#maybe ill do blue and blond after i run out of pink dye

[starbberryblue]

cringelord what do you think about the new beyblade protagonist and his blue hair + pronouns

he looks like a white boy who would bump into me in the hallway and say "gomenasai! heh, sorry.... hard to switch back. sorry for bumping you.... i-i don't know my own strength sometimes. headed to the art building? thats so sugoi! so you like anime? ...what's my favorite anime? heh... you've probably never heard of it. its about a guy named jo-"

[bittybattybunny]

What about a curse that keeps Eclipse locked into her wolf form for about a week?

This actually happened to her in her youth! So let’s go to the past and get a look at Craft and Eclipse’s relationship and meet her older sister Bertie as well!

(y’all finally get to see my human form for Conductor’s Daughter/Mother of the Pecklings!)

(also yes those bite marks on Bertie came from a baby Eclipse. Bertie has known Eclipse her whole life since Fenrir and DJ Knew Connie since Eclipse was like 2 years old. Bertie met her soon after DJ and Connie started dating and she held the werewolf pup wrong and got bit a few times. she doesn’t hold it against her tho cuz she was just a baby)

“Well. When you said something happened to keep you from getting your homework, this isn’t what I expected.” Craft stared at the wolf as she covered her face with her paws.

“I-I grabbed something I shouldn’t have,” she whined as they set the notes down. She huffed and rolled onto her back, “Pappy says I should be able to shift back to human in a week.” she sighed, “this is pecking shitty.”

“I don’t know, you could bite a guy’s head off!” Craft laughed and moved to rub her belly. Her tail thumped, “I’ll photocopy the notes. Did DJ tell the school?”

“As far as they know my illness has flared back up.” she huffed, sniffing, “you smell weird.”

“I’m trying cologne.” they frowned, “I’m not sure if I’m feeling it or not. I just know I don’t feel… right. But…” they sighed, “oh but my binder is almost here! I’m excited to try that!”

“That’s great!” Eclipse rolled over and stuck her tongue out as she panted some, “I hope that helps you!!! I can only imagine how it feels not feeling… right. In your own body.” she looked at her paws, “I know it’s not the same but… beast… human… I don’t know where I fall.” she sighed and placed her head down. She laughed as Craft began to pet her head.

“Eclipse is Eclipse.” they smiled and hugged the giant wolf’s head, “you’re my best friend.”

“Craft is Craft; You’re my best friend.” She lifted her head to rub against the black-haired teen.

“Oh, I’m thinking to dye my hair, do you think your sister can help?” Craft asked as they sat beside her, “I want to go lighter but I’m afraid because of how dark my hair is.”

“Bert may be able to. Let’s ask.” Eclipse stood up and shook her fur, sending some flying, “ugh I’m shedding.”

“Do you have a big brush?” Craft snickered.

“I do at the doctor’s. He brushes me out some nights because I guess werewolf fur is used in some medications. Weirdly.” she shuddered as she stood on her legs to reach the second story window, “Beeerrrtttiiieeeeeeeee!” She tapped her claws on the siding, “Berrrtttiiiieeeeeee question.” she barked.

“What?” The young woman threw the window open, her spikey blonde hair pulled back in a rather fluffy ponytail, “Wha’s the issue ‘clipse?” she asked as she let her younger sister give her a wolf kiss. She laughed, “Quit that.” she reached to stroke the wolf’s muzzle, “I ain’t gonna giv ya an extra steak cuz ya cute. Pa would have me head.”

“Noooo not that.” Eclipse laughed as her tail swished, “Can you help Craft with her… his? Craft what pronoun are you using today?” she peeked down.

“I’m trying “his” today. It’s better than she.” He laughed, “I have no idea if it’s right for me but, what was it DJ said, ain’t gonna know if I don’t try?” he shrugged, “I wanna dye my hair like. Pink. Can you help?”

“Hrm. I think I ‘ave some bleach I can use.” Bertie chuckled as Eclipse barked happily. “Lemme check, you can head inside if ya want. Or we can use the shop since miss meat fer brains canne fit in the house right now.” Bertie sneered.

Eclipse flattened her ears with a huff, “it’s not like I asked to be a giant wolf.” she huffed and pushed back from the house to stand on the ground. She hung her head sadly.

“Let’s use the school so Eclipse can be included!” Craft grinned widely as he put his hands behind his head, “I bet this is a change of pace!”

“Ye! Normally Aye’m dying her hair dark! Now that’s a thought…” Bertie put a hand to her chin, “Wounder if we could dye yer fur.”

Eclipse blinked, “we can try?” she offered, “we have a week of me like this.” she snickered, “I can be a Lisa Frank wolf!”

“Now that’d be a sight!” Craft cackled as he headed around, trailing alongside the wolf.

“I think I have enough dye. Nen wanted green hair so they brought a bunch ova last week.” Bertie chuckled as she headed inside to gather supplies. Eclipse laid outside the diving school and rolled onto her back with a big stretch. Craft grinned and flopped onto her belly making her gasp and laugh as he began to pet her. She thumped her tail as her sister returned with a small folding table.

Bertie scoffed, “now that’s unfair! He gets belly access?”

“Craft is my bestie, of course he can!” Eclipse laughed as her sister began to scritch her chin.

“I’m your sister I should get access too you big lug.” She cackled loudly as Eclipse huffed.

“If you ask nicely maaaybbbeeee.” the wolf grinned.

“Can I pet the softest fur on tha planet?” Bertie asked with a big grin.

“Yes!” Eclipse giggled as her sister pet her. 

“Some days I’m so jealous of ya.” Bertie sighed, “But not this week.”

“I’m not exactly proud of myself.” Eclipse huffed.

“What did you grab anyway?” Craft shifted to sit on the wolf’s stomach as her front paws pulled him down. She was quiet. Craft snickered, “Moony what did you grabbbb.” he teased and leaned on his arms.

“It was a little wolf statue.” She admitted with a whine, “Mister Marcus says that it would have turned a normal human into a werewolf. But since I’m already a werewolf….”

“You got stuck. That’s hilariously you.”

She whined as her sister laughed and shifted to finish setting up.

“Are you parents going to be okay with me dying your hair, Craft?” Bertie asked with a scowl, “I know they can be…”

“I’m staying with my aunt now.” Craft scratched his cheek, “my parents aren’t super happy with me right now, so she offered to let me stay there until I’m a little older.” he gave a heavy sigh.

He laughed when Eclipse licked his face.

“If ya need, Pa and DJ are sure ta let ya chill here as much as ya need.” Bertie hummed as she prepared the bleach, “You can keep meat fer brains on a leash.”

“Nooooo.” Eclipse whined. She shifted as Craft climbed down and used his shirt to wipe the wolf drool off his face.

“Go wash yer hair in the sink, I put some of pa’s shampoo there.” Bertie instructed, “Also if ya need help with any stuff, ya know you can talk to me an Nena. They can introduce ya to a good doctor, friendly towards trans folk.”

“Thanks Bert.” Craft rubbed his cheek, “Maybe. Right now I’m gonna just. Try and figure myself out.” he huffed, “I don’t know if I’m even right. I just. Ugh.” he sighed and ruffled his hair, “it’s hard.”

She pat his head with a sigh, “Yea, but ya got ya network here. And if anything I’m sure meat fer brains can help you. Ya can’t be any weirder than her ya know?”

“I take offense to that but you’re right.” Eclipse barked.

Craft snickered as he went to wash his hair, “thanks guys. Really.”

“Crrafftttt!” Eclipse called as he stepped in the door. He turned confused.

“Love you!” she stuck her tongue out with a big grin.

“Love you too meat for brains!” he laughed as she gasped.

“Don’t you call me that too!” she whined and covered her face ashamed. He laughed loudly.

Bertie snickered, “Well. Maybe you’ll learn your lesson about running head first into things.” 

“Maaaybbeee. I dunno.” Eclipse barked and rolled to her back. She frowned, “Bertie will you do my hair for the festival?”

“Of course! You going to keep it long? Who’s your partner this year? Keith right?” Her sister chuckled and pulled gloves on.

“Yes! I’m so excited!” Eclipse wagged her tail happily, “I-I may even tell him the truth. About me.” she spoke softly, “He’s so nice and says such sweet things. He called me his dancing fairy the other day.”

“Well. I’m glad it’s workin out for you. Look at my little sister, falling in love. How long have you been together now?”

“About 6 months!” Eclipse rolled to her stomach as her tail wagged, “He smells so good and he’s a great dancer. He’s like a prince charming.” her tail swished, “Bertie… am I---”

“You can be the princess. 100%. Clearly! You two are so happy!” Bertie grinned.

Eclipse beamed happily as her tail thudded the building, “And Craft made me a really pretty dress too!! It’s sparkly and blue and it moves well!”

“That’s the kinda chiffon I used.” Craft spoke proudly as he held the towel around his shoulders, “I think I did a great job myself! It’d be better if you wore your hair silver with it but!”

“I love it!! I can’t wait to show it off!” She beamed happily, “then everyone can see how skilled you are!”

“I’m still an apprentice. But Ms. Green says I’m getting better. She loved my hand sewing on this order last week!” He sat on the ground as Bertie started his hair.

“I’m glad that’s working out. The Greens are a lovely couple.” Bertie hummed. She began to apply the bleach, “tell me if it burrrrrrns or somethin.”

“Will do!” Craft snickered and beamed, “It is working great! I’m learning a lot about the industry and it’s really fun! Plus I get to get some cash to save for my own place!”

“I’m so glad it’s working out!” Eclipse stuck her tongue out, “A dress maker and a treasure hunter.” she grinned.

“What a duo we are~!” He laughed, “Though did you consider it? That thing Mr. Kwalski suggested?”

“The dog training?” Eclipse huffed, shrugging. “I mean I did. But I don’t exactly get along with dogs.”

“That’s the point though!” Craft pointed out, “you can always try, see where it goes.”

“I suppose. But I LIKE treasure hunting.” she huffed.

“It ain’t a good career. Ya need a side gig.” Bertie pointed out, “Ya pa helped with the diving school.”

Eclipse laid her head down with a sigh. She looked at the ocean.

“I know.” she sighed, “L-Look I’m only 16 I’m allowed to have some time to think right?!” she pouted and howled, “For now! I like going hunting with Pappy! It’s fun! It’s exciting! I get to see such cool things!!!”

“I wish i was sturdier; I’d love going on one of your hunts.” Craft winced, “Bertie you’re pulling!”

“Oops. Sorry bout that.” she apologized and loosened her grip, “and ya don’t. They just make stupid jokes and over worry. She spends half her hunts naked.”

“I’m shifting from human to wolf and back again! Who needs clothing I’m going to damage!” she huffed, “if anyone sees me they think I’m a ghost anyway with how the wisps cling!”

“Ya. but still. Modesty. Ya jus a kid.”

“You’re only like. 8 years older.” Eclipse huffed.

“I’m 24, Eclipse. I’m an adult. With a fiance. And a career.” Bertie stated with a flat stare, “Ya a kid.”

Eclipse huffed and crossed her paws as she pouted. She jolted when Craft grabbed her side and her tail began to wag.

“I’ll work on it! Something to change with you!” He grinned, “Someday! I’ll figure something out for you!”

“I’ll hold you to it!” She cackled.

[writersblock2point0]

Twilight, Alec LS. Seeing Nightmares. (Chapters 20-21)

Emberly and Alec meet their children together, and we also get to see the little ones!

Chapter 20

The house was quiet when we came back, other than the quick fluttering hearts I heard. Alec held my hand as we walked to the door, and I spotted Esme and Carlisle first as we rounded the hall and came to the living room. Alice was suddenly in my face, stopping me from going to the room.

“You will not meet your babies looking like that missy!” She grabbed my arm and dragged me upstairs.

“What are you doing?” I asked as she pulled me into what I could smell was her room. She pulled out a pair of skinny jeans, a simple white top with pink flowers, and tan flats.

“Change,” She smiled, and pushed me into the bathroom connecting to her room. I changed my clothes and looked in the mirror, seeing someone who did not look like me.

My skin was pale, much like Alice’s. My freckles were still there, but they seemed faint, as if they were not fully erased from a drawing. My hair was back to its natural dark brown color, the dye completely gone from my hair. My eyes were a blood red, and looked intense and I felt like I wasn’t looking at me. I was me, but different.

I walked out and down the stairs at light speed, still trying to figure this stuff out.

I rounded the corner and saw the Cullens with three small babies. There was two boys, who looked the same. Their eyes were a dark brown, their hair a chocolate, just like Alec’s. Did he have brown eyes as a human? I looked to see Edward holding a small girl, with blonde hair and stormy blue eyes. They were all watching me.

I smiled, and looked around.

“Where do I sit?”

Esme stood up from her small sofa, “You can sit here, Dear.” Alec sat to my right as Rosalie and Emmett brought the boys over.

“This is Elias and Evander.” Alec told me, and I felt like I could cry, I was so happy. I laughed as both boys were touching my face with tiny hands, smiling up at me with small white teeth in their gums.

“Why do they look so old?” I asked, looking around to see Edward coming over, and Renesmee stood by the side of the couch, leaning over to look at my daughter.

“Half breed children grow faster. They should be full grown in seven years.” Carlisle informed me, and I looked at my three children. Only seven years of being a parent to them, before they were old enough to fly from my nest.

“This is Isadora.” I smiled at Alec, seeing he kept the names I picked out. I had asked him if he wanted to pick the boy names, but he told me whatever I chose was perfect. I smiled as Alec and I held and played with our children, and it wasn’t until they fell asleep in our arms that I saw we were alone.

-

“Alec?” I asked once we were just outside of Volterra, the sky clouded over as it was about to rain. No one came to greet us at the plain, but we didn’t have a problem as Alice was nice enough to give us some baby supplies and a stroller. Not that they would be using it after this.

“Yes my love?” He turned to me, holding our bags as we weaved through the streets.

“Does Jane like dolls?”

He nodded, “Yes, very much so. She’s frozen at seventeen, but she never had those luxuries or normal things a young girl had, so she likes to collect things. Dolls, jewelry, and she’s got a very impressive green house.” He smiles, before looking confused. “Why?”

I pushed the stroller, holding both boys as we walked, while Isadora was in a black and red baby holder that Alice said ‘You just have to have it!’ and I smiled as she laid her head against my chest and slept peacefully.

“I saw a small antique store that seemed to have some dolls.” I hummed, and smiled as I spotted the castle. “Just thought of her, maybe we could stop and get some next time we’re out.” I shrugged and sighed when we finally reached the castle. I wasn’t tired, no, I didn’t get tired. But I was glad to finally be back home. Home, I smiled, shaking my head I followed Alec in.

It was quiet, and I looked around at the castle I’ve never actually had the chance to really see. Other than the time me and my friends took the tour. Hm, interesting.

“Does Aro want to see us?”

“I would imagine, but he will understand that we need to settle in.” He steps from the elevator and I follow him, stopping when we reached his room. It was the same, though I spotted two cradles near the foot of the bed. They were large and white, having silky white sheets and small little stuffed animals in them. I smiled as I gently ran my fingers over the pained wood.

“Here you are baby.” I cooe as Isadora sters with a soft wine before settling into her crib nicely. Alec places the boys into theirs, and I smile as they cuddle into each other. Those boys will be trouble makers, no doubt.

A knock came from the door and I turned to see Jane walk in.

“You lived,” She nods to me, a ghost of a smile upon her lips. “These are the children?” She walks over and peers into the cribs.

“These are Elias and Evander.” I speak softly as to not disturb them. Jane looks to our baby girl, “And this is Isadora Jane.” Her eyes widen, and she looks at me with something I cannot place, but I’m shocked when a bright smile adorns her beautiful face and I see Alec sharing a similar smile.

“After me?” She almost sounds like a small girl, asking if whatever was handed to her was actually for her. I nod and she looks back down at Isadora. Her slim finger lightly traces the soft rosy cheeks, and she has a far away look in her eyes.

I feel Alec place his hand on my back, pulling me into him with a soft smile. I could get use to this.

Chapter 21

-Third person-

“Please let me dress you!” Emberly’s voice was pleading, and a small ‘Nuh-uh!’ came in a short reply as the small boy before her shook his head and stood in front of her, stark naked. His brown eyes were dark with mischief as he giggled behind his hands, fluffy brown hair shaking with every move he made.

“Elias!” She warned, giving him that look every child recognizes. He giggled and dashed away, only to be scooped up by Alec. He shrieked and laughed as Alec pretended to eat his little arms. The children looked about three now, and where walking-running-and talking the poor palace to death.

“You can’t be seen like that,” Alec stated and smiled as his son’s laugh rang in his ears. “Come on, let’s get you dressed while Mommy wakes up your sister.” Emberly handed Alec the boy’s clothes and turned to see Isadora standing up in her crib, looking at her mom with big round eyes and wild blond hair that curled in natural ringlets.

“Good morning princess!” Emberly beams and picks up her little girl, taking her to the large bed and setting her down. “You gunna let mommy dress you up nice and pretty?” She asks and her daughter nods, golden hair bouncing as she smiles.

Emberly dressed Isadora in a dark blue dress, white tights, and black flats. Emberly brushed through her hair but stopped when Isadora stopped her.

“I want to look like Aunt Jane!”

Emberly smiled, looking at her daughter through the mirror. “A bun?” A nod in reply, “Do you want it braided and twisted into a bun?”

“Yes please!”

This was the usual mornings. Elias and Evander were a nightmare to get dressed, only complying to their father, and Isadora usually wanted to dress like Jane. Isadora loved Jane, and it wasn’t very hard to see that the vampire loved her little -‘princess’- niece to death. The young girl was always following Jane around, and Emberly even caught her and her brothers pretending to be the leaders-with Isadora being Jane and Elias was usually Aro, who told ‘Jane’ to use her ‘power’ on Evander-who played a vampire who broke the rules. It was adorable. Elias and Evander hung around Felix and Demetri, a lot actually, and Emberly couldn’t find it in her heart to tell the two boys that teaching her babies to prank wasn’t a good idea. They got too creative.

Emberly was starting to get worried, as neither of the children displayed abilities, and neither did she. It was what Aro had wanted, but now it seems that he is getting impatient, ‘all this hard work for nothing’ was basically what he meant.

“Mommy?” Emberly blinked, feeling Isadora pulling on her shirt. Emberly finally got clothes of her own, but usually wore Alec’s shirts.

“Yes my sweetness?”

“Can I go see Aunty Jane?”

“I suppose.” Emberly smiled as her daughter dashed from the room, leaving the door wide open as she searched for her Aunt. No doubt the said vampire was waiting for her, knowing how she liked to follow her around and pretend to be Jane.

“I must go make my rounds, will you be alright?” Alec placed a kiss onto her lips.

“Yuck!” Evander grimaced, looking ill as he just witnessed his parents kiss.

“Mommy! I want kisses too!” Elias bounced, making Emberly laugh. She peppered him with kisses, careful not to hurt him with her newborn strength. It was like kissing a butterfly's wings.

“Yes, I’ll be fine.”

-Isadora’s pov-

I ran to Aunt Jane’s room, seeing that she was just stepping out of her door. She wore a black dress that reached her knees, along with black tights and black heels. She had her hair up in a bun as well, making me smile.

“Good morning Aunt Jane!”

Aunt Jane’s face lightened, and she shared a smile with me. “Hello Isa.”

“What are we doing today?” I asked, walking beside her as she started to walk down the hall.

“I planned to go to the village today.”

“Oh! Can I come?” She glanced at me, before smiling.

“Of course, why would I leave you behind?”

I giggled, shrugging my shoulders. “Are we leaving now?”

“Yes.”

The village was cloudy, the sun hiding behind the clouds and I held Jane’s hand as we walked through the streets. She always said to hold my hand when we were outside, and told me so it was so I could stick with her. She opened a door, a bell ringing at the top and pulled me inside with her. It smelled like dust, and wood.

“Go ahead and look around,” She pushed me forward by my shoulder, giving me a smile. “Pick out whatever you want.”

“Really?” I beamed, and she nodded. I ran off, looking around at all the different stuff the store had to offer. It wasn’t very big, but had a lot of stuff, making it look crowded and messy. I looked at a few weird hats, pulling some on and laughing as the feathers dangled in front of my face. I didn’t like any of them, so I put it back, exactly how it was before.

I moved on, stopping when I saw a few bears with different colored scarves around their necks. When I touched them, they were stiff and smelled bad, and the scarves were rough and itchy. One button on a bear's face was missing, making me feel a little sad as it looked neglected.

I gasped as I saw a large stuffed rabbit, grabbing it and holding it close to my chest. It was a tan velvet and soft, with a pink wool coat and shiny black eyes and giant floppy ears that felt a little stiff. He even had small pockets in his coach. I smiled down at his shiny eyes, Winston. I’ll call him Winston.

“Found something?” I turned to see Aunt Jane, who held a few dolls in her arm.

“His name will be Winston!” I declared, holding him up like in the movie Lion King, one of my favorites.

Aunt Jane smiles, “Come on, we can look around some more.”

“Okay!” I skipped around, Aunt Jane following me as I looked around the aisles.

Spotting something, I gasped out loud and called for Aunt Jane. She was beside me in seconds, looking over my shoulder. She grinned down at me.

“Perfect!”

-

-Elias’s Pov-

“Uncle Petrie!” Evander called, running away from me as I tried to tag him. He was fast, a lot faster than I, and I growled in frustration. Why wouldn’t he just stop? Evander ran around Uncle Petrie’s legs, and I ignored the laugh and thrusted my hand between his legs and tapped Evander.

“You’re it!” I snickered and ducked as Evander nearly got me.

“You two settle down.” Uncle Felix says with a deep but friendly voice and I stopped, letting Evander bump into me. “You two nearly broke some vases last time things got too rough.”

“But we didn’t.” I point out with a smirk, and received laughs in reply.

“Be careful.” Uncle Petrie says before they were gone, leaving us by the secretary. She was annoying, always saying we needed to play somewhere else because we distracted her. She wasn’t nice, and I didn’t like her at all.

Evander grabbed my hand, “Let’s go.” He pulled me away, as I glared at the lady before turning and running with him around the castle.

We continued to play, mostly Evander running from me as he was faster than me. I snarled in anger as he evaded me once again, but froze when I saw the double doors that Daddy and Aunt Jane go to work in. They work, or are apart of a large family, but they spend a lot of time in there. We’ve been in once or twice, only to meet three older men who seemed very happy to meet us, until suddenly they didn’t seem to pay attention to us.

Daddy said to not worry about it, but I hear them talking sometimes.

Mommy’s worried that because we don’t have abilities, that we will be...what was the word?

“You two,” We both jumped and turned to see Heidi, a very pretty woman that also works and lives here with Mommy and Daddy. “The Master’s wish to see you.” She places her hands on our shoulders, guiding us forward and I look at Evander, who’s giving me a worried look.

“We don’t want to.” I say, looking up at her.

She smiles warmly, “You aren’t in trouble dears.”

Evander and I are walked into the room and I see Daddy is beside Uncle Caius, who never looks happy. I notice Uncle Petrie and Felix as well, where was Aunt Jane?

Heidi leaves us standing in the middle of the room, and Evander is clutching my hand tightly. He’s nervous, mostly because he’s scared of how mean Caius is.

“Hello my dear boys!” Grandpa Aro grins, standing and coming to us. He had dark red eyes, like Daddy but they looked cold and mean, not like Mommy or Daddy’s. “So nice to see you two are up and about, enjoying yourselves.”

“We were playing tag.” I state, tilting my head and frowning when he burst into laughter. Why was that funny? “I’m not any good at it, Evander’s a lot faster than me.”

Grandpa smiles, “So I’ve heard.” Then, a hand was held out to me. “May I?”

I know what he wants, he wants to look into my head and see my thoughts.

“No.” I shake my head. Daddy is suddenly beside me, a hand on my shoulder.

“It’s alright Elias, let him look.”

I huffed but handed my hand over. He grabbed it greedily, like how Evander does with candies. He’s quiet before he pulls away, a disappointed look on his face. Daddy is rubbing my back and I give him a confused look, what is wrong? Am I dying?

“What’s wrong?” I ask Daddy and he shakes his head.

“Nothing, now go play.”

I give last looks at the three men before turning and pulling Evander with me.

“Give them more time, Master.”

“A few more weeks Alec, that is all.”

[avoresmith]

Hair Thoughts

AV I want to do A Cool Thing With My Hair Bu-

DO IT. DO THE COOL HAIR THING*

(*From this point on we will assume I’m talking about people in situations where Doing The Cool Thing Hair will not result in you losing your job, place to live, or for some reason otherwise be dangerous to you, and isn’t about a white person looking to culturally appropriate some other culture’s rad hair styles.)

I have the fortune to live in Seattle where I can do what the fuck ever I want and people will be positive and receptive, and most places of businesses honestly don’t give a shit (I see LOTS of customer service people with Real Sweet Hair.), but I still really often get ‘I want to do X but I’m afraid to for Y reasons’. So let this be a general purpose post of reasons you should do the thing and tips on how to do some of those things.

Your hair grows back

Beauty standards that tell you that you can only look attractive with a certain style of haircut are bullshit

Frankly all notions of ‘bad hair cuts’ are just perspective, but fearing them limits you from having hair you TRULY LOVE

There is an ENTIRE INTERNET full of DIY guides and youtube channels for all manner of self hair care so you can do things relatively cheap.

Yes you’ll fuck up sometimes but good news: hair grows back, and you get better with practice

Bodies are hard, they suck, you can’t always control much about them. You can’t be short if you are tall, other anatomical changes may be possible with a lot of dollars but having a lot of dollars is hard, maintaining weight and muscle mass is a daily struggle and long term commitment. Meanwhile, hair? You can do that shit in a few hours, if you don’t like it you can change it, if you really don’t like it it will fix itself given some time. You can change your mind about how you want it to look every few months, or every day if you get really good at Doing Dos. 

Basically it’s like make up, but with a little more commitment, a little more sticking power, and I (personally) think a lot more ability to empower you to Feel Good About You.

YOUR HAIR GROWS BACK

NOW, I, PERSONALLY. Am white with an undercut and I dye my hair various multihued bright colors on a regular basis: pics here

So I can offer various tips on those things under the cut:

ON BLEACHING

Color won’t take to natural hair very well, though obviously lighter colors will do better. But part of the process of bleaching hair opens up the hair to let color IN, so if you skip this step it fades faster.

Bleaching yourself is honestly real easy. Find some DIY guides, do the thing. 

Bleaching is bleach mixed with volumizer, you can buy ‘bleaching kits’ for specific hair types that give you measurements, or just by powdered bleach and large bottles of volumizer in bulk. I do the latter. 

If your hair is blond to medium brown, don’t use a volumizer higher than 20 for any reason, you can probably get away with using 10. (I use 20).

If your hair is darker than that, research it, but have also used 20 on my friend’s hair and just watched it closely and kept it wet. I’ve used 30 as well but 20 works as long as I keep an eye on it and make sure it stays wet. I can get very dark brown hair to a bright gold with this.

If you have Very Dark Hair and absolutely MUST get like White or Platinum Blond. Dooo your research, do hair tests, find several DIYs specifically targeting your natural hair color AND desired hair color. Possibly save up to have a professional who works specifically with what you want do it the first time, then ask them what products they use/pay a lot of attention so you can repro at home.

Bleach works as long as it’s wet, if you let it dry it stops bleaching your hair and is only poisoning it, keep it moist while it is on, it also works better if warm.

DON’T BLEACH ALREADY BLEACHED HAIR. Don’t do it!!! All of the horror stories about people melting their hair is from either leaving it on way too long or bleaching multiple times. You bleach once, and then you dye, then you let that color wash out until it’s light enough that you can dye again. Just bleach your roots when they come back in and otherwise let it go.

Obviously when you bleach your roots there will be a litttle bit of overlap into already bleached hair, this has never hurt me. If you want to know if your hair can handle a second bleaching google tests for that, but what I’m mostly warning against her is ‘don’t try to bleach the dye out of your hair that is a Bad Plan’.

If you are dying your hair some bright colors with vegetable dyes, bright yellow is totally good enough. If you want to dye your hair like Mint Green you’ll need to get it to a platinum blond THEN tone it to white, which I don’t know anything about other than that it’s more work than I want to deal with, but you can totally google this! There are lots of white hair dye guides on youtube!

ON DYEING

VEGETABLE DYES FADE! No matter how bright and saturated you get them and how hard you try, it will run out. This is fine! You will be MUCH HAPPIER if you go in liking blue and also lighter blue and also blue green and all the different ways you hair can fade than being married to one specific tone that must never budge.

Tho that said, if you are coloring your hair That One Hue, it’s pretty easy to work some dye into your hair washing regimen every couple of weeks to keep the color alive, or mix the dye with your conditioner so every time you condition you’re getting a bit more of the color back in!

Dye fades FASTER from warm water and shampoo

As such, when I am maintaining a color I shampoo every four days with cold water, and when I want to wash it out so I can move on to the next color, I shampoo every other day with warm.

The color will probably never fade entirely, as such once you apply a dye you have basically changed the color of your canvas for future dyes. 

I.E.: The first time you’re going to be putting say, red on yellow, when that fades, maybe you are putting blue on pink, this blue will fade into the pink so you may end up with a pale purple instead of pale blue. 

Some basic color theory helps here. If you dye your hair purple and it fades to pink, don’t put green over it next time. You need to work around the color wheel. So if you put a blue over it and when that fades to a blue/purple you can put a green over it and it will fade to light teal. Don’t put contrasting colors that are gonna gray each other out on top of each other.

Similarly, if you want a PINK CHUNK and a GREEN CHUNK on the same head, you can do that. but when you wash your hair/when the hair is wet, separate them so they don’t bleed into each other. (This isn’t as much trouble as it sounds like, I constantly have contrasting chunks on my head).

You can mix vegetable dyes like paints (that’s basically what they are) to get the color you want. The color you get will usually be a bit lighter and brighter than the dye itself.

I use manic panic, which are about 12 dollars a jar and perfectly fine for me. I haven’t noticed a difference between the jars and the special Amplified version except that the shit in squeeze bottles is way easier to open.

The vast majority of the time, my hair only stains if it is wet, and only for the first week or two. So I sleep on at towel if I go to bed with my hair wet and otherwise don’t worry about it. There has been ONE exception to this, Rockabilly Blue, which will stain my hands if I run them thru my hair too much for the first week after dying.

Color Faves

Manic Panic’s Vampire Red is the Reddest Mc Red Blood Red color of red I’ve found. Other reds tend to be a little more orangy or pinkish or kind of muddy.

Manic Panic’s Rockabilly Blue is the bluest mc blue pure deep bluest blue I’ve found. But see above about the staining.

I use Electric Lizard as a green base a lot, mixed with other darker greens it can have more body to the color but still that bright green sheen that lasts a long time.

That said with the exception of reds sometimes being disappointing, I’ve really never found a color I dislike?

I change my hair color roughly every 6-8 weeks. THe longer you let it fade the easier it is to put a different color on top and have it stick. But dye isn’t bad for your hair, it’s actually a conditioner, so you can change the color basically as often as you want and the only risk of ill effects is creating a muddy color, which you can avoid with basic color theory. 

If you do want to get a color stripped as quickly as possible, just wash regularly with hot water and johnson’s baby shampoo or any shampoo that advertising stripping color and then put something new on top.

Yes, you can also dye back to a ‘normal’ hair color, tho color theory still applies (if you want to go brown, which is orange, and put it over pale blue hair, the resulting color will be a bit grayed out).

NONE OF THE ABOVE APPLIES TO BLACK HAIR, which is REALLY HARD to ever get out, tho I have seen professionals do it.

ON UNDERCUTS

HAIR GROWS BACK!!

Undercuts can be hidden surprisingly easily. In fact, buzzing off the under layer of a hair is one method to help hair lay flat (IE if you want a smooth bob). 

So I have over half of my hair shaven off (right left and back) but if I part it down the middle you can only see the undercut up near my ears.

So if you keep your hair undercut somewhere that you can drop hair over it, you can have an undercut and ‘hide’ it from your workplace or family or whatever pretty easily.

If you have thick hair, undercuts are amazing. I literally will never go back to a full head of hair. I like long hair but I never need that much of it again.

I buzz my hair about once a month to keep it where i’m more or less happy with it. Lots of hair places will advertise like 10$ buzz cuts in the window and take care of that in about five minutes. 

I’ve also recently learned it’s pretty easy to buzz my own hair. It’s not quite as clean as if someone else does it but it’s less effort and money for me.

IDK undercuts aren’t complicated but they are kind of scary. But if you’ve ever wanted to do it, you should do it!! I find it very empowering. Fuck you hair you aren’t the boss of me and you’re soooooo soft and fun to touch when buzzed down.

I think that covers basically everything I generally get asked but feel free to hit me up if you have questions.

DO IT, LIVE YOUR HAIR DREAMS, WHATEVER THEY ARE.