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Ellie Fennell

"Dyeing my hair bright red was the bold reinvention I needed"

Annie Arscott with her short red hair, with a friend.

“I’m a positive, confident person but by my mid-50s, I’d lost a bit of my spark,” recalls lawyer and married mum of three, Annie Arscott, 64, from Oxfordshire, UK. Annie could never have predicted the difference a new hair color made to her mood and confidence when she took the plunge 10 years ago.

“Having left a hugely demanding full-time career I loved at the National Crime Agency, I was supporting Dad in looking after my sick mother and preparing to move to another part of the country. My youngest, Beth, was about to go to university, so I relished having more time to spend with her and my parents, but looking back, I wasn’t myself.

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