Gray hair is now the hallmark of coolness

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Ameriscot

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I saw this on Facebook and reposted it. Got quite a few comments. Of the ones who have gray some were comfortable with it, some, like me, are in the process of letting it go gray/silver, a couple of my friends have very dark hair and said no way would they go gray. One of them who is in her late 60's replied that although white or silver is fine on some, that gray is always horrible on anyone. She colours her hair and is someone who won't be seen without makeup and never allows an ounce of fat on her body. She doesn't understand women who don't do what she does. Anyway....

Ladies, do you have gray, white, silver hair, do you dye it? Will you ever stop colouring it?
 

I love mine... I am very comfortable with it... in fact I brag about having earned every single silver strand.. I used to dye my hair when I was young. I have had every color that you can think of, however my gray is here to stay.

Granny Chic....... I LOVE it!!
 
QuickSilver said:
I love mine... I am very comfortable with it... in fact I brag about having earned every single silver strand.. I used to dye my hair when I was young. I have had every color that you can think of, however my gray is here to stay.

Granny Chic....... I LOVE it!!
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You are very chic, QS! :)
 

QuickSilver said:
Oh I wouldn't say that AS... but I am proud of my hair..
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Throughout my 50's I resisted letting the gray grow out. I felt I wasn't 'ready' to be gray. I guess I am now. There are so many shades of gray, silver, white. I've noticed in Scotland that most men have the same shade of white hair, like my husband.
 
I have no intention of ever letting my hair grow grey... Some ladies really suit it, especially when it's a silver white...but nope not me. I have a little bit of grey growing in so the Clairol will go on don't you worry about that.. :D

AS interesting what you say about white hair on men in Scotland...all my Uncles and grandfathers had blue black hair, and when they went grey it was steel grey...however I noticed that those who went snowy white usually had been redheads or strawberry blondes before losing the pigmentation in their hair ...Was your husband a redhead?
 
hollydolly said:
I have no intention of ever letting my hair grow grey... Some ladies really suit it, especially when it's a silver white...but nope not me. I have a little bit of grey growing in so the Clairol will go on don't you worry about that.. :D

AS interesting what you say about white hair on men in Scotland...all my Uncles and grandfathers had blue black hair, and when they went grey it was steel grey...however I noticed that those who went snowy white usually had been redheads or strawberry blondes before losing the pigmentation in their hair ...Was your husband a redhead?
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No, he had brown hair that would go reddish in the sun though. His brothers were blonde and one was a redhead. Lots of redheads in the family. I notice white hair a lot more than gray.
 
My wife onced asked me if I would still love her when she "is old and gray?"

I told her that sure, "we made it through all the other colors!!"
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My mother became allergic to hair dye when she was about 50, so had no choice but to go gray. She wasn't happy. Since I've become allergic to just about every other chemical I figured it might happen to me. Even the non-permanent dye has started to make me itch a bit on the skin test. So that's it.
 
Ameriscot said:
My mother became allergic to hair dye when she was about 50, so had no choice but to go gray. She wasn't happy. Since I've become allergic to just about every other chemical I figured it might happen to me. Even the non-permanent dye has started to make me itch a bit on the skin test. So that's it.
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You will love it!... I've always felt it empowering.. No pretending. If men think I look old and unattractive... they had better look like Brad Pitt..
 
QuickSilver said:
You will love it!... I've always felt it empowering.. No pretending. If men think I look old and unattractive... they had better look like Brad Pitt..
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It's been about 3 years since I used permanent dye, and last summer since I used non-permanent (which washed out very fast on the gray part). So I'm sure all of it is now my own colour. The front of my hair and all the roots are totally grayish/silver (depending on how bright the light I look at it in), and the rest is still a light brown with a few grays here and there.
 
Ralphy1 said:
Will I do? I look more like George Clooney...
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Are you a woman, Ralphy? ;) This is actually for women because nobody says men look bad with gray hair. In fact, we often make fun of men who dye their hair when it goes gray. Wonder why that is?
 
There are older men and women that have silver and gray hair that look VERY distinguishing! Then, there is wife and I who hate gray hair! I use Just For Men (beard/mustache), but only use it on my temples and mustache. Wife uses a shade of blonde for hair color. I didn't start using Just For Men until some gray started showing in my mustache and temples. Because so many men my age have lots of gray hair, people find it hard to believe that I'm 65 years old.........and that's fine with wife and I.
 
ClassicRockr said:
There are older men and women that have silver and gray hair that look VERY distinguishing! Then, there is wife and I who hate gray hair! I use Just For Men (beard/mustache), but only use it on my temples and mustache. Wife uses a shade of blonde for hair color. I didn't start using Just For Men until some gray started showing in my mustache and temples. Because so many men my age have lots of gray hair, people find it hard to believe that I'm 65 years old.........and that's fine with wife and I.
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Certain shades of gray are less attractive than others IMO. We have a friend who just turned 65 and has just a bit of gray along the temples. He swears he doesn't colour it. He's got black hair and he does look younger than he it. But then my husband has white hair, and thick, and looks younger than 66.
 
Ameriscot said:
Are you a woman, Ralphy? ;) This is actually for women because nobody says men look bad with gray hair. In fact, we often make fun of men who dye their hair when it goes gray. Wonder why that is?
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For sure... Men with gray hair.. or graying temples are distinguished.... and even sexy. A woman is just OLD.
 
I think a lot has to do with the style too. You need a modern style that suits your face and personality.
 

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