In the beauty industry, I am an anomaly among my rainbow-haired colleagues and friends. Sometimes I feel like they're having more fun than I am. We're in an age when women like Kim Kardashian can go from espresso to Ken Doll-blond and back to brunette within a month's span. Spotting a celebrity or blogger with powder blue or rose gold hair hardly turns a head. Over 190,000 women have used the hashtag #rainbowhair on Instagram, sharing photos of their tropical dye choices. We look like we all live in The Capitol from The Hunger Games.
I envy how these women can dye their hair without remorse or guilt, whereas I agonize over just squeezing on some lemon juice before the beach. Hollywood stylist George Papanikolas even offered to pay me $1,000 to be his hair model. Still, I wasn't ready to hand over my V card. And while I don't get to experiment as much as other women, there are plenty of perks to holding on to my natural hue.
