Feeling aubergine.

I’m feeling purple today, it’s been a long time since I’ve co-ordinated shades of purple, I think I fell back in love with it when I saw this cool aubergine shade of nail colour. I know the Goth look is dated but thankfully I’m not looking like a Goth but it has been ages since I tried on nail colour so strong, I think last when I was into navy blue and black nail colour shade was in College. After graduation, entering the service industry pretty much put a stop to these unconventional colours, with the professional sober look taking a priority. But yesterday this colour just appealed to that adventurous part of me. Often this part of me had led me to a lot of trouble, there was this phase in college when I was an ‘tomato head’ in college the idea of colouring my hair was one of the fun things I did, and boy did I swing in some shades at that time but my first colouring experience was unforgettable to me and a million others whom I provided amusement with! It was my all time different look.

One fine day I decided to try on hair colour and while I was at it dramatically alter my entire look by chopping off my long lustrous black hair and go with a ‘boy-cut’ and the hair coloured a flaming shade of red, The aim of the look was to look funky, with my hair taking on a tint of red, and looking classy, however, I looked like a beacon of sorts, believe me had we been living in a coastal city, my hair could’ve guided ships home. It was like the Yahoo red colour.

But being this Yahoo! Shade wasn’t a conscious choice, It was supposed to be a good red, and keeping my natural black hair in mind, it should’ve turned out like a lovely deep tint of red, I never thought that my natural back would take offense to being splashed with a bit of colour. I hoped it would know I loved it a lot but just wanted to try on something else. Had I talked to it whilst assuring it that I was going to stay my first love, it probably wouldn’t have just picked up its skirts and walked out. I never imagined it was such a weak clingy creature that needed to be reassured that it was loved.

But well, it was weak & insecure and offended, contrary to my hope that it would’ve the better sense to hold its ground, it just packed its bags and went, and leaving behind for the read a wonderfully pristine surface for the red to wash on, and I became a ‘tomato head’. My mom was horrified when I went home she was shocked, speechless and she didn’t know how to react, after all it was a multiple choice option:

a. Should she throw a fit for chopping off my long locks?

b. Should she react to the colour?

c. Should she faint?

d. Was this a nightmare?

e. Why did my grey cells abandon me?

f. Was her child colour blind?

Shocked into speechlessness I think it took her a week to find her voice (I wouldn’t like to think she didn’t want to talk to me!) anyway once she found her voice, boy! Was she vocal! Often I wonder how delightful silence can be…… and Bhai labeled me ‘Tomato head’ now why wasn’t he speechless I wonder. He had a delightful time bursting into mirth at the sight of me, anyway it was a good 2 weeks later when I was able to rinse out the red and become Mahogany but in the meantime I served the nation by providing laughter to a millions souls. After that many shades came and went, thankfully none that made me look like a blooming idiot, Post College I stuck to shades that looked professional.

But now that I’m my own boss I can once more be as expressive with colours as I wish to be. I never dreamt doing my own thing would translate to so much freedom. I’m absolutely delighted by the freedom my life has. So I gave into the temptation to pick the aubergine shade. And it is looking fantastic! So I’m gonna be aubergine for a good many days.