I went grey - what do you think?

[kjay]

You know what? You look so much younger! Short hair can really do that for some women. My hairdresser always tells me that if I feel like I need a lift (face, that is), just come in for a short cut. And it always works!

[Trekhawk]

I love it!
Grey suits some people and with the fabulous cut of your hair it looks very trendy.

[jobob]

You know what? You look so much younger!

I was thinking that too! Looks great.

[papaver]

Hey you look great!
My mam was completely grey/white when she had me at the age of 36. I'm almost 40 now and I'm also very grey.

[SheFly]

I think it looks terrific!

Like you, I am 41. This year, I stopped coloring my hair for the first time in 25 years . I literally didn't know WHAT color my hair was anymore... Turns out, that it is darker, and MUCH GRAYER than I knew . I also keep it quite short, like you (easier to care for now that race season has started).

I've had plenty of compliments as well, so am keeping it as is for now. Still catches me by surprise at times when I see myself in the mirror....

You look great, and like me, much younger than 41 .

SheFly

[Tri Girl]

I think you look GREAT!!!
I'm only 36, but I'm starting to notice an alarming amount of gray hair coming in. I colored my hair at home with a temporary color- just to change things up (not really wanting to cover the gray)- good thing because the hair changed colors but the gray stayed. I kinda like it. I wear each gray hair as a badge of honor- for years of service rendered teaching school.

[ASammy1]

I wouldn't read anything into it - and I actually think you look younger with the short haired grey look. It looks great.

Agreed! Gorgeous!

[Andrea]

That's a great look! Short hair is awesome, and I think the color looks wonderful.

[short cut sally]

I think you look much younger in the second picture with the short (grey) hair than the first one. I know it was mentioned earlier, but I'm just getting on after a few days away. YOU totally pull off the short hair..it looks "mahvelus baby".

[GLC1968]

Aw, thanks you guys! I've got this huge grin on my face now.


I know that some of you mentioned needing to keep your 'youth' in order to compete at work, but I'm discovering something that I hadn't thought of before. I'm actually noticing a subtle difference in how I'm being treated at work, in a good way. I've met two people in the past two days whom I didn't know before, and there is a difference in how they treat me with respect to my intelligence/experience than there was when I would meet people before. Based on just two interactions (which is very preliminary, of course), I feel like it's easier to command respect now. If true, this could come in VERY handy in my career. I've always had it a bit tough with looking too young (not so much recently, but it's always been an issue for me) and with being a woman in a very male-dominated field. I'll be very curious to see if this helps me going forward.

[Blueberry]

I have to add my name to those who think it looks fabulous - cut and color! It really brightens up your face - in a good way.

And I have to agree on the work issue. I actually just didn't get hired for a position I really wanted because I'm too young and I look really young (I'm pretty sure). I actually have better experience and am basically doing that job anyway - and now training someone who got it how to do it. I'm in a male-dominated field, but I lost out to a woman with some gray

CA

[Crankin]

Yes, the looking young/old can work both ways. I have always looked young for my age, which was a pain when I was, well, young. When I sent my resume out for my internship in the winter, I left off my experience in Arizona and my first job in MA, although it stated I had held various other positions, info available upon request. I also left off my graduation years. No one questioned me; it was obvious I was very experienced, but it looks like I worked for about 16 years and perhaps I had stayed home with the kids for a while. I was definitely older than every single person that interviewed me, except one who was probably my age.
My hair is still short, but not a pixie, like it was. I think that style was just too severe for me and actually accentuated my laugh lines, which make me look old! Realistically, it's not age, it's genetics. Both of my parents had laugh lines, but other than that looked very young.

[lph]

I'm going to go against the trend here, and say that in my opinion the grey does not make you look younger. But it doesn't make you look older either. To my mind it makes you look more REAL, in that it's obviously your own colour, and looking at your face, also obvious that you've gone grey relatively early.

The longer you dye your hair (not you specifically, you in general), the more of a mismatch there is between hair and face, which can be quite disconcerting.

You look terrific. You've encouraged me just that much more to quit dye completely

[SlowButSteady]

Looks great!!!

You inspired me and I went today and got about 6 - 7 inches chopped off so now I'm shoulder length and I feel younger already.

[ILBikeGirl]

It's really lovely.