I love hair! I like curly, straight, wavy hair! I was really close to pursuing a career in Cosmetology, which entails working with hair, makeup and nails. I discovered I enjoyed experimenting with hair in middle school. That was when I began dying my hair. I have had my hair brown-red, dark brown, light brown, dark black, half red, half pink, half purple and caramel highlights. (I'd totally show pictures- but that means exposing my pictures from middle school and that AIN'T going to happen).

When I would dye it in middle and high school I used the hair dyes from Wal-Mart. I would do it myself and it would last for about three months. When I saw it fading I would get excited and began to think of a different new color to try.

In previous articles I have mentioned how I like a change in my routine and that goes for almost everything I do. I enjoyed starting the school year, semester with a new hairstyle. Something had to change whether it was a hair cut or hair color.

Aside from dying it, I also began to style it. In seventh grade I discovered the straightener. My hair is naturally curly; I mean I wouldn’t straighten my hair EVERY day, just more than I like to count. What I did not discover though was the heat protectant. So yes as you can imagine I damaged my hair REALLY bad. It turned out to be dry and filled with split ends. I was set on having long hair so I did not cut it much, YEAH I KNOW!

Sooner or later I figured it was what I had to do because it could grow back and it did. Towards the end of high school I decided to cut my hair once. I had a salon where I would always go with my family, however once they left my hair uneven. Not EXTREMELY uneven but enough to notice. My haircut did not come out that bad actually; I just decided to take the scissors in my hands after a five minute YouTube video. I cut my sister’s hair once too into a v-shape, it looked amazing…(well you know at least even).

Let me get back to the hairstyling. I completely LOVE to style hair. Whether mine, my sister, mom, friend, whoever! Of course NOW I use the heat protectant. But I find it very therapeutic when I style hair. It only takes me about 20 minutes or so to do mine (depending whether I straighten it or do tight/loose curls). There are times when I offer my friends to curl their hair because I really enjoy it. I used to curl my hair at the USU restrooms sometimes (I’d get there early). I once curled my friends hair there too because she had a presentation, so I brought in a chair and everything (again it was early) but it was fun!

Either way, styling hair is one of MANY hobbies. I had fun experimenting with it whether it was with scissors or colors. I always encourage my friends to cut their own hair but they think I am crazy. You just never know until you try it! These are the BEST years to experiment with hair! I may just dye it one of these colors because aren't they HOT?