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AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 10 Jul 2012 22:07

I do like bald men!!!

David

David Report 10 Jul 2012 21:49

I'm just glad I still have hair.

Grey? call it natural high lights

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 10 Jul 2012 21:34

I was born with red hair which thankfully turned to platinum blonde very quickly and stayed that way until my teens when it started to go darker - then resorted to highlights, then low lights, and then they didn't show anymore so I've just gone naturally sort of silvery whiteish - I call it fair, my friend calls it grey - I hate her!!!!

 Sue In Yorkshire.

Sue In Yorkshire. Report 10 Jul 2012 16:12

My hair since I was 43 is ginger and I have 2 wings just above my ears that are white through shock.went white overnight.

Used to dye it but haven't bothered for about 6 months now..but I can't decide wether to start dying it back to Auburn and colouring the white wings..

Suexx

YorkshireCaz

YorkshireCaz Report 10 Jul 2012 15:04

I am blonde but my fringe has turned silver, in the summer sun the rest of my hair goes a lot lighter. A funny family 'cos my brother is deep red and my sister a gingery blonde.

Caz

LollyWithSprinklez

LollyWithSprinklez Report 10 Jul 2012 14:28

Like Shirley~~I have a pale skin and look totally washed out if I leave my hair eau natural for too long. I was lucky that the Mature blonde didn't start until I was 50 and being an ash blonde the colour change when I first hit the bottle was not that noticeable.

I use a permanent colour that lasts me 6-8wks & have always done it myself, there are usually offers available 2 for 1 etc so it doesn't break the bank, and for the lift it gives me well worth it.

At a party I spotted an old friend of mine whom I hadn't seen for years most impressed with her thick silver hair and wondered how she had managed to cover her previous red, then her sister told me it was natural.

So for many it works but not for me
:-D :-D

Lolly

Island

Island Report 10 Jul 2012 14:13

Ah. Daughter of the Pickled Walnut? ;-) :-D

Merlin

Merlin Report 10 Jul 2012 14:08

No, a complete Cadburys Fruit and Nut Case, :-D ;-)

Island

Island Report 10 Jul 2012 13:56

Was she a has bean Merlin? :-0

Merlin

Merlin Report 10 Jul 2012 13:32

I used to have a cousin who dyed her hair to match her outfits ,Ended up green and going bald,took her 5 yrs to get back a reasonable head of hair. :-S.

supercrutch

supercrutch Report 10 Jul 2012 13:08

Mine is salt 'n pepper, used to have highlights but cannot sit still for that long now...lolol

I did get a shock when I stopped having it lighlighted when I saw my hair in bright sunlight in the car mirror and thought "who the hell is that old bird?" but I'm used to it now.

I see oldies with amazing coloured streaks and do like that look but my hair is kept very short so I'd look daft... :-D

Sue x

Julia

Julia Report 10 Jul 2012 12:49

Ooops Island. I shall either have to go to Specsaver or buy books with bigger writing.
Got some illicit higher wattage light bulbes the other day, for me bedside lamp, for when doing me readings LOLOL


Julia in Derbyshire

Island

Island Report 10 Jul 2012 12:43

Oh right Scozz........should have married a car mechanic LOL :-D


Ahem, Julia.........it's corn rows not crows LOL :-D
Must be where birds nest hairdo comes from :-0 :-D
sorry chuck, but it did make me larff :-D

Rambling

Rambling Report 10 Jul 2012 11:44

I have now stopped dyeing, as it had started fading to ginger each time, now the grey outweighs the brown but its fine.

I saw Ann Widdecombe on the news yesterday, she was silver and suited her much better than the blond.

SheilaSomerset

SheilaSomerset Report 10 Jul 2012 11:32

I have been struggling with the 'going grey' for a couple of years. I am dark, but fair-skinned, and the really dark brown shades now are too harsh (skin tone does change with agee too). I use an ash brown semi-permanent but even that is a bit too much sometimes! I am a 'winter' colour and reds/coppers in my hair are a no-no, a lot of hair dyes fade out to reddish colours and they just look awful on me. I really would be best to let it go grey, but I just find it a bit ageing at the mo :-D.

+++DetEcTive+++

+++DetEcTive+++ Report 10 Jul 2012 11:00

If you are uncertain about dying your hair, you could consider a Colour Wash at the hairdressers.

It lasts about 3 months and gradually fades/washes out so no 'roots' to worry about :-D

SueMaid

SueMaid Report 10 Jul 2012 10:48

:-0 :-0

LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 10 Jul 2012 10:41

How about these Island...............


( o )( o )

pair of headlamps lol

:-D

'Emma'

'Emma' Report 10 Jul 2012 10:40

I used to love doing my mums' hair for her and always
hoped mine would go white like hers. She had a good
thick head of hair and always looked good when she
had it done even at 93.
Well I got my wish, I am also blessed with thick hair and
am also white......but NOT 93 yet :-D :-D

Emma

Julia

Julia Report 10 Jul 2012 10:38

My hair has always been abit of a bain in my life. Very dark, almost black, but with a little red in it, (mother was auburn, her dad very ginger), and with the consistancy of negroid hair, (no, mother did not have a bike). It was like the hair of Diana Ross. How I wish it had been fashionable in my younger days to have those corncrows (sp) with beeds woven in. I would have been on the front row to have these done.
But over the years, I have had it cut shorter and shorter, to keep it straight. Even now, if I go over my usual six-week hairdressing appointment, there is a row of tiny black curls growing across the bottom of my neck hairline.
Now, it has quite abit of grey in it, and only the other night, I mentioned to the OH about having it 'done' totally grey. But, I havn't quite got the nerve to go the 'whole hog'.
I have two daughters with the same dark hair as mine, but straighter, and a son with mid-brown hair. Other daughter is abit of a mousey brown, as I seem to recollect, but has been having an auburn rinse on her hair for years.
What to do.? Such a delemma.!!

Julia in Derbyshire