Colouring your hair

[Possegal]

hmmm, edna, see my post above about my mother starting to go at 11 and being 100% gray at 15. her name was edna. coincidence?

you look wonderful with the gray hair, i'm just not so sure i will, hence the coloring.

[shootingstar]

Evangundy, you look great in your hair. Lucky you. You also have a natural, glowing complexion that complements grey hair well.

It's been interesting reading the responses here..a world that I don't inhabit..hair colouring. In all honesty, I can't imagine conditioning my hair if I damaged it...it goes dead flat and dull 'cause my hair still has sufficient natural oil and is naturally straight. 'Course as a teenager eons ago, it was alot more.

I get a haircut every 3-5 months...yea, I try to make it stretch. But I appreciate a highly skilled, versatile hairstylist and will retain same one for years. So in terms of 'fashion' money that's what I do spend instead of pedicures, manicures, spas, etc.

But I hope that's all I will end up spending money and time in the future on my hair.

And when hair gets longer, I use a curling iron for touching up...that's the absolute limit of time for me...since I also wash my hair daily.

Personally I rather spend more time on my fitness..than on hair... I worry more about my teeth falling out when I get old, rather than my hair colour.

And I hope my father's genes help me...he doesn't have grey hair...at 79. But mother does.

[evangundy]

[QUOTE=Possegal;326612]hmmm, edna, see my post above about my mother starting to go at 11 and being 100% gray at 15. her name was edna. coincidence? QUOTE]

Well, my mother's name was Edna as was her mother, and they both started with white hair at a young age too ...... maybe you've got something there??????

I have a great sylist that I go to (for the past 3 years). I get it cut about every 4-6 weeks and I don't think I've gone with the same style twice in a row for the past 20 years. I'm always changing something about it, but still keep it short.

And Andrea, you have the right shape face and head to pull off such a short haircut. It looks great! And my DH said it looks great too.

Edna

[Andrea]

Thanks, everyone... I'm not sure what to do next

[snapdragen]

Thanks, everyone... I'm not sure what to do next

Pink?

[invsblwmn]

Although coloring one's hair can be fun and exciting, it can also be not as fun (except for your howling friends) but just as exciting. As you see below, allergy to the dye can change your whole look!

[Dogmama]

That's what my hairstylist says I have. After 4 weeks, the grey strands start to appear. I color my hair to make it thicker - it's very fine. It never looks damaged.

I'm 53 years old & about 5% grey. If I start going really grey, I'll let it go. I think grey roots are gross.

[Tuckervill]

Thanks, everyone... I'm not sure what to do next

Luckily, you don't have to decide right away. It grows whether you want it to or not!

Karen

[jennrod12]

Oh don't get me started on dying hair! Oops, I already am. I got my first grey in college and now I'm 45 and maybe 20% grey? It seems to be more in front than in the back, especially one shock that has grown mostly grey. Even so, people are usually surprised at my age, thinking I am younger than I am. And if they didn't think that, what do I care? What does it matter how old something thinks I am? It doesn't change who I am in the least.

NO, I don't color it. I have better things to do with my money and my time than to fall prey to all the advertising BS about how we should "look younger", etc. Most women color their hair because other women color their hair and somehow they feel like they have to in order to "look younger". Ha! If everyone stopped coloring their hair, we would find out in a hurry that being grey is no impediment to being young and healthy and active.

Not only that, but for a lot of people who dye their hair - guess what - we already know you're going grey because we see the roots grow out or the unnatural color. When your color is different this month than it was last month, we KNOW you're dying your hair, which means there's a pretty good chance you're going grey.

Not even to mention all the chemicals being added to the environment....

Okay, now that I've apparently pissed off most of this forum, I'll say that that's my opinion in general. It doesn't mean that if I get to know you as a person that my perception of you will be all about whether or not you dye your hair.

Jenn

[lph]

Hey, I don't mind Jenn, I appreciate another POV and a (mild) kick in the butt.

[short cut sally]

I've been coloring my hair off and on, more on, for the past oh 25 years. First experiment was say 15 and a bottle of peroxide on a sunny day. Parent's were not pleased. I've had my hair highlighted for the last 10 or so prior to that I was an auburn blonde from the box. Last year I did the highlights of red and blonde on my natural dk. brown hair. Somewhere's along the line, I seemed to loose my natural dk. brown so last visit to the salon I said take me back to my natural color. I actually like my natural color after all these years, who would ever figure. However, here's the kicker. I won a gift certificate at work for a highlight at a salon. So I am going today to get some highlights, but not pulled thru a cap. I want the painted sporatic ones that will be suttle. I've learned from all these years what works well. If it doesn't, I am using Zens idea of helmet and lemon juice.

[malkin]

Just have fun, whatever you do!

[roadie gal]

I'm 49 and I've been going gray since my early 30's. In my family that's actually late. My original hair color was "dirty blond". I don't color my hair because basically I'm lazy. I just tell people that I match my dog... I'm Blue Merle. lol