To Dye or Not to Dye??

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Permalink Reply by knot in the string on November 13, 2007 at 7:47am

Tracy you said what I was trying to express perfectly. Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by Margie Klitch on November 14, 2007 at 9:07am

Yes, well-said, Tracy! If people want to dye their hair, fine. But a lot of them aren't fooling anyone (because it looks so fake). My 17 year old daughter has had fun dying her hair different colors; if she wants to spend her money that way, it's her choice. But now she's coming around to appreciating her natural color, and just wants the brassiness of the colored hair (which looked fine when it was done, but is now lighter and, well, brassy) to go away. Good thing hair grows!

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Permalink Reply by Eve on November 17, 2007 at 2:34pm

I have lightened my hair a few times - from a light brown to a dark blonde. I didn't like looking in the mirror and seeing so much darkness. I was feeling dark in myself part of the time and needed to lighten up. I never dyed my hair regularly. The new color was so close to natural that it just grew out without any root problems. However, the last time I did that it didn't grow out nicely, it turned kind of yellow as it grew and there was a definite root line. I don't want yellow hair, so I tried dying again hoping for better results as it grew out. Yellow again! Now on days when it is lemony-looking I use a "color refreshing rinse" in a light brown to tone down all that yellow and hide the root line. I have only a few grey hairs at each temple and the dye never hid them for more than a week, anyway. They don't bother me. A couple more hair cuts and I should be back to natural. No more dying for me then. Except I do have this fantasy of being a little-old purpled-haired granny when I go completely grey. I always loved that lavendar look. ;D

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Permalink Reply by shelagh on November 18, 2007 at 5:38am

I have to say it has been refreshing to read all these comments. My hair has always been an ash brown and now it is a lot more ash. Unfortunately it is interspersed now all over light grey and dark grey and everything in between but no white in sight.I would love to have snow white hair like my grandma. I look very washed out so I use a light golden brown semi permanent dye. Lasts me 3 months because I have curly hair and no part, the roots are hidden. It doesn't quite cover the grey but makes it look like highlights. I was going to try the permanent stuff but got scared after reading all the warnings about severe allergic reations and sudden death and patch testing 3 days in advance and that is still no guarantee that you won't develop an allergy to it overnight. What! Ok, no thanks.

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Permalink Reply by northerngurl on November 9, 2008 at 8:17pm

I have always dyed my hair. When I just did it for kicks it was fun. Now, not so much. I will always do it though. I don't like the greys sneaking in. On some women it looks wonderful. I'm not one of them. I don't always go to the salon to have it done, as it costs so much. When I want to try a new colour, I get the pros to do it. But yeah, it's a big pain.

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Permalink Reply by Motivation Mama! on November 10, 2008 at 8:14pm

to dye. enough said.

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Permalink Reply by cici carry on November 10, 2008 at 9:34pm

I stopped dyeing my hair a few years ago. When you have to dye it weekly and the grey still shows through it's time to make a decision. For me the decision was to not dye. To make it easier I cut my hair short, cutting off any dye that was remaining. Now I love my hair this way. It's easy, and I feel great. It took some time for me to get use to it though. People would comment, your hair is pretty, but when are you going to dye it. Everytime I looked in the mirror, I could hear a voice saying, when are you going to color your hair. I got tired of that voice and I replied back. You better get use to it, because I am not changing it. Today I wouldn't have it any other way. I think it's a personal preference what you want your hair to look like. For me,, its not to dye, it's about about accepting myself and feeling comfortable. and if you choose to dye, that's fine with me.
The older I get, the more comfortable I am with myself, and my life in general. I think if you let it, life gets better as you get older, and going gray is a physical manifestation of that. I choose to embrace it, not fight it!

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Permalink Reply by Judy on November 18, 2008 at 9:32am

I started going grey when I was in my twenties. By 40, I was very grey and I use to use Loving Care until I decided to try red for a change (my natural color had been chestnut brown). Then it wouldn't wash out. I was red for a very long time. Although I used the color auburn, it came out Lucille Ball red. I remember doing that one morning, then going to pick up my elementary age sons from school, and the kids (even their classmates) were shocked -"What Did You Do To Your Hair!!!!!!!" I even contacted the makers of Loving Care and their product to remove color didn't work! So, by the time that grew out, my hair was turning from grey to white, and while everyone thought I should dye it, my hair grows so fast, I'd have to have a retouch every two weeks. UGH- couldn't afford that. I'm not a once a week hair salon type of person. Now in my 50's, my hair has turned grey-blond-white. The only thing I do now is have it highlighted occasionally. Maybe you could have highlights put in that that would blend your natural color with some lighter highlights so the grey won't be obvious.

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