Well, I’m very grateful that my lovely hairdresser fitted me in for a cut and dye four days before the UK went into lockdown, but it’s really getting to the point where it needs doing again. I’ve got as far as acquiring some roots touch-up stuff, but I haven’t dared use it yet. I’m scared of trying to dye my own hair. I blame Anne Shirley. There’ve been quite a few other hair-related disasters in fiction, as well …
Ten hair-related disasters in books/films/soap operas:
- Anne Shirley dyes her hair green – Anne of Green Gables.
- Frenchie dyes her hair pink – Grease.
- Jo March burns some of her sister Meg’s hair off with curling irons – Little Women.
- Simone Lecoutier cuts her own hair off to try to impress Jo Bettany – The School at the Chalet.
- Bridget Jones tries to straighten her hair by ironing it – The Edge of Reason.
- Mr Brocklehurst demands that the hair of all the girls at Lowood School be cut – Jane Eyre.
- Maria Sutherland dyes Vera Duckworth’s hair purple – Coronation Street .
- Amy Ashe has all her hair cut off due to illness – What Katy Did Next.
- Ruey Richardson’s home perm goes wrong – Ruey Richardson, Chaletian.
- Maggie Tulliver cuts off her own hair – The Mill on the Floss.
But hey. There’s always Laura Ingalls giving herself an amazing “lunatic fringe” in Little Town in the Prairie …
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