I have one friend that has stunning gray hair………almost white. It is in a teriffic short cut and looks beautiful! If I tried that, I would just look like a clown!

My hats off to Jamie for not being afraid to be true to herself. There are so many woman that today I don’t think I would reconize ( to much work) if I can’t look in the mirror and see me then what is the point.

I am a little surprised at the snappy tone here—-I thought that this was a site for all women to try and become stronger and feel good. Those of us who have silver hair can spend beaucoup bucks at the beauty salon putting crud to cover our hair every week. OR, we can decide that this is US, and go with it. I would not have CHOSEN white hair at age 30. But I got it, and deal with it, and I’ve managed a pretty successful life with it. I envy many women who have hair that can be streaked and comfortably dyed…happy you. And yeah, I know that there is PLENTY of prejudice against older women out there. So—-let’s work to change that.

The French Minister of Finance…why can’t we have a Treasury Secretary that looks like that. WOOF!

I started with a grey streak at 15..right in the middle of my long black/brown hair. It became my “trademark.” As it continued on, as a 20 something, folks would remark about loving how I “did” it, and told them “God is my hairdresser!” Now, at 53, I’m salt & pepper, and have still never colored. I love it! My sister is 10 years older and more salt than pepper. I’ve always loved hers. I always get nice remarks from strangers, who envy the look. My 20-something year old daughters want me to dye it! They pull out every white hair, and I tell them what my mom told me…”three will grow back!”

You are right. I don’t have an answer as to how to “gracefully” quit coloring. The moral to my story is for anyone who hasn’t started coloring, DON’T START!

i agree that at least 2 of the ladies in the show are not gray, but pale blonde. (that or they needed a SERIOUS blue-rinse to get that yellow out!) i’m a dirty-blonde, who’s bleached & highlighted..and now, at 38, i’m getting snow-white wiry-wavy hairs..and i’m ecstatic! my great grandmother had soft curly snowy-white hair that i loved, and while it looks like mine won’t be as soft, i think the white will be stunning. i’m keeping my natural color, but adding lighter blonde highlights when i go to the salon..as opposed to allover color. (easier on the $$, too!) i’m hoping THAT will allow the “snow” to cover the top more gracefully!

I agree. I don’t think there is a graceful way to go from dying your hair to reclaiming your gray (without spending a lot of money). I’ve decided to just let it grow out and live with it. There are a LOT more serious things to worry about in the world than my gray roots. I have started a project that i feel very passionate about and it has helped me to not focus on my gray roots. I believe that by doing a project or working for a cause or issue that is near and dear to our hearts we can take the focus off our hair and get something very important done. We must reclaim our power and not be marginalized or peer-pressured into being ashamed or uncomfortable about our roots. AND we must be supportive of one another. Not picky or critical. Rock on! http://grayhairstories.blogspot.com/

Emmylou Harris and Annie Lennox are both simply stunning! And, I’m with Dana Jae, the French Minister of Finance is looking mighty good also!

As a retired hairdresser, I have known many lovely ladies with beautiful silvery white locks, in every texture.  So, yes, they do, too, exist, and the spiteful, catty remarks are very uncalled for. 

In reality, there is actually no such thing as "grey" or "silver" hair: it’s either white or pigmented.  "Silver" or "grey" hair is actually a blend of white hair mixed with dark-pigmented hair; the amount of pigmented hair, and the darkness of the pigment determines how "silver" the head of hair looks.  Example:  Emmy Lou Harris has been letting her natural color show for years; look back at how it’s gone from dark to every shade of silver to white.

People whose natural hair color was light to begin with frequently look like their hair is pale blonde while it is still turning white and still has pigmented hair mixed with it.  My hair, which was dark blonde to start, has gone about 60% white, and the effect is of a very pale blonde.  My clients used to ask for "highlights" like mine.

Yes, a hairdresser can help, with good cuts, and recommending the right products for each hair type and style.  But naturally beautiful white hair does exist, and it does not come from a salon! 

 

I have a friend who had auburn hair. As she has greyed, it looks more blonde than white. My brownish black hair has gone from charcoal to steel to silver to almost snowy. This process began when I was 18

I would subtract one or 2 unknowns and put in Angela Lansbury for one. And Eva Saint Marie for the other. Now they both look good. Even Shirley Jones, who an article was here and what I found this tidbit on.