Hair Coloring - or Letting Hair Stay "Natural"

[wandaweberg]

There are those of us in both categories. Which designation are you in and why? I’m in a quandary as to what to do with mine.


Why DO you color your hair?



Why DON’T you color your hair?

[Seveen]

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no color for me
my hair is totally natural
also dreaded (14 years and counting [img]/forums/images/graemlins/70371-jump.gif[/img])

i'm mixed gray

i dyed it once - had to use black to cover those gray hairs

i looked like someone had drawn my hair on my head

and then the new growth drove me crazy

plus i don't want to have to have someone else do anything to my hair

[Suesumba]

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this is the colour i am currently. i'm struggling with whether i should:

(a) cut it off
(b) let the colour eventually fade out to my natural du du brown
(c) upkeep the colour.

the one drawback to this colour is that i have to buy colour co-ordinated bedding [img]/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img] o wait. there are more drawback, no white/beigte or light coloured tops unless my hair is up [img]/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]



PLEASE DO ME A FAVOUR AND NOT QUOTE MY POST AS I MAY EDIT OUT MY PICTURE. I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THE COLOUR

edited to add: i'm figuring out how to edit pictures

[Kurlie]

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this is the colour i am currently. i'm struggling with whether i should:

(a) cut it off
(b) let the colour eventually fade out to my natural du du brown
(c) upkeep the colour.

the one drawback to this colour is that i have to buy colour co-ordinated bedding [img]/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img] o wait. there are more drawback, no white/beigte or light coloured tops unless my hair is up [img]/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]


PLEASE DO ME A FAVOUR AND NOT QUOTE MY POST AS I MAY EDIT OUT MY PICTURE. I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THE COLOUR

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mek it stay and get the matching bedding, lights and carpet

[wandaweberg]

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Seveen - I am considering letting it go white (some gray) for several reasons - I have tried coloring it myself at home - but it is TOO messy and I cannot get the color to “stick” properly to the whites! And going to the salon costs TOO much money! I used to like that my hair grew so fast - but not now that I want the color to stay and the whites to go away!!

SueSumba - that’s a beautiful color. But I understand your dilemma. My hair coloring is brown, red and a touch of purple! Same issue with the sheets and white tops (especially if hair wet).!

[Suesumba]

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there's an older lady i see with locks on my commutes and her hair is grey. silvery gray. very stunning.

i can't see myself just being gray, not because of the aging factor, it's just that i love fussing with my hair. [img]/forums/images/graemlins/70361-embarassed.gif[/img]

[Seveen]

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Seveen - I am considering letting it go white (some gray) for several reasons - I have tried coloring it myself at home - but it is TOO messy and I cannot get the color to “stick” properly to the whites! And going to the salon costs TOO much money! I used to like that my hair grew so fast - but not now that I want the color to stay and the whites to go away!!

SueSumba - that’s a beautiful color. But I understand your dilemma. My hair coloring is brown, red and a touch of purple! Same issue with the sheets and white tops (especially if hair wet).!

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wanda - go blonde - then you won't have to get too many root touchups - or go gray and get a really up-to-date contempory hairdo so the gray doesn't age you

suesumba - nice color - and even with your face blacked out - i can tell you are stunning and you like me wouldn't be able to comb your dreads out [img]/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

[diabolical_Tanya]

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wow, this post sure comes at a great time,
I too am struggling with this choice. I always used to say that I am gonna age gracefuly and not dye my hair to cover the grey/white/silver but now more and more often I look in the mirror and see that the grey is taking over

[wandaweberg]

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wow, this post sure comes at a great time,
I too am struggling with this choice. I always used to say that I am gonna age gracefuly and not dye my hair to cover the grey/white/silver but now more and more often I look in the mirror and see that the grey is taking over

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Yes, I’m either at the point “let it grow and go” or once again try the dye!
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[loops]

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i've got a lot of gray...and so far...i haven't let it bother me...BUT...the gray is starting to be a bit too abundant.

there may come a time...fairly soon...that i at least try to camoflage it with highlites.

salt n peppah for now...

[mina101]

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i color and have had highlights. Next go round getting highlights again. Why? I like the look, like to change-up, change-up.

[Suesumba]

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suesumba - nice color - and even with your face blacked out - i can tell you are stunning and you like me wouldn't be able to comb your dreads out

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i've since put in blonde highlights <-- well strawberry blonde [img]/forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img] so dying will be a real feat if i want to preserve the blonde highlights which i love [img]/forums/images/graemlins/70365-flirt.gif[/img]

right now i have about 1/2 inch of growth at the scalp. it doesn't look funny yet. gonna leave it for a while.

[Seveen]

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suesumba - nice color - and even with your face blacked out - i can tell you are stunning and you like me wouldn't be able to comb your dreads out

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i've since put in blonde highlights <-- well strawberry blonde [img]/forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img] so dying will be a real feat if i want to preserve the blonde highlights which i love [img]/forums/images/graemlins/70365-flirt.gif[/img]

right now i have about 1/2 inch of growth at the scalp. it doesn't look funny yet. gonna leave it for a while.

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i want to see the strawberry blonde [img]/forums/images/graemlins/70371-jump.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/graemlins/70371-jump.gif[/img]

okay i admit - i don't dye my hair - i'm afraid [img]/forums/images/graemlins/70361-embarassed.gif[/img]

[Suesumba]

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i want to see the strawberry blonde

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just a few strands here and there, you probably wouldn't notice because after years of doing the red thing, bleaching it out was really hard [img]/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img] and i'm a do it at home and let the hair fall where it may kinda person [img]/forums/images/graemlins/70365-flirt.gif[/img]

[Blackstar*]

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Love the red, Sue. [img]/forums/images/graemlins/70377-loveeyes.gif[/img]
Now your image editing skills, on the other hand... [img]/forums/images/graemlins/70374-lipsrsealed.gif[/img]

I can't be bothered to color my hair. Maybe one day.

Check out this article for this woman's journey to grey.