Beattys Overseas

More exciting news from the Beattys Overseas in South Africa...  We switched haircolors. 
Brown Haired GirlRight before we went to Franschhoek, I bought a box of hairdye and went brunette.  My blonde highlights were growing out and instead of trying to find a trustworthy haircolorist to keep me my beloved New York blonde color, I decided to go for an extreme change.  It was fast, easy and cheap.  I found a 129-Rand box of dye (roughly $17 USD) and did it in 35 minutes flat.  AND, I rinsed out the dye with the plastic pitcher over the seafoam green bathtub at Grandma's House. 

John was thrilled with the change (although he couldn't find me in crowded places anymore), and asked if it would be easy for him to change his haircolor.  When he said he'd always wanted to go blonde, I joked that he wanted to switch colors with me.  By the end of the week, he had made up his mind that he wanted to do it.  "Why not?" we mused...  If it looks awful, he'll shave it off or wait 6 weeks for it to grow out. 
Blonde Haired BoyIf it looks decent, then he can roam around Africa, Australia & New Zealand looking like a cool blonde surfer dude. 

He found a men's-only hair salon here in Cape Town to give him the BLONDE BLEACH BATH, which apparently burned his scalp so much that he thought it was peeling off.  Peroxide is dangerous stuff, dude.  The whole process took over 2.5 hours and cost a LOT more than my 17-buck box of dye.  But the result is shocking; my salt-and-pepper-But-more-pepper headed husband is a new man.  Now I'm the one who can't find him in crowds.  

We've met a handful of people since we've switched haircolors who cannot imagine us any other way.  We show them our passport photos and they've gasped at the sight of our former selves.  We see this holiday as the perfect opportunity to do 'crazy' things like this.  Hey, we don't have to go to work tomorrow, remember?!  Neener neener neener. 

- Whitney