💗 “The Pink Heart: A Throwback”

This week's hair moment? One for the books.

I bleached my undercut (yes, again), but this time, we added something extra special: a bold pink heart, shaved and dyed right into the back of my head.

And it wasn’t just the heart that made it meaningful — it was who helped make it happen.

Two of my closest friends rolled up their sleeves and turned my bathroom into a DIY salon. There was bleach, gloves, laughter, and a healthy amount of chaos. One of those artists?

Shelby — my best friend since I was three years old. And honestly, this whole pink-heart moment was a full-circle inside joke we’ve had for over a decade.

See, when we were twelve, Shelby and I decided it was time to express ourselves... with Kool-Aid hair dye. I went full-on cherry red. Shelby chose pink. The problem? Shelby got permission from her mom — but not her dad. She tried to hide it for a month with headbands and hair braids until the inevitable happened: her dad found out. The result? She had to cut her hair off, and I got labeled the “bad influence.” Classic.

For a few years after that, I was unofficially banned from being the source of hair-related rebellion. But let’s be real — I’ve kind of always been the dyed-hair influencer in my friend group and even at the age of 24.... I refuse to stop showing my expression loudly and Boldy.

So, when we bleached and dyed our hair together again — now grown, free, and laughing at the old days — it felt healing. Shelby even threw some pink streaks into her own hair again, just like she did when we were 12. No Kool-Aid this time, just real dye and zero regrets.

That pink heart on my undercut? It’s not just a cute design. It’s a memory. A friendship. A symbol of growing up, messing up, and coming back together — brighter, bolder, and still totally us.

Moral of the story?

Let your friends bleach your hair.

Laugh about the past.

Keep being the “bad influence” — if it means helping people express themselves, feel free, and dye their hearts out.

Until next time,💖

Stay weird, stay wild, stay pink-hearted.— Z