I am letting my hair grow out in its natural, but presently unknown, color. That would be some mixture of white and grey and feeble light brown. I don’t have to remember that I am doing this. People tell me about it in my family; non-family members avert their eyes. It doesn’t matter to me; heck, I’m short enough most people look right over me. I am a front row group picture person. Always have been.
Actually, lately when someone is talking with me and, of necessity, looking down, I wonder if the straight line of dye vs. roots makes them think of a drafting table, sea-floor spreading or, perhaps, the Prime Meridian or Dan Brown’s Rose Line.
It is not that I don’t want to color my hair; it is just that I can’t seem to really feel like me. One time I walked out with a color that my husband said was me and I felt was me, but now we can’t recreate it – and there is the matter of the “color?” of my roots.
It’s summer; I sweat a lot and wash my hair a lot; I wear baseball caps a lot anyway. I’m going to find out just what I dealing with coming out of my head now and then consider my options. Is there such thing a growing-out grey highlighted color?
I could spray paint my roots. Maybe a nice purple. Then people would know it was me: There goes Crazy AmeliaJake . . . making a statement again. I would probably feel like me.
Lilio is not the only one needing to talk to Rose. She’ll be here tomorrow, thank heavens.
I got my first grey hair at 18. By 30 I was about 1/2 grey. Very white hair that was thin so what you really saw was a pink scalp through the shining silver. So a-colorin’ I went…. and continue. But it’s SUCH a pain. My hair grows pretty fast so within three weeks I have a nice white stripe developing down my head. Now I’m a normal dark brunette and even if I go a lighter brunette I still get that stripe. Well I just kind of rebelled this last month and haven’t touched up or colored and I have become a skunk. Although a big company function will probably put an end to my rebellious streak soon I have a good two inch stripe down the part in my head. It’s rather…… startling. And frankly my dear I just don’t….. okay I do and will probably even put out money to get it done because of that dratted company function…. *sigh*
My other option… shave my head. That actually sounds more pleasant than coloring right now. Do you think it would be less startling that the skunk effect I have going on right now?
My stinkin’ sister is seven years older than me and doesn’t have a single white hair. Life can be so unfair at times.
I can relate. I have plenty of tinsel in my hair.