same.
Daughter: Yes it will
Mother: No it won’t
Needless to say, I abandoned the idea of toying with the color of my hair.
*looks up to the bright blue sky, “I hear you Mom, I promise I won’t dye it”
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eh, I dyed it, and it’s still roughly the same black that it was from before I dyed it. Right now, the bottoms are slightly lighter, and the 2 inches that have grown out is just as shiny as it was when it was all natural. I’m going back to my old filipino hair. I miss it
Either way, I regret cutting my hair and dying it before… so I’m going back to the natural pinoy look!
Aw. Love this.
Loved this too.
{{huggles}}
What a great story! It just goes to show that our loved ones are still out there looking out for us
aww, that’s sweet!
i’ve never dyed my hair too, for 29 years, ever.
I’m always jealous of people who don’t dye their hair. It costs way too much money! Good for you!
I’ts true it will never be the same… it may be better! I love that if I get bored with some color – which happens once a year – i dye it. I’ve never regreted dying my hair. It’s more expensive to mantain that’s for sure but it’s worth it!
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