Auburn Pride!

**Anje** · October 26th, 2011, 05:34 PM

I think I'm in this category. I used to be pretty close to red (always on the brown side, but if you asked someone to ID my hair color, the answer would have been red; there's a natural pic from 2003 in my album for the curious). I'm getting a bit more melanin since my late 20s, though, so I'm a mid-dark red-brown something now, under the henna.

**Aerin** · October 26th, 2011, 07:49 PM

I'm in here!

My hair actually started out bright red as a kid, and has gotten much darker over the years.

It can be super red in some lighting:
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/...ctureid=117283

To pretty much brown:
http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/...ctureid=117284

My boyfriend gives me grief that I can't call myself a redhead anymore, though pretty much everyone I meet casually categorizes me as a redhead.

**Dragon Faery** · October 26th, 2011, 08:01 PM

I think I may just barely belong here! Although mine also gets called black.

I'll have to find some good pictures.

**~~candycandace~~** · October 26th, 2011, 08:42 PM

I have naturally auburn hair. It was red enough for people to call be a "redhead" when I was about 12. I never got made fun of for being "ginger" though. Which is understandable because many don't consider people to be gingers unless they have freckles and light eyelashes (I don't have either). The only kind of negative feedback I got on my auburn hair was being corrected by snappy little middle school girls; saying that auburn isn't a real hair color and that "boring brunettes" just claim to be auburn to seem unique. -_- Meanies...

My natural color.

**~~candycandace~~** · October 26th, 2011, 08:59 PM

Originally Posted by wooliswonderful

Totally! Depending on the lighting my red tones come out or don't.

In the sun I look reddish:

In most pics and inside I look almost deep brown. Sorry about my weird pose.

I would love more red like our baby:

But I'm finally learning to love my own hair.

Oh my

. If my hair looked like your naturally, I would never have dyed it. Such a pretty color!

**omgitssarah** · October 26th, 2011, 09:36 PM

All of these beautiful pictures have inspired me to not henna/dye my hair as it grows. I used to hate my hair because I wanted it bright red, but I've sinced realized that I can't be Ariel from the Little Mermaid.

So, here are my pictures.

This is indoors, no flash.

Indoors, flash.

Outdoors -

Sorry if they're huge!

**wooliswonderful** · October 26th, 2011, 09:45 PM

Originally Posted by candycandace

Oh my

. If my hair looked like your naturally, I would never have dyed it. Such a pretty color!

Thank you!

I love looking at everyone's pics and omgitssarah, you are totally cute!

**omgitssarah** · October 26th, 2011, 09:52 PM

Originally Posted by wooliswonderful

Thank you!

I love looking at everyone's pics and omgitssarah, you are totally cute!

Thank you! =D Your avatar is lovely, such healthy, shiny hair!

**wooliswonderful** · October 26th, 2011, 09:57 PM

Originally Posted by omgitssarah

Thank you! =D Your avatar is lovely, such healthy, shiny hair!

Thank you! I just had it cut a few days ago though back to shoulder. It will be a bit before I can achieve decent bunnage again.

**aisha.christine** · October 26th, 2011, 11:13 PM

Originally Posted by candycandace

saying that auburn isn't a real hair color and that "boring brunettes" just claim to be auburn to seem unique. -_- Meanies...

I used to get this all the time. It made me so sad. I even asked my mom if she was lying about auburn hair being a real color. I seriously thought she made it up.
And then I realized people can just be petty.
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