My eldest sister got the thick, wine-colored red hair along with abundant freckles and green eyes. The second eldest got the lighter, golden red with clear, pale skin and blue eyes. Dad was a carrot top with freckles and blue eyes.

My brown hair has definite red undertones but it's not enough!

I've got the white skin and freckles but my hair is brown. I think ginger's gorgeous and I wish I wish I were.

I keep dyeing my hair reddish, and it only goes...redISH. I keep contemplating going to a hairdresser and saying I want RED RED hair...but then I chicken out. What if it looks awful? What if I like it and then there's tons of upkeep? I hate upkeep.

What if it looks awful?

Try out a color that only lasts 1-2 months

What if I like it and then there's tons of upkeep?

Quit.

I dyed my hair red for years but I haven't lately... although I've been tempted.

What Laga said. My stylist did some awesome chunks of fire red in my hair, in such a way that the top layers covered the roots as it grew out. I want to do that again.

What seems more likely with B is that I will become a full-time New Orleanian and he'll be part time. We'll see.

I hate to say it, but good red hair doesn't come easy and it never leaves on its own. That said, I loved being a red head and would go back in a hot minute if it worked with my 40+ skin. But as my skin gets older and my hair gets grayer, I just look better as a brunette.

I'm going to try purple next haircut.

I'm going to try purple next haircut.

Doooooooo eeeeeeeeeeet!

I dyed my hair red during my college days, finally able to see what I'd hoped my hair would be. It wasn't bad. I would bleach, then dye my dark brown hair. I cried the first time I did it because when I shampoo'd it in the shower, I could feel how I'd destroyed it.

At some point during college I decided to stop punishing my hair. And was happy when a fellow student asked me what hair dye color I'd used and they were referring to my natural hair color.

I got my first grey hair at 18 so I've never associated grey hair on me with age. It doesn't bother me. So I've just let it fill in naturally. I've got some streaks in a couple places and then salt & brown in other places. I figure it'll be completely silver by the time I'm in my mid-50s. That doesn't make me feel bad. What feels bad is that I've got so damned little of it.

My hair's still really short in back and long in front (I've been calling it a reverse mullet), and I keep thinking I should either darken the back or do color on the front sweeps (like [link] ). But then if I let my hair curl normally, the colored parts will mix in and diffuse.