This piece was published on TheFashionSpot.com in 2015.
If there’s a questionable thing a human can do to their hair, I’ve probably done it, and probably to myself. Pixie cut? Bad electroclash mullet? Blue? Purple? Been there, done all of it. I’ve been doing terrible things to my hair since I was 12 years old, and old habits dye (sorry) hard. Among my recent mediocre decisions was bleaching my own hair two years ago, which, while technically possible, is not exactly a great idea. I wouldn’t call the color I achieved “platinum” (it was more like Kim Kardashian yellow) and at least a third of my hair broke off or fell out. It was frizzy and brittle when dry, and chewing-gum stretchy in a really unnatural way when wet. I got the whole mess chopped off into a bob and resolved to grow it out and not dye my hair with anything damaging for over a year.
Lesson learned: Kids, there are some things you shouldn’t try at home. So when I started feeling the itch to go platinum blonde, I knew I’d have to turn to the pros. Read more at TheFashionSpot.com.
