Redheads check in!

[xmas74]

Just wanted to start a thread for redheads. I wonder how many of us there really are.
I have red hair but I have noticed that it is darkening to a more auburn shade as I have gotten older. My daughter is a strawberry blonde.
Who else is lurking out there?

[MrScorpio]

1. Make my day

For the Redhead admirer in me

[xmas74]

2. High School pic (Senior pic).

It's the only one that I have that does not have me in a group of people.



My daughter at age 2

[unhappycamper]

3. self-delete

[democrat in Tallahassee]

4. I'm a strawberry blonde, but more to the strawberry side

[xmas74]

15. I love the strawberry shades. They are so pretty.

[RevCheesehead]

5. That would be me.

(sorry, no photo - I'm shy)

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

6. Redhead by Goldwell. :)

[RevCheesehead]

7. Gee, I was thinking Gouda or Edam,

but thanks! :hi:

[xmas74]

22. Nothing wrong w/ that.

Everyone should want to be a redhead.
You can be an honorary member of the club.

[xmas74]

16. I saw your photo before.

[RevCheesehead]

26. darn that RetroLounge.

Glockenspiel.
Goatee.
Grinch.
He forgot Gouda. :)

[xmas74]

34. I believe that Retro was the one who posted it.

[RevCheesehead]

36. He's a devil.

A cute devil, but still - evil at heart. :evilgrin:

[xmas74]

39. But that's why I thought you looked like my Aunt Peggy.

She's a redhead too.

[RevCheesehead]

42. Cool!

The pic isn't posting for me, but dial-up is hell when DU is having problems. Did it post?

[xmas74]

43. I don't see it.

But I have also been having probs w/ DU all night long. Some of my pages have had error messages.

[leftofthedial]

8. blonde

goes red in the sun

strawberry blonde daughter and one like me

majorly red-haired ex-wife

[xmas74]

17. We need to produce more redheads in the world!

There was a thread a few weeks ago about how redheads are dying out. We can't let that happen!

[erinlough]

25. My family is doing their part

I have a son who has red hair, a nephew, a niece, a great neice and nephew. I feel we have done our part. :hi:

[xmas74]

37. I did my part.

I produced strawberry blonde. My hair is deeper in color but her father was a blonde so I guess the strawberry is ok.
I wish she'd gotten my grey eyes too instead of his blue. I like the grey better (even though she has a nice shade of blue. I just like the idea of two things that are unusual-red hair and grey eyes-being together).

[joneschick]

28. I was a Junior Achievement volunteer

this Spring for 2 5th grade classes and I had a bunch of redheads for some reason. I've always had a soft spot for redheads.

[xmas74]

38. They say that red heads will keep dying out

I can't let that happen.
I have always said that one child was enough. I might have to have another someday, just to try for another red head. Maybe this time I would get a boy w/ my eyes.

[proud patriot]

9. here

:hi:

[xmas74]

18. And accounted for!

[greymattermom]

10. Used to be

Now a redhead version of gray. Sorta blonde, but not bad for my age.

[xmas74]

19. I have a few grey strands myself.

[joneschick]

11. I'm just a plain old brunette

with help from my hairdresser keeping the gray at bay, but my firstborn had wonderful strawberry blonde hair. It's darkened quite a bit now, but still lots of auburn to it.
http://milwaukee.indymedia.org/
Scroll down to the 5/19/05 post and pics from Bush's visit to Milwaukee. That's my girl.

[xmas74]

14. She has a lovely shade.

[Clarkie1]

12. Redhead here...more strawberry blond/auburn with hint of gray now. n/t

[xmas74]

20. We all get grey someday.

[erinlough]

13. Redhead here!

Freckles and all!

[xmas74]

21. I have what I like to call "Cabbage Patch Kid" freckles.

I have the dusting in almost a line across my nose and onto my cheeks but not all over my face. I do have them all over my arms and a little on my chest too.

[erinlough]

24. Mine are anywhere the sun touches

I like to say without them I wouldn't have any tan in the summer. As I age the age spots are no problem, you can't tell them from the freckles! Another reason I love being a redhead. A few years ago I was a member of a redhead club and we had some glamour photos taken. I'll try to find them and post sometime.

[xmas74]

30. I think that the freckles keep us looking younger

than we really are. I am 30 and most places card me, thinking that I am under 21.

[scarlet_owl]

23. Do we redheads-out-of-a-box count?

If so, I'm here!

[xmas74]

31. Honorary member.

You know who the coolest people are, don't you.

[pagerbear]

27. Me! Me! Me!

[xmas74]

32. Now we have a red haired man.

You are a rare species in this world.

[midnight armadillo]

29. I'm the parent of one

Check out the little guy, he's 20 months and this pic is ~2 months old:


My own hair is brown & slightly wavy.

[xmas74]

33. I love red haired little boys-

especially w/ big curls. They are the cutest, don't you think? Of course, I have my strawberry blonde little girl at home w/ huge curls. I think she is just adorable too.

[erinlough]

35. What a sweetie

It takes me back to my own son who is a redhead. He never complained about the red hair, but dislikes the inevitable sunburn.

[Wapsie B]

40. Flaming Redheads.

Cool. :thumbsup:

[xmas74]

44. We are something like 2% of the world's population.

[Wapsie B]

46. Really?

I didn't know that. I've always thought that being a redhead is such an attention getter. Blondes and brunettes blend in really well but redheads stand out to me in a good way. :)

[xmas74]

47. They say that red heads are getting to be rarer and rarer.

We are being bred out by the blondes and brunettes.

[Wapsie B]

49. Awwwwwwww

that breaks my heart. That's just not right. I would think that there would still be enough redheads having children to perpetuate that trait. But genetics was never my strong point in school.

[xmas74]

50. It's not a dominate trait.

[Wapsie B]

56. Still it makes me sad.

Gosh what would the world be if we were all blonde and blue eyed with Scandanavian features? Variety is the spice of life.

[xmas74]

57. It's more the brunettes that are breeding the redheads out.

[Wapsie B]

60. How so?

[xmas74]

61. Brunette is the most dominate trait.

[Wapsie B]

63. It is?

I didn't know that. Honest. It's not something I've given a lot of thought to. But I can see why if you were part of an exclusive group like this you'd be much more aware of it than a non-redhead.

[xmas74]

65. I learned that in high school.

Something like seventy percent of the world's population has brunette hair. If you think about it that adds up. Every race has brunette hair. Not every race has blonde or red.

[Wapsie B]

66. I never knew that.

It makes sense that brunette being darkest would be dominant. But I never heard of the 70% figure. You're so right. Not every race has blondes or redheads. Gosh they're not going to breed blondes out of existence too? :cry:

[xmas74]

67. Redheads first then eventually blondes.

[Wapsie B]

68. Dear god no!

:cry:


Oh well there's always Clairol.

[hyphenate]

41. Me

I've gone lighter as the grey has crept in to take its toll. I've gotten to the point where I have to add color to cover that damned grey more and more often. It sucks. My dermatologist, from whom no roots are secret, declared me a true "redhead" though, and my eye doctor said I'm blonde (no pigments inside the retina) which is why I'm so light sensitive.

Here are a couple of shots, the first 20+ years ago, the second about 5 years ago:

[xmas74]

45. I have a few grey strands.

And I have an odd white streak in the back of my head. It's almost an inch wide. It almost looks like the white shock of hair that Bonnie Raitt has on her hair.

[Clarkie1]

51. It must be getting early

Clocks are running late
Paint by numbers morning sky
Looks so phony

Dawn is breaking everywhere
Light a candle, curse the glare
Draw the curtains, I don't care
'Cause it's alright

I will get by
I will get by
I will get by
I will survive

I see you got your list out
Say your piece and get out (note 1)
Yes I got the gist of it
But it's alright

Sorry that you feel that way
The only thing there is to say
Every silver lining's got a
Touch of grey

It's a lesson to me
The Ables and the Bakers and the C's
The A B C's
We all must face
And try to keep a little grace

I know the rent is in arrears
The dog has not been fed in years
It's even worse than it appears
But it's alright

Cows are giving kerosene
The kid can't read at seventeen
The words he knows are all obscene
But it's alright

I will get by
I will get by
I will get by
I will survive

It's a lesson to me
The Deltas and the East and the Freeze
The A B C's
We all think of
And try to give a little love

The shoe is on the hand it fits
There's really nothing much to it
Whistle through your teeth and split
'Cause it's alright

Oh well a touch of grey
Kind of suits you anyway
That was all I had to say
And it's alright

I will get by
I will get by
I will get by
I will survive

We will get by
We will get by
We will get by
We will survive

[xmas74]

52. I need to dig that out now.

I think I still have that somewhere.

[Heidi]

48. Sorry I'm late, ya'll . . .

I was getting my beauty sleep!

Heidi, member in good standing, Swiss affiliate, Redheads Unite! ;)

[xmas74]

53. Now we are starting to get the international contingency!

[usregimechange]

54. God I love redheads!

[xmas74]

58. We need some love.

Some of us still have esteem issues from childhood. Everyone always picked on the redheads.

[The Flaming Red Head]

55. Hello

it's the name. probably on ignore for it, but I am actually a red head

[xmas74]

59. Great name!

[The Flaming Red Head]

62. Thank you

I went from the Louisiana Swampbitch to the Flaming Redhead who knows what I'll evolve into next.

[xmas74]

64. ...

:hi:

[Technowitch]

69. Auburn-red haired Irish gal here

My hair gets lighter / more red in the summer, when I get more sun.

[BamaGirl]

70. Mine is auburn.

My oldest dd's is auburn, younder dd's is strawberry blond, and son's is like a sandy red. His is the prettiest of all of ours lol.