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From Red To Silver Buzzcut

katie goes platinum

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I found my first grey hair at age 29. I felt sad, as I’d only just embraced my naturally red/ auburn hair!

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I got blonde highlights at age 21 and continued to dye until the pandemic hit (at the age of 45!)

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As I got older, it became trickier for the colour to “take” properly to create my desired result (even at the best salons), and my hair was also becoming increasingly dry/ damaged by all the chemicals.

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It’s so funny to look back, but when UK lockdown hit in March 2020, I remember seeing a meme that said: “In about 3 weeks, we are going to know everyone’s true hair colour.”

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In the first few weeks of lockdown I obviously had no gigs, and I was so busy trying to homeschool our two kids, that I just didn’t get around to coloring it.  After a few weeks, I was able to see my true hair color coming through (something I hadn’t seen in years!), and I noticed how pretty it seemed to look.

I decided early on in my transition that I wouldn’t be taking the “salon route” to grey, as I had read so many horror stories of people’s hair getting ruined, as a result.

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WHAT SHADE OF EYEBROW LOOKS BEST ON YOU?

My “hair struggle” complaints got so frequent that eventually, my partner said to me: “I think it’s not a matter of whether you’ll buzz your hair off, but a matter of when.”

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In that moment I decided that I was no longer going to stop myself from doing something that I ultimately wanted to do *because of fear*.

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