The Uncontrollable Sadness of Dark Pink Hair
6 min readOct 23, 2018
Mahogany Red
The first colour I ever dye my hair.
I’m in year 8.
I buy the battered box of Fudge Hair Dye on a shopping trip and beg my father to let me use it.
I’m 14.
I’m so incredibly, uncontrollably happy.
Platinum Blonde
I try to look like Shirley Manson.
I left the bleach in too long and it fried my hair.
I don’t care; I look punk.
I’m 14.
Blonde + Dark Brown underneath
The hairdresser doesn’t have blue.
I saw this style on the cover of Cosmopolitan.
I feel fat.
I’m 15.
Dark Red
My best friend and I dye our hair at the same time.
I want to look like Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane Watson.
So does she.
She says I copied her.
I immediately bleach it.
I’m 15.
