Does a weave count? I answered yes anyway. I like my hair. It is long and wavy, and some would say that I am too old to wear it as I do. I say tough shit! I vowed to myself when I was diagnosed with cancer 19+ years ago that I would keep my long hair for as long as I could keep my hair. So far, so good…even through chemo. So I get a weave. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
CA, I’m sometimes concerned about wearing my hair bleach/blended and quite long. I wonder how I look to other people, but not very much. I look OK to myself. It’s really funny sometimes. I’ll be walking down the street or in a store in my cowboy boots and Texas cowboy hat and my long hair, and some guy will pass me with a little smile of interest on his face. Then he gets in front of me and looks…!!! What?!! It’s a granny type person. I give him my, “Hi sonny.” look. I guess I look pretty good from the back.
I keep waiting to see my hair turn grey and it keeps not turning grey. Im 78 years old and still have all my dark auburn hair and its not colored. Years and years ago I was a bleached platinum blonde, just to see if it was true that blondes have more fun.
They have fun, but not more fun!!!
Guess its just a matter of genetics, but so far my hair hasn’t turned grey and for years there has been one little thin strip on the right side that puts out a few grey hairs, but its been the same size forever.
Not really lol It’s still as blonde as it was when I was 18, a genetic gift from my father. But the moustache keeps getting greyer every year and I tolerate that. I’ve had it now since before Vietnam and I’m damned if I’ll shave it off and look at some stranger in the mirror when I shave in the morning. I’m not sure I could handle the shock of the new, so to speak. So let it get grey—I’d be lost without it. Besides I once had a red-headed long-leggedy French girl tell this very young American boy that being kissed by a man without a moustache was no proper kiss at all, so I took her at her word and I promptly grew one and she liked the kissing for sure after that. Oh my she sure did. Lord that girl could kiss. Oh my indeedy. lol
I colored my hair once… never - never - never again! I cannot see spending time on money trying to look like something or someone I am not. Probably one of the reasons my husband left - he always wanted a red head he told me. And… his girlfriend now has sort of purple/red hair!
Have colored my hair since I was in my teens, have had many colors but always go back to blonding since thats what I was a a child. I enjoy the changes. If I were a teenager nowadays I would be one of the ones with pink or blue streaks.
Try red - fire engine red! I have brown hair (chestnut - not my natural color, but close) with “peek-a-boo” highlights of REAL red. They’re lots of fun, and not glaring “in your face” streaks.
Great idea - my blonde is starting to look too much like gray. I always avoided red because my mother was a natural redhead and than when she turned gray it really turned blonde. It is hard to live up to that. But Real Red streaks sound like fun. Think I could do that. Love your Hell yeah answer.
I’ve been frosting (or highlighting) my hair for many years. As the grey takes over, it’s becoming very difficult to distinguish between the frosting and the natural color. So I’m thinking of becoming totally blonde. I’m just afraid it may be too much bother to maintain. There used to be a product that was designed to cover only the grey, but they’ve apparently stopped making it.
I colored my hair when I was young, now that I’m old I don’t bother. The color is a stubborn salt and pepper, I’d prefer silky white. I’m sometimes tempted to go blond or frosty, but when I think of the hours spent at the hairdressers, I convince myself that salt and pepper is just fine.
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