I did it! One item from my 30 Before Thirty list down, 29 to go.
I had my hair dyed at a salon, but it was not without difficulty. My appointment consisted of hair dying, drying, washing, bleaching, washing, dying, drying, and finally done.
It’s a fun color though!
marlene
March 4, 2010 at 9:01 amlooks great!!!!!
Sara
March 4, 2010 at 9:02 amSassy & brave! It looks great. I tried highlights when i turned 30, it did not turn out as well. Good luck on your list.
kristen
March 4, 2010 at 9:02 amit looks GREAT. and i love your outfit with it. :)
Kathleen
March 4, 2010 at 9:02 amI LOOOVE it! You look fabulous.
Christi
March 4, 2010 at 9:02 amLOVE the color!! It makes your eyes stand out and you look so pretty. I love it.
Christi
Leslie H.
March 4, 2010 at 9:03 amNicole, the red looks so good on you! Congrats for checking one thing off your list.
molly
March 4, 2010 at 9:04 amThat red is fabulous on you!
Melissa M.
March 4, 2010 at 9:05 amWOW!!! You’re making me want to give it a shot! :)
Kelly
March 4, 2010 at 9:06 amLOVE IT!!!!!!!!
xo
Kelly
darlene
March 4, 2010 at 9:07 amlove it!
Katrin
March 4, 2010 at 9:07 amOoooh, I like it! You look great!
Fiona Richards
March 4, 2010 at 9:09 amYou are a DOLL!
It looks so stylish and hip – yowza!
Krystle
March 4, 2010 at 9:09 amHow fun! I love that you just went for it. Looks gorgeous too!
marissa @ marissamakes
March 4, 2010 at 9:10 amSo fresh and sassy! I love it!
Cecilia
March 4, 2010 at 9:10 amsomething in the bloggin’ water? This blogger (writes in Swedish) also recently changed colors and you look alike
http://www.folkbladet.nu/?p=167525
Great color! Wish I was that brave :)
Jen P.
March 4, 2010 at 9:10 amOh, I think it is adorable! Very fun and sassy!
lori
March 4, 2010 at 9:11 amwow, you are a brave woman! looks great! happy (almost) 30!! ;)
MissCrafty
March 4, 2010 at 9:11 amWow! STunning! What does Eleanor make of it??
Rachel
March 4, 2010 at 9:12 amhow fun! I love your necklace!
tiina
March 4, 2010 at 9:12 amThat is really bold and great look for you. Pretty!
Karen from Chookooloonks
March 4, 2010 at 9:12 amNICE! Apparently pink loves red, too! :)
karey m.
March 4, 2010 at 9:15 amgorgeous!
and what’s up with you and stunning necklaces. man….
lauren
March 4, 2010 at 9:15 amadorable!!
coral
March 4, 2010 at 9:17 amHoly smokes! You look great!
jaime Design Milk
March 4, 2010 at 9:20 amLOVE IT Nicole, seriously, super bold — nice!
Hil
March 4, 2010 at 9:20 amlove it! way too fun.
Kate
March 4, 2010 at 9:21 amI love your hair – I am so jealous! I keep dying my hair red but it’s darker than this and not got the same PAZOW! factor!
Judi
March 4, 2010 at 9:21 amLooks great. What a fun color!
erin
March 4, 2010 at 9:22 amoh my god i love it! i have been wanting to do a crazy red color too! this is adorable!
Kim
March 4, 2010 at 9:22 amYou look fantastic!
Christina
March 4, 2010 at 9:23 amYou are my idol…seriously I have always wanted to do that but am too chicken. I love it and I love red hair.
NATALIA
March 4, 2010 at 9:25 amGuau!! good colour!! :D
Amanda
March 4, 2010 at 9:25 amlooks great! you’ve got a great set of eyebrows.
Kristina
March 4, 2010 at 9:25 amThis is the one reason I wish I were white – I have always wanted to have Cate Blanchett’s hair in Bandits, and now you have it. Jealous. So so jealous. I love your shirt (dress?) too!
Leah
March 4, 2010 at 9:28 amI love it! Red is so much fun!
Lauren H
March 4, 2010 at 9:28 amLove it! It gives you a totally fresh look :)
lauren
March 4, 2010 at 9:29 amlove it!! Use cold water and dark towels when you wash it… learned that from experience.
MaMaNaiNai
March 4, 2010 at 9:31 amVery young, chic and hip! Yummy Mummy :-)
agnes
March 4, 2010 at 9:31 amLOOKS GREAT!!! LOVE IT! so fun and fresh for spring! xoxoxo
http://www.lovelulumae.blogspot.com
gina
March 4, 2010 at 9:34 ami love the color and especially the cut. I’m saving this pic for when i decide to go short again!
Ashley
March 4, 2010 at 9:35 amSOOO CUTE! And you look so sultry too! Similar to Joan on Mad Men, not sure you are familiar. LOVE IT! And LOVE MIL!
radish
March 4, 2010 at 9:36 amwow, it looks AMAZING!!! So awesome you did that!!
Hänni
March 4, 2010 at 9:37 amIt totally suits you!
Kate
March 4, 2010 at 9:40 amSo cute! I love dramatic changes like this with the seasons I had my hair dyed several shades darker before winter last year and my daughter (who has 2 at the time) didn’t know what to make of it. She said “Mom, you can’t be a fashion lady!”
jo
March 4, 2010 at 9:40 amit looks great!
Scraps
March 4, 2010 at 9:41 amRocking the red! Awesome!
I went in last Fall and explained (with pictures even) that I wanted bright red highlights–like red red red–not subtle but not club kid either. Took 3 hours and lasted 2 washes. The second go ’round lasted 2 weeks before starting to fade. Sigh… apparently red is hard to make stick, especially for us dark-haired chicks who have to bleach first.
May you have far better luck than I and share which system was able to do it (Redken was my failed attempt, may try Aveda next when I get brave enough to try again).
Kim @ Yellow Brick Home
March 4, 2010 at 9:43 amStunning! Did they also dye your eyebrows? Everything looks pretty natural!
Valerie
March 4, 2010 at 9:45 amWOW, you look gorgeous! Congrats on crossing an item off your list and for pulling that brilliant color off so swimmingly :)
In Honor Of Design
March 4, 2010 at 9:46 amI have always wanted to dye my hair red. Now I am encouraged:)
LOVE the new look!
Eugénie
March 4, 2010 at 9:47 amYou’re beautiful !
Melissa
March 4, 2010 at 9:50 amSo stunning and adventurous. Love it! Good for you for taking the plunge. I bet your husband feels like he has a new wife.
Felicity
March 4, 2010 at 9:51 amThat is a seriously sassy red and it looks FABULOUS on you!
Kara
March 4, 2010 at 9:52 amJust LOVE it!! Fits your personality so well.
Laur
March 4, 2010 at 9:55 amit looks lovely – I want to dye my hair so badly, but the bleaching part scares me a bit
Vonnie
March 4, 2010 at 9:59 amIt’s really you! Vibrant color suits you.
Liana
March 4, 2010 at 10:00 amyou look amazing {as always}! Love it! All this hair color talk is making me want to go red again. :o)
Catherine
March 4, 2010 at 10:09 amOh, WOW. Amazing! And replanning your wardrobe around red hair will be so much fun.
emily
March 4, 2010 at 10:09 amYou look fab! How fun! What does Brandon think of it?
Jessica
March 4, 2010 at 10:13 amlove, love, love it!!! seriously I love this red with all your pink – you are giving me major hair envy!!!
Alyssa
March 4, 2010 at 10:14 amI love it – so fun! In my experience – the best thing about a new hair color is figuring out all the new make-up that goes with it too. Isn’t fun to be a girl?
AmyV
March 4, 2010 at 10:16 amFrom one redhead to another… it looks great! :)
Jessica
March 4, 2010 at 10:23 amYeah! Two thumbs up!!
Lindsay
March 4, 2010 at 10:23 amSuch a wow color! How did Eleanor react?
Chelsea
March 4, 2010 at 10:27 amIt reminds me of Christina Hendricks’ hair on Mad Men!
Laurie
March 4, 2010 at 10:28 amLove it, especially with the pink; you look hot!
caitlin
March 4, 2010 at 10:29 amthat’s some Joan Holloway hair!
Catherine
March 4, 2010 at 10:33 amYes! I love it, suits you so well. Someday, Eleanor will see that picture and say, I want to look JUST like her. :)
Lori
March 4, 2010 at 10:33 amWow! It looks great on you!! I love it with your outfit too. Very chic. :-)
Mia Charro
March 4, 2010 at 10:35 amYo look greeeeaaatttt! Very funny and beautiful color. It matches very well with your face and skin
Sandra
March 4, 2010 at 10:42 amBeautimous!
With that new shade of red and that face you’re making, you’re reminding me of Felicia Day!
Abbie
March 4, 2010 at 10:46 amIt looks amazing… and totally suits you.
gesikah
March 4, 2010 at 10:48 amOhh jealous! I would love to try out being a redhead, but being olive complected I just don’t know how well it would go.
christy
March 4, 2010 at 10:50 amLOVE IT! You look so cute with red hair, what a great shade too! What does Elanor think? :)
morgan
March 4, 2010 at 10:53 amWOW! You really went for it. It looks really great on you – brightens up your skin. And I can only imagine how long it took… One down, 29 to go!
Jan
March 4, 2010 at 10:58 amIt looks great on you.
Nuit
March 4, 2010 at 11:01 amOh my God!!! Nicole you are soooooo brave!!!! and you look GREAT!!!!
xo
Fee-AMore
March 4, 2010 at 11:10 amOh wow, what a fun color! It looked fab on you!
Sana
March 4, 2010 at 11:11 amWhat a cheerful color !!
Love the 30 on 30 idea – i wld love to do something similar – might push me to do things I have been procrastinating forever !!
young c-m
March 4, 2010 at 11:13 amLooks great!
Katrin
March 4, 2010 at 11:14 amYay, that colour rocks! Your looking fabulous, Nicole!
Beatrice
March 4, 2010 at 11:17 amIt looks so good on you!! ^.^
Melissa
March 4, 2010 at 11:17 amLove it!
Shari
March 4, 2010 at 11:30 amthe look suits you! and i adore this photo.
Cindy J
March 4, 2010 at 11:30 amSo jealous. I have always wanted red hair. Too Chicken though. Yours looks awesome!
Erika
March 4, 2010 at 11:38 amGood for you! Looks cute!
Pam
March 4, 2010 at 11:42 amLooks great! Watch out though. I first did this 20 years ago and so many liked it, I’m still doing it!
Michaela @ The Gardener's Eden
March 4, 2010 at 11:49 amFirecracker. Hot. Hot. Hot.
Mine is naturally auburn. This is waaaay sexier.
xo
micah
March 4, 2010 at 12:01 pmWow, I love it! That color looks great on you!
Audrie
March 4, 2010 at 12:02 pmI love it!!! As someone who’s naturally very dark and went red once, I can understand all that time spent in the salon hehe Worth it though… looks amazing :)
Mrs. Priss
March 4, 2010 at 12:12 pmlove love LOVE it!
Nicolette
March 4, 2010 at 12:16 pmSo sassy! It really brings a lot of color to your face.
Nicole, I cannot believe you aren’t 30 yet. You have accomplished so much already and have obviously just begun! You should be proud of yourself.
Tami B.
March 4, 2010 at 12:17 pmLove it! You wear it well :)
cindi
March 4, 2010 at 12:17 pmAdorable! Wasn’t the pampering fun though?
shauna
March 4, 2010 at 12:19 pmI don’t think you could be more adorable!! You look great :)
Holly
March 4, 2010 at 12:23 pmLOVE IT!!!! Omg, you look adorable and I love your haircut as well! :) xoxox! -Holly
Bethany
March 4, 2010 at 12:26 pmIt looks AWESOME!!!
Alana
March 4, 2010 at 12:27 pmI’m probably alone in not liking it in all honesty. I really prefer your old colour.
Heather
March 4, 2010 at 12:33 pmLove it!!! Really cool with all your pink too! Def. worth the time at the salon!
Marie Carter
March 4, 2010 at 12:43 pmIt looks fantastic and totally fits your style! Enjoy!
Allison
March 4, 2010 at 12:45 pmWow, it’s awesome! Makes me think of Liloo in The Fifth Element.