Beauty

[fromthebronx]

Diane, I think the issue is what your natural color looks like. If it's pretty and you like it, don't color. I personally did not have that experience. I stopped coloring my hair about 6 years ago. I wear my hair very short and get a lot of haircuts, so I thought my hair would be completely gray in a few months, a year at the most. Six years later, I had no more gray hair than I did before. To make a long story short, I recently went back to coloring my hair. I absolutely have to say it was the right thing to do.

[twocent]

This is one of those personal choices that you are entitled to. I will never go gray , unless I become physically /mentally unable to choose otherwise.

Granted there are gray haired ladies who are beauties, but in my opinion- it does age any person .

[vermint]

On 3/30/2015 kcladyz said:

Anyone know a good way to go natural and not cave and dye again? I want to grow out my natural color and the stray grays eventually have me cave in and i do a root touch up I started getting white hairs at age 26. I am 45 now

I have naturally dark brown hair. Started getting it highlighted 2.5 years ago to cover grays. Got tired of that about a year ago, so now my stylist uses what she calls a "toner" in an ash color, to blend everything together. I get that done every 4 months. One more cut should get rid of the highlights, and I'll probably do one more toner, then let that grow out (it really doesn't show much "root" between colorings) and see what I've got!

[adoreqvc]

Many women possess natural beauty and look wonderful with their natural hair color, even if it is salt & pepper or gray.

My beloved Mom was a hairdresser and always did a patch check test inside her wrist each time she wanted to dye her hair, just to ensure she had not become allergic to the hair dye.

If you internet check under hair dye and fatal allergies you will read that many ladies suddenly developed allergic reactions to hair dye and stopped using it, while others had even more series deadly allergy problems breathing, and I have also enclosed web site links below, where many women died from allergic reactions using hair dye, or had frightening severe allergic reactions.

I also test for allergies to prescription creams because one never knows.

It is always best to test to be safe, than take unnecessary risks, and for the ladies who dye their own hair it is a simple test to take and wait 48 hours, and then if no redness, itching, or anything else out of the ordinary occurs, you can safely proceed.......and Good Luck!

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/nov/28/could-hair-dye-kill-you

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/julie-mccabe-death-mother-may-have-died-because-hair-...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2960349/Mother-died-henna-tattoo-holiday-Dubai-triggered-mas...

http://extratv.com/2014/08/08/pauley-perrette-gave-up-hair-dye-after-severe-allergic-reaction/

[BLH]

I have never colored my hair. I'm trying to age gracefully. I get many compliments from women who said they wish they never colored theirs.

[missy1]

There was a big thread on this. I color my hair. I don't have a lot of gray (front a little) I would never let it go natural. Very few women look good with all grey. It ages them imo. Then they chop all their hair off too. I love long hair.

[violann]

I'm of the opinion that gorgeous hair can be gorgeous in every color of the hair rainbow. I say this because I've recently begin wearing a silver gray wig in a youthful style, and I've gotten raves about it. MY hair is a hot mess, following years of thyroid disease, major weight loss, yadayadayada. I think one must place some trust in a really good stylist about cut, length, and tone, give your natural color a trial, then stick with what works. Myself? My natural hair cut like ultra short Judy Densch, no more dye, wigs in whatever color I want for whenever I want to wear them. My head, my rules.

[millieshops]

Personally, I think whether you'll like going gray depends upon what kind of hair you have, what conditions and color your skin is, and what you want your hair to say and do. I just ran into a former neighbor recently. She's been gray for at least 15 years. When I first met her, she had firm young skin and shiny hair. She looked fine. Now, she shows every bit of her age - I would say. though, that knowing her, she truly doesn't care what I think.

I have sisters who went gray - one is white white, the other a pretty slate gray. Both have thick and relatively coarse hair. Really pretty. They both inherited my dad's hair.

I have my mother's hair - fine and tending to yellowish streaks. Nothing pretty about it at all if I leave it natural. I certainly am old enough to go gray, but to keep my hair in great shape would cost as much in time and money as my one-process coloring does. I know what my mom went through with hers and every few years I do consult with my favorite colorist about my own possibilities, but no, I'm not going gray any time soon.

[violann]

On 3/31/2015 missy1 said:

There was a big thread on this. I color my hair. I don't have a lot of gray (front a little) I would never let it go natural. Very few women look good with all grey. It ages them imo. Then they chop all their hair off too. I love long hair.

I can't agree with your comment. I think it's possible for MOST women to find a good style for their gray hair IF they have healthy hair to start with AND they're willing to seek out a REALLY good stylist AND give up their own sometimes stubborn misconceptions. I have terrible hair, many bald spots, very fine, thin, but love my silver wig.

[-Tulip-]

On 3/30/2015 kcladyz said:

Anyone know a good way to go natural and not cave and dye again? I want to grow out my natural color and the stray grays eventually have me cave in and i do a root touch up I started getting white hairs at age 26. I am 45 now

http://w11.zetaboards.com/Cafe_Gray/index/

The Silver Sisters can answer all your questions! I have not dyed my hair for 5 years. I now I have natural looking silver blond highlights, and have received many compliments. I never think about dyeing my hair.