"I don't care what it is as long as it's not ginger!" were the famous words my mum announced before I was welcomed into the world 22 years ago. Harsh you may think? I would have once agreed with you. However, since I now feel I have managed to eventually climb out of my 'biscuit tin', I now adore my red (ginger) locks more than ever before.
I have never been one to correct people in stating my hair as being 'Strawberry Blonde' - Does that colour even exist?! - however I have been known to refer to the term 'Auburn Sunset' once in a while. If any fellow redheads are reading this then I'm sure you can relate when I state that school days were the worst days when it came to being called a 'Ginger Minge'? The name calling was always bad but became more tedious as the years went on like yeah I've heard that one - oh that's the third time today I've heard that! Anything else? They say with age comes wisdom which became evident as I ventured into my sixth form years when the odd compliment would make its way through the constant game of spot the obvious. However this soon became boring - I mean - now I was hearing people say they'd love to be ginger; 'I wish I had your hair colour' 'I'm so jealous!' The term 'Prove it!' would pop into my head on numerous occasions.
By now you may have noticed that being ginger involves a lot of repetition and long may it continue. By the time I started my second part time job at 'Asders' (or Asda for those of you not from Plymouth), I can happily say the compliments increased as customers would comment on my beautiful hair, often asking me if it was natural etc. The main comment that always stuck with me was when customers (mainly elderly) would tell me how people would pay a fortune to have my hair colour. I've not heard of developing physic powers as we grow old gracefully, however funnily enough the ginger trend soon came around which saw girls of all ages attempting to dye their hair 'Auburn Sunset' (I agree, it does sound like a cocktail). I saw many successes and failures of the ginger boom which saw the most recent trend of Ombre hair producing even more redheads whether that be deliberate or not! *Hand over face*
Now with redheads set to be taking over the world (according to National Geographic we're meant to be non-existent come 2050 however that's another blog post in itself) I feel now more than ever before is the best time to be a complete natural redhead and be proud of it. Laugh at the remarks because I promise it won't be long until you're blushing at the compliments just as often and if all else fails, punch them right in the face as its guaranteed to hurt (Were also meant to be 10% stronger than the average human) GO TEAM GINGE!
Love M I C H A E L A x
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