McCandless Project

  For my McCandless project, I dyed my hair pink. Yes, you heard me, pink. Over all I thought I had some very good reactions. In fact, I was surprised by the amount of positivity I was received by. Some people were a little alarmed when they saw me for the first time, it was like they were taken aback about my decision! Of course, they calmed down once I told them it was only temporary but I don't feel that it is their right to police my choices; it is my hair and I will do what I want. I cannot count the amount of compliments I received. People loved what I did to my hair! During my experiment, I felt confident and proud because I had defied the social norm, and I had done it well. I'm the type of person that doesn't give a second thought about others opinions about me and that is why I loved this project, it was so easy! All that was required was for me to finally have an excuse to do something that I've wanted to do for a while now.  Part of it of course, was getting my mom to agree, which she did very quickly and was only worried by a potential mess in the bathroom. My dad was very impressed by how well the dye worked and wanted to know how I did the dye process, my grandparents reacted the same way. As the joker that he is, my Pops asked if he could dye his hair green the same way. Five minutes later Nana asked the same question. I was very well received among the older members of my family. As a result of this experiment, I feel as if I am free to break the social norm, it's my life and I will live it as I please.