Picking up from yesterday –
I like my hairdresser a lot. She’s funny and kind. And my hair is back to brown now and looking dope because of her. However, in an effort to save me money (which was sweet of her), she recommended I only do partial highlights instead of full. Now, not only did we do partial highlights, but we did all over color. So, I figured all over I’d be blonde but in the highlighted part, I’d just be more blonde.
Well, the under part of my hair still turned out looking dark – it seemed almost the same as just my natural color (which looked pretty darn dark in comparison to that super Wendy David blonde. Granted, in the right angles you couldn’t tell. However, my hair was floating all over the place. So, some pictures looked awesome. Some it looked like I had two completely different heads of hair that got mushed together on me.
Of course, it’s nothing a little photo-editing wouldn’t be able to fix. But I guess the lesson is if you’re going blonde, you need all them highlights, baby!
If the outfit and the hair were both a bit of a mess, that means practically the whole thing was a mess…
Also, when I first decided as whom I wanted to dress, I thought, Wendy Davis will be perfect! It’ll be this huge change, ’cause I’ll be blonde. So, that’ll look costume-y. Not to mention, she wore these great running shoes. Running shoes are part of the costume! How perfect is that for a half marathon?
Well, what I learned is when everyone is wearing cool running shoes, no one realizes they are part of your costume. When the defining piece is something everyone overlooks, it does not a good costume make.
Not to mention, none of the strangers knew that I didn’t used to be blonde! So, that also didn’t help anything.
Also, in general, way fewer people knew who she was than I expected. No one recognized me as her (though granted, I’ve said my costume was no good). And even when I said, “I’m running as Wendy Davis,” everyone was all “who’s Wendy Davis?”
Also, I didn’t do a good job anytime I had to do any posing, ’cause I’d always trying to be posing cutesy to try and wrap my legs to make them look skinner. But Wendy Davis doesn’t have to act cutesy. She’s a strong woman who just exudes confidence. And she’s gorgeous without acting cutesy. So, I didn’t feel like I embodied her at all – especially when I’m running with my butt practically hanging out.
Basically, it seemed like my idea which I thought was super great ended up being a total bust. So, sorry Wendy Davis. Sorry creative people of the world who could’ve executed this better. Let’s hope next year goes better.