Comments on: The Hair Color Crossroads http://www.stlworkingmom.com/2008/04/27/the-hair-color-crossroads/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:16:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Cruz Lastufka http://www.stlworkingmom.com/2008/04/27/the-hair-color-crossroads/#comment-23858 Cruz Lastufka Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:20:54 +0000 http://www.stlworkingmom.com/2008/04/27/the-hair-color-crossroads/#comment-23858 Love your posts Keep em coming I look forward to more! Love your posts Keep em coming I look forward to more!

]]> By: Randee http://www.stlworkingmom.com/2008/04/27/the-hair-color-crossroads/#comment-18777 Randee Thu, 01 May 2008 05:17:07 +0000 http://www.stlworkingmom.com/2008/04/27/the-hair-color-crossroads/#comment-18777 I am not afraid to say I am fighting going gray every step of the way. I found my first in high school, though, and based on roots, would have to say that I am predominantly white at 37--not so pretty. I refuse to be whiter than my mother (who still colors). But, then, I am also the one who forewarned her husband a year ago that my 20th reunion was coming up and I might require a few minor cosmetic procedures (When you see me, gasp at my beauty and youthful appearance--and don't tell a soul! In any case, nothing has been done yet.) However, I have given up the do it yourself method, as I do color for vanity's sake. Not willing to spend a great deal on it, though, I've found someone super at Mastercuts. I am not afraid to say I am fighting going gray every step of the way. I found my first in high school, though, and based on roots, would have to say that I am predominantly white at 37–not so pretty. I refuse to be whiter than my mother (who still colors). But, then, I am also the one who forewarned her husband a year ago that my 20th reunion was coming up and I might require a few minor cosmetic procedures (When you see me, gasp at my beauty and youthful appearance–and don’t tell a soul! In any case, nothing has been done yet.) However, I have given up the do it yourself method, as I do color for vanity’s sake. Not willing to spend a great deal on it, though, I’ve found someone super at Mastercuts.

]]> By: Big Sis http://www.stlworkingmom.com/2008/04/27/the-hair-color-crossroads/#comment-18769 Big Sis Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:30:52 +0000 http://www.stlworkingmom.com/2008/04/27/the-hair-color-crossroads/#comment-18769 C'mon, do you want to look like a grandmother in your 30s? Highlights should work for you. Better yet, go blonde like me. C’mon, do you want to look like a grandmother in your 30s? Highlights should work for you. Better yet, go blonde like me.

]]> By: Angela http://www.stlworkingmom.com/2008/04/27/the-hair-color-crossroads/#comment-18739 Angela Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:18:19 +0000 http://www.stlworkingmom.com/2008/04/27/the-hair-color-crossroads/#comment-18739 I am EXACTLY where you are on this. In fact, my 20th high school reunion is coming up, and I've told myself that after that, I will no longer color. (As it stands right now, I spend nearly five minutes daily pulling out white hair.) Coloring is such a waste of time for me, as my hair is barely one inch long. My color gets cut out every month. Silly, really. It's funny how much I love seeing older women with short spiky gray hair, yet I'm fighting the thought of becoming one of them. I am EXACTLY where you are on this. In fact, my 20th high school reunion is coming up, and I’ve told myself that after that, I will no longer color. (As it stands right now, I spend nearly five minutes daily pulling out white hair.) Coloring is such a waste of time for me, as my hair is barely one inch long. My color gets cut out every month. Silly, really.

It’s funny how much I love seeing older women with short spiky gray hair, yet I’m fighting the thought of becoming one of them.

]]> By: Cathy http://www.stlworkingmom.com/2008/04/27/the-hair-color-crossroads/#comment-18729 Cathy Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:27:56 +0000 http://www.stlworkingmom.com/2008/04/27/the-hair-color-crossroads/#comment-18729 It's not that I mind the gray, but it washes me out. I got my hair lowlighted in Dec and it looked great, but it's almost all gone/faded now and I don't want to spend the money again. I have used Clairol Natural Instincts in the past because it washes out gradually, it gets brassy though if left in too long and one time my hair turned out almost red. I'm about to use that type of color again, but I really wish I looked better with the gray. I'm not sure anyone else minds, some people have said they thought I was "blonde", I don't know if they were just being nice... It’s not that I mind the gray, but it washes me out. I got my hair lowlighted in Dec and it looked great, but it’s almost all gone/faded now and I don’t want to spend the money again. I have used Clairol Natural Instincts in the past because it washes out gradually, it gets brassy though if left in too long and one time my hair turned out almost red. I’m about to use that type of color again, but I really wish I looked better with the gray. I’m not sure anyone else minds, some people have said they thought I was “blonde”, I don’t know if they were just being nice…

]]> By: Susan http://www.stlworkingmom.com/2008/04/27/the-hair-color-crossroads/#comment-18724 Susan Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:27:34 +0000 http://www.stlworkingmom.com/2008/04/27/the-hair-color-crossroads/#comment-18724 I do get my hair colored but not because of the gray. I have dark, mousy, and dull dark brown hair that if I don't color it, I look dead. I think if I could find a way to gradually stop coloring my hair without my hair looking so bad in the between stages, I would. I do get my hair colored but not because of the gray. I have dark, mousy, and dull dark brown hair that if I don’t color it, I look dead. I think if I could find a way to gradually stop coloring my hair without my hair looking so bad in the between stages, I would.

]]> By: zuzuernie http://www.stlworkingmom.com/2008/04/27/the-hair-color-crossroads/#comment-18723 zuzuernie Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:19:30 +0000 http://www.stlworkingmom.com/2008/04/27/the-hair-color-crossroads/#comment-18723 I color my hair with Preference by L'Oreal. I usually wait until there is a sale and kind of stock up. I like it because it has a comb attachment that makes it much easier to get all of your hair colored. But, you are right about choosing the right color. I tried to match my natural hair color and ended up looking like an old Jewish woman. I'm 42 and have colored my hair for several years now, probably around 10 yrs. I have gone once in awhile to the salon for highlights after coloring it myself. But, that's expensive and I just can't justify it. I hate the growing out stage. That's mainly why I color it. Oh, who am I kidding? I just don't want the gray. And with long hair, I think it looks strange. So when I do decide to go au naturale, I'll probably get it cut short so that the growing out will not be so icky. I color my hair with Preference by L’Oreal. I usually wait until there is a sale and kind of stock up. I like it because it has a comb attachment that makes it much easier to get all of your hair colored. But, you are right about choosing the right color. I tried to match my natural hair color and ended up looking like an old Jewish woman.

I’m 42 and have colored my hair for several years now, probably around 10 yrs. I have gone once in awhile to the salon for highlights after coloring it myself. But, that’s expensive and I just can’t justify it.

I hate the growing out stage. That’s mainly why I color it. Oh, who am I kidding? I just don’t want the gray. And with long hair, I think it looks strange. So when I do decide to go au naturale, I’ll probably get it cut short so that the growing out will not be so icky.

]]> By: Waldo Jaquith http://www.stlworkingmom.com/2008/04/27/the-hair-color-crossroads/#comment-18714 Waldo Jaquith Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:43:49 +0000 http://www.stlworkingmom.com/2008/04/27/the-hair-color-crossroads/#comment-18714 I started going gray when I was 23, and I think it's great. Not only because a) half of the town labors under the impression that I'm perpetually 16 years old but because b) that's hair that I still have. Graying hair is like balding: you just can't cover it up forever, so what's your exit strategy? If I lose my hair over the course of 40 years, it'll be as gradual and natural to friends as it is to me. But if I have some dumb-ass combover, one day I'll be that guy with ten strands across my pate. Or, if I have more sense, I'll abruptly stop the combover at a reasonable point, but that <em>still</em> means that one day I'll functionally go from having a full head of hair to being half-bald. So go gray as men should deal with hair loss: slowly and gracefully. I started going gray when I was 23, and I think it’s great. Not only because a) half of the town labors under the impression that I’m perpetually 16 years old but because b) that’s hair that I still have.

Graying hair is like balding: you just can’t cover it up forever, so what’s your exit strategy? If I lose my hair over the course of 40 years, it’ll be as gradual and natural to friends as it is to me. But if I have some dumb-ass combover, one day I’ll be that guy with ten strands across my pate. Or, if I have more sense, I’ll abruptly stop the combover at a reasonable point, but that still means that one day I’ll functionally go from having a full head of hair to being half-bald.

So go gray as men should deal with hair loss: slowly and gracefully.

]]> By: Cathy http://www.stlworkingmom.com/2008/04/27/the-hair-color-crossroads/#comment-18712 Cathy Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:21:29 +0000 http://www.stlworkingmom.com/2008/04/27/the-hair-color-crossroads/#comment-18712 I am 48, going on 49, and started coloring about two years ago. I have long brown hair, and now it's long brown with gray streaks. It's not pretty. It just makes me look old and tired -- that could be because I'm old and tired :) I hadn't felt old and tired looking until this year which has been, and continues to be, one of extreme stress. I finally bought new clothes that are more age appropriate, and let go of the stuff from 12 years ago, hanging in my closet and reminding me that it's not 12 years ago. As for the hari, I'm not so resolved. I go back and forth with it. It's been over six months since I colored it, so I have about 4" of salt & pepper bottomed out by about 9" of dyed brown. I hate dying my hair myself, not because I do a bad job (i'm pretty meticulous about it), but, because the dye is a mess and gets on the bathroom wall and I can never get it out. After going through moralizing internally about the environment, and about my reponsibility to my feminist sisters, I'm afraid that my sense of femininity in these peri-menopausal years, and my general lack of self esteem when it comes to my looks, comprise one particular character defect I cannot purge myself of at the moment, and I've given in. I've got an appointment at Bristles on Tuesday morning. What is this "moxie" place? Sounds too trendy for this old and tired person. I am 48, going on 49, and started coloring about two years ago. I have long brown hair, and now it’s long brown with gray streaks. It’s not pretty. It just makes me look old and tired — that could be because I’m old and tired :)

I hadn’t felt old and tired looking until this year which has been, and continues to be, one of extreme stress. I finally bought new clothes that are more age appropriate, and let go of the stuff from 12 years ago, hanging in my closet and reminding me that it’s not 12 years ago.

As for the hari, I’m not so resolved. I go back and forth with it. It’s been over six months since I colored it, so I have about 4″ of salt & pepper bottomed out by about 9″ of dyed brown. I hate dying my hair myself, not because I do a bad job (i’m pretty meticulous about it), but, because the dye is a mess and gets on the bathroom wall and I can never get it out.

After going through moralizing internally about the environment, and about my reponsibility to my feminist sisters, I’m afraid that my sense of femininity in these peri-menopausal years, and my general lack of self esteem when it comes to my looks, comprise one particular character defect I cannot purge myself of at the moment, and I’ve given in.

I’ve got an appointment at Bristles on Tuesday morning. What is this “moxie” place? Sounds too trendy for this old and tired person.

]]> By: Angi (Bowman) Halvorson http://www.stlworkingmom.com/2008/04/27/the-hair-color-crossroads/#comment-18711 Angi (Bowman) Halvorson Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:13:09 +0000 http://www.stlworkingmom.com/2008/04/27/the-hair-color-crossroads/#comment-18711 Girl--go gray and be proud of it! Those are some hard won and hard earned marks of distinction up there on your head. I always thought I would color forever too, but I am like you--it just seems too much work for a little misplaced pride. Take pride in the fact that you have made it this far. Forgive me for not responding to your email. Pretty lame of me I know. But I do love reading your blog and can't wait to see you in October at our 20-year reunion! We can count our grays! Angi PS--If you really have to do something with the gray--try some highlights. Girl–go gray and be proud of it! Those are some hard won and hard earned marks of distinction up there on your head. I always thought I would color forever too, but I am like you–it just seems too much work for a little misplaced pride. Take pride in the fact that you have made it this far. Forgive me for not responding to your email. Pretty lame of me I know. But I do love reading your blog and can’t wait to see you in October at our 20-year reunion! We can count our grays!
Angi
PS–If you really have to do something with the gray–try some highlights.

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