My Summer of Purple Hair

Growing up, people didn't dye their hair often and even if they did, my parents wouldn't allow it. Once, I could make my own choices it was too late and my professional jobs wouldn't allow colored hair. So, I was stuck. I even guilted my mom about how I could never dye it. Enter the pandemic, which with work from home options allowed me to explore purple hair.

What I was hoping for was this...

So, I started out at the salon where I dropped a ton of money for purple hair.

Ten days later, it'd morphed into this.

Then I went back to the salon and got it reglazed to the best color yet.

Here were the phases of my purple hair:

To try to get it more purple, my stylist recommended I buy colored conditioner from Overtone.

It cost $29 and was backordered for a bit. When it arrived, it was easy to use, smelled like spearmint, and worked like a charm. The 8oz. container lasted for three applications and gave me the color I wanted for longer or until I had to dye it back for work. ;)

I truly enjoyed my summer of purple hair. I got lot of compliments and I had fun. I wish I could dye it another fun color. If I have to opportunity to dye it again, I'll definitely save some cash and use Overtone from the start.

Book: Everything Beautiful in Its Time by Jenna Bush Hager

Before Jenna Bush Hager's book, Everything Beautiful in Its Time: Seasons of Love and Loss, I'd never read anything that she wrote. As I've gotten back into reading books, I decided to start the year reading her book. I'm not quite sure what I expected from her writing, but I did think it'd be more political than it was.

I felt like through the book, I came to understand Jenna's personality, life, and family more. The book is about her relationships with her four grandparents and how each relationship was different. Some of the beauty of her relationships is that they wrote letters to each other which is a rare and beautiful gift. Her grandparents all died within about a year of each other and there were many things she mourned about losing each one.

She also shares about her close relationship with her sister and parents which is sweet. Her and her husband have built a cute, little family and it was fun to see her perspective of life. This book was definitely heart-warming and sweet. It was a really easy, fast read and I was actually a little sad to finish it and would definitely recommend this read to others.

Now, I'm looking forward to reading other books that Jenna Bush Hager has written.

My goal this year is to read one book per month. The next book I'm reading is Option B by Sheryl Sandburg and Adam Grant. So far, I LOVE it!

The Crown

With much more free time and boredom over the pandemic, my mom and I quickly got addicted to The Crown. My aunt recommended it, so we took the plunge. Seasons 1 and 2 made us really empathize with Queen Elizabeth and her alienating position. It's hard to believe everything she went through with her plandering husband and wild sister, Margaret. She was so young with so much responsibility.

Season 1

Season 2

These first two seasons also made me come to really respect Winston Churchill and to find him endearing in a way.

Season 3

We were not prepared for season 3. In it were all new actors to represent the now much-older royals. We didn't think the new actors even remotely resembled who they were supposed to. The new queen actually looked like an older version of Margaret. These types of changes need to be made much more thoughtfully.

Season 3 also featured a much less likeable queen. We see her as an uncaring mother. We see Margaret have an affair. We see Winston Churchill pass away. We see Charles meet and fall for Camilla. We see Anne as promiscious. Just a rough season overall.

In the fall, the new season 4 was aired on Netflixs, but I don't have an account, So, now we have to wait until season 4 comes out on DVD. I'm nervous for season 4 since season 3 was so rough. We'll see.

Season 4

Have you watched the Crown? Do you like it?