Colouring your hair

[CATWOMAN]

I agree with the gal that said it is like exercising to stay fit. I debated for several months. For a long time my stylist foiled my hair, which meant I had some grays mixed in. That was good until I got about 50% gray in the front. Now I have her color it all. She touches up the roots (Which she said is really impossible to do at home by oneself), and occasionally pulls it through. I just figured, hey, I look too good right now to be aged by something that I can so easily change!!!

Go for it if it will make you feel better.

[emily_in_nc]

She touches up the roots (Which she said is really impossible to do at home by oneself)

Not so -- I do it every four weeks. It does take some practice. I use a big comb and comb and part my hair about every 1" as I go to get to different roots. The back is difficult, though. If DH helps, it's not too bad, but since he is usually not around, I just wing it the best I can. I can do a really good job on the roots on about 2/3 of my head, though, and I have much, much less gray in the back, so it works out just fine.

It's not loads of fun, to be sure, but only costs me $9.99, and the ole roots come out looking really good.

Emily

[PinkBike]

I just figured, hey, I look too good right now to be aged by something that I can so easily change!!!

Go for it if it will make you feel better.

i love this response. just went today for my roots touch up. i never really thought about coloring my hair til it got really long. i found a good program for keeping it healthy looking. now that it looks decent i want the color to look decent too.

i went to the local toni and guy academy so it's only $25, and she did a great job.

[Zen]

I've often considered experimenting with the Kool-Aid technique

[jobob]

The most lovely hair I've ever seen is the really thick hair of a friend of mine. She has never colored it and she's going gray now and it's really gorgeous with all of the gray streaks.

Alas, my hair is really thin, bordering on anemic and it looks like crud with the gray. I've been coloring it myself for several years but it occurred to me a year or so ago that I could pay someone to do it for me (the joys of a long hours, moderately high-stress but reasonably high paying job ) so I found a excellent stylist who knows what I like. Thank gawd she'll be back from pregnacy leave soon!

What a huge luxury to have someone else color my hair for me! Best prezzink I can give myself

[malkin]

Growing up I loved my grannies and aunties, gray hair and all, which was good, since I started noticing gray hairs in junior high (fercryin'outloud).

Some time ago, reflecting on the Laws of Thermodynamics, I came up with:
The Laws of Primping, the first one being:

If you don't look better after primping than before primping, then the time spent primping was wasted.


Not to say that there's anything wrong with wasting time or with primping; I enjoy wasting time in a number of ways...but...hmm...my husband has just handed me the phone and the business card from the hair salon...

Is that a hint?

[dachshund]

OK, I keep seeing this thread, so I'll chime in on my personal choice for aging hair. I really like the salt-and-pepper look, especially on short, close-cropped hair. I like the texture. So I got brave a few years ago and had mine cut super short. I love it! It feels great. So the gray stays, it's now part of the design.

And after a bike ride I have Perfect helmet head....

[malkin]

I should take a hat with me. After a ride, my hair could frighten small children.

[CATWOMAN]

Alas, my hair is really thin, bordering on anemic and it looks like crud with the gray.

When I was under 35 yrs. I had nice thick hair and wore it short. I always got compliments on my haircuts. I decided that when I got gray I would continue my short cuts and it would look spunky. However, as I got older my hair started to thin out in the front! The doctor told me to use Rogain for men (Even though the package says women shouldn't use it). "Alas" my hair is thickening up. I hate the thought of using it, but the reality that my hair was quickly becoming thinner than my husband's was even more troubling.