Grey hair?

[snoops]

You are so so right!! I knew a lady who colored her hair black. She was in her late 60's. Then she got breast cancer, lost all her hair and decided to tell us the it all grew in again gray!! Oh yeah. BUT she looked so much better gray. You're right it totally softened her face. And she did look harsh before.

I color my hair not to cover gray which I don't have much of yet (thanks mom) but because I have mousy brown hair and blond streaks just make my face look brighter. I am currently growing it out to see how I feel now. I'm just sick of paying to get it done. And never being totally happy with the job.

[cara4art]

I must be in the minority here, as I still color my hair(62 here), and I started turning grey in my 30s. Unlike many here, it did NOT become me at all, no matter how much I tried to like it. Before my hair started turning grey I was one of those who swore they'd never touch a bottle of haircolor - LOL! You see, I have warm-toned skin, and grey just washes it out. Sure, grey is said to "soften" one's look, but it seems to work best on people who have cooler skintones or very dark. Also, not everybody who colors their hair colors it black. That's a misconception that many anti-haircolor people have, at least in my opinion anyway. These days, there is a whole spectrum of colors and different formulas - no need to look harsh. In general, a lighter color is better as one ages though. I know there are issues with toxicity with haircolor etc. but I'm sticking with the bottle until I'm good and ready, like maybe when I'm completely white(not for a good while yet) I've done my haircolor myself for years, with good results because first of all I don't do highlights(those you really do have to pay for)and second I've had good input from hair people along the way. Plus I've gotten a ton of compliments on my haircolor, which is a coppery red-brown which suits me now. Had near-black hair naturally, which got to look too dark, even when grey started coming in. To be honest, the new color looks a whole lot better and very natural. I have a young-looking face so that has something to do with it too. Maybe when my face catches up I'll change my mind - will just have to see - LOL!

[JudiP]

Hey everyone
I'm 63 1/5 and only have a few grey hairs. My sister on the other hand has lots, guess it is just the luck of the draw. My hair is also very baby fine and a straight as a string! Now only if eating raw gave me hair with body and curl I would very happy. That's ok, I settle for being healthy.

JudiP

[somelikeitraw]

I'm 48 and started getting silver in my 20's. For years now I have referred to my silvers as my racing stripes. They mostly frame my face but when I put my long hair (it's just above me bum) in an updo the silver covers the top and sides of my head and then I look like I had my hair two-toned, LOL. I've only been raw for 6 months and haven't noticed any reversal. One day my DD said she thought that my hair wasn't as silver as before, but my hair gal says it's the same. I used to get compliments on my silver hair but haven't had any in quite a while. I have been afraid of coloring it because I'm told that once you start you have to keep doing it, or look odd as it grows out, and the expense is prohibitive to me. Now being raw and wanting to stay as healthy as possible, I probably won't color due to harsh chemicals. My hair started life as platinum blond and has gotten darker every year. Now it is a lovely chestnut brown with lots of silver in it, and I do mean sparking shiny silver. It lightens up a little bit in the summer if I spend much time out in the sun, which I don't much anymore. If only there was a healthy way to turn the silvers back to gold...

Loved the story of the silver braid lady that turned out to be an old man! LOL!

[kyri]

well, my grey has not gone anywhere, that is for sure lol.

[margoss]

I thought mine was...I was able to go a LONG time between colors. Not this time!

[Raindeer]

For those whose natural color has returned: I, too, would like to know how long it took for your grey to go away. :) I recently died my very grey hair for the first time ever, and hate, already, having to do the roots every four weeks! I'm hoping that my hair will start to grow in in my natural color so I can stop spending money on the hair salon!

[mamabird1953]

I love my grey hair! It goes really well with my wrinkles! I use to keep it dyed for my manbears sake even tho I loved it. Finnaly I said to heck with him and now he stopped dying his hair and beard. Also....I just found out that I'm going to be a grandma and so I figure it goes with the part. I'm proud of my greys!

[gabriele]

I'm starting to get gray now, so i'm back to highlighting..........i know this is not natural and is full of chemicals..... but the highlighting looks really good and i can do it myself (decades of practice), i feel better with it highlighted. The gray is totally hidden......... for now..

[mamabird1953]

My hair has lots of white and gray and sometimes I do think about tipping my hair in black just for something different. And of course to look kinda hip, slick, and cool!

[Invisible]

I was champagne blonde when I was a lttle girl, so my hair darkened in my teens and now, it's back to being Champagne blonde with some grey nordic blonde looking streaks. I won't be coloring my hair because I like it this way...it's funny, though, because when I was little and very light blonde ( almost white) nobody said, "OH, she has grey hair now, she is old". Now, even though I am still young, I get things like, " "You're no longer young anymore, ect." and..."that is the young group, you belong in the retired class instead" and I really am still young.. lol. maybe raw food make it go back to regular young mode.

[rawmiss]

This site tells you how to mix things like henna and indigo and make your own haircolor.
http://www.hennaforhair.com/
A tip: I you go looking for henna or indigo on eBay you can find the pure powders by using the botanical names: Lawsonia and Indigofera tinctoria

The cool thing about henna is that it's like doing a facial on your hair, no pain caused by chemicals. I left mine on for 4 hours the first time (I put bulk food bags over my hair and held everything in place with a stocking cap so I could do things. I even went and picked up my kids from school while I was hennaing!). The bad thing is that the color choice is limited if you just use henna (like I did, I didn't mix it with anything and I got bright red) I really want to get some indigo so I can play with the color range and get a darker red like these people did:
http://www.hennaforhair.com/mixes/kristenlu/

[babeak]

I was cajoled by friends and even hairdressers to color my hair and I refused based upon the whole root thing. Then at 39 I got pg. and some older woman at a baby store demonstrating a carseat asked if I was this other stranger's mother....that we looked alike...of course we didn't at all. I knew then that I was going to have to contend with questions of whether I was the mother or grandmother and I did not want to. So I started doing low lights. I used an organic hair salon and woowee that is priceee, but less chemical smell.

Anyway, it did not matter. I had my hair done right before I delivered and a few weeks later this woman asked if I was the grandmother or the mother. I just about died....do you not see the color on my hair??? well maybe all the more reason she asked. I was so disappointed because it was as natural as could be as there was still some grey

Anyway, I just recently had the stylist "wean" me off of coloring and I am hopeful of less grey. It seems like there is less than I remember, but I think that the worst is seeing photos of the top of my head. Then I really notice it.

So, my DD will be 2 in a month and I am not dying it anymore. I am going to just be a smarta$$ if someone asks me that again

[Raw Joy]

i stopped dyeing mine a couple of years ago, thinking it would come in dark with a lot of gray streaks like my brother's. Imagine my surprise when it came in completely silver!

After getting over the shock, I absolutely love it. Strangers stop me on the street and comment on my hair.

The cool thing is, after I get a complement on my hair, I almost invariably get "and your skin looks so young".

I decide to take the position that people will assume I just grayed really early and am not really 54. Works for me!

[Invisible]

OOOPS!!!! I didn't see that this is the over 50's group, LOL!! Oh, well, greyish hair is greyish hair, no matter what the age, I guess! :)