Years ago I used to go to the salon and get a spiral curl for my long auburn hair so I'd look professional enough in the corporate office. Sometimes I'd get gold highlights, too. But after I became an independent contractor, I hardly ever used a brush again, let alone hair dye.
I've since cut my long horse-hair mane above my shoulders and pretty much just fluff my fingers through now. My hair is thick and wavy, and I'm still a redhead (auburn) with a few grey hairs here & there, but a lot of people ask me if I dye it. HAHAHA! I guess because it's an unusual auburn-honey brown-strawberry blonde mix and when the sunlight is on it, it looks like fiery bronze. My mama's hair was that same color till the day she went home with God.