“Some people will spend $11,537 on personal trainers, or gourmet meals, or a used Toyota Corolla. I spent it on my hair. And I regret nothing”
Photo: Holger Scheibe/Corbis When I realized my hair was turning orange under the white dye goo, I finally hit send on the text I was hoping to avoid: “EMERGENCY. I’m getting something really stupid done to my hair.”
Confessing all this to Nicole, who knows and loves me, was one thing. Confessing it to the world, now, is another. Can I say in my defense that spending $11,285 on foil highlights conflicts with the way I usually live my life? That I think you can be a serious person and spend loads on your hair? Maybe that $11,285 figure still seems egregious. I’ll admit it struck me the same way; that’s why I resolved to quit that fateful morning. However I looked at it, $11,285 was still more than I’d donated to charity, or spent on gifts for my family. No longer, I swore. Let the roots come in as they may. I’ll do a half-assed ombré for as long as it takes.
What’s more, all this has the effect of breaking your hair, because that bleach is strong and your stylist really needs to take this call from her boyfriend who’s been texting with that bitch from Philly again. You could say I spent $11,285 to make my hair a color I didn’t much like, and to poison it.
I have noticed how my fellow chemical blondes nod at me in recognition. I nod right back. Being a natural blonde merely means being born with yellow hair — but us, we have worked to earn our way into this club. There’s intention behind our hair color. If your taste defines you, as our consumerist society tends to believe, then isn’t choosing to be blonde actually the more authentic experience?
I didn’t squander that $11,285. In accounting terms, it’s what’s called capital expenditure and maintenance — not a one-time transaction, but a periodic expense from which I realize a return on my investment. So rather than feel guilty and swear off expensive highlights , I will behave like a person who knows something about money and calmly assess whether I come out ahead.One: Career advancement. Nope. I don’t have a pretty-person job. I work from home, in sweatpants. Returns: $0.
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