I feel kind of guilty for posting and running without really acknowledging everyone's lovely advice and comments. Since it was a day off, my husband and I ended up spending the rest of the day once I was done with my appointment wandering around, eating, going to a museum, and eating some more, and I didn't really have time to check in until now.
Ended up getting brown highlights that match my regular color, only one shade lighter, so it just blends in and makes everything look a little richer without adding another color. Not a huge change, but I'm enjoying how I look more vibrant and less worn-out, a little like someone bumped the saturation knob up on an image editing program or something. And here's a pic!
The jury's still out on whether I make this a regular upkeep "thing" (i.e., whether I can get over my utter laziness when it comes to beauty maintenance enough to keep doing it) or go a little bit more experimental on color (like with PURPLE!), but I'm definitely liking it so far.
Ceit, your hair always looks really good, and definitely natural-looking! I like the idea of henna, but suspect it might be above my very low threshold for not messing up DIY beauty things.
Carter, that's interesting about the auburn not feeling right with your skin tone. I feel like we might have similar coloring, so I wonder if that would happen with me too.
Joy and Tulle, aubergine might be fun if I try to go a little bolder next time. And it certainly would be appropriate -- kind of like a hair inside joke. On that note, Diana, I hadn't realized you had purple highlights in your hair (which I've always thought is gorgeous). I would have guessed you maybe had some red in there? But knowing that is purple, and seeing how rich and interesting it looks on dark hair without being obviously a non-traditional color, makes that really something to think about for next time.
Jeweled, I definitely think hair in transition to gray can look great. (And there are certainly ladies on the forum providing lovely evidence of that!) In my case, though, I feel like the deck's stacked a little against me because I'm really short, not thin or toned, and not sleek or polished. So I've been kind of ambivalent about adding "has clearly graying hair" to that list of attributes at this point in my life (I'm 37) if I can avoid it. Instead of reading as an intentional and deliberate style choice, like it might on someone else, I was afraid that having noticeable gray just looked sloppy on me. Also, and probably equally superficially, I've always looked young for my age and, after years and years of being frustrated by that, it seemed a shame to have my hair interfere with that now that I'm an age where that's a more positive thing.
And that's a good point about the awkward grow-out if I decide to change my mind about keeping up with highlights. Definitely worth keeping in mind. Although, since I usually wear my hair either curly or pulled back, the line between highlighted hair and roots would hopefully be a little less obvious than they might be on someone who wears their hair down and straight.
Angie, wow, that's surprising! All this time I just assumed I was warm-toned. I think because of the brown eyes and the fact that my skin's not particularly "pink." That does make sense in terms of why I've always been drawn to jewel tones, though. Will have to think about this some more.
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