Gary wrote:
>Bruce wrote:
>>Cindy wrote:
>
>> > I've messed around with dyeing my hair a few times, but I could
>> > never be bothered to keep up with it. I'd look at the new color
>> > and say "So? I'm still me." The last time I did that I was in my
>> > 40s. In my late 20s I henna'd my hair routinely for a few years.
>> > It faded over time and I never got "roots". Now I can't fathom
>> > why I bothered.
>
>To Cindy: My ex dyed her hair occasionally with henna. I really liked
>the look..a dark reddish brown.
>
>IMO, once you start getting quite a bit of gray (and even white hair),
>it's not bad to dye it for at least a few years. Hey...it makes you
>look "as young as you feel." I've known a few people that just let it
>go natural and they look like crap way before their time. A 50 year
>old woman with white hair looks 70. An old girlfriend of mine let it
>go and she looked bad. I wasn't my place to tell her that though.
I've known several 50 year old women with gray hair who could easily
pass for 40, mostly depends on keeping fit , how they style their
haair, and how they dress... a woman's hair color is not one of the
first things I notice, more like one of the last. Fifty year old
women who dye their hair thinking to make themselves look thirty look
hideious.
>Then I've known people that dye it some solid color and they look so
>fake and obviously dyed.
>
>I've thought about dying mine for about 10 years now. Hey...why
>not..young people do it just for a change.
>
>Best advice I heard is.... pick a hair dye color that used to be
>yours. Choose the dye that will wash out in several hair washes. Once
>you dye it...if it looks too fake (no one has all one color hair),
>just wash it a few times to let some of the natural color start
>showing through the dye.
>
>I'll probably try it someday but I'll make sure it's a temporary dye.
>If I look too weird, I can stay in the house and wash some of it out.
>hehehh
>
>> I've never dyed my hair, but there is still time.
>
>And here's the other side of that comment. Bald/shaved is so "the
>fashion" these days for men, just shave it all off vs dying it.
You'd be suprised at how many women begin to lose their hair at an
early age, lots. Lynn who has been cutting my hair for twelve years
tells me many of her women customers would love to have my hair, many
are half bald with a big bald spot on top, she does a lot of comb
overs and has to style for their hairpieces.
I'm fortunate to have a full head of very thick extremely fast growing
hair. When I reached my mid 40s I started to gray, at first only a
few strands but over the next ten years became s n'p, and now mostly s
with some p. Several times I thought about dying, even looked at
those DIY packages at the stores but reading the directions nothing
appealed (expensive and time consuming to apply), even thought of
getting one of those coloring comb thingies but again just didn't seem
worth the trouble. About five years ago the gal who cuts my hair
suggested I try Clairol's Professional Shimmer Lights Shampoo - blond
& silver formula, so I tried it, it's an excellent shampoo that
darkens the gray a wee bit and adds a very faint bluish highlight that
I think is a much better look than a dye job. I have been using
Alberto VO5 hairdressing conditioner for many years and so switched
from regular to their formula for gray/white/silver blonde hair...
adds very nice tones that soften the grays. Both these products
require no extra effort and are available at most any drug store, I
order mine in multi-packs from Amazon. These are both very high
quality products, only a small amount is necessary so it goes a long
way.
http://www.amazon.com/Clairol-Profes..._a_it&sr= 8-1
http://www.amazon.com/Alberto-VO5-Co... _a_it&sr=8-4