?(s) for women with short hair

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Originally Posted by Andrea

Hmmmm....


Just what, exactly, does it take to dye one's hair pink? Mine's reddish (natural color) right now. Would it need some extra bleaching or something before the application of said pink?

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Generally, you would need to lighten/bleach your hair first for the pink to show up.

If you want a dark pink (sort of red/fuschia that fades down through many shades of pink over washings), I've found that L'Oreal Colour Rays in Fuschia Flash actually works pretty well as a one-step color. (You mix the pigment into a developer--both provided in the kit--and it lightens and deposits color at the same time.) It's pretty thick, and is technically meant to be brushed on as highlights, but if you have short hair, it's pretty easy to coat all of your hair with it.

I just did this again a few nights ago. As a frame of reference my hair is naturally dark, dark, dark brown almost black and is currently about 2" long over most of my head and then a bit longer through one section at the top and front. When I was using the bleach then dye method, I bleached with Herbal Essences XL0 and then dyed with a variety of pink dyes (depending on what shade I wanted) from a beauty supply shop (like Sally's).

That sounds very cool! Do you have any photos of any of your various hair colors?

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Originally Posted by michelem

Oh, and at the time I had the short Halle Berry cut that I just loved. But, my husband said I looked like a guy and it wasn't attactive to him (didn't help that I LOVE jeans and t-shirts and sweats and hate to bother with makeup so only wear it once in a blue moon). I rebelled for about two years and refused to grow it out for him, but finally bit the bullet when he stopped complaining (go figure). Growing out curly hair is a PAIN! I still miss that short 'do . . . :(

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You sound a lot like me as far as liking comfy clothes and finding makeup to be a pain in the derriere! Nobody will ever accuse either of us of being high maintenance. I had really short hair in high school and the first part of college and got mistaken for a boy on occasion (despite having the chest to prove I'm not). Decided to grow it out in college and that hasn't happened since. It's also nice not having to go in for a trim every six weeks!

My hair has been short my whole life, with the exception of 1 or 2 years...it was to my shoulders and very straight. I was 13 and my father would ask every week, "do you want to get a haircut?". He was thrilled when I finally said yes. It's been varying lengths, but always short. When I was little I was mistaken for a boy, and only a few times as an adult. I think I have feminine features, although I do not wear makeup, ever. My fav short do, was the fade..a little longer than the men's military do..I did it for a multi day AIDS ride and it was the best thing I ever did.

paul mitchell ink works is the best pink i have ever used. it's a very pretty deep pink, almost fuschia i guess, but it was the prettiest and lasted the longest of all pinks i have tried. and yes, you would need to get it bleached out some first.

My hair is really short as well. But I have my hair dresser layer it quite a bit and I spike it in certain spots. I get lots of compliments on it... only downside. Helmet head when you go biking :/..... nice side of short hair, slick it back! :D

My hair is short, but I do not get mistaken for a guy (I wouldn't care if I did.) I have been told in the past that I do not "carry myself" in a very feminime way. I don't think it was supposed to be a compliment, but I chose to hear it as one;)

However, my 5 YO DD is a huge tom-boy. She has short hair (pixie cut length)and will wear only boy clothing, right down to socks and underwear. I can't remember the last time a stranger realized she was a girl. She is always refered to as "him/ he/that little boy" She loves this! I am thrilled that she knows what she likes and is confident in who she is. But sometimes I want to say to people "stop with the stereotypes" when she is wearing a light blue button up shirt and a pair of khakis.