Thinking hair

Well, I looked at that post title I just typed and I thought about the fantasy ambiguity of it: If hair could think, we could all get smarter by growing long, long hair. Well, never mind.

Yes, never mind at all.

What I was actually thinking about was hair color. I am wondering if my roots are coming in consistently white/grayish enough that we could go ahead and bleach the color out of my “old” hair and make it a shade that would be more in line with the color of the roots growing in.

But I don’t know; I think maybe I have too much faded, but not yet gray, to make that an option now. In other words, I would still have comparatively dark roots.

Well, we shall see . . . but will anyone want to see me?  Say, maybe Rose and Sophie and Woo and Foo would like to experiment with a new color. Or not.

4 thoughts on “Thinking hair”

  1. Ah…the should I or shouldn’t I color the grey debate. When I turned 60 I decided to color my hair after a yearlong debate with myself. My hair is very dark brown so I was concerned I would look like an old woman in one of those black Elvira wigs you see at Halloween. I was worried about people knowing I colored my hair. I was concerned my husband wouldn’t like it. Well, when I finally had it done after much conversation with my hairdresser, I was thrilled! I looked ten years younger (I swear), I looked like myself again. And you know what? Not a soul noticed, not my husband, not my best friend, not my daughter-in-law, NO ONE!!! I have it done every 8 weeks and I am very happy. So I say go for it. Color the gray, not the other way around. You can always go back natural.

  2. I got grey hair when I was 19. No kidding. Talk about making someone feel old before their time, try having a good portion of your head grey at age 30 (it was about 1/2 and 1/2 by that age)…. so I started coloring it. I’m with Albug, no going back. I’m quite happy with it although in the summer it fades out quickly since I tend to forget to wear a hat. I do highlight it so it isn’t a solid dark brown that looks fake but my daughter does that for me and it all works out well. Anyway, I think I would go grey eventually IF I didn’t have such darned thin hair. When I’m grey (or the roots get too long) all you see is glaring pink scalp on top. It’s like I have a flashing neon light saying, look at me, look at me… one pink scalp under thin grey hair….. talk about old lady, this gal’s got it covered. And I’m not even 60 yet. *sigh*

    I think I’ll be coloring for quite a long time.

    Now as to YOUR dilemma….. I’d consider the thickness of your hair, will it cover scalp or not…. will you be one of those curly perm headed old ladies that rinses with bluing and has blue hair? (saw a purple tinted lady the other day, it was…. kind of punkish in it’s own way) Maintenance would be so much easier color free…. if I could just get past that thin issue.

  3. I agree with Pottermom, seeing the scalp was my problem too. I always thought I would let my hair do its thing, go gray on its own terms, sort of. But I really didn’t feel like me, the mirror was lying to me, I really wasn’t that old, tired looking woman, was I? So that’s why I did it. I too have highlights done, so there isn’t an all over effect. So I guess it depends on how you feel going all gray either way you will have maintenance, unless you just leave it as it is.

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